Heckler & Koch XM8

Specifications

(2003–2004)

Type: Assault rifle

Length: 33 in (838 mm)

Weight: 7.5 lb (3.4 kg)

Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO

Capacity: 30, 100

Fire modes: Safe / Semi-auto / Full-auto

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The Heckler & Koch XM8 and variants appear in the following movies and video games used by the following actors:

Heckler & Koch XM8 Carbine

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Older version of Heckler & Koch XM8 - 5.56x45mm

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Heckler & Koch XM8 with Insight ISM-V sight - 5.56x45mm. Note "birdcage" flash hider replacing the old "duckbill," and four PCAP accessory mounting holes added to the handguard.

Film

• General George Deckert (Willem Dafoe)'s men and Ice Cube as Darius Stone in XXX 2: State of the Union (actually visually modified Heckler & Koch G36Ks fitted with M203 grenade launchers)

• Soldiers in Children of Men (airsoft replicas)

Video Games

• Combat Arms

• Crysis (As the "SCAR")

• Crysis 2 (As the "SCAR", now mixed with elements from the Bushmaster ACR.)

• Rainbow Six: Vegas (as "M8")

• Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (as "M8")

• Ghost Recon 2

• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

• Battlefield: Bad Company (With no scope and fitted with XM320 grenade launcher, the Carbine variant with silencer attached and the SAW variant)

• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

• Soldier of Fortune: Payback (usable only in PS3 and X360 versions)

• SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Combined Assault

• Saints Row 2

• Splinter Cell: Double Agent (not usable)

• Counter-Strike Online

• Crysis and Crysis Warhead (as the "SCAR")

• ArmA II

• Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (not usable)

• Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (seen in the intro)

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Same model as in the first Bad Company, along with all the other variants; however, red dot and ACOG sights can be mounted)

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2

Anime

• Rideback

Heckler & Koch XM8 Compact Carbine

Heckler & Koch XM8 Compact Carbine - 5.56x45mm

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Heckler & Koch XM8 Compact Carbine with full stock - 5.56x45mm

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	XM8 Compact	w/ optional suppressor		2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	M8 Compact		PC only	2007
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots			not usable	2008
ArmA II				2009
Clive Barker's Jericho	X-86	w/ fictional hi-tech scope	fires 5.7x28mm rounds	2009
Battlefield: Bad Company	XM8C	w/ optional suppressor		2009
Battlefield: Bad Company 2	XM8 Compact	w/ optional suppressor		2010

Heckler & Koch XM8 Sharpshooter Rifle

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Early concept art of the Heckler & Koch XM8 Sharpshooter Rifle - 5.56x45mm. Note lack of PCAP accessory mounting holes and shorter handguard than the final version below.

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Heckler & Koch XM8 Sharpshooter Rifle - 5.56x45mm

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Ghost Recon 2				2005
Blacksite: Area 51			5-round capacity	2007
Counter-Strike Online				2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots			not usable	2008
ArmA II				2009

Heckler & Koch XM8 Automatic Rifle

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Heckler & Koch XM8 Automatic Rifle - 5.56x45mm

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Heckler & Koch XM8 Automatic Rifle - 5.56x45mm. Early concept art showed the LMG version with a bipod formed by folding down the base of the handguard, and this may still be shown in some videogames; the final version has a more traditional bipod.

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Battlefield: Bad Company		With iron sights		2008
ArmA II			Only available via mission editor	2009
Battlefield: Bad Company 2		With iron sights, with & without ACOG scope and red dot sight		2010
Battlefield Play4Free		With bipod removed, optic replaced with iron sights		2011

See Also

Heckler & Koch G36 - The assault rifle for which the XM8 is based on.