January 6th, 2010
I love how they demonstrate use of the integrated carrying handle and call the forward assist a “special feature.”
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January 6th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Thanks for the reminder. Our troops use GPS, predator drones and satellite radios but we give them a rifle designed before color film.
As for the highlights of the rifle – add about 2 pounds for an M16A4 and subtract about 300fps off the velocity.
January 6th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Show of hands class, has anyone ever carried an M16 with the “integrated carrying handle ” ?
Nitpick:The GI in the film had terrible trigger discipline.
January 6th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
I used the handle all the time – except when my Sgt. was looking at me – until I got a decent rig from Slingsonly.com.
January 7th, 2010 at 2:35 am
I like how the soldier doing the firing demonstrations has his finger on trigger at all times.
January 7th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Bram, probably 3/4 of the world’s militaries use rifles based of of the AR or AK platforms, or a combo of both. The AK is even older than the AR. It was designed just after WWII.
A weapon’s age has nothing to do with how good of a system it is. We still use M2 .50 cal, that has been around since Jesus was a private (or early 1900s). In the grand scheme of things, the AR is not that old. It’s been upgraded and upgraded. Today’s AR is much improved over the original.
January 8th, 2010 at 8:30 am
HK – You are right. The M16, unfortunately, was never a very good battle rifle.
January 12th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Apparently the XM16E1 was the first variant to include the forward assist, unlike the original http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifle#M16
In that context it makes sense to point it out as a special feature.