IDK how old you are, but the early years of the M16 got a lot of service men and women killed. I'm 55, lost 2 uncles and ny dad in Vietnam due to garbage M16s. Yes, we now have better weaponry.
@@michaelmorehouse8872 The M16 wasn't the issue the issue was the ammo that was being fired and also the rifles didn't come with cleaning kits. If the M16 was a bad rifle the US military wouldnt have kept using it for 60 more years.
I was in Nam in 68 with the 1st Infantry Div. and haven't forgotten any of this. One big upgrade was chrome plating the firing chamber after, numerous causalities from jammed weapons. When these rifles were first issued no cleaning kit was issued either. Robert McNamara said none was needed he was wrong.. Not sure if the Army still does the blindfold test of disassemble and assemble but we did it in seconds
The designation of AR (armaLite rifle) was created and applied by the armaLite corporation and Eugene Stoner its creator. The M16 designation became applied when the AR15 rifle entered into the US military system (M = military).
@@mikoyan31BM blame US Army Ordnance Corps they are the one who issue faulty ammunition and shity magazine and they don't even bother to train soldiers to using it.( MUD is not a reason why it's jamming!!! ) the gun itself is good, There is a reason why NATO members start using AR15 (M16A1-4, M4a1, SIG516, HK416, T65 ) you don't believe me well then check out this video (ua-cam.com/video/LyXndCxn9K4/v-deo.html)
In my experience you don’t really need to make sure the mag is seated properly if the bolt is already open. It should go in very easily with the bolt open but might as well tap it again I guess.
With the original type of magazines for the AR-15/M16/M4 etc., you often have to slap the bottom of the magazine to make sure it's seated, if you are inserting the magazine with the bolt closed. When the bolt is open, this isn't an issue. I believe with modern mags like PMAGs, it's not really an issue at all even with the bolt closed.
@@superpeabody2658 trigger discipline is already being practiced during Vietnam War, but not as serious as today's. just take a look at all the Vietnam War photos
@@hoppinggnomethe4154 you can find picture of us soldier holding their Friend at gunpoint with loaded m60 and with their finger on the trigger from the vietnam war era, those guy were crazy
Back then this was the obligatory ridiculous "Space Age" rifle. Now this is THE rifle. Compared to other service rifle that day, the M16 might've been the most advanced. Now every military that's not a ComBloc have one.
Indeed, but so sad that they have neglected one of the most important parts of it's design in modern military use; weight. With all the gadgets and gismos on rails and those quick lock handguards the rifle is almost double the original weight. Sure modern optics are great and all but having a bunch of stuff weighing a light design down just makes it dumb, might as well go with a battle rifle at that point (cal .308/7.62mm). It was never designed for longer ranges like a designated marksman rifle so iron sights should do perfectly fine, maybe red dot in this age for the carbine lenght
@@TheZebinator it wasn't designed for longer ranges, but it can do it. A 16" AR can go all the way out to 500 yards, a Mk 17 goes to around 800 yards, and an SR-25 goes out to about a thousand. They each have their tradeoffs, otherwise the military would be carrying big heavy 20 inch .308 rifles, kicking doors in with a rifle taller than the damned door.
@@candle_eatist Oh I know well that the AR is accurate at long ranges, it just wasn't designed to be used for that. And yeah every tool has its purpose, don't often see teams clearing rooms with AA cannons. It's just that how the rifle and its variants are used in military today is a "jack of all trades, master of none" setup. It would be better to have standard ARs and one more LMG per squad than everyone having a semi LMG ROLE. Maybe even a marksman in every squad for long range, but depends on squad size ofc. Iirc US military squad size is 6 but a squad of 12 with 2 LMG, 1 marksman and the other 9 with ARs could work for some things
WARNING, PLEASE READ BEFORE SCROLLING DOWN!!! everyone in this comment section below you is not only an expert on firearms and weapons manipulation. They also can't help but point out that some in this video lack trigger discipline because it's hard to remember that firearm safety has improved over the last 50+ years and pointing out the same thing as everyone else just makes you a chooch. Thank you and best of luck.
The massive malfunction issues mostly stemmed from the US government not providing the super clean burning 5.56 ammo that Eugene Stoner had used during the engineering trials.
