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I'd imagine it would be a long term possibility, but I doubt we'd see it any time in the near future. There are no major issues with the current m16, and amidst international conflict, its not feasible to remove millions of m16's from service, then come up with the money and time to have HK turn out a comparable number of replacements. Then there's the retraining, recertification, etc etc. I'd sooner think it'd be gradually phased in as a specialty weapon, but not standard issue anytime soon.
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