The OICW is the planned replacement for the stunningly unreliable LSW (light support weapon) as the squad support weapon of the British army, after both the LSW and its lighter companion, the SA-80 were heavily criticised. It is essentially a standard assult rifle with advanced targeting and a special laser guided grenade system that is supposed to be able to detonate the grenade at any point on its flight, designed to be used to explode grenades over or behind defences, which has earned the weapon the nickname "the gun that fires round corners". It is being developed along with the USA.