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I just watched that 10 part documentary on Netflix about the Vietnam war. They referenced several times how our M-16s were inferior to the AK's that were being
by taude 8y ago
I just watched that 10 part documentary on Netflix about the Vietnam war. They referenced several times how our M-16s were inferior to the AK's that were being supplied to the Vietcong. And that the M16s would jam and were unreliable...
- captainredbeard 8y agoMost of the reliability issues had to do with ammo
- huffmsa 8y agoYeah it was ball powder that caused most of the fouling. He gun was designed for IMR. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1981/06/m-16-a-bureaucratic-horror-story/545153/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1981/06/m-16-a-...
- mruts 8y agoThose are M16A1’s. M16A4’s are the current model, though if I remember correctly they are being phased out in favor of the M4.
- tyingq 8y agoI used an M16A1 extensively in the 80s without issues. Not sure when they fixed things. Some of my peers had the M16A2, but most didn't.