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Calibre: 5,56 х 45 mm of NATO Weight without cartridges, kg: 3,18 The sizes, mm: length - 990, Length of a trunk - 508 Initial speed of a bullet, km/s: 1000 Aim range, m: 400 Rate of shooting, in/m: 700-950 Capacity of shop, cartridges: 20 or 30 |
M-16 (Assault rifle)АР-15 Was one of the first modern rifles of 5,56-mm of calibre accepted on arms of army of the USA. Designed in the end of 1950th Eugene from company "Armalit", it was made from metal and plastic. Externally similar to a toy, АР-15 was nevertheless rather serious weapon. From it it was possible to shoot 5,56-mm cartridges with high speed of a bullet that allowed soldiers to increase considerably fair force in fight. Let out in the middle of 1960th for the Air Forces of the USA, this assault rifle has received name М16. Its track record has proceeded within the Vietnamese war variant М16 А1 - the regular weapon of army of the USA. However among those who the first has tested it in fights, there were the British used a rifle on island Borneo. After of some insignificant problems right at the beginning of career М16 has proved the high efficiency. |
