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Colt Automatic Rifle

Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons

The Colt Automatic Rifle is a 5.56mm NATO open bolt squad automatic weapon developed jointly by Colt Defense and the Canadian firm Diemaco from a modified M16A1 during the 1980s, derived from the M16A2 and M16A4 platform. It has a squared off handguard, a vertical grip, a carrying handle and an integrated bipod, along with a heavy barrel and an enlarged gas tube meant to improve sustained automatic fire. The weapon entered service in 1994 and has since been adopted by several nations, including Denmark, the Netherlands and Brazil, for both military and law enforcement use. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
5.56x45mm NATO 1
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Squad automatic weapon 1
Introduced Year
1994 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Rifle 1
Connections

Operated By

Mexican Armed Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: Colt Automatic Rifle

Used In

Iraq War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Colt Automatic Rifle
War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Wars
Source Wikipedia: Colt Automatic Rifle
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Colt Automatic Rifle
  • Infobox: service
    1994-present
  • Lead section
    The Colt Automatic Rifle or Colt Light Machine Gun is a 5.56 mm NATO, open-bolt, automatic squad automatic weapon developed by Colt Defense.
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Introduction/adoption year stated in the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Infobox: cartridge
    5.56×45mm NATO
  • Operated By: Mexican Armed Forces, Users section
    Mexico: M16A2 Light Machine Gun (LMG) variant operated by the Mexican marine infantry of the Mexican Navy (Armada de México).
  • Used In: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Infobox: wars
    War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Iraq War Operation Atalanta Mali War Military intervention against ISIL
  • Used In: Iraq War, Infobox: wars
    War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Iraq War Operation Atalanta Mali War Military intervention against ISIL
  • In Group: Light Machine Guns, Infobox: type
    Squad automatic weapon Light machine gun
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Wikidata: Colt Automatic Rifle
Wikidata Q11276416, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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