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In the early 2020's, Brownells manufactured their BRN-605, a "retro-rifle" clone of the first prototype CAR-15 carbine but used a 16 inch barrel instead of 15 inch (for NFA compliance), but the Brownells clone used the same rifle length gas system as the first Model 605 prototype.
Olympic was the first to introduce features now seen as commonplace on AR-15 rifles. It was one of the first companies to produce free floating aluminum hand guards, pistol caliber conversions, and AR-15-based pistols. Olympic manufactured many AR-15s in calibers other than the standard 5.56×45mm.
The Colt Model 933 is a compact carbine based on the AR-15, M16 rifle and M4 Carbine produced by Colt starting in 1995. Due to its compact size, the short-barreled Colt 933 continues to be used by various US Special Forces and by some foreign forces, including Israeli Special Forces.
XM17-XM18 Modular Handgun Beretta M9 service pistol, the incumbent model. The XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) competition was a United States Army and United States Air Force competition for a new service pistol.
The Heckler & Koch XM8 is a lightweight assault rifle system developed from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K), and shares design and engineering with their G36 rifle.
The XM7, previously known as the XM5, is the U.S. Army variant of the SIG MCX Spear, a 6.8×51mm (.277 in), gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle [1] designed by SIG Sauer for the Next Generation Squad Weapon program in 2022 to replace the M4 carbine.
XM177 Commando: 2nd Generation Short Ribbed S-1-F A1 Yes No .223 REM 11.5 in. A1 1:12 No 4.5" Moderator or A1 639 Colt SMG: 2nd Short Ribbed S-1-3 A1 No Yes 9mm NATO 10 in. A1 w/ integral silencer: 1:10 No A2 Compensator 640: XM177 Commando: 2nd Generation Short Ribbed S-1-F A1 No No .223 REM 11.5 in. A1 1:12 No 4.5" Moderator or A1 645 ...
Developed by Alliant Techsystems, with Heckler & Koch as a major subcontractor, the most commonly seen version of the XM29 consisted of a semi-automatic 20×28mm smart grenade launcher, an underslung "KE" assault carbine (derived from the HK G36 then in its late developmental stage) firing a standard 5.56×45mm NATO round, and a top-mounted computer-assisted sighting system with integrated ...