The U.S. Army's Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program aimed to replace the M16 rifle with a more advanced design but ultimately ...

We're not talking about typical handguns or hunting rifles here. An AR-15-style weapon is a close relative of the ...

Summary and Key Points: The M16 rifle, designed by Eugene Stoner and adopted by the U.S. military in the 1960s, has remained a staple due to its reliability, modularity, and effectiveness.

The service life of the M16 and its descendants is unparalleled ... and find out if it was still a competent rifle and the best choice for the military. The study found that the M16A1 was ...

The beginning of the school year is indeed the season of glorious end-of-summer weather, learning and new challenges. It also ...

It is now the standard issue firearm for most units in the U.S. military ... with the M16A2 Rifle and replaces all M3 .45 caliber submachine guns, and selected M9 pistols and M16 rifles.

Throughout four days of testimony, a central issue has been whether the weapons and equipment covered under the law are ...

Whether commercially available semi-automatic rifles now banned in Illinois are common or too similar to military grade firearms was the focus of Day 2 of the bench trial of Illinois’ gun and magazine ...

Bestselling author Jack Carr's new nonfiction book, "Targeted: The 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing," combines compelling ...

Why do so many mass shooters use AR-15s? Partly because so many Americans have them, partly because they're designed to be ...

On Sept. 14, troops of the 88th Infantry Battalion, led by Lt. Col. Eric Dema-ala and based in Barangay Bulonay, Impasug-ong, ...

The contraband, which included nine Kalashnikovs, 41 pistols, two AK-47 rifles, six U.S.-made M16 machine guns, five grenades, 15 various types of mines, and a quantity of war equipment, such as ...