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M-16A5

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  • 14-02-2011 10:05pm
    #1
    whydave
    Registered Users Posts: 4,061 ✭✭✭


    hello ,
    I'm looking for any info of the M-16A5 ?

    David


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    Savage93
    Registered Users Posts: 514 ✭✭✭Savage93


    whydave wrote: »
    hello ,
    I'm looking for any info of the M-16A5 ?

    David

    Try the god of weapons Manic Moran:)


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    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Erm...
    It's not a tank.

    Actually, I'm not convinced it's not vapourware. I am not aware of it being type-classified, let me hunt around a bit.

    NTM


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    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    Is it just an M16A4 with a collapsible stock, or does it have other changes, full auto trigger group maybe:pac:? I have read it is rumored to have a free float rail system by either LMT or DD but that was from old reports going back a few years, I wouldn't put much credit behind them.

    That could have been an M16A5 in that pic in the airsoft section last night Dave, would make more sense than another Mk12 sub variant.


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    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    That could have been an M16A5 in that pic in the airsoft section last night Dave, would make more sense than another Mk12 sub variant

    That was my initial thought as well when I saw this thread posed, but I am unconvinced. It's not as if PEO Rifle sends me notification emails whenever a new system is put into service, but the fact that I've not seen "M16A5" except as speculation or an airsoft weapon leans in favour of 'not in service'. That said, I've never gone looking either, which I shall do tonight, if my better half doesn't mind too much.

    NTM


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    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    OK, after much searching, the best I can conclude is 'vaporware'.

    Vltor produces an 'M16A5' stock and buffer assembly, but though it was produced to meet a perceived USMC demand to convert M16A4s, it isn't type classified, and it isn't a new rifle.

    That's the closest that there seems to be thus far.

    NTM


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    whydave
    Registered Users Posts: 4,061 ✭✭✭whydave


    this may be what I was told was the ''M16-A5''
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yry2kXEn84E

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDuPlLCLDoA


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