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 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.

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) ...

US Marines in Vietnam use their M16 rifles in 1968. AP. By 1966, issues with the M16 were widespread. Soldiers' rifles were jamming during battles.

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 ...

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 ...

In 1969, Brig. Gen. S.L.A. Marshall took a comprehensive look at the state of marksmanship in the U.S. military and examined the use of small arms in Vietnam.

Misfire: The Tragic Failure of the M16 in Vietnam Bob Orkand and Lyman Duryea. Stackpole, $29.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-8117-3796-8 ...

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.