M16A1 rifle

firearm

Learn about this topic in these articles:

assault rifles

  • ArmaLite rifle
    In assault rifle

    Army adopted it as the M16A1. Early complaints about the tendency of the M16 to jam were addressed with improved education about weapon maintenance and a change in the chemical composition of the powder in the cartridge that it fired.

    Read More

development of M16

  • M16 assault rifle
    In M16 rifle

    …the rifle, now designated the M16A1, was adopted as the standard infantry weapon for the U.S. military in 1967, superseding the M14 rifle. Colt subsequently marketed a semiautomatic version of the rifle to civilians and law-enforcement personnel as the AR-15, and upon the expiration of various patents in the 1970s,…

    Read More