“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 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 Army has been looking for a round-and-rifle pairing of intermediate caliber to replace the M4/M16 platform, and the ICSR was proposed as a short-term replacement. Army Brig. Gen. Brian ...