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Originally Posted by Milla
No matter what any of you say, the M16A2/ A4 is a great rifle. It was made for professional soldiers who take care of their equipment, IE clean and lubricate. I have fired both AK and M16 and i must say i love the M16, its so deadly accurate, and the ones ive used jammed up once or twice but they were never "unreliable". I think out of all the times ive fired an M16 its jammed on me a total of 5 times.
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In combat conditions that means nothing, sure the m16 might be good if you're in a pristine batlefield with no dirt or dust flying around but how often does that happen? And the fact that the rifle is unreliable at best im sure has cost many soldiers their lives.
I remember reading an article on a convoy hijacking and the soldiers m16 jammed because of the sand and he ended up having to load one round at a time into the breech like a damn bolt action rifle.
My cousin was in the legion for over 10 years and as i said lives for this kind of work, he's ben in combat conditions countless times and has a shitload of experience, if he says the m16 is a piece of shit im inclined to agree, he has first hand combat experience with it in bad conditions, noone else here has.
And when its all said and done do you really think the marines or army or whatever are gonna tell you one minute, this weapon is your life line and then later on tell you its an unreliable piece of shit? Must be a comforting thought going into battle. Reminds me of an article i read a while back about how in ww2 some american tankers were basically given a lecture about how a sherman outmatched a tiger tank. oOo: