To gun enthusiasts, it is an effective, lightweight weapon. To anti-gun advocates, it's a symbol of mass shootings. Experts estimate approximately 16 million adults in the US now own at least one of ...

To gun enthusiasts, it is an effective, lightweight weapon. To gun-control advocates, it's a symbol of mass shootings. Approximately 16 million adults in the US now own at least one AR-15, according ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In 1962, the U.S. Air Force purchased 8,500 AR-15s, but the rapidly escalating situation in Vietnam saw many of these rifles diverted to arm South Vietnamese Army, as ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Thanks to its smaller cartridge, the M16 in automatic fire mode produced shot groups half the size of the bigger rifle. The M16 rifle is one of the most iconic weapons of ...

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For decades, troops have been complaining about the limitations of the M16 rifle and M4 carbine, both of which are hindered by the same flawed operating system that makes the weapons jam easily. But ...

The Army has tested 50,000 M4/M16 weapons in the past three months and has another 900,000 to go. An estimated 6 percent, or 3,000 have so far displayed a major malfunction requiring repair. (Army) R.

A soldier fires his M4 in a marksmanship competition at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (Ellen Lovett/Army) A short-lived program to find an interim replacement for the M4/M16 rifle for front line ...