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    variations of the Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle family of weapons produced by Colt's Manufacturing Company. Weapons patterned on the original ArmaLite AR-15 design...
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    Colt AR-15s to the Federation of Malaya and the United Kingdoms in 1959. Colt started selling the semi-automatic version of the M16 rifle as the Colt...
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    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...
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    An AR-15–style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on or similar to the Colt AR-15 design. The Colt model removed the selective fire feature...
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    designated as M16 rifle in December 1963, which went into production and service in 1964.[page needed][page needed] Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark...
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    The Colt Automatic Rifle-15 or CAR-15 is a family of M16 rifle–based firearms marketed by Colt in the 1960s and early 1970s. However, the term "CAR-15" is...
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    like AR-10 to the rear of the receiver), the new redesigned rifle (the AR-15) was subsequently adopted by the U.S. military as the M16 rifle. Colt continued...
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    High Capacity Magazine (HCM) "Quad-Stack" AR Rifle Magazines: 60-Round/Shot and 100-Round/Shot AR (AR-15/M16) 5.56mm NATO Box Magazines for Significantly-Increased...
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  • The Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle 6940 (commonly shortened to Colt IAR or IAR6940), is a Light machine gun designed by Phil Hinckley and manufactured by...
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  • and Charles Dorchester in 1963 as an alternative to the Colt AR-15 design, a variant of which had just been selected by the U.S. military as the M16....
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    the world and is still used. Though they did not develop it, for a long time Colt was also primarily responsible for all AR-15 and M16 rifle production...
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    out of both the SOPMOD Block I program, and the U.S. Navy SEALs Recon Rifle, a 16" flat-topped M16 carbine. Early models included the SPR, SPR/A, and SPR/B...
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    XM-15 series (or XM15) is a line of AR-15 style semi-automatic rifles and carbines manufactured by Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC. Variants include...
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    SR-25 (redirect from Stoner Rifle-25)
    auto-loading rifle, but it lost the competition to the M14 rifle. The patent rights for the AR-10 and the AR-15 were sold to Colt's Manufacturing Company. Colt focused...
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    AR-10 to the rear of the receiver), the new redesigned rifle was subsequently adopted as the M16. The M16 entered U.S. service in the mid-1960s and was...
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    M14, and H&K G3 main battle rifles are not assault rifles; they fire full-powered rifle cartridges. Semi-automatic-only rifles like the Colt AR-15 are...
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    piston M4- and M16-style weapons. IAR gunners consider the rifle-grade accuracy to be a significant improvement over the SAW, despite the loss of sustained...
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  • Grenade Rifle Entry Munition (GREM) Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade (SOCOM) MK3/3A1/3A2 Concussion Grenade M25/A1 M7/A1/A2 M6/A1 Mk 1 Mod 0/1/2/3 M34 M16 M15...
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    Heckler & Koch HK416 (category AR-15 style rifles)
    Heckler & Koch. Although the design is based on the AR-15 class of firearm (specifically the Colt M4 carbine family issued to the U.S. military), it uses...
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    every column. List of assault rifles List of 7.62×51mm NATO firearms List of 7.62×39mm firearms 5.45×39mm 5.8×42mm "M16 5.56mm Rifle". Colt.com. Archived...
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  • France – carbine – 5.56×45mm NATO, .45 ACP: Colt M16 variant) LAPA Rifles LAPA FA-03 (Brazil – assault rifle – 5.56×45mm NATO: prototype) L.A.R. Manufacturing...
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    HK33, and a modified M16 rifle pattern weapon. The qualities of the M16 were the most promising, and by 1974 it had been designated the XM231. Colt was...
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  • militaries. Some rifles listed below, such as the AR-15, also come in semi-auto models that would not belong under the term "assault rifle." By strict definition...
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  • Grenade: American grenade launcher designed for use with the Colt M16 rifle and its variants. Entered service with the United States Armed Forces in 1969...
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    Close Quarters Battle Receiver (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
    the Colt Commando short-barreled M16 variants of the past) which makes the weapon significantly more compact, thus making it easier to use in, and around...
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  • Guards) and Modular Combat Shotgun. Benelli M1014 – semi automatic 12-gauge shotgun. Mossberg 590A1 12-gauge pump Colt 9mm SMG – variant of the M16 chambered...
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  • ArmaLite (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    combat rifle, in the NATO standard 7.62 mm caliber, with its AR-10. While that bid was unsuccessful, the rifle attracted the attention of both Colt and the...
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  • manufactured by Colt List of Colt AR-15 & M16 rifle variants, for Colt-made firearms based on the original ArmaLite AR-15 design Area 15 (Nevada National...
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  • NATO) Colt CM901 (US – Assault Rifle – 5.56×45mm NATO, 6.8mm SPC, 7.62×39mm, 7.62×51mm NATO) Colt M16 (US – Assault Rifle – 5.56×45mm NATO) Colt Automatic...
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    carbine, M14 rifle, and M16 rifle. The Australian and New Zealand forces employed the 7.62 mm L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle as their service rifle, with the occasional...
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