M16 rifle

E181737
assault rifle selective-fire rifle service rifle

The M16 rifle is a lightweight, 5.56×45mm NATO, gas-operated assault rifle that has been a standard-issue infantry weapon for the U.S. military and many allied forces since the Vietnam War era.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
M16 rifle canonical 7
M16 family 1
M16 or M4 service rifle 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf assault rifle ⓘ
selective-fire rifle ⓘ
service rifle ⓘ
action gas-operated ⓘ
adoptedBy United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States military
adoptionDate 1964 ⓘ
barrelLength approximately 508 mm ⓘ
basedOn AR-15 pattern rifles ⓘ
surface form: ArmaLite AR-15
caliber 5.56 mm ⓘ
cartridge 5.56×45mm NATO ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designer ArmaLite ⓘ
Eugene Stoner ⓘ
effectiveFiringRange approximately 550 m point target ⓘ
approximately 800 m area target ⓘ
feedSystem detachable box magazine ⓘ
firingModes fully automatic ⓘ
semi-automatic ⓘ
three-round burst (on later variants) ⓘ
gasSystem direct impingement ⓘ
manufacturer Colt's Manufacturing Company ⓘ
mass approximately 3.26 kg unloaded ⓘ
material aluminum alloy receiver ⓘ
synthetic furniture ⓘ
mountingOptions optical sights via rail or mounts (on later variants) ⓘ
muzzleVelocity approximately 948 m/s ⓘ
notableFeature high-velocity small-caliber cartridge ⓘ
lightweight design compared to earlier battle rifles ⓘ
selective fire capability ⓘ
notableVariant M16 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: M16A1

M16 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: M16A2

M16 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: M16A3

M16 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: M16A4
overallLength approximately 1000 mm ⓘ
predecessor M14 rifle ⓘ
rateOfFire approximately 700–900 rounds per minute ⓘ
sightType iron sights ⓘ
standardIssueFor U.S. infantry units (late Vietnam War onward) ⓘ
standardMagazineCapacity 20-round magazine ⓘ
30-round magazine ⓘ
successor M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle ⓘ
M4 carbine ⓘ
usedBy NATO member states ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afghan National Army → usedEquipment → M16 rifle ⓘ
STANAG magazine → appliesToWeapon → M16 rifle ⓘ
M16 rifle → notableVariant → M16 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: M16A1
M16 rifle → notableVariant → M16 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: M16A2
M16 rifle → notableVariant → M16 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: M16A3
M16 rifle → notableVariant → M16 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: M16A4
M4 carbine → basedOn → M16 rifle ⓘ
M4 carbine → variantOf → M16 rifle ⓘ
this entity surface form: M16A2 rifle
C8 carbine → basedOn → M16 rifle ⓘ
C8 carbine → platformFamily → M16 rifle ⓘ
this entity surface form: M16 family
AR-15 pattern rifles → isRelatedTo → M16 rifle ⓘ
M14 rifle → wasReplacedBy → M16 rifle ⓘ
5.56×45mm NATO → compatibleWithFirearm → M16 rifle ⓘ
Belize_Defence_Force → standardRifle → M16 rifle ⓘ
this entity surface form: M16_rifle
Marine Combat Training Course → includesTrainingOn → M16 rifle ⓘ
this entity surface form: M16 or M4 service rifle