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.

First designed by Eugene Stoner in the United States of America, although it is currently being replaced by the shorter M4A1 as the standard infantry rifle used by the United States Military Forces. The rifle and its variants are still being used by over 80 nations around the world.

2024年6月9日 · The M16 is an iconic weapon, the standard-issue rifle for the US military for decades. Understanding its specifications is key to appreciating its design, capabilities, and evolution.

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 fire...

2017年9月20日 · This M4 Modular Weapons System remains in service today and accommodates the mounting of a variety of accessories, including grips, lasers and tactical lights.

2023年11月23日 · Eventually, however, it became, in many ways, a superior rifle to the ones it replaced and led to the current service rifle of our armed forces, the M4 carbine. It began with a comedy of errors, but ended in success. I’m going to skip a few details here and there to keep this a reasonable length.

2019年10月21日 · There’s much to admire about the M16's incredible design. The weapon is the longest continuously-serving rifle in American military history. It is an air-cooled, gas-operated, modular weapon system, meaning components can be reconfigured to support different features.

2023年2月9日 · The M16 is a selective-fire, a gas-operated rifle chambered in 5.56×45 mm (.223 Remington). Despite early flaws, the weapon is now considered among the best assault rifles in the world, offering reliability, accuracy, and comfort.

The M16 Assault Rifle is the standard-issue shoulder weapon in the U.S. military. Designed to fire small, high-velocity rounds (5.56 mm caliber vs. 7.62 mm), the weapon is relatively small and light, thereby significantly decreasing the overall load warfighters needed to carry.