Home›Small Arms And Sidearms›Weapon Family›Rifles and Carbines›Assault Rifles›of the United StatesGroupAssault Rifles of the United StatesThis is a child group of Assault Rifles, collecting the Small Arms And Sidearms subcategory's assault rifles developed in the United States: the ArmaLite AR-18 and AR-15 platform lineage that produced the M16 rifle and M4 carbine, the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle adopted from the German HK416 design, the CAR-15 family Colt marketed from the 1960s, and later American service and prototype designs including the M7 rifle and the XM29 OICW prototype built for the United States Army's Objective Individual Combat Weapon program. The 9 members here span the standard-issue rifle of United States and allied forces since the Vietnam War era through its most recent replacement program, distinct from the German-designed HK416 and HK433 classified under this split's own Germany group despite the M27's own American service history.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsShort LabelWell-attestedof the United StatesShort LabelWell-attestedof the United StatesComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1964 1Browse ByAll Assault Rifles of the United StatesAssault Rifles of the United States9 entriesAssault Rifles of the United StatesFilter Results9 entriesWeapon Type or ClassAllAssault rifle (4)assault rifle (shortened M16 variant) (1)Assault rifle, carbine (1)Prototype airbursting assault rifle (1)small arm (2)CaliberAll140mm (1)20mm (1)5.56x45mm NATO (7)6.8x51mm (1)Introduced EraAll1962 (1)1963 (1)1964 (1)1966 (1)1990 (1)1994 (1)2010 (1)2011 (1)2012 (1)2024 (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (7)Prototype or Experimental (2)OperatorAllIsraeli Defense Forces (1)United States Air Force (1)United States Army (3)United States Marine Corps (3)Wars Used InAllCambodian Civil War (1)Falklands War (1)Gulf War (1)Laotian Civil War (1)Syrian Civil War (1)Vietnam War (2)ManufacturerAllBrunswick Corporation (1)Bushmaster Firearms International (2)Colt's Manufacturing Company (3)FN Herstal (2)H & R Firearms (1)Heckler & Koch (2)Lewis Machine & Tool Company (1)Remington Arms (2)SIG Sauer (1)SME Ordnance (1)SNT Motiv (1)Sterling Armaments Company (1)U.S. Ordnance (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 9ArmaLite AR-18Small Arms And SidearmsCAR-15Small Arms And Sidearms6 linksM16 RifleSmall Arms And Sidearms5 linksM27 Infantry Automatic RifleSmall Arms And Sidearms2 linksM4 CarbineSmall Arms And Sidearms2 linksM7 rifleSmall Arms And Sidearms1 linkRemington R4Small Arms And SidearmsRifleman's Assault WeaponSmall Arms And Sidearms1 linkXM29 OICWSmall Arms And SidearmsSources1. Wikipedia: M16 rifletier 2WikipediaM16 rifle, lead sectionQuote, M16 rifle, lead sectionIn 1964, the XM16E1 entered US military service as the M16 and in the following year was deployed for jungle warfare operations during the Vietnam War.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.