The Green Tilting Followers In The Original Ammunition Magazines Causing Jams Misfeed Malfunctions In The Rifle Magpul Fixed That With Antitilt Followers
@@ethankaryadi37 the forward assist button on the M16 very rarely works as intended. Most times it worsens a malfunction as opposed to actually fixing it. This is mostly due to the fact that the forward assist was not a part of the original design. The designer (based on experience) believed that if a round didn't want to chamber properly, it's better to find a way to eject it as opposed to force it in. The only reason the forward assist got added was because the US Army wanted one for "psychological and morale" purposes.
@@CheemsofRegret there are a lot of instances where you need to help the spring out, like if you want to be quiet and need to ride the bolt home in order to not produce a huge racket
@@wizard_of_poz4413 cause the m16 is soo quiet lol. It was entirely unnecessary and still is. A reliably unreliable machine gun it was. This gun got thousands killed. It's why we upgraded the standards today.
3:46 everyone forgive me for saying this, but, as long as I remember as a kid until now, I thought that a rifle that was gas-operated has a small fuel tank with a miniature motor in it that helped in firing the machine gun somehow. Now I know the gas is the spent exhaust GAS from the round fired.😂
Well that’s funny. But you are forgiven, if you weren’t raised with them in every room. Plus I agree with the first response. It takes a real man to admit something so funny.
Ha! My personal weapon in NMCB-74 was an XM16E1. Seeing that on the receiver was the only time I'd seen it. So far as I could tell it was no different than an M16A1, which all my other shipmates had.
Great video every new shooter should watch this for a basic understanding of the platform. Too bad we live in an age we're all on a government watch list for watching it now.
Watching this excellent video made me aware of the following; 1) there are 8 actions in the m16 operating cycle, 2) Eugene Stoner was a genius, 3) *stoner* and *genius* are not, necessarily, mutually exclusive terms.
Carried the XM-16-E1 until my ETS in 1993. Apparently my CSM thought if it's good enough to compete with, then why assign me the A2 which had be in service for some time.
I can't help but think the Infantryman used to the M14 were "Less than Impressed" by the XM16E1. It's going from one of the best Combat Rifles in History... to an underpowered 'weapon' that jammed a LOT in actual use (in the earlier models). It might have made sense for the jungles of Vietnam, but it was woefully inadequate for the extended ranges of combat in the mountains of Afghanistan. Where the enemy often fired at us from the next ridgeline. My 2 cents. BTW, I had my choice of weapons and carried a National Match, heavy barreled, wooden stock (glass bedded) M14 in Afghanistan... HAPPILY. SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
Youre full shit,my neighbor is a Vietnam vet and he a colt ar 15 before his army service, he loved his m16 and m14, the rifle was issued without a cleaning kit in the beginning and yes it had some problems that were corrected, quit reading guns and ammo magazine while stroking your big 1 inch
The a1 fixed every issue and the real cause of the jams of the xm16 was the military using the incorrect powder causing more fowling it burned at a diffrent rate causing the fire rat to increase which cause the bolt to cycle to fast fo pick up a new round and it would cause the cases to stick due to extreme fouling as well as the case expanding to much by the higher pressure
By the way, the UMP fires all 9mm .40 and ,.45. depending on the name after UMP .45 UMP .40 UMP 9mm etc the MP5 military versions or police use strictly 9mm there are remakes that use the .22 for plinking
@wikieditspam exactly. I think the whole thing about the .223's stopping power "issues" is over-rated. About the only instance were I believe a larger caliber round would be useful if not necessary for a larger, harder hitting round is in some police/swat groups just because then if you have to stop a desperate guy on meth or speed or heroin, one shot may not do it.
I believe you have never fired a desert eagle handgun in your inexperienced life. If you did, I’d let you imagine a .44 caliber or equivalent rifle round. Even a .45 caliber 1911 colt has serious stopping power. High or not, be it ice or black tar, no one can refuse to react when getting hit by a .45 round off a 1911. And an AR 15 or M16 round .223 does serious damage to the human body once it impacts with flesh, bone and tissue. Ask any ER doctor who attends to shooting victims. Take a seat, kid. Let the adults talk.
@@kumarj4693 Ball point ammo which is standard issued is notorious for hitting flesh targets and not effectively ending a threat in some cases although I agree it'd hurt like a bitch there's plenty of examples from the last 20 years in the middle east where dudes wearing traditional garb are shot multiple times yet still manage to evade our troops
@holysoks1 there's footage of combat in Fallujah where a marine shot an enemy combatant 5 times yet still managed to change positions when the marine looked back down the hole he fired in
@@cosseybomb I'm guessing that's the drugs that enabled that, in which case it doesn't matter what caliber you shoot him with if you don't hit anything vital.
