FN FNC: We're all FAMILY of the same caliber... FN SCAR-L: I'm with you bro... Type 89: I'm proud being with you, guys... FAMAS F1: Don't forget about me... FAMAS G2: And ME as well... ACR: THERE'S MANY OF US!!! G36: YEAH, I KNOW!!! FN 2000: THE MIGHT OF 5.56x45mm AMMUNITION!!! QBZ-97: I can relate with all of you...
If you have any interest you should take a look at the British L85. Its a great example of how weapon design is unbelievably difficult. Little benign things like location of the mag release got men killed.
The AK is the type of girl that isn't very sensitive, but doesn't have much personalty either, she's good where ever she needs to be, but isn't particularly good in any one area. The AR however, may be a little sensitive, and can't take as much as AK, but treat her right and take care of her, and she'll shine where ever you need her.
Hawt Dawg The AK's a good Russian girl, a hard, diligent worker, strong, but simple. The AR, though... She's a smart girl. May not be as tough as the AK, but she's filled to the brim with American ambition.
Hill Sniper 😂A Vietnam war vet once told me that.Its one reason why he prefered the m16 over the Ak while he was in Vietnam.Most people that dont do their research claim it was hated in Vietnam, but thats not completely true.
Heptonic 48 It's a good rifle, its just that the beginning was bad. The M16 was ahead of its time at its arrival but politics...the gift that keeps on giving.
"Controversial at first, it managed to shed its bad reputation and became an institution." Ahoy's script are always so well written from his oldest weapon guide to Iconic Arms
This biggest issue with the old M16s was training. Soldiers believed they didn't need to clean it. If you clean and maintain the AR platform, it's just as reliable as your AK.
More so actually. Tighter tolerances and the dust cover keep debris out more effectively. You might be able to put more rounds through an AK without cleaning it, but if I'm dragging a rifle through mud and sand, it's my AR
@@justnoob8141 The FAL fires 7.62mm whilst the EM-2 fires 7.1mm, it's worth noting this as Britain adopted the L1A1 - basically the FAL. Britain has and always will (most likely) value accuracy over all else, so the weight and recoil from a weapon used to not be valued as much. The recoil is deemed to be half that of the .303/7.7mm British, which is really good considering the weight differences between them. Finally, note that it's quite similar in size to the M14, but most of it is barrel. The AK-47 is somewhat similar, firing 7.62 (though not exactly, as there is a weight difference as with a velocity difference). By definition, it's an assault rifle as it fires a round that is less powerful than standard rifle caliber rounds. The M16 vs EM-2 isn't a argument, as so much was learned during the 10~ or so year differences between them. The M16 was designed as an alternative to the US traditional doctrine, the EM-2 was forged from experience in WW2. This is like comparing the Sherman and Tiger - you can't. They're too very different designs made for different things. As a side note though, the L85 is quite similar to the M16 - the second iteration fixed most problems - the key one was lack of QA and issues all round. A2 is equal to the M16A1, being the one that fixed most problems. Still waiting on the A3 though. i don't know why i did this
If there is a drunk driver killing, we blame the driver If there is a knife murder, we blame the person Then why in the **** do we blame gun killings on the gun?
@Strider 1: Trigger that's a good question lol maybe he got to use it between kino and places we never knew of judging by how much they go through time and space.
@Mark Gaming ArmaLite designed the rifle. Earlier M16 and M16A1 models have the ArmaLite branding. Due to typical Filipino habit of brand genericide, any AR-patterned rifle is called armalite.
Just warning you guys, never use Max brooks' book "The Zombie Survival Guide" as a source of info on the M16. He doesn't acknowledge the existence of the M16A4 or M4, and regards it as "The worst rifle ever made" that jammed every second shot, and was extremely fragile. He then says the AK47 and M1 Carbine as "the best rifles ever made". While the AK and M1 are superb. He still doesn't know shit about weapons.
The M1 Carbine was using a very weak Intermidate cartidge closer to the cartidge of a pistol it was made to be a more powerful pistol for tankers and more
If I remember right, he claimed that .22lr is the best round ever because it bounces around in the skull. I really want to know what causes people to believe these sorts of things, and be confident enough with their 0 attempts at research to publish it to millions.
