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The handguard was made from full-length rifle handguard by cutting it in half and using either the fore or aft pair, after machining the ends to fit the slip ring and handguard cap. Because of the short barrel, the CAR-15 SMGs suffered from a loud and bright muzzle blast, and a number of muzzle devices were developed to reduce this.
Ribbed: Ribbed round rifle handguards; Short Ribbed: Carbine length ribbed handguards; Square LMG: Special heavy handguards with integral vertical grip for use during sustained fire; FF Tube: Free-Float Tube; M4: Oval carbine handguards with double heatshields; Rail/RIS: Handguards are replaced with a Rail Integration System.
M16A2 Light Machine Gun (LMG). Some M16A1s have the M16A2's brass defectors, XM16E1. M16A2 (Model 645), some M16A1s (also with the A2 handguards) have the M16A2 hand-grip. M16A1 with A2 handgrip A2 brass defectors. Also M16A1 with M16A2 handguards have M16A2 brass defectors and M16A1 handgrip, M16A1 (enhanced). M14 [1] 7.62×51mm United States
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.
The kit features an M4A1, a Rail Interface System (RIS) handguard developed by Knight's Armament Company (KAC), a shortened quick-detachable M203 grenade launcher and leaf sight, a KAC sound suppressor, a KAC back-up rear sight, an Insight Technologies AN/PEQ-2A visible laser/infrared designator, along with Trijicon's ACOG TA-01NSN model and ...
The SOPMOD kit is composed mostly of non-developmental items and commercial off-the-shelf (NDI/COTS) accessories packaged together to support four M4A1 carbines. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It allows for the attachment of any Picatinny compatible accessory that fits the length of the weapon.
The XM148 mounted to an early Colt AR-15 rifle.. The Colt XM148 grenade launcher was created by Colt's Design Project Engineer, gun designer Karl R. Lewis.The May 1967 "Colt's Ink" newsletter announced that he had won a national competition for his selection and treatment of materials in the design.
The M1156 Precision Guidance Kit (PGK), formerly XM1156, is a U.S. Army-designed precision guidance system to turn existing 155 mm artillery shells into smart weapons ...