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List of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants. ArmaLite AR-15 with the charging handle located on top of the upper receiver, protected within the carrying handle and a 25-round magazine. 1973 Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle with "slab side" lower receiver (lacking raised boss around magazine release button) and original Colt 20-round magazine.
Colt AR-15. The Colt AR-15 is a product line of magazine -fed, gas-operated, autoloading rifle manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company ("Colt") in many configurations. [1] The rifle is a derivative of its predecessor, the lightweight ArmaLite AR-15, an automatic rifle designed by Eugene Stoner and other engineers at ArmaLite in 1956.
The Thompson–LaGarde Tests have since been criticized as being "highly unscientific" and producing a recommendation unsupported by the test results. [7] Others, notably Julian Hatcher [9] and Jeff Cooper, [10] regarded the tests as well conducted, and the recommendation as fully supported by the evidence available to the board, and empirical evidence subsequently available concerning ...
The Joint Service Small Arms Program, abbreviated JSSAP, was created to coordinate weapon standardization between the various United States armed service branches. [1] Colt Stainless Steel PistolSIG Sauer P226Steyr GBSmith & Wesson 459AWalther P88. Prelude.
The Colt first model ring lever rifle and Colt second model ring lever rifle are two early caplock revolving rifles that were produced by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company between 1837 and 1841. The first model, produced between 1837 and 1838, was the first firearm manufactured by Samuel Colt , developed shortly before the advent of the ...
The Colt 9mm SMG is a closed bolt, blowback operated SMG, rather than the conventional direct impingement gas operation of the standard 5.56×45mm M16 type rifle. [6] As a closed bolt weapon, the Colt SMG is inherently more accurate than open bolt weapons such as the Israeli UZI. [7] The overall aesthetics are identical to most M16 type rifles.
The Colt Advanced Piston Carbine or Colt APC (internal product number P0923) is a lightweight modular 5.56mm caliber piston-operated, magazine fed carbine with a one-piece upper receiver which is capable of firing in automatic and semi-automatic modes. The design incorporates an articulating link piston that reduces the stresses in the piston ...
Contents. Bushmaster M4-type Carbine. The Bushmaster M4[ 2 ] or M4A3[ 3 ] is a semi-automatic or select-fire carbine size assault rifle manufactured by Bushmaster Firearms International, modeled on the AR-15. It is one of the Bushmaster XM15 line of rifles and carbines. [ 4 ]