The Zombie Survival Guide called this gun the "worst assault rifle in the world." From this video, however, it seems as if Max Brooks didn't take into consideration the various improvements made to it since the 60's.
And he clearly didn't know that weapons like Famas, SA80 or G36 are arguably worse, with the former two having notorious reliability issues and the G36 can become so hot that it can melt the handguard due to being made of plastic. But his statement is a clear indication that the M16 will never live down it's unreliabilty problems from the Vietnam War.
+Matías Aguayo He also said that you can't use the bayonet because you'll break the shoulder stock, though why exactly you'd need to hold the weapon at your shoulder to use a knife attached under the barrel is beyond me.
Jaceblue04 Ok that's just ridiculous while E1 and A1 models have a not very durable stock, A2 and every variants after have a stock at least ten times stronger than the original. A folding, retractable, sliding or telescopic stock is much more likely to break than a fixed stock. Also synthetic stocks are more durable than wood stock.
Despite my defense of the M16, I wouldn't recomend to use that rifle in a zombie apocalypse UNLESS you know how to use it. You need to maintain it and know how to fix a malfuction in case of one.
Loved the M16A4 when I was in the Corps, during my 4yrs I think I only stovepiped once and doublefed twice. For a 20yo rifle passed by thousands of marines before me, and countless deployments, it impressed me enough to buy my own Colt AR15A4
The M16 vs. AK47 debate will rage long after both have become obsolete. The debate will take its place among such hallowed time wasters like the longbow vs. the crossbow and the two-handed longsword vs. the katana. Born of a turbulent era, the M16 and the AK47 will melt into the depths of historical what-ifs, being associated with hypothetical campaigns of USSR vs. USA, like that of the Mongol Empire vs. the Roman Empire. In the ceaseless march of science and progression, classes of weapons rise and fall in the context of their eras. The class that seems full of variation is reduced to a simple moniker. Short bows, composite bows, longbows, they dissolve into simply "bows", as their usefulness succumbs to the next generation of arms. When the generations of the future look back on our era of primitive gunpowder-based projectile launchers, they'll laugh at our "assault rifles" musing how just one of their anti-matter dispersal units could wipe out entire platoons of us at a time. And when their texts show an image of these cumbersome, crude, "assault rifles", there will be two specimens shown as examples. The Kalashnikov AK-47, and the Armalite/Colt M16.
Hallam Steer It might have a more powerful round, but its not as accurate as the m16.Any weapon will break down and jam if you don't clean and maintain it by the way.If its cleaned the m16 is a very reliable rifle.Even AKs jam if you dont clean them.
Well, the M16 will go obsolete before the AK. Literally no military uses the M16 anymore, but multiple Asian countries and almost every African country used it.
>made video on m16 >signifies american military >people say america is best >people got angry >i shat myself laughing at banter Stay classy, RU-vid. Even on Ahoy's vids.
Even in 2020, the m-16 is strong in service, and very reliable. And with the adoption of the new 6.5 rifles, its still not going to be phased out. instead, it will serve as the US military 5.56 caliber weapons alongside the new 6.5 caliber. Kind off like how the SMG serves in militaries alongside the PDW.
@Isaac Gutierrez For me, its the A2 for practicality sake (more modern and more "improvements"). Still, with those who love the classics, the A1 is what you want.
If you play the original MW2 Army Rangers are using them and you can pick one up and it's pretty fun to use as it's the 3 rd burst M16A4, Back in 2009 when the game came out the US Army was still using some in Iraq and Afghanistan but then they replaced it with the shorter M4 Carbine but the Marine Corps still has some in limited use
The thing is Armalite specifically told the U.S. Dept of Ordinance that A. it needed to be issued with new powder, and B. each man needs a cleaning kit, but the DO figured they could save a few bucks per rifle if they just didn't fucking do that. That's what got men killed. Not a bad engineer decision, or a shitty weapon. The DO absolutely cheaping it as much as possible.
oh and no, what happened with the powder is that the DO issued rounds with some powder charge that was genuinely awful just so the M16 and 5.56x45mm would look way worse than it actually was
Do a video on the Sturmgewehr 44. That weapon completely changed the way militaries approach modern rifles. It was the first assault rifle, with an intermediate cartridge, 30 round mags, automatic fire and very accurate semi-auto fire, the works. That weapon caused every nation on Earth to rethink their approach to infantry rifles on the modern battlefield.
