M16 rifle

Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16
Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16
	Frae top tae bottom: M16A1, M16A2, M4A1, M16A4
Teep	Assaut rifle
Place o oreegin	United States
Service history
In service	1964–present
Wars	Vietnam War; Laotian Ceevil War; Cambodie Ceevil War; Moro conflict; Cambodie-Vietnamese War; Lebanese Ceevil War; Salvadoran Ceevil War; Somali Ceevil War; The Tribbles; First Liberie Ceevil War; Gulf War; Seicont Liberie Ceevil War; War in Afghanistan; Iraq War; Iraqi Ceevil War (2014-present); Sirian Ceevil War; Battle o Marawi
Production history
Designer	Eugene Stoner an L. James Sullivan
Designed	1956
Manufacturer	Colt's Manufacturing Company; Daewoo Precision Industries; FN Herstal; H&R Firearms; General Motors Hydramatic Division; Elisco; U.S. Ordnance;
Produced	As the Armalite AR-15 frae 1959 tae 1964; As the Colt M16 rifle frae 1964 tae present;
No. biggit	c. 8 million
Variants	See Leet o Colt AR-15 an M16 rifle variants
Specifications (M16)
Wecht	6.37 lb (2.89 kg) (unlaidit); 7.5 lb (3.40 kg) (laidit)
Lenth	39.5 in (1,003 mm)
Baurel lenth	20 in (508 mm)
Cartridge	5.56×45mm NATO
Action	Gas-operatit, rotatin bowt (direct impingement)
Rate o fire	700–950 roonds/meen cyclic sustained ; 45–60 roonds/meen semi-automatic
Muzzle velocity	3,150 ft/s (960 m/s) (M855A1 roond)
Effective firin range	550 m (601 yd) (pynt target); 800 m (875 yd) (aurie target)
Maximum firin range	3,600 m (3,937 yd)
Feed seestem	20-roond detachable box magazine:; 0.211 lb (96 g) emptie / 0.738 lb (335 g) full; 30-roond detachable box magazine:; 0.257 lb (117 g) emptie / 1.06 lb (480 g) full); Beta C-Mag 100-roond dooble-lobed drum:; 2.20 lb (1,000 g) emptie / 4.81 lb (2,180 g) full)
Sichts	Airn sichts or various optics

The M16 rifle, offeecially designatit Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16, is a Unitit States militar adaptation o the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle.^[12]^[13]^[14]^{[n 1]}

Notes

↑ Colt purchased the richts tae the AR-15 name in 1959 an currently uises that designation anly for semi-automatic versions o the rifle.^[15]^[16]

References

↑ ^a ^b Report of the M16 rifle review panel Archived 2012-12-01 at the Wayback Machine. Department of the Army. DTIC. 1 June 1968.
↑ Huband, Mark (17 Juin 2013). "The Liberian Civil War". Routledge – via Google Books.
↑ "Battle For Mosul: The end could be near for IS". YouTube. 26 Juin 2017.
↑ "YouTube". Youtube.com. Retrieved 16 Januar 2018.
↑ "Arming the Maute Group in Marawi City - The Firearm Blog". Thefirearmblog.com. 22 Juin 2017. Retrieved 16 Januar 2018.
↑ Ezell, Virginia Hart (November 2001). "Focus on Basics, Urges Small Arms Designer". National Defense. National Defense Industrial Association. Archived frae the original on 7 December 2010. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
↑ ^a ^b Hogg, Ian V.; Weeks, John S. (2000). Military Small Arms of the 20th Century (7th ed.). Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-824-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link), p. 291
↑ Customers / Weapon users. Colt Weapon Systems. Archived 2 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round (EPR), LTC Philip Clark, Product Manager Small Caliber Ammunition, April 2012" (PDF). Acc.dau.mil. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 25 Januar 2017. Retrieved 27 Februar 2018.
↑ "M16A2/A4 rifle". peosoldier.army.mil. Archived frae the original on 24 Julie 2014. Retrieved 29 Julie 2015.
↑ "M16/A2 - 5.56 mm Semiautomatic Rifle". ArmyStudyGuide.com. Archived frae the original on 6 Julie 2014. Retrieved 13 Julie 2014.
↑ Kern, Danford Allan (2006). The influence of organizational culture on the acquisition of the m16 rifle Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. m-14parts.com. A thesis presented to the Faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE, Military History. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
↑ Kokalis, Peter G. Retro AR-15 Archived 2022-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. Nodakspud.com
↑ Ezell, Edward Clinton (1983). Small Arms of the World. New York: Stackpole Books. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-0-88029-601-4.
↑ Rose 2009, pp. 373, 380, 392
↑ Tilstra, Russell C. (2012). Small Arms for Urban Combat. US: McFarland. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7864-6523-1. Archived frae the original on 9 Mey 2012. Retrieved 27 Februar 2018.

[17] Colt purchased the richts tae the AR-15 name in 1959 an currently uises that designation anly for semi-automatic versions o the rifle.^[15]^[16]

[autogenerated5-1] Report of the M16 rifle review panel Archived 2012-12-01 at the Wayback Machine. Department of the Army. DTIC. 1 June 1968.

[2] Huband, Mark (17 Juin 2013). "The Liberian Civil War". Routledge – via Google Books.

[3] "Battle For Mosul: The end could be near for IS". YouTube. 26 Juin 2017.

[4] "YouTube". Youtube.com. Retrieved 16 Januar 2018.

[5] "Arming the Maute Group in Marawi City - The Firearm Blog". Thefirearmblog.com. 22 Juin 2017. Retrieved 16 Januar 2018.

[6] Ezell, Virginia Hart (November 2001). "Focus on Basics, Urges Small Arms Designer". National Defense. National Defense Industrial Association. Archived frae the original on 7 December 2010. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[Hogg2000_p291-7] Hogg, Ian V.; Weeks, John S. (2000). Military Small Arms of the 20th Century (7th ed.). Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-824-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link), p. 291

[colt_customers-8] Customers / Weapon users. Colt Weapon Systems. Archived 2 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[9] "M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round (EPR), LTC Philip Clark, Product Manager Small Caliber Ammunition, April 2012" (PDF). Acc.dau.mil. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 25 Januar 2017. Retrieved 27 Februar 2018.

[10] "M16A2/A4 rifle". peosoldier.army.mil. Archived frae the original on 24 Julie 2014. Retrieved 29 Julie 2015.

[11] "M16/A2 - 5.56 mm Semiautomatic Rifle". ArmyStudyGuide.com. Archived frae the original on 6 Julie 2014. Retrieved 13 Julie 2014.

[m-14parts.com-12] Kern, Danford Allan (2006). The influence of organizational culture on the acquisition of the m16 rifle Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. m-14parts.com. A thesis presented to the Faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE, Military History. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

[nodakspud.com-13] Kokalis, Peter G. Retro AR-15 Archived 2022-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. Nodakspud.com

[14] Ezell, Edward Clinton (1983). Small Arms of the World. New York: Stackpole Books. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-0-88029-601-4.

[15] Rose 2009, pp. 373, 380, 392

[Small_Arms_Urban-16] Tilstra, Russell C. (2012). Small Arms for Urban Combat. US: McFarland. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7864-6523-1. Archived frae the original on 9 Mey 2012. Retrieved 27 Februar 2018.

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