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The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine.
The Canadian company Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco) licensed production of a rifle (Colt Model 715) and carbine (Colt Model 725), but later went on to produce an entire line of AR-15/M16 pattern weapons developed independently. In May 2005, Colt's Manufacturing Company acquired Diemaco, and the name was changed to Colt Canada.
M4A1 currently the standard service rifle of the United States Army. 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 (5.56×45mm NATO) (USMC, US Army) [15] ... Sig Sauer MCX Spear rifle and cartridge selected and ordered by US Army as the XM7 rifle and 6.8 Common Cartridge. ...
The Squad Designated Marksman Rifle (SDM-R [1]) is an American designated marksman rifle used by the United States Army.It is essentially a heavily modified M16 rifle designed to provide U.S. Army designated marksmen greater accuracy and firepower at longer ranges, increasing an infantry squad's effective range to up to 600 meters.
Or, an M16A4 Rifle can be converted to an M4 Carbine in a few minutes by replacing the upper receiver/barrel and using simple hand tools to replace the fixed buttstock with a telescoping buttstock. [236] As such, the M16 can be easily converted into different calibers and different types of weapons. [237] [238] The AK-47 has no such capability.
M16A4: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO United States Thailand: Standard issue rifle. [13] [14] Daewoo K2: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO South Korea: 403 K2s transferred according to a 2019 SIPRI small arms report. [8] Type 11: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO Thailand: The Type 11 (ปลย.11) is a Thai license produced version of the Heckler ...
The United States Army, Air Force and Marine Corps field the Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG, a 4× magnification model with a 32mm objective lens (4×32), with specially designed ballistic compensating reticles that are fiber optic & tritium illuminated, for the M4 carbine and M16A4 rifle. [22]