It's somehow ended up heavier than the original XM16E1 yet due to the shorter gas tube and shorter buffer tube the recoil is way snappier, the muzzle kick is clearly way worse. And the burst-mechanism makes the trigger way worse. The M4 also has a sight radius as short as the AK47.
M16=Full length rifle, fully automatic. Military use only AR15=Full length, barrel can't be shorter than 16in, semi auto only for civilians (in US)M4=Shorter M16, fullyautomatic. Military use only. You're welcome
His video had a lot more interesting info than that. Not only that but you're just plain wrong. 3 round burst is not full auto. M4s are actually 3rnd burst. M4A1 is full auto. You're welcome.
I guess if you really want to get technical in terminology, you can say that the ar15 is the general name of the platform. The M16 is then the military designation of the ar-15 capable of select fire and fitted with a 20 inch barrel. This also means the M4 is the military designation of the ar-15, but with a 14.5 inch barrel with carbine length gas system, and SPECIFICALLY the one function change that allows it to be different enough to have a different designation (and not just M16 para or someshit) is the more sloped feed ramp cuts that now extend past barrel extension and down into the receiver. Modern ar-15s now sport this M4 cut in barrel and A4 receiver, and M4 cut barrels are fully compatible with older generation upper receivers like the M16. However, older style barrels without the M4 cuts (M16 barrels) may run into reliability issues if attached to any A4 cut upper receiver (M4)
Small correction. It wasn't the AR-10's light weight that kept it from GI hands, and it wasn't the contracted company that caused the M16's reliability issues. It was active sabotage from the Ordinance Corps. The AR-10 also had a disadvantage in trials by bringing a few experimental barrels that could handle the mil-spec ammunition, but couldn't handle the out of spec and overdressed ammunition the ordinance corps gave it. The AR platform in any western caliber is pretty much the pinnacle of western firearms design.
Thanks for showing bf3, that was the apex of m16s in video games. The feel, accuracy, just everything about it made it a dream to use in game. M16A3 the one true God
***** LAME! Battlefield had BF 1942 and 1943. True,WW2 games are once popular,but are repetitive as it means the same setting,as I've mentioned before. Nowdays,I don't see the point.
Almost every single modern rifle is based off the AR or AK platforms, and with very good reasons. Tried and true, these platforms changed the game of rifle making forever.
Who the fuck would believe that the rifle was self-cleaning?! How would it have done that, I wonder? ...Well, magic, probably. They probably said magic.
I think it's the direct gas system, the gas that is left over after the bolt can blow debris out, not necessarily self cleaning but better than nothing I guess
The m16's development was a time when officers with no experience in battle or any education of how to fight a war is promoted to the very top, and intentionally make the decision to kill his own men to try and prove his hyperconservative point- that every soldier should be armed with gold plated, 80 caliber muskets and golden crosses. The m16 was sabotaged in the development cycle. The designer Eugene stoner was young when he first designed it, and was old by the time it was being used. It was that long. This is part of a much larger story, known as, why we fucking lost allot of wars.
Shorty Shorty might have been the gas-operating system. There are reports that it does blew dust inside the gun but not much. Guess it is better than left then gun jammef
Think about it in context. The springfield m1903 lasted from adoptiom in 1903 till replacement in 1936. 33 years in service. The m1 garand from 1936 till 1959 when replaced by the m14. 23 years in service. The m14 lasted from adoptiom in 1959 till 1968 when replaced my the m16a1. Not even 10 years. Then, its 2020 and the basic rifle is still being used (of course mainly in a carabinr configuration as the m4) The m16 has gone strong for over 50 years, and besides the marined maybe switching from m4s to m27s, the rifle has withstood every other attempt to dethrone it. Besides veeery early guns (way back when tech evolved less rapidly), no rifle in US service has done the same. It went from MLK to the space age and into today. edit: it took until 2021 before another rifle was adopted, but even then we'll see how long before the M5 is widely adopted, 55 years and kicking.
