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Advanced Combat Rifle: The U.S. Army Spent $300 Million on a Total Dud
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Army's Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program aimed to replace the M16 rifle with a more advanced design but ultimately failed to find a suitable successor.
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Legacy of the M16 Rifle in the Vietnam War
The basic weapon system, in its highly compact M4 variant, remains in service with the U.S. military today, with a superb ...
One Of These Futuristic Grenade Launchers Could Succeed Where The Army’s ‘Punisher’ Failed
The two finalists in a U.S. Army innovation challenge to craft concepts for a new futuristic precision grenade launcher have ...
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How the M16 Rifle Outlasted Its Critics and Competitors
its M16 iteration would go on to become the weapon of choice for the entire United States military. However, its adoption ...
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Russian manufacturer designs smooth bore counterpart of US assault rifle M16
TASS/. Russia’s manufacturer of ORSIS rifles (Promtechnologia) has come up with a smooth bore counterpart of the US assault rifle AR-15 (its military version is known as M16), the company said ...