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M16A2 Enhanced rifle (Model 708 with Safe/Semi/Burst/Auto trigger group) M16A2 with a heat shield hand guard and an M203 grenade launcher under it. The development of the M16A2 rifle was originally requested by the United States Marine Corps in 1979 as a result of combat experience in Vietnam with the M16A1. [191]
M16A2 Commando Enhanced: 3rd or 4th Generation Short Ribbed S-1-3-F A2 Yes Yes 5.56 NATO 11.5 in. A2 1:7 No A1 or A2 741: M16A2: A2 Ribbed S-1-F A2 Yes Yes 5.56 NATO
The M16A2 and M4 models have replaced the full-auto mode of fire with a three-round burst capability. [ 146 ] Note **: Both the AK-47 and the M16 will overheat fairly quickly under normal combat conditions and have a sustained rate of fire as low as 12 to 15 rounds per minute (about the same as a bolt-action rifle).
Some weapons such as the AR-15 [5] [6] and M16A2 [7] rifles, C3 Non-Metallic Anti-Personnel Mine, [8] M18A1 Anti-Personnel Mine, [9] [10] M79 grenade launcher, [11] M6-895 and M6-640 mortars, [11] [12] were not given L numbers and are referred to in official documentation by their manufacturer's designations instead.
The basic infantry weapon of the United States Marine Corps is the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle.Suppressive fire is provided by the M240B machine gun, at the squad and company levels respectively.
M16A2: Assault rifle: Colt Manufacturing Company: 5.56×45mm NATO: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard: Virtually phased out, still in limited service. M16A3, M16A4: Assault rifle: Colt Manufacturing Company: 5.56×45mm NATO: Army, Marine Corps: M16A4 still in use with some Marine Corps units. HK416: Assault rifle: Heckler & Koch ...
M16A2 rifle United States: Assault rifle: 104,000 The United States military provided the ANA with M16 rifles as part of a modernization effort. M4 carbine United States: Carbine: 10,000 Only used by Afghan National Army Commandos and Special Forces. M4s sold as part of a 2006 Foreign Military Sales package.
U.S. Marines in November 2001 armed with M16A2 rifles equipped with AN/PEQ-2s. The AN/PEQ-2 succeeded the AN/PAQ-4C, which was designed in the early 1990s after the Persian Gulf War. [4] It was widely used by US forces during the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. [5] [6] [7]