Pl give us a break here----dunt compare M16 with other old or
new rifles.
I just want to know what improvements,if any, have been made to
M16 in the past says,20 years.
Look at the computer,the TV and handphone u are using every
day.All have been improved for few generations in the past 20
years.I am generous here.If u think 20 not enough,just share.There
is no ban if u tell me improvement 40 years ago.
Pl take note what the co inventor of M 16 replied when he was
asked
''''And what kind of advance was there in our combat
rifle?''
JIM SULLIVAN (answered): They're
right exactly where they were when we gave them the M-16 in 1960.
They haven't advanced an inch.....''
Before u share with us,pl read some info to refresh your
memory:
some latest news:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-04-20-gunwars_N.htm?csp=34
history help u recap:
http://www.sfahq.com/Armament/Rifles/M_16_Caliber_5_56mm/
X ray
This thread has been inspired by the grave comments of JIM
SULLIVAN, M-16 Co-Designer:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec07/rifles_09-24.html
PAUL SOLMAN, NewsHour Economics Correspondent: The M-16
semiautomatic rifle. With its shorter version, the M-4, it's the
gun of our troops in combat. The hat's for the sun, by the way; the
earmuffs for the noise. Jim Sullivan helped design this rifle
during the Eisenhower administration.
JIM SULLIVAN, M-16 Co-Designer: Fifty years ago.
PAUL SOLMAN: Fifty years ago?
JIM SULLIVAN: Well, we started on it 50 years ago this
month.
PAUL SOLMAN: That's 1957, the year the Soviet Union launched
Sputnik. In the half-century since, computers shrank from houses to
handhelds; polio was cured; man made it to the moon and Mars. And
what kind of advance was there in our combat rifle?
JIM SULLIVAN: They're right
exactly where they were when we gave them the M-16 in 1960. They
haven't advanced an inch.....