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

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Children of Men		soldiers	airsoft replica	2006

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Ghost Recon 2				2005
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory		not usable		2005
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Combined Assault				2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas	M8	w/ various attachments	w/ rail on top	2006
Splinter Cell: Double Agent			not usable	2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	XM8	w/ Heckler & Koch XM320		2006
Crysis	SCAR	w/ various attachments		2007
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	XM8	w/ Heckler & Koch XM320	PC only	2007
Soldier of Fortune: Payback		w/ various attachments	usable in PS3 and X360 versions	2007
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3			seen in intro cinematic	2008
Combat Arms	XM8		EU version only	2008
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2	M8	w/ various attachments	w/ rail on top	2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	XM8	w/ Heckler & Koch XM320		2008
Counter-Strike Online				2008
Saints Row 2	AR-50 XMAC			2008
Battlefield: Bad Company	XM8	w/ Heckler & Koch XM320		2008
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames	Combat Rifle		w/ 40-round capacity	2008
ArmA II				2009
Battlefield: Bad Company 2	XM8	w/ Heckler & Koch XM320		2010
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops				2011
Crysis 2	SCAR	w/ various attachments	w/ Remington ACR elements	2011
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2				2012

Anime

Title	Character	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Rideback	GGP forces			2006

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.