Imagine the teenagers today being lectured about endless genders, white anger and systemic racism that doesn't exist except for whites and Asians......
People spoke so different back then, like if you had put commercials from today and back then, you could almost say it was a different race speaking. Fascinating as usual
How many magazine he brought inside his magazine pouch? Seems they only bring few pouch, with only 20 rd per magazine at this era, they will burn their ammo faster compare to modern army combat load that bring lot of ammunition
@@skulldozer1462 oh nice I thought that pouch only fit for 2 mag each, but judging from mostly auto fire doctrine from the past it still eat that ammo fast especially when they still using 20 round mag even 30 mag still dry fast in rapid semi at heated combat
@@telurkucing5006 well the average engagement distance in the jungles of Vietnam is just 10-30m so they can use full auto to the GIs choice and light the whole jungle up and hopefully VC could either pull out or fragged but they could use the semi feature if they were to be fighting in Europe that is which they can get about 300m with single shots
The ammo cans to this day are packed with cloth bandoliers that can hold extra 20 round magazines, and if you take a thread out they can hold 30 round magazines.
I have 16 years old and I already know how to disassemble and assemble an AR-15 and a gun hahab nicee, I'm trying to learn to go to the ARMY or NAVY like my uncle
The A1 lower was full auto - that chanced with the A2 which is what Pubg uses. The A4 is also burst instead of auto. The a3 has auto but it was not widely adopted
@19Kettle93 Funny that you should mention the whole police fighting junkies thing, because it happens sometimes in Afghanistan, and in fact because of that some want to make pistols firing .45acps more prevalent than 9x19s. The .45acp is an old round, one that has old in origin but modernized weapons to fire it with. same thing with the 7.62x51, which is used in most of NATOs battle rifles, that are old in origin but have very good modernized versions.
Back in my day we had none of these optical aiming devices. we used good ol´ iron sights, and we shot at 1000 yards, you were a lazy bum if you didnt hit and everyone did hit with sub 1 moa grouping.
Mattel never made any part of the m16 stop passing on the myth the gun was great when designed but generals sabotoged it by calling it self cleaning and not issuing cleaning kits they also used the wrong powder and pressure specs which would cause ruptures and the case would overly expand the case causing then to stick which is part of the reason the chrome line bore and chamber came out the m16a1 was a great gun
That's the buffer spring. The bolt carrier hits a weighted buffer as it goes back under recoil and compresses the spring, which makes the recoil a lot softer. The recoil is also in-line with the bolt and barrel, so the muzzle climb is less than a piston-operated rifle like the M14 or Kalashnikov where a piston and operating rod push off-center. The only downside is that the M16 can't have a folding stock, because the receiver extends back into the stock.
It took the algorithm no less than 11 years to place this in the queue. That's worth noting. 👍
It always blows my mind, seeing old videos like this. How far we have come, in terms of weapon manipulation
IDK how old you are, but the early years of the M16 got a lot of service men and women killed.
I'm 55, lost 2 uncles and ny dad in Vietnam due to garbage M16s.
Yes, we now have better weaponry.
@@michaelmorehouse8872 I think he was talking about weapon manipulation, not the weapon.
Yeah you should see some old police training videos they wave their dirty Harry revolvers around like it's a megaphone
@@tylerwilliams33 Weaver stance with one eye closed, pretty hardcore.
@@michaelmorehouse8872 The M16 wasn't the issue the issue was the ammo that was being fired and also the rifles didn't come with cleaning kits. If the M16 was a bad rifle the US military wouldnt have kept using it for 60 more years.
I was in Nam in 68 with the 1st Infantry Div. and haven't forgotten any of this. One big upgrade was chrome plating the firing chamber after, numerous causalities from jammed weapons. When these rifles were first issued no cleaning kit was issued either. Robert McNamara said none was needed he was wrong.. Not sure if the Army still does the blindfold test of disassemble and assemble but we did it in seconds
Well there's not much to disassemble. I've never been in the military but I can disassemble my AR blindfolded.
