At times, the length of the M16 is awkward and interferes with MOS ... It is apparent that the close range lethality deficiency of the 5.56mm (M855) is more a matter of perception rather than ...

Almost every nation that used the original M16 or M16A1, from the Republic of Korea to the United Kingdom utilized M193. France also adopted a 5.56mm round similar to the M193 in 1979, which also ...

Carter's report should detail why the Army uses the M855A1 round for the M16 while the Marine Corps ... develop a plan to get back to one standard 5.56mm combat round." ...

Gen. Robert Scales addressed the Senate Armed Services Committee and stressed that the service needed to abandon 5.56 mm ammunition, along with the M4 and M16 family of rifles in favor of a new ...

And while the M4 also shoots the same sized bullet as the M16 — 5.56mm — the real benefits come from its reduced weight and portability. At 7.5 pounds — a pound lighter than the M16 — the ...

The M4 carbine, a compact derivative of the M16 rifle tracing its roots to the Vietnam-era CAR-15, became the ubiquitous ...

A test fire an Aberdeen Proving Ground range pitted the M855A1 round against the M855 and the M80 in multiple weapons -- the two 5.56mm rounds were fired in both the M4 and the M16, and the 7.62 ...

Army engineers and scientists optimized the EPM to work with the M4/M4A1, M16 rifle, and standard military 5.56mm small arms round, the M855A1. The M855A1, known also as the Enhanced Performance ...

The M16 first saw combat in the Vietnam war and went on to become ... That fact alone speaks volumes to the validity and effectiveness of the cartridge. As a standard, 5.56mm NATO and .223 Rem. rifles ...

the 5.56mm/.223 Remington caliber M16 rifle, AKA the “Mattel.” I first read this slang term for the weapon in the novel The ...

308 and 5.56mm cartridges are both capable of great accuracy ... The U.S. Military adopted the 5.56×45 cartridge, along with Armalite’s M16 rifle in 1963, laying the groundwork for the most popular ...

The M16 first saw combat in the Vietnam war and ... to the validity and effectiveness of the cartridge. As a standard, 5.56mm NATO and .223 Rem. rifles have different twist rates, and are intended ...