First M16 Rifles in the Vietnam War

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “First M16 Rifles in the Vietnam War” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/first-m16-rifles-in-the-vietnam-war/.

 

[Annihilator]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “First M16 Rifles in the Vietnam War” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/first-m16-rifles-in-the-vietnam-war/.

Good read, thanks Mike!

 

[ex13F]

The 3 pronged flash hider worked to break the metal bands on ammo crates in a pinch. Until you got caught doing it anyway . A walk down memory lane.

 

[Dchiefransom]

Is it true the Army messed with the ammunition enough that engineers had to change aspects of the action?

 

[ECS686]

Good article but as a former Air Force SAC guy i’d really have liked more credit given to General Curtis LeMay! He was the reason we got M16’s and the outstanding S&W Model 15 revolver

 

[The Night Rider]

It's weird to me that everybody hated the M16 and now all of a sudden it's to go to.

I wonder if it would have been a better rifle if it had a slightly heavier bullet or a slightly larger caliber bullet.

 

[GPS]

If Robert McNamera wasn’t so cheap and listened to the engineers, the US death toll in Vietnam would have been far lower.

 

[bob betts]

I carried the XM16E1, then later the XM177E2 (Colt 629) in the Central Highlands in 67-68. Both were trusted enough to bet your life on. Keep it clean and it worked every time. That dumb move by the Ordnance Dept. to switch to ball powder from Stoner's suggested stick powder got a lot of guys killed ... just to save some money.