‘The Eugene Stoner Tapes’ explains a lot on that subject, also your duty to this country is never forgotten either! Have a blessed day sir
much respect to you. What an interesting world that we can share this film and interest together all these years later through the internet.
This reminds me Tom And Jerry opening.
Agree
Yes
Or mickey mouse? 🤣
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I couldn't agree more!
From Japan
It was made around the same time period sooo..
Man, trigger safety wasn't a thing back then huh?
Ikr? It kills me every time to see them practically squeezing the trigger
*Gestures with pointer finger*
This is my safety sir
Not when your in battle
You should see a police training vid from a little after the Vietnam war they don’t know trigger discipline
Desk pops must have been encouraged and celebrated 🍾
“And remember, ALWAYS have your finger on the trigger when handling the firearm IN ANY WAY.”
Never know
Keep one or both eyes closed when you pull trigger, Safety first
Sigint: "No, it's not an AR-15. It's an XM16E1, a top-of-the-line rifle that the Army adopted recently on a trial basis.”
Thanks MGS3
The designation of AR (armaLite rifle) was created and applied by the armaLite corporation and Eugene Stoner its creator. The M16 designation became applied when the AR15 rifle entered into the US military system (M = military).
@@edmundcharles5278 m stands for model but close enough
Are you aware that ALL XM16E1s have AR-15 stamped on the receiver?
XM16E1 is just a military designation for a particular model of AR-15 (early Colt 603)
@@edmundcharles5278 wow almost everything you just said was wrong
I was assigned one of these beauties in 1991! It had a 4 digit serial number. It shot better than any A2s I was ever assigned.
Whilst I don't doubt you had an m16 did you get the prototype xm16
@@Xenomorthian the e1 actually came after the original m16. Then the a1 was shortly after
I hate how the A2s handguard looks
@@michaelolin2219 im jealous personally
@@michaelolin2219 yeah he won and killed allot of Iraqi's with his sweet M16
This is the beginning of a legend.
nope this gun is trash
@@mikoyan31BM you just hate old guns or sonething
@@NuAccount.0 i hate it because it always got trouble
@@mikoyan31BM blame US Army Ordnance Corps they are the one who issue faulty ammunition and shity magazine and they don't even bother to train soldiers to using it.( MUD is not a reason why it's jamming!!! )
the gun itself is good, There is a reason why NATO members start using AR15 (M16A1-4, M4a1, SIG516, HK416, T65 )
you don't believe me well then check out this video (ua-cam.com/video/LyXndCxn9K4/v-deo.html)
@@mikoyan31BM how old are you?
5:58 he didn't slam the bottom of that mag. I can already feel a jam.
In my experience you don’t really need to make sure the mag is seated properly if the bolt is already open. It should go in very easily with the bolt open but might as well tap it again I guess.
you missed a golden opportunity to make the time stamp 5:56
With the original type of magazines for the AR-15/M16/M4 etc., you often have to slap the bottom of the magazine to make sure it's seated, if you are inserting the magazine with the bolt closed. When the bolt is open, this isn't an issue. I believe with modern mags like PMAGs, it's not really an issue at all even with the bolt closed.
I was gonna say, I wonder how many takes this took due to jams😂
@@LUR1FAX PMAGs do go in easier with a closed bolt, but it still helps to load them with 29 instead of 30.
6:19 I like the fact that operating an M16/AR15 pattern rifle was so new and foreign that he had to look down at the selector while operating it.
Then they rolled it out in Vietnam.. along with ammunition using the wrong powder(knowingly)
Some of the best educational videos were produced in the 60s.
Demonstration guy : finger on the trigger AT ALL TIMES
Maybe trigger discipline hasn't been found at that time
Even when mag is ejected 😂😂😂😂😂
Maybe trigger discipline wasn't a think. Correct me if i'm wrong, trigger discipline was a thing when post vietnam war
@@naforous7651 I have to correct you. Trigger discipline still doesn't exist in military operations post Vietnam
@@Crayma800 ah thanks for the correction
Love the finger on the trigger when loading and handling 🤣 I guess avoiding UD/ND wasn't a lesson they wanted push
Trigger discipline wasn't introduced until after the Vietnam war, so it fits for the time period.
