Future weapons review

The Army is always looking for new advances in technology and weapons. Two of their latest possibilities are the land warrior system and the XM8 assault rifle. Both of these advances could completely change the battle field of the future. Both of these advances are focused on helping the infantry soldiers who originally were equipped with weapons, uniforms, and rations.
The Land warrior system is designed to eliminate the fog of not having enough information on the battle field. A soldier can look through a small screen in one eye to find enemy or friendly troops or look at mission objectives. The LWS also has communication advances like a texting based communication and better radio systems. The LWS has a super hearing option also and can make the surrounding noises of a soldier louder and clearer or quieter to focus on something. There is a sight option also were the soldier can look through the screen and see were their rifle is aiming. This allows a soldier to look around corners or out windows without being in the line of fire. The LWS consists of a GPS, radio, com. Unit, eye screen, and a computer. The total weight of the LWS is ten pounds which raises a few complaints to some soldiers. Not all the soldiers training with the LWS agree with everybody using it. Some think that it is useless for all soldiers to have and squad or platoon leaders should be the lowest they go. The first combat test will take place this year when a unit; training in Ft. Lewis, Washington; deploys to Iraq. They will be the first to use the system out of a training situation. Personally I think that the possibilities from the LWS are amazing and could be a major advance but I’m not sure if it is combat ready the system seems very complicated and a lot of its features become useless to some soldiers.
The other upgrade possibility is a weapon, designed with the battlefield soldier in mind. The XM8 looks a lot like the kind of gun you would see on a Halo video game it has a smother look with lots of options to it. The rifle is ambidextrous, which is a great option because both left and right handed people can use it. The Rifle has an adjustable stock to fit to different layers of clothes, armor, and so on so forth. A faster loading design also makes this weapon a great one because the faster you can reload your weapon the more bullets you can send the enemy. Scopes, night vision, and various other accessories can be attached to the XM8 to allow the soldier more capabilities. One of those accessories can be a grenade launch that can replace the forward hand grip. Something the soldiers will love is that the XM8 can be set to safe, semi-auto, and full-auto; which can be switched from either side of the rifle. I believe that the XM8 is the dawn of future assault rifles and will make a huge advance in them.