Rear sights later featured on the M16A2 were also introduced, and the weapon could only fire in fully automatic firing mode. An angled foregrip was added to the handguard to improve handling as an automatic rifle. The chrome-lined barrel was permanently fixed to the receiver and could not be replaced in the field. The weapon was essentially a modified M16A1 with a new square handguard to cover the enlarged straight gas tube and almost 1 inch thick heavy barrel to make the barrel less susceptible for overheating and hence increase the sustained or effective rate of fire capability, a carry handle on top of the handguard, with a hydraulic buffer assembly and the ability to fire from an open bolt. Upgraded Light Support Weapon (LOAWNLD) in Dutch service, 2020ĭuring the 1980s Colt decided to expand on the basic ideas that had been developed in the WAK and BRL guns. In the end the Army used the XM106 as a control variable during the competition and instead selected the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. Early XM106s also had the front sight moved forward along the barrel to create a longer sight radius for more accurate long range fire, but this was dropped from later versions. The handguards also had an M2 bipod originally for the M14 rifle and a vertical foregrip fashioned from an M16A1 pistol grip. The BRL gun differed primarily in having permanently fixed handguards and a special quick-change barrel system. In 1978 the US Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) decided to build on the WAK concept to create a contender for the SAW trials, designated XM106. The WAK SAW was essentially an M16A1 converted to fire from an open bolt, accompanied by a special buffer, and featuring a specially-made compensator. This was to provide a more solid automatic rifle to replace the practice of the automatic rifleman switching his weapon to full-auto, and to provide this capability until the US Army's SAW trials had been completed. started work on an "Interim SAW" in 1977. Throughout the period between the introduction of the M16 and the introduction of the M249 as a purpose-built squad automatic weapon at the end of the SAW trials, interim weapons were developed and tested in order to fill the gap.Ĭolt Model 606 CAR-15 Heavy Assault Rifle M1 Īt the request of the United States Marine Corps, WAK Inc. The BAR was originally to have been replaced by the M15 Squad Automatic Weapon, but instead was ultimately replaced by the M16A1 one rifleman was supposed to use this weapon's fully automatic setting while the rest of the squad used semi-automatic. These weapons were all designed to fill the role of the earlier Browning Automatic Rifle. The Colt/Diemaco weapon traces its lineage to a number of weapons developed both at Colt and by the U.S. In 2005, Diemaco was acquired by Colt's Manufacturing LLC and renamed Colt Canada. Originally known as the Colt M16 LMG or simply as the Colt LMG ( Light Machine Gun), this weapon was developed as a joint venture by Colt and Diemaco, a Canadian firm licensed by Colt in 1982 to produce variants of the M16 family for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Colt Automatic Rifle is the name of a current product, but Colt has developed a number of similar weapons since the company obtained the rights to produce the Armalite AR-15 family at the end of the 1950s. 1.2 WAK "Interim SAW" and the BRL XM106.1.1 Colt Model 606 CAR-15 Heavy Assault Rifle M1.The CAR-15 weapons system consisted of the AR-15 and five variations, including the Colt Machine Gun and CAR-15 Heavy Assault Rifle. The family name was derived from the original AR-15 by adding "Colt", resulting in the CAR-15, to stand for Colt Automatic Rifle. It is one of many squad automatic weapon-type firearms that have been developed from the Armalite AR-15 that use the Stoner bolt and carrier piston system. It is based on the M16A2/A4, and has a distinctive squared-off handguard, vertical grip, carrying handle and integrated bipod. The Colt Automatic Rifle or Colt Light Machine Gun is a 5.56 mm NATO, open-bolt, full-automatic-only firearm developed by Colt Defense. Danish LSV (Light Support Weapon) M/04 with optical sight and 100-round Beta C-Mag
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