@@superpeabody2658 trigger discipline is already being practiced during Vietnam War, but not as serious as today's. just take a look at all the Vietnam War photos
I noticed that too! 🤣
@Robert Chacon 😂
@@hoppinggnomethe4154 you can find picture of us soldier holding their Friend at gunpoint with loaded m60 and with their finger on the trigger from the vietnam war era, those guy were crazy
Man do I love the M16 series, so innovate for their time!
What a great piece of History we are watching thank you
A thorough explanation of the original AR-15 rifle operation!
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Dang. That dude was shooting with no hearing protection.
WHAT??
@@urgentcareguy3 NO HEARING PROTECTION!!! 😀😀
Hearing protection is soyboy invention. REAL men spends retirement deaf
@@Cesko_Plny_Fialovejch_Zmrdu WHAT I CANNOT HEAR YOU
@@urgentcareguy3 HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT FAST ERECTION
the start of a legendary rigle
No that's the Ak-47 that was the start of legendary rifles. Barely jams easy to clean and has many other variants of it selfm
@@nicks.6567 the only your saying is that you trade more power for recoil
rigle
@@coda56 rigle
Back then this was the obligatory ridiculous "Space Age" rifle.
Now this is THE rifle.
Compared to other service rifle that day, the M16 might've been the most advanced. Now every military that's not a ComBloc have one.
Indeed, but so sad that they have neglected one of the most important parts of it's design in modern military use; weight. With all the gadgets and gismos on rails and those quick lock handguards the rifle is almost double the original weight. Sure modern optics are great and all but having a bunch of stuff weighing a light design down just makes it dumb, might as well go with a battle rifle at that point (cal .308/7.62mm). It was never designed for longer ranges like a designated marksman rifle so iron sights should do perfectly fine, maybe red dot in this age for the carbine lenght
The "bad guy gun", the AKM was a good counterpart. And the other impressive guns manufactured in Germany, Belgium, France etc.
@@TheZebinator it wasn't designed for longer ranges, but it can do it. A 16" AR can go all the way out to 500 yards, a Mk 17 goes to around 800 yards, and an SR-25 goes out to about a thousand. They each have their tradeoffs, otherwise the military would be carrying big heavy 20 inch .308 rifles, kicking doors in with a rifle taller than the damned door.
@@candle_eatist Oh I know well that the AR is accurate at long ranges, it just wasn't designed to be used for that. And yeah every tool has its purpose, don't often see teams clearing rooms with AA cannons. It's just that how the rifle and its variants are used in military today is a "jack of all trades, master of none" setup. It would be better to have standard ARs and one more LMG per squad than everyone having a semi LMG ROLE. Maybe even a marksman in every squad for long range, but depends on squad size ofc. Iirc US military squad size is 6 but a squad of 12 with 2 LMG, 1 marksman and the other 9 with ARs could work for some things
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My thoughts
Remember: Finger ON the trigger after every action taken.
IKR, no trigger safety
Trigger disciple isnt widespread and enforced until 1980-ish, most people just dont take it seriously
Interesting how the muzzle velocity and maximum effective range are described in different measuring systems:
1:55 3150 ft/s
2:01 460 meters
This quality is better than my Zoom lecture.
Always make sure to visually inspect the barrel after loading to make sure it was done properly.
I just watched all 20 minutes. Even though i already know how an m16 works lol
Me too 🥴😵💫😒😝
👍👍
He will now place the weapon on full semi automatic mode...if he's a general on CNN
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everyone in this comment section below you is not only an expert on firearms and weapons manipulation. They also can't help but point out that some in this video lack trigger discipline because it's hard to remember that firearm safety has improved over the last 50+ years and pointing out the same thing as everyone else just makes you a chooch.
Thank you and best of luck.
A very innovative weapon for the time. Unfortunate that it was rushed into service before it was ready, and without adequate instruction.
The massive malfunction issues mostly stemmed from the US government not providing the super clean burning 5.56 ammo that Eugene Stoner had used during the engineering trials.
The Green Tilting Followers In The Original Ammunition Magazines Causing Jams Misfeed Malfunctions In The Rifle
Magpul Fixed That With Antitilt Followers
4:50 ah yes, the M16's most unique feature: the Jam Enhancer
I’m not so sure everyone knows what you’re talking about. Could you please explain why the forward assist isn’t effective? We’re just curious. Thanks.
@@ethankaryadi37 the forward assist button on the M16 very rarely works as intended. Most times it worsens a malfunction as opposed to actually fixing it. This is mostly due to the fact that the forward assist was not a part of the original design. The designer (based on experience) believed that if a round didn't want to chamber properly, it's better to find a way to eject it as opposed to force it in.
