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The ArmaLite AR-18 is a gas-operated rifle chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition.The AR-18 was designed at ArmaLite in California by Arthur Miller, Eugene Stoner, George Sullivan, and Charles Dorchester in 1963 as an alternative to the Colt AR-15 design, a variant of which had just been selected by the U.S. military as the M16.
An inexpensive, easy to make, stamped steel rifle. Also known as "The Widowmaker" in Northern Ireland. AR-180: 5.56×45mm NATO: Howa Machinery Company, Sterling Armaments Company: Semi-automatic rifle version of the AR-18. AR-100 AR-101 AR-102 AR-103 AR-104: 5.56×45mm NATO: ArmaLite, Elitool: AR-100 series [4] based on the AR-16 that used a ...
By 1972, the IRA had large quantities of modern small arms, particularly Armalite rifles, manufactured and purchased in the United States. The AR-18 rifle in particular was found to be particularly well suited for urban guerilla warfare as its small size and folding stock made it easy to
ArmaLite, or Armalite, is an American small arms engineering company, formed in the early 1950s, in Hollywood, California.Many of its products, as conceived by chief designer Eugene Stoner, relied on unique foam-filled fiberglass butt/stock furniture, and a composite barrel using a steel liner inside an aluminum sleeve, including the iconic AR-15/M16 family.
The 18-year-old shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school in May 2022 used two AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles. Salvador Ramos had posted photos of both guns ...
ArmaLite AR-18: ArmaLite: 5.56×45mm NATO United States: yes 1969-1985 ArmaLite AR-100: ArmaLite: 5.56×45mm NATO United States: Armtech C30R: Armtech Ltd: 5.56×45mm NATO (Quadrant with 3.56g standard M193 bullet, dimensions of the rectangular ammunition 35.7×15.8×9.5 mm) Australia: 1986 AS-44: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: no 1944 AS Val ...
The AR-15 rifle usually comes chambered for either the military cartridge 5.56×45mm or the .223 Remington. Because of the pressures associated with the 5.56×45mm, it is not advisable to fire 5.56×45mm rounds in an AR-15 marked as .223 Remington, since this can result in damage to the rifle or injury to the shooter. [ 1 ]
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