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twist rate. However, any pointed lead core bullet will "tumble" after penetration in flesh, because the center of gravity is towards the rear of the bullet. The large wounds observed by soldiers in
Vietnam were actually caused by bullet fragmentation, which was created by a combination of the bullet's velocity and construction. These wounds were so devastating that the photographs remained classified into the 1980s.
806:). The AR-15's "duckbill" flash suppressor had three tines or prongs and was designed to preserve the shooter's night vision by disrupting the flash. Early AR-15's had a 25-round magazine. Later model AR-15s used a 20-round waffle-patterned magazine that was meant to be a lightweight, disposable item. As such, it is made of pressed/stamped aluminum and was not designed to be durable.
314:), Colt rebranded it the Colt 601, however, it still carried the Armalite markings due to contractual obligations to Armalite/Fairchild Aircraft Co. Colt marketed the redesigned rifle to various military services around the world and was eventually adopted by the U.S. military in January 1962 and subsequently designated as
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to test the M14, the AR-15 and the AK-47. The Army reported that only the M14 was suitable for service, but Vance wondered about the impartiality of those conducting the tests. He ordered the Army
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to help push the bolt into battery in the event that a cartridge failed to seat into the chamber. The Air Force, Colt and Eugene Stoner believed that the addition of a forward assist was an unjustified expense. As a result, the design was split into two variants: the Air Force's M16 without the
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at 500 yards (460 meters) and retain a velocity in excess of the speed of sound, while matching or exceeding the wounding ability of the .30 Carbine cartridge. This request ultimately resulted in the development of a scaled-down version of the
486:, commander of the U.S. Continental Army Command (CONARC), to develop a .223 caliber (5.56 mm) select-fire rifle weighing 6 lb (2.7 kg) when loaded with a 20-round magazine. The 5.56mm round had to penetrate a standard U.S.
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1334:. SSUSA. pp. 24–29, 46. Archived from
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877:and descend from the civilian version, the
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2406:Bartocci, Christopher R. (July 20, 2011).
2335:. netres.comm. May 3, 2001. Archived from
1498:"South to the Naktong - North to the Yalu"
1281:
947:Bartocci, Christopher R. (July 16, 2012).
470:and the M14 came in the early part of the
2644:American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
2408:"Feeding the Modern Semi-Automatic Rifle"
1952:
1950:
1683:Pikula, p. 38: Later changed to titanium.
1612:Williams, Anthony G. (February 3, 2012).
1459:Fanaticism And Conflict In The Modern Age
1129:
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815:of moving parts and the rifle as a whole.
717:, with no reference to them being M16s).
682:An early M16 rifle without forward assist
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1910:, Guns & Ammo Annual Edition, 1971.
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1307:from the original on February 19, 2010.
1290:
1173:
1092:Military Small Arms of the 20th Century
1066:National Defense Industrial Association
974:
972:
970:
708:Colt ArmaLite AR-15 (Model 601 and 602)
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2642:McWhirter, Cameron and Zusha Elinson.
2515:
2410:. Americanrifleman.org. Archived from
2054:
2052:
1947:
1776:. Jane's Information Group: 43. 2003.
1261:"Report of the M16 rifle review panel"
1056:Ezell, Virginia Hart (November 2001).
1036:
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2426:
2313:from the original on December 3, 2013
2281:
1922:
1705:(1963). "The M-14: Boon or Blunder".
1701:
1663:. Regnum Fund Press. pp. 27–29.
1277:from the original on December 1, 2012
1119:
1117:
1115:
1113:
1055:
922:before the FN FAL for standardisation
617:testers were biased towards the M14.
579:Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
466:The first confrontations between the
67:ArmaLite AR-15 with 25-round magazine
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4318:Assault rifles of the United States
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2241:McCollum, Ian (December 26, 2016).
2127:Fackler, Martin L. (January 1989),
2049:
1843:"M14 Rifle History and Development"
1770:Jane's International Defence Review
1754:. Small Arms Review. Archived from
1474:. Pacificwar.org.au. Archived from
495:, called the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle.
24:
2534:
2333:"5.56mm (5.56 x 45 mm) Ammunition"
2305:Simpson, Layne (January 4, 2011).
2282:Lilja, Carson (January 23, 2015).
1818:. November 5, 2001. Archived from
1500:. History.army.mil. Archived from
1291:Ehrhart, Thomas P. (Maj.) (2009).
1110:
25:
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2762:M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System
2650:
2543:"Chapter 7: The Accidental Rifle"
2501:. Random House Publishing Group.
1995:
1841:Emerson, Lee (October 10, 2006).
1749:
761:
596:By intentionally choosing a slow
591:United States Army Special Forces
587:Advanced Research Projects Agency
331:Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants
4024:Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic
3372:Special Operations Assault Rifle
1539:– via Hyperwar Foundation.
1366:. Osprey Publishing. p. 6.
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261:Effective firing range
256:3,300 ft/s (1,006 m/s)
114:Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
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3497:Smith & Wesson M&P15-22
2923:Squad Designated Marksman Rifle
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478:Scaling down the ArmaLite AR-10
449:M60 general purpose machine gun
2966:Close Quarters Battle Receiver
2438:Ezell, Edward Clinton (1983).
1923:Ezell, Edward Clinton (1983).
1434:Hall, Donald L. (March 1952).
1141:"A Brief History Of The AR-15"
1049:
1037:Hobart, F. W. A., ed. (1974).
