ArmaLite

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company firearms manufacturer

ArmaLite is an American small arms engineering company best known for pioneering lightweight, modular rifles such as the AR-15, which formed the basis for the M16 used by the U.S. military.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	company ⓘ firearms manufacturer ⓘ
ARMeaning	ArmaLite Rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Eugene Stoner NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	development of modern sporting rifles ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
designPhilosophy	lightweight construction ⓘ modular weapon systems ⓘ use of aluminum alloys ⓘ use of synthetic materials ⓘ
developed	AR-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ AR-15 NERFINISHED ⓘ AR-18 NERFINISHED ⓘ AR-7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	George Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedIn	1954 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	AR NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneseo, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	defense industry ⓘ firearms industry ⓘ
influenced	M16 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ M4 carbine NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	AR-15 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ lightweight rifles ⓘ modular rifles ⓘ small arms engineering ⓘ
market	civilian firearms market ⓘ law enforcement market ⓘ military small arms market ⓘ
notableDesignFeature	direct impingement gas system in AR-15 ⓘ use of detachable box magazines ⓘ use of straight-line stock design ⓘ
parentCompany	Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousHeadquartersLocation	Costa Mesa, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
product	AR-10 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ AR-15 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ AR-18 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ AR-180 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ AR-30 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ AR-50 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ AR-7 survival rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ
productType	bolt-action rifles ⓘ semi-automatic rifles ⓘ survival rifles ⓘ
soldDesignRightsOf	AR-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ AR-15 NERFINISHED ⓘ
soldDesignRightsTo	Colt's Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ

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M16 rifle → designer → ArmaLite ⓘ