EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION

M16A2 Rifle

EQUIPMENT CHARACTERISTICS, CAPABILITIES, AND FEATURES

This weapon is a lightweight, gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed, shoulder-fired weapon that can be fired in either automatic or three-round burst. The purpose of the weapon is to provide personnel an offensive/defensive capability to engage targets in the field.

EQUIPMENT DATA:

Caliber: 5.56mm
Weight: w/30 (loaded) round mag approx 8.791bs
Length: w/compensator 39-5/8 in
Mechanical Features Rifling (RH 1:7 twist)
Firing Characteristics:
Muzzle Velocity: 3100 fps
Chamber Pressure: 52,000 psi
Cyclic Rate of Fire: 700-900 rpm (approx.)
Max Effective Rates of Fire:
Semi: 45 rpm
Burst/Auto: 90 rpm
Sustained Rate of Fire: 12/15 rpm
Max Effective Range:
550m (individual point targets)
600m (area targets)
Max Range: 3600m
Selector: SAFE-SEMI-BURST (M16A2)
Selector: SAFE-SEMI-AUTO (M16A3)

The web page author qualified as a Sharpshooter on the M16A2 at Camp Williams, UT on 9 April 1994 and hit 32 out of 40 targets.