It wasn't adopted, nor was it standard issue, though.
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That's right.
However, you mistakenly wrote "it isn't used" .
It isn't used as in it isn't used right now. If you ask someone if the XM8 is used in the US, realistically, they are going to assume you mean "now" and not "yeah, it's used in 2008 but not now." Otherwise, you might as well just include every one-off prototype that China has used.
My previous comments had the context of the timeframe and being standard-issued/In-use, given already.
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Just to clarify he means the Old HK XM8 aka the Tactical Tuna. Not the new Sig XM8.
What’s the ugly box for? Collecting shell casing or something else?
Either way it is one of the ugliest attachments I’ve seen on a gun…
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Yea, it’s a casing collector. I really hate these things as they are great at causing malfunctions by sending casings back into the breach.
I only use them when shooting on farmer’s land out of courtesy to not leave any spend casings lying around.
Not sure why police would want to take the hassle and risks of this to be honest. If they need to discharge their weapons in public, spend casings would be the least of anyone’s worries.
Wonder if they are being frugal and reload the casings after they are done. Alternatively they may want to keep track of the ammo fired during exercise to ensure that they are not resold.
It’s a public demonstration op in a public area. Like others have said, safety and ammo accountability are big priorities, especially for LEO.
They're limited service because those programs were canned. The MPS originally had a specific police SMG program to replace Type 79 but it crashed and burned so they had to piggyback on PLA procurement.