A U.S. Army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division returns fire with a M249 light machine gun during combat operations in ... The M4 shoots 5.56mm rounds and is a shortened version of the M16A2.

The Army commissioned an “Enhanced M16A2” (as referred to by Infantry magazine) in September 1984. Internally, these rifles may have been known as the M16A2E1 or M16A2E3.

When the M16A2 was adopted in the 1980s, it could be seen as a rushed product. While the U.S. military needed a new rifle with the faster 1:7 twist to fire the new NATO standard SS109 round, the ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Army's Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program aimed to replace the M16 rifle with a more advanced design but ultimately failed to find a suitable successor. Launched ...

The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command sent out a safety message on ... M4A1, M4A1 PIP, M16A2 and M16A4 models were inspected. All but the M16A2 models had failures, but those ...

Services: USN, US Army, USMC, USAF ... The M4-series Carbine achieves over 80% commonality with the M16A2 Rifle and replaces all ... Video from the U.S. Coast Guard shows a Miami-based aircrew ...

Soldiers with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit's Service Rifle team braved the heat and stiff competition and came out on top at the 49th Interservice Rifle Championships. With their accomplishment ...

The M16A2 entered service in the mid-1980s and fired a NATO standard Belgian-designed M855 or ... U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade participate in a spirit video at ...

Soldiers with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit's Service Rifle team braved the heat and stiff competition to uphold the Army's reputation as the military's best marksmen and came out on top at the ...