The only reason the forward assist got added was because the US Army wanted one for "psychological and morale" purposes.
@@CheemsofRegret there are a lot of instances where you need to help the spring out, like if you want to be quiet and need to ride the bolt home in order to not produce a huge racket
@@wizard_of_poz4413 cause the m16 is soo quiet lol. It was entirely unnecessary and still is. A reliably unreliable machine gun it was. This gun got thousands killed. It's why we upgraded the standards today.
@@aylam9667 oh okay thanks for loudly signaling that you know fuck all about guns because even the ak guys on UA-cam don't say that stupid shit
3:46 everyone forgive me for saying this, but, as long as I remember as a kid until now, I thought that a rifle that was gas-operated has a small fuel tank with a miniature motor in it that helped in firing the machine gun somehow.
Now I know the gas is the spent exhaust GAS from the round fired.😂
Real man admits his mistakes 💪💪💪
There was a old Doom novelization from 93/94, it described his rifle as gas operated. Me being a kid at the time, I thought the same thing. LOL!
Well that’s funny. But you are forgiven, if you weren’t raised with them in every room. Plus I agree with the first response. It takes a real man to admit something so funny.
8:02 makes me think of aero-precisions new design with the cut outs in the mag well
Ha! My personal weapon in NMCB-74 was an XM16E1. Seeing that on the receiver was the only time I'd seen it. So far as I could tell it was no different than an M16A1, which all my other shipmates had.
Imtroducing the "Manny Mattell"... Couldnt resist...old Navy guy here..lol
Mattel = key word, none working toys, it was good for tent a stake.
Here comes the legend!
Instead of sleeping this is what I'm doing at 2:52 on a Saturday morning
that firing stance really shows how far we've come 😬 the stuff they teach you in firearms safety nowadays would make you a better shot lol
Hmm the algorithm has blessed me again
"Always hold your finger in place by pressing it tight against the trigger at all times."
people weren't weak individuals that couldn't control the operations of their digits like they are now.
How come that all the old shows seems to have been done by the same voice?? 😁😁😁
@Joe Mama I think it's Transatlantic accent
That thing functions beautifully
Great video every new shooter should watch this for a basic understanding of the platform. Too bad we live in an age we're all on a government watch list for watching it now.
Watching this excellent video made me aware of the following;
1) there are 8 actions in the m16 operating cycle,
2) Eugene Stoner was a genius,
3) *stoner* and *genius* are not, necessarily, mutually exclusive terms.
Fascinating. Tell me more, Elroy.
The originals had the charging handle right by the handle grip.
The real reason why the carry handle was there
and no forward assist either. this is kind of a later model.
Nice to see how they mix imperial and metric Measures.
Carried the XM-16-E1 until my ETS in 1993. Apparently my CSM thought if it's good enough to compete with, then why assign me the A2 which had be in service for some time.
Behold the birth of the first safety briefing
that's what makes you SPECIAL!
I can't help but think the Infantryman used to the M14 were "Less than Impressed" by the XM16E1. It's going from one of the best Combat Rifles in History... to an underpowered 'weapon' that jammed a LOT in actual use (in the earlier models). It might have made sense for the jungles of Vietnam, but it was woefully inadequate for the extended ranges of combat in the mountains of Afghanistan. Where the enemy often fired at us from the next ridgeline.
My 2 cents.
BTW, I had my choice of weapons and carried a National Match, heavy barreled, wooden stock (glass bedded) M14 in Afghanistan... HAPPILY.
SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
Thank God no one listened to you.
I bet this thing was so badass back in the day
It was junk, loved my 14, after 9 months Army took my 14 gave a piece of jamming shit, oh well the knife at the front works, as well so do rocks.
@@gaylebordeaux7632 u got the original xm16 the m16a1 improved any issues and they finally started using the right powder
Hey thats the name given to ar15 in mgs3 too no?
They should be teaching this to kids
1000 times better understanding then 3D CGI
Unfortunately...
US army change the powder, issue no kits or manuals and put in the forwards assist.
Somehow this is in my recommendation and I don't even feel mad about it
commintator is legendary
@bsrman36 many issues, but the main issue. Yes, it is a good rifle for civilians, but not for a combat.
