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The M4 carbine (officially Carbine, Caliber 5.56 mm, M4) is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle developed in the United States during the 1980s. It is a shortened version of the M16A2 assault rifle. The M4 is extensively used by the US military , with decisions to largely replace the M16 rifle in US Army (starting 2010) and US Marine Corps ...
There is also a military M4 Type Carbine which comes with a 14.5 in (370 mm) barrel and a removable "bird cage" flash suppressor. [5] An M4 Type Post-Ban Carbine was developed for the 1994 United States Federal Assault Weapons Ban requirements. Since the ban expired in 2004, this rifle has essentially been replaced by the M4A2 and M4A3.
The Taurus T4 is basically an M4 clone fully manufactured in the company's facilities now concentrated in the city of São Leopoldo, Brazil. It is available in three versions with two different barrel lengths, all of which come with six-position telescopic stocks and picatinny accessory rails. The rifle was designed for military and police use. [3]
Colt M4 Carbines and Colt M4A1 Carbines can be easily and relatively inexpensively modified/upgraded into ACC-Ms by replacing the upper receiver, which is more cost-effective than completely replacing the weapons with a whole new carbine with a different control layout and different overall ergonomics and handling characteristics that require ...
M203s are attached with M16A1 rifles, while M203A1 are attached with M4 rifles. 720 units of M203EXPIC grenade launchers acquired in 2015, and are attached with the Remington R4A3 rifles. 100 LMT LMP300L3260 grenade launchers donated by the US government and delivered to MARSOG in June 2017, and attached to LMT CQB 5.56mm rifles. [26]
The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K), and shares design and engineering with their G36 rifle. The XM8 design was originally part of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon program (OICW), which was developing a "smart" grenade launcher system with an underslung carbine rifle.
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The M4-WAC-47 is a Ukrainian-made assault rifle created by UkrOboronProm and American company Aeroscraft (a division of Worldwide Aeros Corporation). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Based on the Colt AR-15 platform, it can fire the Soviet standard 7.62×39mm or the NATO standard 5.56×45mm cartridges by changing the barrel and other parts. [ 2 ]