“Going to a whole new caliber [round] is really quite significant. The last time the Army did this was in the 1960s when it went from the 7.62 mm [M14 rifle] to the 5.56 mm [M16 ...

The M16 rifle is one of the most iconic weapons ... influential studies by Army ordnance engineers suggested that a soldier using a small caliber, high-velocity rifle of about ...

"The magazines are ammo specific, and would have to be changed to the specific caliber." The M16 rifle has two main components—an upper and lower receiver. According to Summers, for a Soviet ...

The M16’s predecessor in U.S. military service, the 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 caliber) M14, had become the standard-issue rifle back in 1959, except for the U.S. Air Force Air Police/Security Police ...

The police department in Wheaton (pop. 53,000) picked up 68 M16 and M14 rifles plus five pistols (.45 caliber). Evanston – a small community known to promote gun control ordinances – procured ...

The two gunmen - armed with an M16 assault rifle and a .45 calibre pistol - had stationed themselves on a nearby bridge, Manila police chief Pedro Bulaong said. They also fired at a passing bus ...