The M16A3 and M16A4 have the 3 round burst changed to full auto and one of them is a flat top right?
This is just IMHO but I'm not sure how useful a three round burst is in Assault Rifles other then maybe Police and Counter-Terrorist units. Machine Pistols and Full Power Battle Rifle? Could be far more useful since they would give those weapons more control-ability then going full auto.If I remember correctly, the A3 is just the A2 but with full auto though it might have been a flattop as well. Some of the Seabees that I was around had them but I never had much chance to do much more than give them a cursory look over.
The A4 is a flattop and with the 3 round burst.
This is just IMHO but I'm not sure how useful a three round burst is in Assault Rifles other then maybe Police and Counter-Terrorist units. Machine Pistols and Full Power Battle Rifle? Could be far more useful since they would give those weapons more control-ability then going full auto.
I'm no expert, but wouldn't a much lower ROF full auto for assault rifles be better?
Same time that I was humping "the pig" in Korea.It was my university ROTC detachment. I was at Ft Riley for advance camp. 1983-ish
What's that thing on the muzzle?That’s a very young Nature Boy on an FTX in the cotton wood jungles of Ft Riley KS with my trusty M16A1
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(Trigger discipline son!)
Blank adapter. The rifle won't function in semi or full automatic with blank rounds without it. Dirties the heck out of the rifle. In M-60's it's a nightmare.What's that thing on the muzzle?
It was a totally facetious question. But thanks anyway.Blank adapter. The rifle won't function in semi or full automatic with blank rounds without it. Dirties the heck out of the rifle. In M-60's it's a nightmare.
If I remember correctly, the A3 is just the A2 but with full auto though it might have been a flattop as well. Some of the Seabees that I was around had them but I never had much chance to do much more than give them a cursory look over.
The A4 is a flattop and with the 3 round burst.
I'm old 66/69 and mine was an XM16E1, gold buffer, three prong flash suppressor.During my enlistment I was issued an M16A2, then an M16A4, then after CQB school an M4, then as a DM an M39 EMR (heavily modified M14) and then finally a Mk12 SPR. While they all worked well for the tasks I used them for and the M39 was the most accurate, especially beyond 500 yards, I currently own civilian versions of the M4 and Mk12 and don't see a need to add the other for any reason other than nostalgia.