A man from Japan and another from South Korea are facing federal criminal charges for allegedly setting up an illegal supply chain of assault rifle parts from the U.S. through Hawaii to customers in ...

The encouraging feedback from these units, fighting enemies armed with the AK-47 assault rifle at close range, led the Army to a “one-time” purchase of 104,000 rifles, renamed the M16 and ...

AR-15s are also dead-ringers for their “assault rifle” counterparts the M16 and M4. And while civilian AR-15s are semiautomatic, not fully automatic, many hear “automatic” and assume AR ...

Whether considered an assault rifle or America’s rifle, ... the U.S. military selected Colt to manufacture a standard-issue model of the AR-15 — dubbed the M16 — for soldiers in the Vietnam War.

-The StG44, considered the first true assault rifle, set the stage for future designs like the AK-47 and M16. Modern contenders like the AK-103 and IWI Galil Ace are highly regarded, but the ...

They’ll be armed with Israel’s TAR-21 “Tavor,” a second-generation indigenous assault rifle that replaced American-made M16 and M4 rifles and the country’s own Galil rifles in the IDF.

What is an AR-15 rifle, and why is it so popular. A similar firearm was used by the Jacksonville, Florida shooter at a Dollar General, officials said.