1030:
884:
843:List of AR platform cartridges
702:in Dallas on November 22, 1963
355:M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
13:
1:
4246:Charles Brinckerhoff Richards
3013:Knight's Armament Company PDW
2918:Squad Advanced Marksman Rifle
1882:. Osprey Publishing. p.
1179:The Writer's Guide to Weapons
929:
295:in 1956, it was based on its
4019:Colt Advanced Piston Carbine
3798:Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
3565:Colt's Manufacturing Company
3437:M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle
3264:Colt Advanced Piston Carbine
3094:Smith & Wesson M&P15
3089:Smith & Wesson M&P10
2136:International Defense Review
1211:Kern, Danford Allan (2006).
951:. Gun Digest. Archived from
169:Colt's Manufacturing Company
7:
4181:ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol)
2893:Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle
2629:One of three excerpts from
2498:American Rifle: A Biography
1551:"The Logistics of Invasion"
1523:Gropman, Alan, ed. (1997).
831:
548:
391:general-purpose machine gun
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4323:ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives
3008:GA Personal Defense Weapon
2956:Bushmaster M4-type Carbine
2516:Pikula, Major Sam (1998),
1657:Pikula, Major Sam (1998).
1235:– via m-14parts.com.
890:Used by Indonesian forces.
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3464:Heckler & Koch MR223
3284:Heckler & Koch HK416
3197:Heckler & Koch HK417
3099:Springfield Armory SAINT
2495:Rose, Alexander (2009).
2231:by Edward Clinton Ezell.
1874:Rottman, Gordon (2002).
1752:"M14 vs. M16 in Vietnam"
1405:"Arms of the Chosin Few"
1360:Rottman, Gordon (2011).
1181:. Penguin. p. 202.
1124:"Rifle Evaluation Study"
848:
341:After World War II, the
264:500 yd (457 m)
212:20 in (508 mm)
201:39 in (991 mm)
3709:Police Positive Special
3294:M231 Firing Port Weapon
2541:Chivers, C. J. (2010).
2441:Small Arms of the World
1975:. Penguin. p. 56.
1969:Dockery, Kevin (2007).
1926:Small Arms of the World
838:List of ArmaLite rifles
784:, the designer states:
363:Thompson submachine gun
4313:5.56 mm assault rifles
4106:XM148 grenade launcher
3803:Model 1908 Vest Pocket
2709:Direct gas impingement
1906:Hutton, Robert (ed.),
1448:on September 24, 2015.
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501:General Maxwell Taylor
425:
343:United States military
40:AR-15 (disambiguation)
38:. For other uses, see
27:American assault rifle
4333:Gas-operated firearms
4282:National Arms Company
4251:John Henry Fitzgerald
4231:Elizabeth Jarvis Colt
4173:Semi-automatic pistol
3633:Open Top Pocket Model
3447:Semi-automatic rifles
3041:Semi-automatic rifles
2520:, Regnum Fund Press,
2309:. Shootingtimes.com.
2294:on February 16, 2022.
2170:(February 28, 2011).
1145:National Public Radio
1139:(February 28, 2018).
812:
800:modular weapon system
786:
781:U.S. patent 2,951,424
774:is commonly called a
423:
373:largely replaced the
4057:Colt Automatic Rifle
3031:Colt Automatic Rifle
3003:AAC Honey Badger PDW
2627:on November 8, 2017.
2382:Ehrhart, Thomas P.,
2206:, pp. 380, 392.
1855:on December 15, 2017
1758:on January 25, 2023.
1618:Quarry.nildram.co.uk
1601:on November 7, 2015.
1409:Americanrifleman.org
1072:on December 7, 2010.
903:prefix is short for
606:Secretary of Defense
564:General Curtis LeMay
252:Muzzle velocity
3172:mechanism of action
2752:Colt Canada C20 DMR
2604:National Book Award
2368:– via google.
2145:on October 13, 2022
2002:smallarmsreview.com
1589:"New Service Rifle"
1504:on February 7, 2014
1341:on December 4, 2013
1227:on November 5, 2013
875:semi-automatic-only
4308:AR-15 style rifles
3719:FitzGerald Special
3643:Single Action Army
3150:Olympic Arms OA-93
2971:Olympic Arms OA-93
2657:Ciener Belt-Fed AR
2518:The ArmaLite AR-10
2339:on August 19, 2022
1933:. pp. 46–47.
1816:Globalsecurity.org
1812:"M14 7.62mm Rifle"
1647:Pikula, pp. 36, 38
1327:Schreier, Philip.
1023:Kokalis, Peter G.
871:AR-15 style rifles
804:fire control group
776:direct impingement
438:recoil compensator
430:phenolic composite
426:
403:Fabrique Nationale
383:intermediate round
369:, the select-fire
120:Production history
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2451:978-0-88029-601-4
2414:on April 14, 2013
2247:Forgotten Weapons
2183:978-1-4402-2684-7
1940:978-0-88029-601-4
1822:on March 26, 2019
1792:Missing or empty
1723:Pikula, pp. 39-40
1692:Pikula, pp. 27-30
1478:on March 30, 2023
1415:on March 16, 2023
1392:978-1-84908-907-4
1373:978-1-84908-690-5
1175:Sobieck, Benjamin
1102:978-0-87341-824-9
992:on May 17, 2023.
696:President Kennedy
575:Maxwell D. Taylor
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