Future Weapons: The Barrett M468 Assault Rifle

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Richard "Mack" Machowicz looks at the upgrade for the M-16/M4 family of assault rifles.



Bio: Richard "Mack" Machowicz's expertise with soldier craft and military hardware comes from his experience as a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Navy SEALs. During his service tenure, he participated in numerous tactical operations with SEAL Team ONE and TWO. While at SEAL Team TWO he was attached to the training cadre as the Leading Petty Officer of Land, Mountain and Arctic Warfare.

Mack has over 20 years experience in the martial arts, studying such systems as muay thai boxing, Jeet Kune Do, kickboxing, aikido, jujitsu, savate, arnis and karate. He was a certified instructor in the Naval Special Warfare Combat Fighting Instructor Course, a Naval Special Warfare Scout/Sniper and has received multiple black belts. Machowicz also served as a personal protection specialist for many high profile individuals within the political arena, business world and entertainment industry.

As founder of the Bukido Institute and creator of the Bukido Training System, Machowicz teaches a performance philosophy that uses unarmed combat as a pathway for exploring the dynamics of doubt, hesitation, second-guessing, stress, pain, fatigue and fear. Bukido shows clients -- including professional athletes and entertainment industry executives -- how to maximize their ability to focus in any environment.

Machowicz's work has been featured in many popular publications including the Los Angeles Times and Men's Fitness, and showcased on ESPN, Lifetime and Fox Sports.

His book, Unleash the Warrior Within: Develop the Focus, Discipline, Confidence and Courage You Need to Achieve Unlimited Goals (Marlowe & Company, 2002), is now available in four languages. Mack is also co-founder of the film company Warpath Entertainment and a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 16, 2007 at 6:27 am
Author: nighthawk006

Length: 00:08:40
Rating: 4.74
Views: 434739

Tags: future weapons barrett m468 assaut rifle m16 ak47 richard mack machowiz navy seal iraq afghanistan

Video Comments:
Loxleiev (July 6, 2008 at 4:00 am)
like if the irawis only use AK-47, theres like, 500 verisons of the AK, like the AK-103, or the SVD for snipers, the yugoslavian sniper rifle, wich can tear u down with more range, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THNE GUN AND THE SHOOTER, the iraqis got little money, so if they shoot at u, theyll hit u down, its stuid to think that there gonna fight ur way, jesss
Arieluziel (July 5, 2008 at 11:44 pm)
NO, not teflon coating, they are black painted to separate them from other rounds, as far as i know, only Sweden has this Armor Piercing Ammo, an officer told me that that Military Forces keep them Extra guarded, because they fear that criminals and terrorists can come over them. Did you know that USA buy a lot of war materials from Sweden? such as Airplane countermeasures, Haubits systems, Anti Tank weapons and so on...
speedevil22 (July 5, 2008 at 10:32 pm)
Mu umm S&w made a .45 7 round pistol but it wasnt made in 1911
MuTecOps (July 5, 2008 at 12:00 pm)
Black painted? You mean teflon coating? Wich does burn off. They just talked about the 7.62wich fell to the ground at farther distance. I bet your one of those that doesnt know smith and wesson has a version of the 1911 45.
theman0818 (July 5, 2008 at 3:40 am)
i like how he puts himself in his imaginary 'situations' lol
Arieluziel (July 5, 2008 at 3:12 am)
Seem to be a great gun, but the best choice for US. soldiers should be H&K 417, return of the good old 7,62 NATO! In Sweden we have a special type of 7,62 NATO AP bullets for our version of the H&K G3 with black painted tips that can penetrate THICK armor. The H&K 417 is manufactured in USA and using the "Stoner external design" so US. soldier should like it!
footballer2012 (July 4, 2008 at 6:27 pm)
exactly it would be a good weapon at 20m
as it would be at 400m and if it had a interahangeable barrel so it could be changed
to a 5.56 or 6.08 or 7.62
IggyHazard (July 4, 2008 at 5:19 pm)
Correction: 30-round STANAG holds seven Beowulf rounds (I think).
IggyHazard (July 4, 2008 at 5:16 pm)
Mack pwns. I wonder if he's ever experimented with .499 Leitner-Wise, .50 Beowulf, or .458 SOCOM. All of those can be used on the Stoner platform. In fact, .458 SOCOM and .50 Beowulf rounds fit in existing STANAG mags (Beowulf requiring only slight modification to the mag's lips). A 20-round STANAG mag can hold seven SOCOM rounds. 30-rounder can hold 10. 30-rounder holds 10 Beowulf rounds. I'm not sure about .499 Leitner-Wise (LWR) since those have their own mags.
stevoCPT (July 4, 2008 at 12:17 pm)
Mr Barrett looks a bit like William Shatner :S