The ArmaLite AR-15 is a gas-operated assault rifle manufactured in the United States between 1959 and 1964. Designed by American gun manufacturer ArmaLite...
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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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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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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-18 is a gas-operated rifle chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. The AR-18 was designed at ArmaLite in California by Arthur Miller,...
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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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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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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 have...
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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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CAR-15 name was an attempt to re-associate the AR-15 name with Colt, since the AR initially stood for ArmaLite, the original manufacturer of the ArmaLite...
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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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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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Eugene Stoner (section Armalite designs)
firearms designer who is most associated with the development of the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle that was redesigned and modified by Colt's Patent Firearm Company...
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(future M14) and the ArmaLite AR-15 in 1958, the T44E4 experienced 16 failures per 1,000 rounds fired compared to 6.1 for the ArmaLite AR-15. Because of several...
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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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AR15 (disambiguation) (redirect from AR-15 (disambiguation))
original ArmaLite AR-15 design ArmaLite AR-15, a selective fire rifle designed by ArmaLite and a predecessor to the United States M16 rifle CAR-15, a line...
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STANAG magazine (redirect from AR-15 magazine)
SR-556 Safir T-15 and T-16 SIG Sauer SIG516 SIG Sauer SIGM400 Smith & Wesson M&P15 SOAR Type 86 Type 91 Z-M Weapons LR 300 Armalite AR-180B Beretta AR70/90...
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the .222 Remington. Originally developed for a US military prototype ArmaLite AR-15 rifle in 1958, the cartridge was not adopted by the military, but was...
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scaled-down version of the ArmaLite AR-10, called ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. However, despite overwhelming evidence that the AR-15 could bring more firepower...
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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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hull classification symbol: Repair ship (AR) Armalite Rifle AR-15–style rifle, rifles based on ArmaLite's AR-15 Army Reserve (Ireland), the land component...
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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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version of the Armalite AR-10, called ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. During testing it was found that a 5- to 7-man team armed with the ArmaLite AR-15s had the same...
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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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single-shot rifles .223 Remington, a commercial cartridge developed for the ArmaLite AR-15, from which the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge was derived .223 Winchester...
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they do not have select-fire capabilities. In contrast, the original ArmaLite AR-15 would meet the criteria. Select-fire rifles with fixed magazines like...
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lightweight and modular submachine gun that resembles the American ArmaLite AR-15 (M16). According to the manufacturer, it discharges casings from the...
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scaled-down version of the ArmaLite AR-10, called the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. However, despite overwhelming evidence that the AR-15 could bring more firepower...
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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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Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 (category ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives)
scaled-down version of the Armalite AR-10, called the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. However, despite overwhelming evidence that the AR-15 could bring more firepower...
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