————————————- To View in Higher Quality: youtube.com The history of the m16 that held the 5.56mmx45mm round. Talks about the development of the firearm through the vietnam era to modern day. ©2009 A&E Television Networks. All Rights Reserved. A&E, Biography, The History Channel, History Education, and their respective logos are trademarks of A&E Television Networks.
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As long as you keep your ar-15 clean it will always work. but you need good ammo, i use the xm193c lake city brass 5.56 ammo. Mine never jams, if you don’t believe me then watch some of my videos. All my movies are filmed on the first take!!!
Bakelite is very easy to break? The fat buddy once again showed us that he knows nothing but where to get the next hamburger.
Is there anything that didn’t happen in 1957?
yeah in veitnam reports where that the soliders dump teh M16 for the Ak47 because the M16 jamed alot
@esh325 m16 has some downsides but it does not suck!
@TheBlack343 only cuz the army used cheap ammo im glad u made better ammo and a better barrel to compensate
@amer1cancer2753 Sorry, but Gas pistons in the AR have NOT shown to improve reliability. Remember the HK 416 debacle?
@esh325 The C7 is the copy of the m16. The C8 is the copy of the M4.
@clammax yeah i never really cared for the m16 when im playing Cod 4 ( call of duty for those who dont know) cuz of it burst of course that was the m15a4 i like the m4 better
@waffenmacht what happend with the HK 416 ?
I just wonder, out of curiosity, how are those causalities at the time of developing weapons treated by modern day law where millions of ambulance chasing lawyers are out there?
call of duty seriously messed up some ppls minds…like seriously how does a real life documentary relate to call of duty…?
@TheBlack343 yeah but it was cuz of the cheap ammo they used, the powder fucked up the system cuz it was cheaper, they dont use that type of powder anymore
@pytte98 not really a caopy, it’s still made by colt.
@Kris2fst4u
today, the m16a4 is much better and is reliable and doesnt screw up. however never the less, in vietnam, it never lost its poor reputation. they used captured ak-47s and leaving their m16s behind, though.
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Eugene Stoner has a point about the M14, giving it to regular troops and its useless; good for a “sniper rifle” but bad as an AR.
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Hey cancer i been hearing alot of comments saying the AK47 is better than the M16. The AK sounds almost invincible apart from being not-so-accurate. The M16 appears to show its flaws completely whereas the AK does not meaning if it does not show it than it must have an “achilles heel”…
they all ready have H&K did look up H&K416 or 417, A.K.A the M416 & M417
I’d like to put my 2 cents in on the “AK vs. M16″ debate… Only in America can we make a gun that costs 5 times as much and jams twice as often and claim it’s “better” because it is marginally more accurate. Average infantryman is NOT firing from a bench and trying to shoot his group 1″ tighter at 200 meters than his competition. I’ve fired and handled both fairly extensively since the mid 70′s. (btw I’m a Republican, a proud American and this is NOT a political debate…)
The first time I fired an M16 was in 1974. Even though I liked it I would rather carry a “real” rifle into combat. It felt like a toy and the little “pop” of the round didn’t instill confidence, even though the .223 IS an effective round. I think that a young man, far from home in a ‘scary place’ would prefer to hold the extra couple of pounds of wood and iron in his hands. M14 was like a security blanket because it was a monster of a rifle. (AK47 is a happy medium right between M14 & M16)
@TheBlack343
rofl… youz stupid fuck
The slight difference in accuracy makes little or no difference on the modern battlefield. “Marksmanship” still is a part of the Warrior’s pride but kind of ended as a factor of victory in WW1. BTW the difference of a 1″ group or a 2″ group at a hundred Meters is SO insignificant in actual combat that nobody would even notice the difference.
@randy109 Yes, but… The AK is known to CATCH ON FIRE!
@Kroglice oh no it’s because i like have to click or pull the trigger alot like fire and filling the enemy with enough rounds to put your fist thourght and pull there heart that or the shotgun
@amer1cancer2753 I think one of the latest AK models (ak-107?) has an additional forward moving piston that counters recoil.
@randy109 Americans will never want to adopt the weapon of the enemy. It’s like acknowledging his superiority. Maybe if Russia and America become good friends one day, America MIGHT buy some AKs. But even NATO countries prefer to use home-grown designs.