Eugene Stoner was the chief engineer
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Eugene Stoner invented the rifle. He also invented the Stoner-63.
The M16 sieries of rifles are individual combat weapons.
the M16 assault rifle is composed of steel, aircraft grade aluminum, composite plastics, and polymer
Depends where you are and what gun regulations are in place.
M16
The standard assault rifle for the US Armed Forces is the M16, the Marines first created the M16A4 the newest version of the M16, before 2011 the US Army were using the M16A3 but now they are adapting the M16A4. Although the M4A1 carbine is being used more by the US military now then the M16. In about 10 years the M4 is to be replaced.
The M16 was invented @ 1960
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a man named Eugine Stoner
The filipino inventor that invented the Armalite A15 or M16
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.
no the m16 was invented in the early years of the Vietnam war
A M16 cost about $2000.00
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.
M16
The M16 and the M4 are the US designations for the AR-15 pattern of rifles.
; 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.