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CAR-15 FAMILY ①

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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...

SR-16 Series

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 SR-16 Series Caliber:  5.56 × 45mm M855 The name SR-16 means " M16 Stoner Rifle". It is a military version of the SR-15 , specially produced for law enforcement agencies or military users, so it can fire semi-automatically and fully automatically. But it uses a typical M16-style receiver. The SR-16 mainly has two models: the SR-16 M5 with a 20-inch barrel and the SR-16 M4 with a 14.5-inch barrel. By:Forces News This video is Royal Marines hit the range with new KS-1 assault rifle. The KS (Knight's Stoner) Carbine , is a series of Armalite AR-15 style rifles produced by Knight's Armament Company ( KAC ). It is designed as an improved version of their SR-16 family of rifles. The 13.7" KS-1 variant was adopted as the L403A1-AIW by the British Armed Forces in 2023 to replace the L85A2-A3 and L119A1-A2 rifles used by British Army and Royal Marines special operations-capable forces.

SOPMOD II

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                   SOPMOD  II               Caliber:  5.56 × 45mm M855 The second-generation SOPMOD Block 2 (now named SOPMOD II) was planned to begin in 2001 and was fielded by troops in 2005. In addition to enhancing the night sighting capability of the M203 grenade launcher, SOPMOD II improves or develops new grenade launchers (EGLM plan), expands universal silencers (including application to light machine guns and other weapons ), upgrades/improves existing various In addition to a variety of tactical accessories and other subsystems, it also includes a new integrated upper receiver project. Manufacturers participating in the competition include KAC 's URX II system, ARMS's SIR system (Selective Integrated Rail), and LMT 's MRP (Monolithic Rail Platform) and so on. The final winner was the URG of Daniel Defense Co., Ltd. (DDL), now named RIS II handguard. The Mk18 MOD1 using RIS II was equipped with troops earlier, and the M4A1 using RIS II is increasingly appearing...