M-16

M16 M.16 English Alternative forms en M16 Noun en US A lightweight assault rifle, originating from the Vietnam War period. en David Heath, Elise Hansen and AJ Willingham, CNN Design: Joyce Tseng How an ‘ugly,’ unwanted weapon became the most popular rifle in America w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/health/ar15-rifle-history-trnd 2017-12-14 Not long after it started selling M-16s to the military, Colt began marketing the semi-automatic AR-15 to civilians. https://web.archive.org/web/20251114100100/https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/health/ar15-rifle-history-trnd 14 November 2025 en Evan Simko-Bednarski and Taylor Romine Pittsburgh City Council to consider ban on assault weapons, bump stocks w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/17/us/pittsburgh-assault-weapon-ban/index.html 2018-12-17 The legislation specifically bans several AR-15 style weapons by name. The weapons — semi-automatic variants of the M-4 and M-16 type weapons issued to US troops — have been used in a plethora of shootings in the past few years, including the October 27 attack on the Tree of Life synagogue. https://web.archive.org/web/20201018121132/https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/17/us/pittsburgh-assault-weapon-ban/index.html 18 October 2020 Synonyms en AR-15 en AR See also en M-4 the carbine version of the M-16 en M-14 the battle rifle that the M-16 replaced en AK-47 the primary competitor for the M-16, originating from the Communist Bloc en FN-FAL the primary competitor for the M-16 in NATO M16 rifle en Firearms