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CAR-15 FAMILY ②

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  CAR-15 FAMILY ② Caliber:  5.56  ×  45mm M193 CAR-15  Carbine The CAR-15 carbine was designed to provide mechanized troops with a short rifle that could be easily mounted on vehicles. The barrel is 15 inches (381mm) long, and it uses the standard AR-15 triangular handguard and stock and the 02-style three-pronged flash suppressor. It is just a shortened barrel, and its appearance is very different from the various M16 carbines we are familiar with now. Obviously, it is impossible to install a bayonet, so the CAR-15 carbine has no bayonet protrusion. The CAR-15 carbine with an auxiliary push handle is the Colt number 605 (Model 605 ), but some carbines do not have an auxiliary push handle and have three firing modes, which can control semi-automatic, 3-round burst and fully automatic shooting. These models are designated as 605B. The Navy SEALs were found using such CAR-15 carbines in early 1962. Colt engineers demonstrate the use of the XM148, mounted under the Mode...