No...were that true you would have answered the question.*Huey » 15 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ We already know by my citations that you are wrong about the machine gun classification.
Now, here is the stand alone M16 page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifle
If you click variants you will not see a semi automatic on there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifle#Variants
You will see the M16A3. The redesign on that one was to make it 3 round burst instead of full auto. That is now at least 3 designs.