Here’s What You Need to Remember: In 1962, the U.S. Air Force purchased 8,500 AR-15s, but the rapidly escalating situation in Vietnam saw many of these rifles diverted to arm South Vietnamese Army, as ...

The M16 rifle is one of the most iconic weapons of the post-World War II era. American fighting men have carried the M16 in one form or another into combat for more than fifty years, from Vietnam to ...

To gun enthusiasts, it is an effective, lightweight weapon. To anti-gun advocates, it's a symbol of mass shootings. Experts estimate approximately 16 million adults in the US now own at least one of ...

To gun enthusiasts, it is an effective, lightweight weapon. To gun-control advocates, it's a symbol of mass shootings. Approximately 16 million adults in the US now own at least one AR-15, according ...

The authors of Misfire are retired professional Army officers with direct operational experience of the M-16. Their purpose is, in effect, to show that the root causes of the problems with the early ...

From M16 rifles to Huey helicopters the Vietnam War launched weapons that went on to become legendary This is the untold story of one such weapon built not by the Pentagon but by teenage soldiers ...