The ArmaLite AR-10 is a 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle designed by Eugene Stoner in the late 1950s and manufactured by ArmaLite (then a division of the Fairchild...
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1964. Designed by American gun manufacturer ArmaLite in 1956, it was based on its AR-10 rifle. The ArmaLite AR-15 was designed to be a lightweight rifle...
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ArmaLite, or Armalite, is an American small arms engineering company, formed in the early 1950s, in Hollywood, California. Many of its products, as conceived...
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The ArmaLite AR-7 Explorer is a semi-automatic firearm in .22 Long Rifle caliber, developed in 1959 from the AR-5 that was adopted by the U.S. Air Force...
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The ArmaLite AR-18 is a gas-operated assault rifle chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. The AR-18 was designed at ArmaLite in California by Arthur...
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ArmaLite AR-15, which is a scaled-down derivative of the AR-10 design (by Eugene Stoner). It is closely related to the military M16 rifle. ArmaLite sold...
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lightweight ArmaLite AR-15, an automatic rifle designed by Eugene Stoner and other engineers at ArmaLite in 1956. Colt currently owns the AR-15 trademark...
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The ArmaLite AR-50 is a .50 BMG, single-shot, bolt-action anti-materiel rifle manufactured by ArmaLite. The AR-50 rifle utilizes its weight and a large...
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The ArmaLite AR-5 is a lightweight bolt-action takedown rifle chambered for the .22 Hornet cartridge and adopted as the MA-1 aircrew survival rifle by...
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The ArmaLite AR-30 is a bolt-action rifle manufactured by Armalite. Based in part on Armalite's AR-50 rifle, the AR-30 is available in three cartridges;...
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CAR-15 (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
the AR-15 name with Colt, since the AR initially stood for ArmaLite, the original manufacturer of the ArmaLite AR-15. Colt later abandoned the CAR-15...
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Zbroyar Z-10, also known as the UAR-10, is a 7.62×51mm NATO sniper rifle manufactured by Zbroyar and is based on the ArmaLite AR-10. The first Z-10 rifles...
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An Armalite rifle (AR) is one of a series of rifles the ArmaLite company made or, more generally, a rifle based on one of its designs, such as the ArmaLite...
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"AR-15" are respectively trademarks of ArmaLite and Colt, variants of both are made by many manufacturers. The AR-15 rifle usually comes chambered for either...
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The AR-16 was an American battle rifle produced by ArmaLite. The AR-16 was developed shortly after ArmaLite's previous rifle, the AR-15. It was designed...
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Battle rifle (section AR-10)
AR-10 was built in relatively small numbers, with fewer than 10,000 rifles assembled. However, the ArmaLite AR-10 (later developed into the ArmaLite AR-15...
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Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
The SPR concept was originally proposed by Mark Westrom, president of ArmaLite, while working at Rock Island Arsenal in 2000. Its design group included...
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Eugene Stoner (section Armalite designs)
Remington resulted in the somewhat successful and often imitated Armalite AR-18. Stoner left ArmaLite in 1961 to serve as a consultant for Colt. He eventually...
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KS-1 rifle (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
Armament Company (KAC). It is designed as an improved version of their Armalite AR-15 clone called SR-16. The 13.7" KS-1 variant was adopted as the L403A1-AIW...
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Bushmaster XM-15 (redirect from Bushmaster AR-15)
name in the Kasler v. Lockyer Assault Weapon List, among other AR-style rifles by Armalite, DPMS, Colt, and Eagle Arms, to name a few. As a result of the...
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Colt Automatic Rifle (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
even though the "AR" in AR-15 stands for Armalite Rifle, the original manufacturer. The CAR-15 weapons system consisted of the AR-15 and five variations...
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The AR-57, also known as the AR Five Seven, is available as either an upper receiver for the AR-15/M16 rifle or a complete rifle, firing 5.7×28mm rounds...
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M16 rifle (redirect from Armalite M16)
version of the Armalite AR-10, named the ArmaLite AR-15. The AR-15 was first revealed by Eugene Stoner at Fort Benning in May 1957. The AR-15 used .22-caliber...
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SR-25 (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
based on Stoner's AR-10, rebuilt in its original 7.62×51mm NATO caliber. Up to 60% of parts of the SR-25 are interchangeable with the AR-15 and M16—everything...
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Ruger AR-556 is a semiautomatic AR-15 style rifle manufactured by U.S. firearms company Sturm, Ruger & Co. Introduced in 2014 as an entry-level AR-15 using...
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M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
the original AR-10 developed by Eugene Stoner but feature additional refinements instituted by KAC to maximize parts commonality with the AR-15 design,...
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SIG MCX Spear (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
MCX-MR requires the removal of two screws first. It features both an M16/AR-15 type charging handle and a left side charging handle. It uses a 20-round...
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Heckler & Koch HK417 (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
operates in a forged alloy receiver resembling those of the Stoner-designed AR-10, AR-15 and M16 rifles. Like the HK416, the HK417 is gas-operated with a short-stroke...
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ISBN 972-46-1192-2, pp. 183–184 Pikula, Sam (Major), The ArmaLite AR-10, p. 79 Pikula, Sam (Major), The ArmaLite AR-10, p. 80 Afonso, Aniceto and Gomes, Carlos de...
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SIG MCX (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
Tactical Life. "AR Lower Receiver Extension Adapter for SIG MCX Upper - Soldier Systems Daily". 9 February 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-10. "USSOCOM Awards...
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