The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine.

M16 槍系是一系列 突擊步槍，發射 北約 標準的 5.56毫米口徑彈藥。 M16是1967年以來 美國陸軍 使用的 步兵 輕兵器 主力，亦被至少15個北約國家所採用，更是同口徑 槍械 中產量最多的一個型號。 M16是美國軍方給由 阿瑪萊特 AR-15 發展而來的軍械之編號 [2]。

2025年2月26日 · M16 rifle, assault rifle developed as the AR-15 by American engineer Eugene Stoner of ArmaLite Inc. in the late 1950s. The rifle received high marks for its light weight, its accuracy, and the volume of fire that it could provide.

2025年3月21日 · M16是一款轻巧的5.56毫米口径突击步枪，它采用瓦斯直接传动系统，由高压瓦斯通过导气管（Gas tube）直接推动枪栓进行上膛抛壳动作，以弹匣供弹，全枪由枪管用钢材，铝合金以及复合塑料制成。

The original AR-15 rifle and every rifle from the M16 family is a gas operated, selective fire, magazine fed weapon. Generally civilian AR-15 type rifles are semi-automatic only. The heart of the M16 rifle is the direct gas impingement system, …

The M16 is an assault rifle used by the United States since the Vietnam War in 1963, [5] based on the AR-15. Since 1975, the M16 has been used by many different countries.

2024年12月14日 · Key Points: The M16 rifle’s adoption marked a turning point in U.S. military rifle design, moving away from traditional .30 caliber rounds to a lighter, high-velocity 5.56mm caliber. -Born from Eugene Stoner’s AR-15, the M16 faced resistance from …

The M16A2 5.56mm rifle is a lightweight, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed, shoulder- or hip-fired weapon designed for either automatic fire (3-round bursts) or semiautomatic...

2017年9月20日 · North Vietnamese soldiers and Viet Cong guerillas fought the battle armed with either the SKS or the AK-47. The Americans were armed with the XM16E1—a revolutionary new select-fire rifle often...

The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine.