Colt OICW
The OICW was developed at the beginning of the century to replace
the modified M-16a2's as the primary urban/night assault rifles in
the US Army. The OICW is really two guns in one package attached to
a high tech targeting computer. The bottom is a 5.56mm assault
rifle, and the top fires 20mm HE assault cannon rounds. The 5.56mm
is great for anti-personel, while the 20mm HE is good for flushing
enemy forces out of reinforced positions, or attacking light
vehicles. The targeting computer uses a sensors package that can
pick up anything on the battlefield, even magically or
technologically hidden items. The targeting computer incorporates a
range-finder and automatically adjusts the sights to compensate for
wind and range.
The plans for the OICW to replace the modified M-16's didn't work
out and eventually the M-16/M203 combination was left in the field.
When Colt replaced its aging M-16 fleet with the new M-23's, the
M-22 was chosen to take the M-16/M203's spot, once again killing
the idea of the OICW. But with the advent of magic and Ruthenium
Polymers, combined with better snipers the need for a system that
could detect invisible and/or partially hidden objects became
apparent. Colt re-built the OICW to incorporate all of the latest
technology to fill this role. The UCAS Army now issues a few OICW's
to each squad to act in the anti-sniper, anti-magic roles, for
which this is superb. UCAS forces also use the OICW in urban
environments where the sensors are a great asset.
