The ArmaLite AR-18 is a gas-operated rifle chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. The AR-18 was designed at ArmaLite in California by Arthur Miller, Eugene Stoner, George Sullivan, and Charles Dorchester in 1963 as an alternative to the Colt AR-15 design, a variant of which had just been selected by the U.S. military as the M16.

created a Light Support Weapon (LSW) prototype with a quick barrel change capability and completed a caliber conversion to 7.62x39mm. AR-18 LSW prototype.

2015年6月1日 · The AR-18 was very much pushed by ArmaLite as a replacement for the AR-15. In fact, testing was conducted at White Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Grounds as well as the Infantry School at Fort Benning. In 1964, the Army Infantry Board conducted a military potential test for the AR-18 and reported in 1965 that the AR-18 was one of several rifles ...

AR-18 LSW -Sterling prototype with quick change, heavy barrel added, flash suppressor, and bipod in an attempt to make a Squad Automatic. Similar in concept to Colt CAR/Colt 750 . Included caliber change to 7.62x39mm Russian AK-47 round.

The L86 Light Support Weapon (LSW) is a magazine-fed squad automatic weapon originally intended to provide fire support at a fireteam level. The weapon has a heavier, longer 646 millimetres (25.4 in) barrel than the rifle and features a shorter handguard with an integrated bipod protruding from the front. [ 67 ]

Original AR-18 assault rifle, made by the Sterling Armaments of UK. The "reincarnated" AR-180B of recent manufacture. Semi-automatic onlyand with plastic lower receiver with integral pistol grip. Schematic view of the AR-18 (from the original Armalite patent, issued in 1968)

2016年12月14日 · The resultant rifle was called the AR-18 and, unlike the M16, was all-steel in construction and made of steel pressings spot welded together. Like the M16 it was light at 7lbs (inc a loaded 20-round magazine) and compact at 38”.

After many changes to design and calibre the eventual result was the SA80 or the L85 Individual Weapon and the L86 Light Support Weapon (LSW). The eventual weapons were essentially ArmaLite AR-18s in a bullpup configuration. The LSW was to replace the ageing 7.62x51mm L4 Bren light machine guns and the L7 GPMG at section level.

2022年4月8日 · However, the AR-18 is without a doubt one of the most influential rifles ever created. The short-stroke gas piston system is in use by our troops with the M27 IAR and SIG LVAW. If you want your own AR-18, then the BRN-180 from Brownells is as close as you can get on the modern market. Read more from Sandboxx News

2025年2月24日 · Assault rifle released in 1963 . Eugene Stoner 's 'Legacy' [1] Based on the AR-16, it was improved by three designers from Armalite . Although it is a gas piston type, the engine part is designed mainly for press processing, so the …