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.

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.

继美国陆军宣布装备 M4/M4A1 后，美国海军陆战队也宣布全面装备 M4/M4A1，以代替原来使用的 M16A2。 在2002年下半年，经过一番辩论后，美国海军陆战队司令 James Jones 将军通过 《海军陆战队时报》 正式宣布，美国海军陆战队经过2年的测试和评比，最终决定放弃全面换装 M4 而装备 M16A4， 装备时间从年底开始。 但海军陆战队也不打算全面装备 M16A4，机械化部队仍然会以M4作为主要武器。 M16A4的前身其实是1994年开始试验的M16A2E4，但当时的M16A2E4只 …

2017年9月20日 · First adopted in 1962, the select-fire AR-15/M16 in its various forms has armed the U.S. military for more than 50 years.

2020年6月2日 · It has been the primary infantry rifle of the United States military since 1967, is in use by 15 NATO countries, and has been the most produced firearm in its caliber. The M16 is a lightweight, 5.56 mm caliber, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed rifle, with a rotating bolt, actuated by direct impingement gas operation.

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 …

2012年6月22日 · The M16 earned perhaps its greatest distinction on May 2, 2011, when a variation of the M4 Carbine was used to kill the infamous terrorist leader and September 11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden...

The M16, including all variants, is the most mass produced U.S. military weapon in history with over 8 million weapons manufactured to this date. The M16 possessed several novel features for its time.

2023年11月23日 · An early M16 rifle. Note the duck bill flash suppressor. Credit: US Gov’t via Wikimedia Commons. By 1963, the M16 was adopted as the standard service rifle for the armed forces. Colt even started selling Colt Armalite Rifles and Colt Sporter Rifles to civilians, which were semi-auto versions for sport shooting.

The M16 rifle, officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16, is a United States military adaptation of the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle.[12][13][14][n 1] The original M16 was a 5.56mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine. In 1964, the M16 entered U.S. …