However, try as they might, the M16 always stuck around. During the Cold War, the world moved away from the heavy battle rifle calibers that were used in World War II to the assault rifle concept.
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AR-18 Armalite: A Rifle Made Infamous by the IRA
The AR-18 entered the initial design phase in 1963 and was produced from 1969 to 1985, with 1,171 total specimens built.
Two Palestinian Arabs were arrested at the Carmel Junction in Judea while carrying an M16 assault rifle and a fully loaded magazine.
TASS/. Russia’s manufacturer of ORSIS rifles (Promtechnologia) has come up with a smooth bore counterpart of the US assault rifle AR-15 (its military version is known as M16), the company said ...
The M4-series Carbine achieves over 80% commonality with the M16A2 Rifle and replaces all M3 .45 caliber submachine guns, and selected M9 pistols and M16 rifles. The Army is pursuing a two-phase ...
Developed exclusively for U.S. special operations forces and the demanding environments they operate in, the Mk16 Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle ... with an M16 compatible pistol ...
MANILA, Philippines — A man killed with an M16 assault rifle on Friday, February 28, the supposed campaign manager of a mayoral candidate in Tawi-Tawi who is a brother-in-law of the governor in ...