The study found that the M16A1 was great, but could be improved ... It eventually began a long-term project to develop an advanced combat rifle that could potentially use a new, radical ammo ...

Perhaps no other rifle is more iconic of firearms in general as much as an AR-15 and an M16. They have been popular in this ...

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 ...

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 ...