772,358
edits
Changes
m
reference before punctuation using AWB
{{Infobox weapon
|is_ranged=yes
|name= Rifle, 5.56 mm, M16
|image= [[File:M16a1m16a2m4m16a45wi.jpg|border|260px]]
|caption= From top to bottom: M16A1, M16A2, [[M4 carbine|M4A1]], M16A4
|origin= [[United States]] <!-- WP:INFOBOXFLAG -->
|type= [[Assault rifle]]
|design_date= 1956<ref name="Hogg2000p291">{{Cite book |title=Military Small Arms of the 20th Century |edition=7th |first=Ian V. |last=Hogg |first2=John S. |last2=Weeks |publisher=Krause Publications |location=Iola, Wisconsin|authorlink= Ian V. Hogg|year=2000 |isbn=978-0-87341-824-9 |url=http://books.google.com/?id=teAAHt1GaE8C |ref=harv }}, p. 291</ref>
|designer= [[Eugene Stoner]] and [[L. James Sullivan]]<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Focus on Basics, Urges Small Arms Designer |first=Virginia Hart |last=Ezell |authorlink= |date=November 2001 |journal = National Defense |publisher=[[National Defense Industrial Association]] |url = http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2001/November/Pages/Focus_on4174.aspx|ref = harv }}</ref>
|manufacturer=
* [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt Defense]]
* [[S&T Daewoo|Daewoo Precision Industries]]
* [[FN Herstal]]
* [[H & R Firearms]]
* [[General Motors]] [[Hydramatic]] Division
* [[Elisco]]
* [[U.S. Ordnance]]
|production_date= 1959–present<ref name="Hogg2000p291"/>
|service= 1962–present
|used_by= See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
|wars= [[Vietnam War]] <br>[[Laotian Civil War]] <br>[[Cambodian Civil War]] <br>[[Cambodian–Vietnamese War]] <br>[[1982 Lebanon War]] <br>[[Invasion of Grenada]] <br>[[United States invasion of Panama|Invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Deny Flight]] <br>[[Operation Joint Endeavor]] <br>[[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]] <br>[[Iraq War]] <br>other conflicts
|spec_type= [[Selective fire]]/[[assault rifle]]
|spec_label= M16
|part_length= {{convert|20|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|cartridge= [[5.56×45mm NATO]]
|feed= '''20-round box magazine:''' <br>(0.211 lb [95 grams] empty / 0.738 lb [335 g] full) <br>'''30-round box magazine:''' <br>(0.257 lb [117 g] empty / 1.06 lb [483 g] full) <br>'''Beta C-Mag 100-round double-lobed drum:''' <br>(2.2 lb [1 kg] empty / 4.81 lb [2.19 kg] full)
|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ([[direct impingement]])
|rate= 12–15 rounds/min sustained <br>45–60 rounds/min semi-automatic <br>700–950 rounds/min cyclic
|velocity= 3,110 ft/s (948 m/s)<ref>{{Wayback |date=20110725160425 |url=http://www.colt.com/mil/M16_2.asp |title=M15 5.56mm Rifle. Specifications}}. colt.com</ref>
|range= 550 meters (point target) <br>800 meters (area target)<ref>http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/m16a2/m16a2-study-guide.shtml</ref>
|weight= 7.18 lb (3.26 kg) (unloaded) <br>{{convert|8.79|lb|kg|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} (loaded)
|length= {{convert|39.5|in|mm|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}
|variants= See ''[[#Variants|Variants]]''
|number= ~8 million
}}
The '''M16''' is an [[assault rifle]] used by the [[United States]] since the [[Vietnam War]] in 1963,<ref>Rose, p. 380 & 392</ref> based on the [[AR-15]]. Since 1975, the M16 has been used by many different countries. First designed by [[Eugene Stoner]] in the United States of America, it is currently the standard [[infantry]] rifle used by the United States Military Forces. The rifle is being used by over 80 nations.
The M16 uses the [[5.56mm NATO]] (.223) caliber cartridge, with a muzzle velocity (the speed of bullet leaving the rifle) of over 900 meters per second (over 3,000 feet per second), and has a maximum effective range (the maximum distance that the bullet is deadly) of 550 meters,<ref>U.S. Army Field Manual 3-22.9 Rifle Marksmanship Chapter 2</ref> with a rate of fire (how fast the gun shoots) of approximately 800 rounds per minute. The M16A1 can shoot fully automatic and semi automatic; other versions have three-round-burst fire and semi-automatic, and the M4A1 Carbine retains full automatic and semi automatic fire. The M16 normally holds 30 bullets in its [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]], but there are variants of the magazine that hold only 20 bullets.
There is also an M16 variant for the Canadian Army called ''Diemaco C-7''. The ''Diemaco C-7'' rifles have maple leaves on the left side.
== Related pages ==
* [[AR-15]]
== References ==
* Rose, Alexander. ''American Rifle-A Biography.'' 2008; Bantam Dell Publishing. ISBN 978-0-553-80517-8.
