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The table below gives a list of firearms that can fire the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge, first developed and used in the late 1970s for the M16 rifle, which to date, is the most widely produced weapon in this caliber. [1]
It appears that this round can drastically improve the performance of any AR-15 weapon chambered to .223/5.56 mm. Superior accuracy, wounding capacity, stopping power and range have made this the preferred round of many special forces operators, and highly desirable as a replacement for the older, Belgian-designed 5.56×45mm SS109/M855 NATO round.
Together, numerous companies in the United States, Canada, and China have produced more than 8,000,000 rifles of all variants. Approximately 90% are still in operation. [ 219 ] The M16 replaced both the M14 rifle and M2 carbine as standard infantry rifle of the U.S. armed forces.
A worker at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant packs two cans of newly manufactured 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition into a wirebound crate. (c. 1998) Headstamp of a .50 caliber cartridge casing made at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in 1943 and recovered from the Sahuarita Bombing and Gunnery Range in 2012.
Bushmaster Firearms International: 5.56×45mm NATO Australia: 1992 C11 (rifle) Colt Canada: 5.56×45mm NATO Canada: 1982 C12A1: Rangemaster Precision Arms 7.62×51mm NATO Canada: Carcano: Salvatore Carcano: 6.5×52mm Carcano 7.35×51mm Carcano 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka Kingdom of Italy: 1890 Cei-Rigotti: Amerigo Cei ...
However, unlike most Russian rifles, it adopts a bullpup layout, which reduces the overall length while maintaining a full-length barrel, improving handling in confined spaces. The rifle can be chambered in multiple calibers, including the standard Russian 5.45×39mm and 7.62×39mm rounds, as well as the NATO- standard 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge.
5.56×45mm NATO firearms (3 C, 13 P) Pages in category "5.56 mm firearms" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Diemaco C8PDW (Canada – personal defense weapon – 5.56×45mm NATO) Diemaco C8SFW(Canada– carbine – 5.56×45mm NATO) C10 Training Rifle (Canada – training rifle – .22 LR) L119A1 (Canada – carbine – 5.56×45mm NATO: designation given by the UK) Diemaco Chain Gun (Canada – chain gun – 7.62×51mm NATO: licensed production L94A1 ...