The ACR Program: The Failed $300 Million Sci-fi Weapons Project

#usa #weapons #fail #government #scifi #project #europe #alien #space #technology #experimental #80s #money #cursed #horror One thing governments love to do is waste our money on vanity projects. The military industrial complex is no exception. The ACR program was a project to replace the M16 rifle for the US military. However, it turned into a decades long, 300 million dollar horror show of experimental technology that ultimately led to a result that could have taken five minutes of research. Why? Music by Karl Casey ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬ Chapters: 00:00: Introduction 01:07: History 04:02: Field Testing 06:58: AAI ACR 09:05: STEYR ACR 14:21: H&K G11 19:06: COLT ACR 22:15: Competition Results 25:43: Conclusion