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/.
First M16 Rifles in the Vietnam War
- Thread starter Mike H.
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Good read, thanks Mike!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/.
. A walk down memory lane.Dchiefransom
Alpha
Is it true the Army messed with the ammunition enough that engineers had to change aspects of the action?
The Night Rider
Hellcat
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.
I wonder if it would have been a better rifle if it had a slightly heavier bullet or a slightly larger caliber bullet.
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.
Smiledon#57
Operator
As a young lad, I slept many a night with the M-16a1.
Today, I have that in a more modern version and I also have the AR-10.
Today, I have that in a more modern version and I also have the AR-10.