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Bookmark or Share- M16 rifle - WikipediaThe M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of military rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine.
- U.S. M16: A Half-Century of America’s Combat RifleThe M16 earned perhaps its greatest distinction on May 2, 2011, when a variation of the M4 Carbine was used to kill the infamous terrorist leader and September 11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden...
- This is why the iconic M16 rifle has served for so long(Creative Commons) Over the years, the Army tried to replace the M16 and M4 series with the Advanced Combat Rifle program, the Objective Individual Combat Weapon program, and the XM8 program. They even tried to replace the M16 in the middle of the Vietnam War when they tested the Stoner 63 . However, try as they might, the M16 always stuck around.
- M16 rifle | Definition, History, Parts, Diagram, Weight, & FactsM16 rifle, assault rifle developed as the AR-15 by American engineer Eugene Stoner of ArmaLite Inc. in the late 1950s. The rifle received high marks for its light weight, its accuracy, and the volume of fire that it could provide.
- M16 rifle - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe M16 is an assault rifle used by the United States since the Vietnam War in 1963, based on the AR-15. Since 1975, the M16 has been used by many different countries. First designed by Eugene Stoner in the United States of America, it is currently the standard infantry rifle used by the United States Military Forces. The rifle is being used by ...
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