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People have been bitching about the M-16 for years. The simple fact is that is a very accurate, lethal, and reliable weapon.
The Army times runs two articles a year about how it is on the way out (usually about a week after the new uniform article). They back up their stories with a few anecdotes from unnamed soldiers. But when you look at the big picture, what do you see? You see the stunning success of our infantry in Iraq and Afghanistan. You see the 3rd and 20th SFG (who can use any weapons in the world), using M-16s. You see Israeli Spec-Ops using M-16s. You see British Paras and Russian Spetsnaz using M-16s.
The OICW is a cool toy, and the eventual next step, but the M-16 series will be here for quite some time.
*Please note that M-16 is used to denote the entire series of rifles in this post.
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