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Blackvegetable » 27 Jun 2022, 1:17 pm » wrote: ↑

27 Jun 2022, 1:17 pm

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was almost a decade into the Vietnam War and had to face three facts:

1. The M14 could not compete with the enemy’s AK-47.
2. The AR-15 consistently outperformed both the M14 and the AK-47 in testing.
3. M14 production simply couldn’t meet the demands of the U.S. Military.

McNamara approved the rifle and it was adopted as the M16 (or as the M16A1 or XM16E1 for the variant with forward assist).

 The semi-automatic version of the Colt AR-15 for civilian and police use hit store shelves in 1964.

https://www.pewpewtactical.com/ar15-vs-m4-difference/