The M16 by Gordon L. Rottman

Author:Gordon L. Rottman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The M16
ISBN: 9781849088916
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

A close-up of a US Air Force security policeman’s M4 carbine at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 2008. His M4 mounts RAS tactical rails with an ECOS-N M68 close-combat optical sight and an AN/PEQ-2 infrared illuminator. (USAF)

THE M4 AND M4A1 CARBINES

In the early 1980s interest was revived in the idea of a short version of the M16. In September 1984 the M16A2 carbine program was established and, following the sequence of the .30cal M1, M2, and M3 carbines of the 1940s and 1950s, was designated the XM4. The new Colt-developed weapon would be designated a carbine with a 14.5in barrel as opposed to the XM177E2 submachine gun with an 11.5in barrel. In the middle of 1985 XM4 carbines were ordered for testing, which continued into the next year. The design retained the M16A2’s three-round burst capability.

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