It's better than your filthy commie AK.
Youre full shit,my neighbor is a Vietnam vet and he a colt ar 15 before his army service, he loved his m16 and m14, the rifle was issued without a cleaning kit in the beginning and yes it had some problems that were corrected, quit reading guns and ammo magazine while stroking your big 1 inch
It is a great rifle for combat the issues came from the powder read the other comments i wrote to see the explanation
The XM16-E1 Operation and Jamming Operations
The a1 fixed every issue and the real cause of the jams of the xm16 was the military using the incorrect powder causing more fowling it burned at a diffrent rate causing the fire rat to increase which cause the bolt to cycle to fast fo pick up a new round and it would cause the cases to stick due to extreme fouling as well as the case expanding to much by the higher pressure
And they were not issues with cleaning kits which was really sabotage by too brass because they were fudds
@@christophermercer2632: Not issuing a cleaning kit is inexcusable!
@@nitdiver5 like i said the top brass was trying to sabatoge the system because they were fudds who only believed wood and steel
By the way, the UMP fires all 9mm .40 and ,.45. depending on the name after UMP .45 UMP .40 UMP 9mm etc
the MP5 military versions or police use strictly 9mm
there are remakes that use the .22 for plinking
@wikieditspam
if its that bad, then use the search function on arfcom or something
Wasn't they told not to carry the weapon by that handle ? I vaguely remember seeing that somewhere.
Not sure why they would. It was literally designed for the purpose of carrying it with the handle
I wish they played this and had the cut away model in Armorers school
Wow. Crazy to think this was over a hundred years ago
Was trigger discipline not a thing back then?
Wonder how many ND’s they had back then? Apparently it was keep your finger ON the trigger at all times.
@wikieditspam exactly. I think the whole thing about the .223's stopping power "issues" is over-rated. About the only instance were I believe a larger caliber round would be useful if not necessary for a larger, harder hitting round is in some police/swat groups just because then if you have to stop a desperate guy on meth or speed or heroin, one shot may not do it.
I believe you have never fired a desert eagle handgun in your inexperienced life.
If you did, I’d let you imagine a .44 caliber or equivalent rifle round. Even a .45 caliber 1911 colt has serious stopping power. High or not, be it ice or black tar, no one can refuse to react when getting hit by a .45 round off a 1911. And an AR 15 or M16 round .223 does serious damage to the human body once it impacts with flesh, bone and tissue. Ask any ER doctor who attends to shooting victims.
Take a seat, kid. Let the adults talk.
@@kumarj4693 I don't think you understood what he was saying.
@@kumarj4693 Ball point ammo which is standard issued is notorious for hitting flesh targets and not effectively ending a threat in some cases although I agree it'd hurt like a bitch there's plenty of examples from the last 20 years in the middle east where dudes wearing traditional garb are shot multiple times yet still manage to evade our troops
@holysoks1 there's footage of combat in Fallujah where a marine shot an enemy combatant 5 times yet still managed to change positions when the marine looked back down the hole he fired in
@@cosseybomb I'm guessing that's the drugs that enabled that, in which case it doesn't matter what caliber you shoot him with if you don't hit anything vital.
Thanks Gene.
Immagine those still teenagers ready for Vietnam, watching this nice video.
Imagine the teenagers today being lectured about endless genders, white anger and systemic racism that doesn't exist except for whites and Asians......
I keep imagining a drill sergeant/instructor knife handing him while screaming, “the enemies gonna wait all f&@$ing day for you reload that rifle”
Мне понравилось! К сожалению понял только половину.i like it! But i understand only half
😎💀💀💀 VERY GOD !!!!!!!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
People spoke so different back then, like if you had put commercials from today and back then, you could almost say it was a different race speaking.
Fascinating as usual
"Dad, why my sister's name is rose?"
