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  2. M16 rifle - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. M16A1 rifle (top) is compared to a Soviet AKMS rifle. The M16 is a select-fire, 5.56×45mm, air-cooled, internal-piston gas-operated, magazine-fed rifle, with a rotating bolt and straight-line recoil design.

  5. Eugene Stoner - Wikipedia

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    Eugene Morrison Stoner (November 22, 1922 – April 24, 1997) was an American machinist and firearms designer who is most associated with the development of the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle that was redesigned and modified by Colt's Patent Firearm Company for the United States military as the M16 rifle.

  6. List of firearms (M) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of small arms whose manufacturer or name (in the case of no known or multiple manufacturers) starts with the letter M—including pistols, shotguns, sniper rifles, submachine guns, personal defense weapons, assault rifles, battle rifles, designated marksman rifles, carbines, machine guns, flamethrowers, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, anti-tank rifles, and any other ...

  7. M16 (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    M16 is a family of military rifles. M16 or M-16 may also refer to: Firearms and military. M16 mine, an American landmine; BOV M16 Milo ...

  8. Authorities hunt for clues, but motive of man who tried to ...

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    That is a distance at which U.S. Army recruits must hit a scaled human-sized silhouette to qualify with the M-16 rifle. ... its creator firing off handguns and assault rifles at targets that ...

  9. Colt Automatic Rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Colt Automatic Rifle or Colt Light Machine Gun is a 5.56 mm NATO, open-bolt, full-automatic-only firearm developed by Colt Defense. It is based on the M16A2/A4 , and has a distinctive squared-off handguard, vertical grip, carrying handle and integrated bipod.