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CAR-15 FAMILY③ Caliber:　 5.56 × 45mm M193  CAR-15 Survival Rifle The CAR-15 survival rifle is numbered Model 608 at Colt. The "survival rifle" is a weapon for aircrews to use after parachuting after being shot down. In fact, it is equivalent to the so-called PDW now. The gun was designed in early 1964 because the US Air Force issued a competition for the selection of self-defense weapons for pilots to escape after parachuting. The main requirements of the Air Force for this weapon are: very compact, firing .223 Remington bullets, a magazine capacity of 30 rounds, and a gun and three spare magazines can be placed in a package no longer than 15 inches (about 38 cm). Robert Gaddis made full use of the characteristics of the upper and lower receiver structure of the AR-15 based on the CAR-15 submachine gun that was being developed at the time. It can be disassembled into two parts: the barrel/upper receiver and the lower receiver/stock, and stored in the pilot's bag together ...

 　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...

CAR-15 FAMILY ① Caliber:　 5.56 × 45mm M193 The meaning of CAR-15 is confusing. In current popular usage, it is a generic name for many shortened carbine versions of the Colt AR-15 rifle, while technically it only refers to the CAR-15 weapon system developed by Colt in the 1960s. The Colt CAR-15 was a coveted personal defense weapon among Army aircrews during the Vietnam War. There never seemed enough of the stubby little guns to go around. (Firearms News photo) CAR-15 family of rifles being marketed Colt's own product catalog used the name CAR-15 very early, but most soldiers had never seen it. When Colt obtained the patent and technical data of Armalite's AR-15 in 1959, although there were still many controversies about the AR-15 in the US Army at that time, Colt had already begun to develop a gun family around the initial weapon prototype and named it " CAR-15 5.56mm Military Weapons System", where "C" is the abbreviation of Colt . They felt that if the...