The M16 was as iconic a military weapon as there ever was. When introduced in its original version in 1965, it was a game-changer. We went from the M14’s 30-caliber round to a much smaller .22-caliber round. Some loved it, some didn’t. The rifle was new and basically untried; in some ways, it didn’t perform. But the powers that be worked on it and brought out the A1 and A2 versions, which increased reliability. To this day, it is a rifle that provokes discussion wherever such things are talked about.
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