My grandfather served in the air national guard durin Veitnam. And he said the first time he picked up the m-16 he thought it was a toy to practice on and gave it back saying he wanted the real one. He was the. Givin a week of KP duty lol
1:57 to be precise, the original M16 was chambered for 5.56 but not 5.56 NATO. The rifle in fact had to be modified into the M16A2 to standardize to the Belgian SS109 round that NATO did select in the 70's.
Angelo NegoWhite And? What does that have to do with this? I was just quoting the video on something that was funny. I don't see how the round fired has anything to do with this Also, "7x62" isn't correct, it's "7.62x(any value)". The 7.62x32 i believe is the M43 round fired by original AK rifles.
He does the weapons he chooses because of the backstory. The m16/ar15 has an amazing story of how it once was hated but now is still used by some of our military forces
Pika Zilla They turned shotguns into bongs not rifles. Their rifles by that time had a hole the size of a 22lr round and the birdcage muzzle device made it hard to bong it
Believe it or not, it's always Americans who gets the facts right about the AR. Most of the idiots that says "M16 is the most unreliable rifle that will jam everytime", are mostly Russiophiles and uninformed idiots. And yes, some of these Americans are also idiots and also claim AKs are unreliable and overrated just because it failed a mud test once.
Darren Atm saying M16 is unreliable is like saying AK-47 is unreliable, both are eternal rival and if one is unreliable then the other will be the same
Honestly I don't have a huge interest in guns outside of video games, but these videos are just so well made and interesting that I can't stop watching.
The m16 actually functions great in sand and mud. In fact it handles mud better than ak pattern weapons. You can see inrangetv's series of tests on that as proof. The problem with the m16 was design changes made by Congress right before adoption that caused the rifle to operate out of spec and to save money. These issues caused malfunctions that would not have happened otherwise and the rifle had been perfectly reliable after the initial problems were fixed
No it really was the power load of the ammunition given it was too low causing jams and cleaning kits where not given to save money causing many men to die because of corner cutting to save some cash
@@OlDanTucker Nope. The largest issue of the M16s in Vietnam was the fact that their chambers were not chrome lined. This was done by save on expenses. The barrels of the M16s issued to many troops had no protection from corrosion on the inside of the barrel (and therefore the chamber). In the humid jungles of Vietnam, the inside of these barrels rusted quickly. After the barrels rusted and the rust was removed, pitting was left inside of the barrels; this included the chamber. As the ammunition is fired, the brass case expands to cling against the walls of the chamber. The brass was expanding into the pitting left behind by the rust, increasing the amount of friction between the spent brass and the chamber walls. This increased friction increase the amount of effort required of the rifle to extract the cases, leading to extraction failures.
