The standard U.S. infantry rifle in Vietnam is the M16. There have been stories of men getting killed because their M16s jammed in battle. My ad­vice is to ignore these tales.

U.S. Marines are largely supportive of their commandant's decision to drop the M16 rifle for the M4 carbine as the standard infantry weapon.

When the Army ordered its now standard M4 carbine in 1993 from firearms maker Colt, it saw the rifle as a lighter, more agile alternative to the Vietnam era M16. In 2023, it will begin fielding a ...

Watch a firearm and weapons expert react to the iconic M16 in video games! From Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, to Escape from Tarkov, to Payday 2, and more, we got Alex Pitts, the Combined ...

And some of them are among the top-selling items in their categories, such as the UTG Leapers RB-TPG172B Combat Tactical Rifle Pistol Grip, which, as of July 31, was the No. 7 item on all of EBay ...

The gun used in the Dayton shooting (top) has a barrel that's shorter than the federal minimum for a rifle. Legally classified as a pistol, it was fed by a 100-round "double drum" magazine (lower ...

The US Army has been testing rifle-armed robot dogs for a while now, mainly based on the Ghost Robotics Vision 60, which has potential beyond counter-drone roles.. The Marine Commandos have tested ...

American ingenuity is an incredible force, particularly on the battlefield. Weapons such as the M16 rifle have been battle-tested and refined to near perfection. Some American weapons, such as the ...

Both the rifle and light machine gun are select-fire systems that are chambered in a new 6.8mm short magnum cartridge that weighs 140 grains and which has a muzzle velocity of 3,200 feet per second.

The gun that will replace both the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and the M16/M4 rifle/carbine weapons — and add a new, widely distributed caliber to the U.S. military inventory for the first time ...

American ingenuity is an incredible force, and nowhere more so than on the battlefield. Weapons like the M16 rifle have been battle tested and refined to near-perfection. Others like the atomic ...