When actually fielded in the mid-1980s, the SAW was issued as a one-for-one replacement for the designated "automatic rifle" (M16A1) in the Fire Team. In this regard, the SAW filled the void ...

The weapons were issued to infantry units including the 101st Airborne Division and received resounding praise. Or did they?

Several versions, including the M16A1, M16A2, M16A3, and M16A4, had been rolled out through continuous evolution, each ...

The ACR program can be traced back to 1980 when the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services asked the Joint Service Small Arms program to conduct a study on the M16A1 and find out if it was still a ...

More than half of the 205 firearms lost by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police since 2020 have been recovered, but two machine guns remain missing.

While the rifle was initially unpopular among US troops because of frequent jamming issues, production was expanded and in 1969, a modified version - the M16A1 - became the standard service weapon ...

A LEADER and 15 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters-Karialan Faction (BIFF-KF) laid down their arms and ...

A total of 16 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters-Karialan Faction (BIFF-KF) laid down their arms on September ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Army's Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program aimed to replace the M16 rifle with a more advanced design but ultimately failed to find a suitable successor. Launched in ...