Guess what kids? Daddy failed miserably. But it wouldn't be the first time the Pentagon selected and paid for a load of rubbish.
Ask the poor souls who had to use the M-16 in Vietnam. The barrel heated rapidly to the point where they could bend it against a tree trunk.
They were constantly on the look out for - wait for it - AK-47s that would fire consistently and were mostly immune to the jams and overheating of the M-16.
M-16 was garbage. The AR-10 is a good rifle though. US should of stuck with M-14.
Why is every Tom, Dick and Harry jumping on this bandwagon to attempt firearm removal? Do they think they’re that close to achieving their goals?
Sadly, I see a lot of bloodshed in our near future.
Wait, you mean to tell me an assault rifle designed to fire primarily in semi-automatic form isn’t capable of sustained full auto fire like a light machine gun? I’m shocked. Shocked!
Stoner designed the AR-10 originally. Most of the higher ups in the military did not want a smaller caliber weapon. The rights for the AR-15 were sold to Colt and they actually sold them on the civilian market. The smaller caliber AR-15 didn’t get much attention for a while, until Curtis LeMay ordered over 80,000 of them for the air force.
The original AR15 was significantly different from the M16. The acquisition process resulted in changes to the design that negatively affected operation. The main two changes, the propellant and the rifling, increased accuracy and the cyclic rate and decreased reliability.