"Because your mom loves roses"
"Okay"
"Now let's go XM16E1 Rifle 5.56MM - Operating And Cycle Of Functioning"
How many magazine he brought inside his magazine pouch? Seems they only bring few pouch, with only 20 rd per magazine at this era, they will burn their ammo faster compare to modern army combat load that bring lot of ammunition
No they're able to carry a minimum of 6 or 7 magazines these old ALICE magazine pouches can hold 3 per pouch
@@skulldozer1462 oh nice I thought that pouch only fit for 2 mag each, but judging from mostly auto fire doctrine from the past it still eat that ammo fast especially when they still using 20 round mag even 30 mag still dry fast in rapid semi at heated combat
@@telurkucing5006 well the average engagement distance in the jungles of Vietnam is just 10-30m so they can use full auto to the GIs choice and light the whole jungle up and hopefully VC could either pull out or fragged but they could use the semi feature if they were to be fighting in Europe that is which they can get about 300m with single shots
Later in the Vietnam war the U.S. would issue 30 round capacity magazines to troops
The ammo cans to this day are packed with cloth bandoliers that can hold extra 20 round magazines, and if you take a thread out they can hold 30 round magazines.
I have 16 years old and I already know how to disassemble and assemble an AR-15 and a gun hahab nicee, I'm trying to learn to go to the ARMY or NAVY like my uncle
Don't join the military dude, trust me
@@wizard_of_poz4413 why not? Were you in the military?
@@agentjohnson3973 not personally but I've heard horror stories about what's happening
@@wizard_of_poz4413 Misanthropic with black face as your profile pic? Gotta choose man, are you a racist or do you just hate society in general?
Engenharia fina!
I would like to send this video to call of duty, pubg and other games that made m16 burst.
they probably have the m16a2. that’s burst
There isn't just one model of M16 bruh
The A1 lower was full auto - that chanced with the A2 which is what Pubg uses. The A4 is also burst instead of auto. The a3 has auto but it was not widely adopted
Black Ops 1 had an M16A1 that was burst fire. If anyone remembers Conflict Vietnam did the same. Sad!
@@Dionach it was the M16E1 actually, but none of them until the M16A2 have burst so still wrong
What many people don't know is the M-16 is a piston operated rifle, not a DI...
wait, so is this the bo3 version of the m16
“Rifle climb” or weapon recoil
when u realize animation quality is better in 3663 than in 2021
@19Kettle93 Funny that you should mention the whole police fighting junkies thing, because it happens sometimes in Afghanistan, and in fact because of that some want to make pistols firing .45acps more prevalent than 9x19s. The .45acp is an old round, one that has old in origin but modernized weapons to fire it with. same thing with the 7.62x51, which is used in most of NATOs battle rifles, that are old in origin but have very good modernized versions.
Thank you very cool
Back in my day we had none of these optical aiming devices. we used good ol´ iron sights, and we shot at 1000 yards, you were a lazy bum if you didnt hit and everyone did hit with sub 1 moa grouping.
feels weird seeing a boomer with a profile like that "Obama sphere"
Marksmanship. 1 major reason we won the war of independence. Skills yo! (U.S.)
@@joshuar3632 Not the reason you won vietnam Irak and Afghanistan tho (only joking)
@@TheONLYFeli0 right
@@daldladla wdym "right?" I am right, that's quite uncommon
may i have this video..
Thailand military still using it.
Deadly and Gorgeous 😍
I now know exactly how to make a full auto M16.
Is there a video like this but for the Ak 47
Do you know russian? and how to search youtube?
@@boscoalbertbaracus1362 no
what date?
Don't drop it in the water, let it get dirty, or even use it.. unless you have to. Mattel made the hand grip.. lol.
Mattel never made any part of the m16 stop passing on the myth the gun was great when designed but generals sabotoged it by calling it self cleaning and not issuing cleaning kits they also used the wrong powder and pressure specs which would cause ruptures and the case would overly expand the case causing then to stick which is part of the reason the chrome line bore and chamber came out the m16a1 was a great gun
Anyone else watching this & knowing exactly what the sounds would be like if it were filmed today? Lol
It's cool educational and technical film.
From t2bkk channel in Bangkok
Fallout trailer?
XM16 lore pog
No hearing pro in the first part??
Didn't exist in the late 50s. Suppressors were as good as it got, but they were not widely issued to combat troops.
Who is the narrator? The voice is soothing for sleep haha
Never knew there was a coilspring in the stock of an M16 (4:19)
That's the buffer spring. The bolt carrier hits a weighted buffer as it goes back under recoil and compresses the spring, which makes the recoil a lot softer. The recoil is also in-line with the bolt and barrel, so the muzzle climb is less than a piston-operated rifle like the M14 or Kalashnikov where a piston and operating rod push off-center. The only downside is that the M16 can't have a folding stock, because the receiver extends back into the stock.
All M16s have that