What is the m 16 rifle?

The M 16 automatic rifle is the second-generation standard rifle changed by the United States after the Second World War, and it is also the first small-caliber rifle officially included in military equipment in the world. This series of automatic rifles mainly include M 16, M 16A 1, M 16A2 and M 16A4. The M 16 automatic rifle was designed by Eugene M. Stoner, a famous American gun designer. 1957, the U.S. military formally proposed to design a new gun after equipping the 7.62mm M 14 automatic rifle. At that time, two American companies competed to develop rifles, one of which was Amarette. The company improved its designed 7.62mm AR- 10 rifle into an AR- 15 rifle that fired 5.56mm bullets. 1957 Amarette company won the bid for the design scheme. Satisfactory results have been achieved in Aberdeen proving ground. According to the test results in cold areas, some improvements have been made to the AR- 15 rifle, such as strengthening the barrel, allowing the gun bore to shoot with water, increasing the trigger holder and shooting with gloves. 1959 65438+February AR- 15 sold to colt light weapons company. After many twists and turns, in 1962, the US Air Force purchased 8,500 AR- 15 rifles for the first time to equip the airport security forces, and named them M 16 rifles. 1964 the army officially equipped the gun.

The M 16 rifle exposed many problems on the battlefield in Vietnam. The most important thing is that the chamber is seriously polluted and the jamming failure rate is high. In view of the problems existing in the battlefield, Amar Park Rongsu Company improved the gun and named it M 16A 1 Rifle. 1967 finalized, 1969 has been heavily equipped with the us military. M 16 has gradually become a mature and reliable weapon system. NATO small caliber rifles were selected and tested in 1977~ 1980, and it was determined that Belgian SS 109 type 5.56 mm caliber bullets were NATO standard caliber bullets, while M 16A 1 type rifles could only use American M 193 type 5. In order to unify NATO caliber and further improve the combat performance of rifles, Colt Manufacturing Company improved the M 16A 1 rifle. 1982, the United States marine corps purchased 200,000 improved M 16A 1 rifles for the first time and named them M 16A2 rifles. 1984 In March, the US Army officially announced the adoption of the M 16A2 rifle.

Generally speaking, it should be an assault rifle