The commanding officer of US Army Vietnam, General William Westmoreland, requested a technical assistance team visit units in the field equipped with the M16, a visit that lasted six weeks.

Fifty years after its official end, the Vietnam War remains one of the most tragic, controversial, ... the 5.56mm/.223 Remington caliber M16 rifle, AKA the “Mattel. ...

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 Original M16 Manual Was a Vietnam War Comic Book Probably the most important chapter of the Army's 1967 manual "The M-16A1 Rifle: Operation and Preventative Maintenance." (U.S. Army) ...

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

Reporter Betsy Halstead learns how to fire an M16 automatic rifle during the Vietnam War in 1965.Bettmann/Getty ImagesThe M16 or AR-15 rifle is one of the US's most divisive symbolsTo gun ...

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 ...

A paratrooper memorial service in Lai Khe, Vietnam, in 1965 for seven members of the U.S. 101st Airborne Brigade who'd been killed in action included the soldiers' boots, helmets and M16 rifles ...

The Dismal Debut of the M-16. The authors of Misfire are retired professional Army officers with direct operational experience of the M-16.. Their purpose is, in effect, to show that the root causes ...

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 ...

Much has been said and written about the M14 rifle and its use in Vietnam, much of it critical. One U.S. Army veteran disagrees, saying his experience with the rifle was preferable to the M16.