{{reflist}}
{{military-stub}}
[[Category:Assault rifles]]
{{Link GA|zh}}
|is_ranged=yes
|name= Rifle, 5.56 mm, M16
|image= [[File:M16a1m16a2m4m16a45wi.jpg|border|260px]]
|caption= From top to bottom: M16A1, M16A2, [[M4 carbine|M4A1]], M16A4
|origin= [[United States]] <!-- WP:INFOBOXFLAG -->
|type= [[Assault rifle]]
|design_date= 1956<ref name="Hogg2000p291">{{Cite book |title=Military Small Arms of the 20th Century |edition=7th |first=Ian V. |last=Hogg |first2=John S. |last2=Weeks |publisher=Krause Publications |location=Iola, Wisconsin|authorlink= Ian V. Hogg|year=2000 |isbn=978-0-87341-824-9 |url=http://books.google.com/?id=teAAHt1GaE8C |ref=harv }}, p. 291</ref>
|designer= [[Eugene Stoner]] and [[L. James Sullivan]]<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Focus on Basics, Urges Small Arms Designer |first=Virginia Hart |last=Ezell |authorlink= |date=November 2001 |journal = National Defense |publisher=[[National Defense Industrial Association]] |url = http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2001/November/Pages/Focus_on4174.aspx|ref = harv }}</ref>
|manufacturer=
* [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt Defense]]
* [[S&T Daewoo|Daewoo Precision Industries]]
* [[FN Herstal]]
* [[H & R Firearms]]
* [[General Motors]] [[Hydramatic]] Division
* [[Elisco]]
* [[U.S. Ordnance]]
|production_date= 1959–present<ref name="Hogg2000p291"/>
|service= 1962–present
|used_by= See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
|wars= [[Vietnam War]] <br>[[Laotian Civil War]] <br>[[Cambodian Civil War]] <br>[[Cambodian–Vietnamese War]] <br>[[1982 Lebanon War]] <br>[[Invasion of Grenada]] <br>[[United States invasion of Panama|Invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Deny Flight]] <br>[[Operation Joint Endeavor]] <br>[[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]] <br>[[Iraq War]] <br>other conflicts
|spec_type= [[Selective fire]]/[[assault rifle]]
|spec_label= M16
|part_length= {{convert|20|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|cartridge= [[5.56×45mm NATO]]
|feed= '''20-round box magazine:''' <br>(0.211 lb [95 grams] empty / 0.738 lb [335 g] full) <br>'''30-round box magazine:''' <br>(0.257 lb [117 g] empty / 1.06 lb [483 g] full) <br>'''Beta C-Mag 100-round double-lobed drum:''' <br>(2.2 lb [1 kg] empty / 4.81 lb [2.19 kg] full)
|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ([[direct impingement]])
|rate= 12–15 rounds/min sustained <br>45–60 rounds/min semi-automatic <br>700–950 rounds/min cyclic
|velocity= 3,110 ft/s (948 m/s)<ref>{{Wayback |date=20110725160425 |url=http://www.colt.com/mil/M16_2.asp |title=M15 5.56mm Rifle. Specifications}}. colt.com</ref>
|range= 550 meters (point target) <br>800 meters (area target)<ref>http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/m16a2/m16a2-study-guide.shtml</ref>
|weight= 7.18 lb (3.26 kg) (unloaded) <br>{{convert|8.79|lb|kg|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} (loaded)
|length= {{convert|39.5|in|mm|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}
|variants= See ''[[#Variants|Variants]]''
|number= ~8 million
}}
The '''M16''' is an [[assault rifle]] used by the [[United States]] since the [[Vietnam War]] in 1963,<ref>Rose, p. 380 & 392</ref> based on the [[AR-15]]. Since 1975, the M16 has been used by many different countries. First designed by [[Eugene Stoner]] in the United States of America, it is currently the standard [[infantry]] rifle used by the United States Military Forces. The rifle is being used by over 80 nations.
The M16 uses the [[5.56mm NATO]] (.223) caliber cartridge, with a muzzle velocity (the speed of bullet leaving the rifle) of over 900 meters per second (over 3,000 feet per second), and has a maximum effective range (the maximum distance that the bullet is deadly) of 550 meters,<ref>U.S. Army Field Manual 3-22.9 Rifle Marksmanship Chapter 2</ref> with a rate of fire (how fast the gun shoots) of approximately 800 rounds per minute. The M16A1 can shoot fully automatic and semi automatic; other versions have three-round-burst fire and semi-automatic, and the M4A1 Carbine retains full automatic and semi automatic fire. The M16 normally holds 30 bullets in its [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]], but there are variants of the magazine that hold only 20 bullets.
There is also an M16 variant for the Canadian Army called ''Diemaco C-7''. The ''Diemaco C-7'' rifles have maple leaves on the left side.
== Related pages ==
* [[AR-15]]
== References ==
* Rose, Alexander. ''American Rifle-A Biography.'' 2008; Bantam Dell Publishing. ISBN 978-0-553-80517-8.
{{reflist}}
{{military-stub}}
[[Category:Assault rifles]]
{{Link GA|zh}}