Talk:Special Purpose Individual Weapon

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[edit] Fake Pic?

Maybe it's just me, but the pic used in this article looks fake as hell, both the gun itself and the text below it (it's 2D, a perfect rectangle, not a trapezoid), which in turn makes me doubt the article as a whole. Can anyone confirm this? Mzyxptlk (talk) 01:39, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

The SPIW prototype shown is real. It is the second-generation Springfield model. All of the SPIW prototypes have a busy look about them, particularly with their 3-shot grenade launchers attached. D.E. Watters (talk) 01:58, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Could we be looking at a poster and not the firearm itself? No, looked at it again. That looks like the actual prototype. The SPIW was an example of many such products over the years especially the OICW. Too busy, too complex. Soldiers prefer simple, rugged, and reliable. --Asams10 (talk) 02:26, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I took that photo and I assure you that it's not fake or Photoshopped. I was on holiday in Maryland (I'm British) and we went to the Aberdeen Proving Ground Museum. (A great museum, by the way.) It was in a glass case and I took a photo. Much later I found the article and I was surprised to see - given the number of gun enthusiasts in the US - that there wasn't a photo. (There had been photos but they had been removed due to copyright violation.) So I donated my photo to the public domain. Blaise (talk) 19:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Americans don't take Holidays, we take vacations. I'll have to vacation at Aberdeen soon. I'd love to see some of this stuff. Remington museum, Aberdeen, Springfield Armory, and I'd love to add some more museums to the list as well. --Asams10 (talk) 21:01, 19 March 2008 (UTC)