Fifty years after its official end, the Vietnam War remains one ... for poor stopping power during World War II and the ...

The M16 promised light weight and greater lethality, but was it all it was cracked up to be? In this segment we follow the rifle to Vietnam ... Foreign Policy, War is Boring and the Daily Beast.

Key Points - The M16 rifle's introduction during the Vietnam War was deeply controversial despite its "on-paper" advantages over the M14—lighter weight, higher ammunition capacity, and lower recoil.

The introduction of the M16 as the standard ... the United States entered World War II. By 1968, more American troops in Vietnam began to accept the use of the rifle as malfunction incidents ...

If you can find anyone these days willing to talk for five minutes about the Vietnam War ... the Greater Southeast Asia War Games: the Huey helicopter and the M16 rifle. I’ve been asking ...

The M16A1 is such a weapon; it was the iconic rifle of the Vietnam War, but regulation regarding ... with the long 20-inch barrel of the M16 family falling out in favor of shorter carbines.

The standard U.S. infantry rifle in Vietnam is the ... No doubt you have heard “war stories” by return­ing veterans who say the AK-47 is a better arm than the M16. I did not find this to ...

The M16 or AR-15 rifle is one of the US's most divisive symbols To gun enthusiasts ... after studies showed soldiers dealing with the pressure of combat during World War II and the Korean War were not ...

The M-16, a rapid-fire, 5.56 mm assault rifle carried by thousands of American soldiers during the Vietnam War, grew out of efforts ... 1987] The handgrip of the M16 rifle was made by Mattel.

The M14 was rugged, reliable, accurate, and powerful but was also plagued by perceived problems for infantry usage in the jungles of Vietnam ... War II and the Korean War. In theory, the M16 rifle ...

AR-15 rifles are light, accurate, and quick. When they were used by the military, they were called M16 rifles ... the pressure of combat during World War II and the Korean War were not pulling ...

Reporter Betsy Halstead learns how to fire an M16 automatic rifle during the Vietnam War in 1965.Bettmann/Getty Images ...