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Colt M16A2

Colt M16A2: Battle Rifle Evolution

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After years of planning and development, the United States Marine Corps adopted the M16A2 in November 1983. An initial order of rifles went to the Marksmanship Training Unit for field testing. This change marked the birth of a firearm that would rise to fame and see military duty in a host of countries, even today. Where […]

photo of a us gulf war soldier watching the oil fields during the gulf war

Weapons of the Persian Gulf War

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History

The Shield & The Storm: Gulf War Weapons Good or bad, the Persian Gulf War of late 1990-early 1991 broke a long drought of full-scale armed conflict involving the U.S. Not since the end of the ground war in Vietnam had American forces assembled en masse to engage enemy forces. It was a return to […]