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Military Weapon Designations?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:44:02 GMT
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How are the official designations for military weapons decided in the US? That
is, what do the M and the 16 mean, exactly, in M-16? I know, of course, that
many weapons are described by their calibre and bore size, but what about the
others? For purposes of this question, I'm referring to small arms and
rifles, rather than missiles and vehicles.
Thanks for any info and insights!
Dave!
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| (...) I understand that it's quite arbitrary, and includes some amount of marketing tactics as well as back-biting amongst the various military departments and contract bidders. For example, the M-16 is a 5.56 caliber carbine fully-automatic rifle (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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