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The Canadian company Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco) licensed production of a rifle (Colt Model 715) and carbine (Colt Model 725), but later went on to produce an entire line of AR-15/M16 pattern weapons developed independently. In May 2005, Colt's Manufacturing Company acquired Diemaco, and the name was changed to Colt Canada.
The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine.
M16A1 rifle. The Model 603 CAR-15 Rifle, adopted initially by the United States Army as the XM16E1 and then later as the M16A1, and the Model 604 CAR-15 Rifle, adopted by the United States Air Force as the M16, formed the core of the CAR-15 family. However, the United States military had already committed to purchases before Colt created the ...
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 AK-47 has a widely used closed-bolt light machine gun version called the RPK with a stronger receiver, longer heavier barrel, an attached bipod and can use larger 40-round box and 75-round drum magazines. [314] The M16 has belt-fed light machine gun versions made by several manufactures, [315] [316] [317] including the Ares Defense Shrike 5.56.
M16A1 Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Used by Honour Guard, as ceremonial rifle. [7] Precision rifles Heckler & Koch HK417 Germany: HK417A2 Designated marksman rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO [3] [5] Accuracy International Arctic Warfare United Kingdom: AW Bolt action sniper rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO: AW variant used to be the standard issue sniper rifle. [1]
Bolt action sniper rifle: 7.62x51mm NATO: Retired Sniper Rifle Replaced By Barrett MRAD Accuracy International AW50F United Kingdom: Anti-materiel sniper rifle: 12.7×99mm NATO: M16A1 United States: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle United Kingdom Australia. Battle rifle: 7.62x51mm NATO: Parker Hale M82 United Kingdom ...
M16A1 rifle ArmaLite AR-15. At the request of the U.S. military, Stoner's chief assistant, Robert Fremont along with Jim Sullivan designed the Armalite AR-15 from the basic AR-10 model, scaling it down to fire the small-caliber .223 Remington cartridge. The AR-15 was later adopted by United States military forces as the M16 rifle. [7] [8]