; The M16 is an magazine fed, air cooled, direct gas impengment powered assault rifle designed by Eugene Stoner and Howard Johnson in August 1935. It was sent to South Vietnam as a jungle rifle for testing in 1961. Adopted by the US Military February 28 1967 as the standard issue rifle.
If you are talking about the M16 rifle, it was invented by Eugene Morrison Stoner.
Eugene Stoner is given credit for creating the automatic rifle system that evolved into the M16. As with any prototype, there were several problems that needed to be overcome to produce a dependable rifle, the AR15/M16 is no different. There have been hundreds of modifications & improvements made to the weapon by hundreds of people, even to this day people are personalizing & modifying the weapon system.
The M16 was invented @ 1960
The M4 is a shorter version of the M16 rifle, which is the military designation of the Armalite Rifle. Eugene Stoner is generally credited with the creation of the Armalite.
Eugene Stoner invented the M16 because the military was looking for a reliable rifle. Eugene heard that and went to work on the rifle. The military loved it so they adopted the gun and mass produced it for the soldiers on the front line.
The M16 assault rifle is chambered for the 5.56x45mm NATOintermediate rifle cartridge. It can also accept .223 Remington rounds.
Nobody. The M16 is not a sniper rifle, and it did not enter production until 1960.
1959
The M16 sieries of rifles are individual combat weapons.
The weight of an M16 rifle without a magazine or sling is approximately 7.2 pounds.
The Black Rifle by Blake Stevens
uh well there completly different guns...the m16 is a assualt rifle and the l96 is a bolt action rifle. m16 is probly the better choice if your trying to survive on a battlefield.