Colt Commando

The colt commando is the carbine version of the infamous M16. It's length is 760mm. Long, weighing 2.44 kilograms. It will take any other M16 magazine of the caliber .223 Remington. The only problem about this carbine was that it was so loud that it will be louder than the soldier, making it difficult to communicate in a combat situation. The muzzle flash was also a dead give away to your position, which made this a bad weapon for sniping (who would). These are though very reliable in tough combat situations because they are small and compact and also have a really good firing rate, I'd say even better than the AK 47. The Special Forces used these weapons in the Vietnam War and still use them now. These are still issued today and should be until they find a way to make it better.

Newer version of the Colt Commando

Armalite-15(M-16)

The AR-10, the father of the AR-15, was created and designed by Eugene Stoner. It was originally created in the late 1950's and soon developed into a new type of assault rifle. In 1957, the AR-10 lost to the T-44, also known as the M-14, in military drills. The AR-10 did go into mass production in 1960 and was soon modified enough to be more reliable and dependable as the M-16A2 assault rifle (which it was after modifications). Soon, the M-16 was the main military issued assault rifle of the U.S. Military during the '60's. The M16A1 was the most common, having a weight of 2.89 kg. and the length of 986 mm. It was a very wide ranged assault rifle having a switch to change from, safety, automatic, and semi-auto. While automatic, it has a firing rate of 750 rpm.

It took a .223 Remington cartridge in a most common twenty round box clip. Colt developed the U.S. assault rifle with the best military records and history. There has been no batter assault rifle than the AR-15 until it's posterity today which is the M4, which is currently used in our Military today. If you play Call Of Duty, you might notice that the M16's have 30 round clips; well, that is bull crap, during the Vietnam War, these assault rifles used 20 round box clips. It wasn't until 1970 when the Military began to use 30 round box clips. These assault rifles are easy for attachments and are fairly easy and simple to modify. The AR 15 is one of the greatest assault rifles in history. Please agree with me you filthy Russian Katasznikowa(AK) 47 lovers!

M14

As a .308 caliber rifle, it is semi-automatic. No, I didn't get this off of Call Of Duty. This supreme rifle is the advancement of the M1 Garand (seen in previous posts). This rifle was used from 1957 to the early '70's. It has a firing rate of 750 rpm., which is pretty good for a semi-automatic rifle. It is also light, weighing 5 kg. with a length of 1120 mm. It actually takes the same rounds and box magazines from the Browning Automatic Rifle (shown in previous post). It is a fairly reliable weapon and that would be my pick if I were to chose a semi-automatic rifle.

Military version M14, finished product.

M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle

One of the most famous assault rifles in the history of the U.S. Military. Because it's automatic, it's considered as a machine gun; well, it is, but it's main purpose was to be a rifle. It was a heavy "automatic rifle," but it had a good firing rate of 650 rpm. It did have bad kick to it. It was a long weapon spanning to 1214mm. long, weighing up to 9 kg. without it's twenty round box magazine. It took a 30-06 cartridge which made it a heavy beast. The weapon was used mainly for suppressing for it blew allot of smoke. It was issued in 1939 until the pre-Vietnam War era.

1939 Model

M1917 Enfield

You are probably thinking, The Enfield is British! Well, the United States Military made their own version of the Enfield rifle known by most as the M1917 Enfield sniper rifle. The only reason why anybody would know about this rifle is because this is the rifle that Medal Of Honor Recipient Sergeant Alvin York used to snipe 28 Germans leading to the surrender of 132 other German soldiers during the Great War. The rifle is a 30-06 bolt action and weighs 4.08 kg. with a length of 1175mm.

Although it was a reliable rifle, the U.S. Military decided to stick with the M1903 Springfield rifle. 1917 was the only year this weapon was issued in the military.

M1A1 Carbine

The M1A1 Carbine is a light compact rifle used in the United States Military from 1938 until after the Korean war. It is a light compact rifle for it has a length of 904 mm. and it weighs 2.36 kg. empty. It takes a small 7.62x33mm. cartridge. Of coarse it could be modified to different cartridges but it was originally manufactured with this cartridge. It is a really interesting rifle because it was originally built to replace handguns until folding and wooden stocks were attached to these "pea shooters." They were light and easy to carry, but the problem was that it was a small weapon and it didn't inflict heavy damage on human opposition. "I then saw a German running helmet-less through a trench and I could see his head above the snow. I aimed down my peep-sights, fired, and hit him near the fore-head. A minute later, I saw the same man running into the woods. Although he was cut down, I now have seen the unreliability of this rifle." This was an account taken by a soldier who fought in the Battle of The Bulge. The story reflects on the unreliability of this classic weapon.

M1 Garand

The M1 Garand (pronounced, guh-RAND) is the most famous rifle in the world and perhaps the most reliable rifle during the 20th Century. It was a G.I manufactured rifle and was adopted into the U.S. Military by George S. Patton in 1942. It is a light durable and movable rife weighing nine lbs. and about forty-four in. long. It is a very effective rifle at long and close range with a muzzle velocity of 2750 fps. with maximum range of 3450 yds. taking an eight round magazine. The rifle was used by the U.S. Military in combat until the early 1970's.

The M1 rifle was replaced by the also infamous M14 in 1957, which was later booted out by the Armalite-15 also known as the M16A2 assault rifle. It's contemporarys (rifles) were the Browning Automatic Rifle, the M1903 Springfield, and the M1941 Enfield (American Manufactured). The M1 Garand is the most influential rifle in the history of the U.S. Military.

M1903 Springfield

The m1903 Springfield rifle is one of the most famous rifles in our country's military history. It was manufactured in 1902 by Springfield Arms company. It was adopted by the U.S. Military in 1905 replacing the 1895 Krag-Jorgensen rifle. It was a new rifle for it is a bolt action and it took ballistic 30-06 cartridges. This rifle was still used up until 1957. Snipers in Vietnam also did prefer to use this extremely accurate rifle. I myself do prefer this rifle for hunting and I have experienced it's accuracy and reliability. These weapons were superior during The First Great War to the German Mauser rifles. It is also an easily mobile rifle for it weighs only eight lbs. and is forty-three inches in length. It's muzzle velocity is about 8,000 fps. and it is affective from 1,100 yds. having a range of 3,500 yds., holding five rounds in a clip. It is a very important weapon to our nations' history in any war,
especially the Great War.
M1903 Springfield Model

Model 1795 Musket

The 1795 musket was basically one of the first American weapons in our nations history. These were originally manufactured Federal arsenals in Springfield Mass. and Harper's Ferry VA. These rifles were originally made similar to French models having been made to fire .69 caliber lead balls. These were made better than the British Rifles because these were easier to take apart and clean. It was also lighter, for it was ten lbs. and five ft. long. The reason that it was easier to dismantle was because the barrel was attached to the stock by metal bands, yet the British muskets were held together by pins and other complicated bindings. The only problem about the musket was that it had a limitted range of one-hundred yds.

Of coarse, being a muzzle loader, it was a slow load. Rifles or muskets hadn't been made this way until about the Civil War era. The rifle above is the 1816 version but it's very similar to the 1795 model. These muskets were the beginning of American gun manufacturing.