M16rifle

M-16 Specifications: Type: semi or fully automatic assault rifle Country of origin: United States Caliber: 5.56x45mm Effective range: Same as AK-47 Cartridge capacity: 20 or 30 rounds Muzzle velocity: 3281 ft/s Overall length: 39 inches Rate of fire: 700-950 rds/m This weapon has equipped the American Soldier for more than 50 years. An engineer at the ArmaLite factory, Eugene Stoner came up with the AR-15/M-16. What he did was cut out most of the pipe work and replaces it with a simpler gas system that reloads a smaller, lighter rounds as of the 5.56x45mm, most soldiers could carry twice the ammo for the same weight as the 7.62x39mm rounds. This weapon came around because of Stoner was working with high-speed alloys mainly used for jet-related plans, he realized that he could forge a new weapon. The M-16 looked very space age and besides the aluminum alloys, there were also plastic parts! There was a specialty of the 5.56 round was that when it hit flesh, the round the tumble causing immense damage. Also, due to the space age look, it was not very popular to the traditional crowd of riflemen. When the Vietnam War came about in 1950’s and 60’s before it escaladed the American GI’s carried this weapon into Vietnam, but a problem was apparent, the rifle jammed. There were no cleaning kits for the rifle. So, the “black rifle” the name as the M-16 was known by because it sounded very sexy, when the cleaning kits were put to use along with training, the M-16 became a great weapon. After Vietnam, the M-16 is still in use, for which to take the fight to the enemy. In Iraq, there is a scoped version of the weapon which Marines use to take so many headshots that an investigative committee was brought in to see if they were executing people. The committee confirmed that the shots were taken from far range. Overall, the M-16 is a weapon of choice. Rating: Innovation: 70/100 Handling: 80/100 Combat: 80/100 Accuracy: 80/100 Service: 80/100