M-16 "Machine Gun"

Kiknskreem · Post by **Kiknskreem** » March 11th, 2004, 10:44 am

There is a point of contention regarding the M16 which I hope someone can clear up. I have always thought of it as an assault rifle and this is how it is referred to in Army FM's, i.e. gas operated, air cooled assault rifle. In the book To Be a US Army Ranger, however, it is referred to as the M16 machine gun. I have never been able to find a universal definition for either assault rifle or machine gun, and was wondering why it would be referred to as a machine gun.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » March 11th, 2004, 10:52 am

Kiknskreem wrote:There is a point of contention regarding the M16 which I hope someone can clear up. I have always thought of it as an assault rifle and this is how it is referred to in Army FM's, i.e. gas operated, air cooled assault rifle. In the book To Be a US Army Ranger, however, it is referred to as the M16 machine gun. I have never been able to find a universal definition for either assault rifle or machine gun, and was wondering why it would be referred to as a machine gun.

Hmm... What page do you find this information?

Looon · Post by **Looon** » March 11th, 2004, 11:09 am

I've never heard of it refered to as a "machine gun".

Maybe LN will get a kick out of this: this is my weapon, this is my gun, this is for fighting, this is for fun......................

Kiknskreem · Post by **Kiknskreem** » March 11th, 2004, 12:21 pm

Ranger Spartan, I don't have the book with me at the moment, but I'll look it up and post the page number later in the day.

Kiknskreem · Post by **Kiknskreem** » March 12th, 2004, 9:05 am

Sorry for the delay, had some computer troubles. The information is actually about the M4 (my mistake). On page 109, paragraph 2, lines 3-5 it states "The M4 Carbine is a lightweight... magazine-fed machine gun"

Looon · Post by **Looon** » March 12th, 2004, 11:09 am

RGR Luna wrote:I've never heard of it refered to as a "machine gun".

Maybe LN will get a kick out of this: this is my weapon, this is my gun, this is for fighting, this is for fun......................

same thing with the m-4 or car-15 in my day.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » March 21st, 2004, 10:16 am

I thought the m16 and the m4's were limited to only 3 round burst and semi-automatic firing modes. Does the military still use full auto?

Harris · Post by **Harris** » March 21st, 2004, 10:19 am

COLIN STOP FUCKING POSTING AND LOOK AT YOUR PM

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