The M77E was also fitted with sling swivels ... While the M14 and M16 were the primary infantry small arms of the Vietnam War, the various combat shotguns also provided valuable service to ...

The introduction of the M16 as the standard infantry rifle for ... The rifles were delivered to troops in Vietnam in 1965 without cleaning kits or manuals on how to clean them.

Fifty years after its official end, the Vietnam War remains one of the most ... 223 Remington caliber M16 rifle, AKA the ...

because the gun lobby’s political bootlickers willingly arm domestic terrorists with AR-15-style semi-automatic weapons, which basically are counterparts to the M16 that I carried in Vietnam.

The forward assist is the most infamous addition to the M16A1, and was part of an attempt to resolve the reliability issues that severely dogged the original M16 in Vietnam. If fouling prevented ...

Reporter Betsy Halstead learns how to fire an M16 automatic rifle during the Vietnam War in 1965.Bettmann/Getty Images ...