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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common assault rifles in the world are the Soviet AK-47 and the American M16. These Cold War-era rifles have been used in conflicts both large and small...
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M16 is a family of military rifles. M16 or M-16 may also refer to: M16 mine, an American landmine BOV M16 Miloš, a Serbian 4x4 multipurpose armoured vehicle...
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The M16 was a 4.5-inch (114 mm) spin-stabilized unguided rocket developed by the United States Army during the Second World War. Entering service in April...
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The M16 mine is a United States-made bounding anti-personnel mine. It was based on captured plans of the World War II era German S-mine and has similar...
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Assault rifle (section M16)
NATO countries were equipped with battle rifles, the development of the M16 rifle during the Vietnam War prompted the adoption of assault rifles by the...
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M4 carbine (redirect from M16 carbine)
extensively used by the US military, with decisions to largely replace the M16 rifle in US Army (starting 2010) and US Marine Corps (starting 2016) combat...
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The M16 multiple gun motor carriage, also known as the M16 half-track, was an American self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon built during World War II. It...
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CAR-15 (section CAR-15 Rifle (AKA: M16 rifle))
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"...
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(formerly Squires Bingham Co.). The rifle bears a resemblance to the AR-15/M16 family of firearms, but is chambered in .22 LR. As they are two entirely...
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The BOV M16 Miloš is a Serbian 4x4 multipurpose armoured vehicle (MPAV) used for military and law enforcement applications. It features a V-hull, integrating...
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The Midland M16, also known as the Spyker M16, was the car with which the Midland team competed in the 2006 Formula One season. It was driven by Tiago...
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This article describes the many variations of the Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle family of weapons produced by Colt's Manufacturing Company. Weapons patterned...
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The M16 motorway was the designation planned in the late 1960s and early 1970s for use on Ringway 3, a new motorway planned as part of the London Ringways...
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Colt Automatic Rifle (redirect from M16 LMG)
Armalite AR-15 family at the end of the 1950s. Originally known as the Colt M16 LMG or simply as the Colt LMG (Light Machine Gun), this weapon was developed...
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STANAG magazine (section AR-15/M16 type rifles)
ammunition and magazines down to the individual soldier level. The U.S. M16 rifle's magazine proportions were proposed for standardization. Many NATO...
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The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation...
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1095-00-017-9701) is a bayonet that was used by the U.S. military for the M16 rifle, it can also be used with the M4 carbine as well as many other assault...
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adopted by the U.S. military in January 1962 and subsequently designated as M16 rifle in December 1963, which went into production and service in 1964...
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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 from standard FN P90 magazines...
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Flammenwerfer M.16. (redirect from Flammenwerfer M16)
Flammenwerfer M16 Type Flamethrower Place of origin German Empire Service history Used by German Empire, Freikorps Wars World War I Specifications Crew...
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The M16 road is a short metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Lynnwood Manor with Scientia. The M16 route begins...
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HMS M16 was a First World War Royal Navy M15-class monitor. Originally intended as a shore bombardment vessel, M16's primary armament was a single 9.2...
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Kingdoms in 1959. Colt started selling the semi-automatic version of the M16 rifle as the Colt AR-15 in 1964. The first mass production version was the...
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56×45mm NATO cartridge, first developed and used in the late 1970s for the M16 rifle, which to date, is the most widely produced weapon in this caliber...
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is a 9×19mm Parabellum submachine gun manufactured by Colt, based on the M16 rifle. The Colt 9mm SMG is a closed bolt, blowback operated SMG, rather than...
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Mauser (redirect from Spanish M16)
Mauser, originally the Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik, was a German arms manufacturer. Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols...
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Carro Armato Celere Sahariano (redirect from M16/43)
Carro Armato M Celere Sahariano (Italian for "Saharian Fast Medium Tank") or M16/43 was a prototype medium tank developed by the Kingdom of Italy during World...
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The Type CQ is an unlicensed Chinese variant of the M16 rifle manufactured by Norinco. According to the Norinco website, the rifle is officially known...
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Weapon (FPW) is an adapted version of the M16 assault rifle for shooting from firing ports on the M2 Bradley. The M16, standard infantry weapon of the time...
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