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  2. List of common misconceptions about arts and culture

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    The letters "AR" in AR-15 stand for "ArmaLite Rifle", reflecting the company that originally manufactured the weapon. They do not stand for "assault rifle". [4] [5] The Coca-Cola bottle's contour bottle was not designed by famous industrial designer Raymond Loewy. [6] [7]

  3. AR15 (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Colt AR-15, a semi-automatic rifle manufactured and trademarked by Colt's Manufacturing Company, based on the original ArmaLite AR-15 design; ArmaLite AR-15, a selective fire rifle designed by ArmaLite and a predecessor to the United States M16 rifle; CAR-15, a line of compact, short barrel, selective-fire carbines manufactured by Colt

  4. Trijicon biblical verses controversy - Wikipedia

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    On 18 January 2010, ABC News reported Trijicon was placing references to verses in the Bible in the serial numbers of sights sold to the United States Armed Forces. [1] The "book chapter:verse" cites were appended to the model designation, and the majority of the cited verses are associated with light in darkness, referencing Trijicon's specialization in illuminated optics and night sights.

  5. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    The letters "AR" in AR-15 stand for "ArmaLite Rifle", reflecting the company that originally manufactured the weapon. They do not stand for "assault rifle". The Coca-Cola bottle's contour bottle was not designed by famous industrial designer Raymond Loewy.

  6. What do you know about the AR-15 rifle? Here are five facts ...

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    The “AR” in AR-15 rifle stands for ArmaLite Rifle, after the company that developed it in 1957. The letters do not stand for “assault rifle” or “automatic rifle.” In 1959, Colt ...

  7. ArmaLite AR-15 - Wikipedia

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    The Armalite AR-15 is the parent of a variety of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants. History After World War II, the United States military started looking for a single automatic rifle to replace the M1 Garand , M1/M2 Carbines , M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle , M3 "Grease Gun" and Thompson submachine gun .

  8. Trump shot with AR-15-style gun. What is an AR-15, and why ...

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    Former President Donald Trump was shot Saturday with what has become the weapon of choice for mass shooters, an AR-15-style firearm.

  9. List of ArmaLite rifles - Wikipedia

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    A smaller version of the AR-10 and adopted by the United States military as the M16 rifle. Later developed by Colt into a popular semi-automatic Colt AR-15. AR-16: 7.62×51mm NATO: ArmaLite: Prototype battle rifle. ArmaLite AR-17: 12 gauge: Semiautomatic 12ga 2shot shotgun based on the earlier AR-9. AR-18: 5.56×45mm NATO