Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Army's Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program aimed to replace the M16 rifle with a more advanced design but ultimately failed to find a suitable successor. Launched ...

While there are no major differences between the M16A2 and A3 besides the fire mode, there were many improvements with the advent of the M16A2 in the 1980s based on experience from the Vietnam War.

When the M16A2 was adopted in the 1980s, it could be seen as a rushed product. While the U.S. military needed a new rifle with the faster 1:7 twist to fire the new NATO standard SS109 round, the ...

Brooke Levine and her dad Ed Levine shoot an M16A2 and Uzi 9mm in full automatic at Silver Eagle Group gun range in Ashburn, Va.

A shortened variant of the M16A2 rifle, the M4 carbine provides the individual soldier operating in close quarters the capability to engage targets at extended range with accurate, lethal fire.

Soldiers, from the 76th Iraqi Infantry Brigade, received M16A2 rifles and infantry equipment sets, May 24-26, as part of the fielding of combat brigade equipment sets supplied to Iraqi Security ...

Security Force Assistance Team 3205, with 3rd Squadron, Combined Task Force Dragoon, are making their mark in history by assisting soldiers of the Afghan National Army's 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps ...

This "M16A2 Golgo 13" is reproducted from episode No.308 "The masterpiece of the assault rifle" The model which customized by Baelinger with the barrel he looked for eight years.