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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...

Armalite M-15

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 Armalite M-15 Caliber :  5.56 × 45 mm NATO Armalite 3-Gun Rifle Review- M153GN18 By: University of Florida 3-Gun Team Due to financial difficulties, Armalite sold the AR-15 to Colt in 1959. Later, as the AR series became popular in the civilian market, every factory wanted to produce AR for sale, so Armalite decided to re-enter the market. However, since they no longer had the ownership of the AR-15 name, they slightly modified the original design and launched this civilian semi-automatic rifle under the name of M15.

KS-1 rifle

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KAC KS-1 Caliber: 5.56mm                      Knight's Stoner KS-1 Carbine: A New Era for the British Armed Forces              Knight's Armament Company KS-1 - SHOT Show 2024 By: AR Build Junkie The Knight's Stoner (KS) Carbine, unveiled in 2022, was developed to meet the requirements of international special operations forces. In September 2023, the British Armed Forces selected the KS-1 rifle under Project Hunter to replace the L85A2-A3 and L119A1-A2 rifles. The KS-1, designated L403A1 or Alternative Individual Weapon (AIW), is now used by the British Army's Special Operations Brigade and Royal Marines. KS1 with the British royal marine commando Royal Marines Commando with L403A1 with L900A1 optics suite (Royal Marines/Royal Navy) By:The Armourer's Bench The UK Ministry of Defence purchased 1,620 KS-1 rifles for £15 million, with a £90 million option for up to 10,000 rifles over the next dec...

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.

SR-25 rifle series

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                                  SR-25 rifle series                                       Caliber:  7.62 × 51mm NATO In early 1993, KAC launched a new product, the SR-25 semi-automatic rifle, a collaboration between Knight and Stoner, to the civilian market. SR-25 stands for Stoner rifle, "S" stands for "Stoner", "R" stands for "Rifle", and "25" is derived from AR-10 plus AR-15, because SR-25 is the combination of AR-10 and AR-15 . -10 and AR-15 are successfully combined, 60% of the parts are directly taken from these two rifles. In order to make the SR-25's accuracy reach the level of competition or sniper rifles, KAC Company, after many comparisons, finally selected the 5R rifled barrel manufactured by Remington Company. This heavy barrel is exactly the gun of the M24 sniper rifle. barrel , the standard ...

Recce rifle

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                                                Recce rifle                                          Caliber:  5.56 × 45mm M k.262 " Recce Rifle " is said to be short for Reconnaissance Rifle , and the word is said to be pronounced similar to " Recky ". Wikipedia says that the Recce rifle is the abbreviation of "SEAL Recon Rifle" ( SEAL Recon Rifle ). It is said that this gun was originally made by the SEAL armorer himself, and later the Naval Ground Combat Center Crane Division (NSWC-Crane) ) also began to be modified. These "SEAL Scout Rifles" were designed to provide SEAL snipers with a lightweight M4- style sniper carbine. The SPR project was in progress at the time (probably around 2002), but the SEALs at the time were disappointed with the performance of th...