Renegade,
I thought of that pic when I was reading the OP.
I was surprised though that it didn't mention what superdave alluded to:
It's tolerance for cycling with dirty ammunition.
I remember reading articles about the problems with the early 16s and that that the 7.62x39 is the key to the A's dirt tolerance...
Lot of soldiers died in veitnam cause early 16,s didnt have a CL chamber.
Failure to extract issues big time.
That and rumour that ya didnt have to clean them when they got fielded intially and they didnt have cleaning kits with em at 1st also.
Logistics, manufacturing, and training for the platform was lacking big time in the beginning.
Lots of guys paid for it with their life.....
They got it straightened out thru trial and error.
Its our longest running platform in the military outside of the MA duece.
They have proposed replacing both many times.
Aint hapoened yet.
Both have been improved over the decades.
Why replace something that works.
Cause congressmen and senators and retired mil types with connections to the defense industry want too.....
Benjamins for them all around and jobs in their districts.....
Bout the only thing mil AR,s need is good 77 grain bullets for more punch at range.
They have addressed that.
But good idea fairy,s always wanta spew schitt outta their pieholes for benjamins....
