The M16 promised light weight and greater lethality, but was it all it was cracked up to be? In this segment we follow the rifle to Vietnam, where the weapon developed a reputation for being ...

The M16’s predecessor in U.S. military service ... plagued by perceived problems for infantry usage in the jungles of Vietnam: the heavy weight and lack of controllability during full-auto ...

The M16 promised light weight and greater lethality, but was it all it was cracked up to be? In this segment we follow the rifle to Vietnam, where the weapon developed a reputation for being ...

The introduction of the M16 as the standard infantry rifle for ... The rifles were delivered to troops in Vietnam in 1965 without cleaning kits or manuals on how to clean them.

Reporter Betsy Halstead learns how to fire an M16 automatic rifle during the Vietnam War in 1965.Bettmann/Getty Images ...

Out of seven notebooks filled with basic data on our fighting operations in Vietnam, there are only three examples of enemy soldiers being killed by M16 fire at range 100 meters or more ...

because the gun lobby’s political bootlickers willingly arm domestic terrorists with AR-15-style semi-automatic weapons, which basically are counterparts to the M16 that I carried in Vietnam.

AR-15 rifles are light, accurate, and quick. When they were used by the military, they were called M16 rifles. As of 2023, about 16 million adults in the US own at least one, according to polling ...

McNamara isn’t the only villain in this saga; the Army M-16 Project Manager, his boss, various testers, manufacturing inspectors, and even field commanders in Vietnam all bear some culpability in ...

Howe (Behind the Curve), a professor of environmental history at Reed College, and U.S. Marine veteran Lemons team up for a searing mix of wartime memoir and scientific Continue reading » Talk to ...

While I was a cadet at West Point, the M16 was entering U. S. military service in large numbers, particularly in Vietnam. I became a fan of the M16, but it was clear even then that the M16 had a ...