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How the M16 Rifle Outlasted Its Critics and Competitors
Summary and Key Points: The M16 rifle, designed by Eugene Stoner and adopted by the U.S. military in the 1960s, has remained a staple due to its reliability, modularity, and effectiveness.
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Advanced Combat Rifle: The U.S. Army Spent $300 Million on a Total Dud
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.
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Russian manufacturer designs smooth bore counterpart of US assault rifle M16
The manufacturer said that tests have confirmed the smooth bore AR-15 has an accuracy pretty close to that of the rifled replica ... the rifle was authorized for military use as M16 and has ...