@@LawlessNate Incorrect ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LyXndCxn9K4.html L James Sullivan him self addressed the issues after looking into it with ian mccollum from forgotten weapons do your research
How people originally thought of the M16: With guns that spray like hell, with the buts made by Mattel How people think of it now: Holy shit this thing is great, holy hell
these videos are amazing. obviously well researched, the ambien music is perfect and that accent brings the narration to a new level but overall that vector art used are just the very tasty icing on an awesome cake that are these videos. thank you for the top notch production it is greatly appreciated
The development of the M16A2 rifle was originally requested by the United States Marine Corps in 1979 as a result of combat experience in Vietnam with the M16A1.[191] It was officially adopted by the Department of Defense as the "Rifle, 5.56 mm, M16A2" in 1983.[192] The Marines were the first branch of the U.S. Armed Forces to adopt it, in the early/mid-1980s, with the United States Army following suit in 1986.[193] Modifications to the M16A2 were extensive. In addition to the then new STANAG 4172[194] 5.56×45mm NATO chambering and its accompanying rifling, the barrel was made with a greater thickness in front of the front sight post, to resist bending in the field and to allow a longer period of sustained fire without overheating. The rest of the barrel was maintained at the original thickness to enable the M203 grenade launcher to be attached. The barrel rifling was revised to a faster 1:7 (178 mm) twist rate to adequately stabilize the new 5.56×45 mm NATO SS109/M855 ball and L110/M856 tracer ammunition. The heavier longer SS109/M855 bullet reduced muzzle velocity from 3,260 ft/s (994 m/s), to about 3,110 ft/s (948 m/s).[195] A new adjustable rear sight was added, allowing the rear sight to be dialed in for specific range settings between 300 and 800 meters to take full advantage of the ballistic characteristics of the SS109/M855 rounds and to allow windage adjustments without the need of a tool or cartridge.[196] The flash suppressor was again modified, this time to be closed on the bottom, so the new birdcage-type muzzle device would not kick up dirt or snow when being fired from the prone position, and additionally act as an asymmetric recoil compensator to reduce muzzle climb.[197][198] A spent case deflector was incorporated into the upper receiver immediately behind the ejection port to prevent (hot) cartridge cases from striking left-handed users.[113] The action was also modified, replacing the fully automatic setting with a three-round burst setting.[196] When using a fully automatic weapon, inexperienced troops often hold down the trigger and "spray" when under fire. The U.S. Army concluded that three-shot groups provide an optimum combination of ammunition conservation, accuracy, and firepower.[199][failed verification] The number of rounds fired in a burst is determined by a cam mechanism that trips the trigger mechanism for each shot in the burst. For the burst the trigger must be held down for the full duration of the burst. The M16 series will terminate the burst if the trigger is released before the burst is complete, but keep the cam in position. Thus, the next time the trigger is pulled, the weapon will only fire one or two rounds.[200][201] The USMC has retired the M16A2 in favor of the newer M16A4; a few M16A2s remain in service with the U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard,[202][203] Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard.[citation needed] The handguard was modified from the original triangular shape to a round one, which better fit smaller hands and could be fitted to older models of the M16. The new handguards were also symmetrical so armories need not separate left- and right-hand spares. The handguard retention ring was tapered to make it easier to install and uninstall the handguards.[113] The new buttstock became ten times stronger than the original due to advances in polymer technology since the early 1960s. Original M16 stocks were made from cellulose-impregnated phenolic resin; the newer M16A2 stocks were engineered from DuPont Zytel glass-filled thermoset polymers and became a replacement part for the preceding M16A1. The new buttstock was lengthened by 5⁄8 in (15.9 mm) and included a fully textured polymer buttplate for better grip on the shoulder, and retained a panel for accessing a small compartment inside the stock, often used for storing a basic cleaning kit.[204] A notch for the middle finger was added to the pistol grip as well as more texture to enhance the grip. The new pistol grips were engineered from Zytel glass-filled thermoset polymers. The M16A2 pistol grip became a replacement part for the preceding M16A1.[113][204] The standard Model 645 M16A2 has a safe/semi/three-round burst selective fire trigger group. It became standard issue for the U.S. Marine Corps and Army. There is also a safe/semi/three-round burst/automatic selective fire trigger group Model 708 version of M16A2 rifle named "M16A2 Enhanced", used by some militaries around the world.[205]
I remember firing with an M16 during my time as a medic ROTC. I don't get what the FPS games are doing; when they reload they hit some latch or lever at the side of the gun after putting in the new mag. From the M16 I've wielded, reloading was done by pulling and releasing a mechanism on top of the gun, behind the iron sights.
Onion Syrup Well then you should know that you don't pull the charging handle every reload. You empty a magazine. Put in a fresh one. Hit the bolt release. And then your ready to fire again. And if your not in the military you have never stripped a M16...unless you are super rich and bought one yourself.
I rarely comment on RU-vid videos, however, when in awe, I must praise: Brilliant editing, eloquent script, excellent narration-flow (in regards to what was being displayed on screen), and top-notch choice of games to -virtually- showcase thy arm. I do hope success will come to this channel and its creator as much as it has proven to deserve. Jolly good, nay, genius.
Now its 62 years of service. If the gun used in army for so long time it proves that the gun is a immortal classical masterpiece that will be used another 60 years.
