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[quote=Anonymous]Who designed the M-16? What was it originally called?

1. https://www.armalite.com/history/
[i]"Army officials asked Armalite to develop a smaller version of the AR-10 in 1956 as a potential replacement for the M1 Garand. The ensuing rifle was called the AR-15."[/i] (and then it was sold to Colt)

2. https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/the-complete-history-of-the-ar-15-rifle
[i][u]1961: Eugene Stoner Becomes a Consultant at Colt[/u]
At this time, Eugene Stoner leaves the ArmaLite company, taking a position as a consultant at Colt. Around the same time, the United States Airforce tests the AR-15, commissioning 8,500 for Air Force use.

[u]1963: The M-16 is Born[/u]
[b]With the AR-15 in the hands of the Air Force, a standard model of the rifle is born.[/b] They dub it the M-16, the most famous service weapon of the United States Military.

General Curtis LeMay saw a demonstration of the AR-15 in 1960. Impressed by the prowess of this new firearm, when General LeMay became the Air Force Chief of Staff in the Summer of 1961, he placed 80,000 AR-15's on order for the U.S. Air Force.

In 1961, ten AR-15's were sent to South Vietnam, as the United States continued to penetrate into the jungles of Indochina.

[u]1989: Production of the First AR-15's for Civilians Begins[/u]
With the AR-15 patents long expired, Jim Glazier and Karl Lewis started manufacturing the first civilian versions of the AR-15. These opened AR-15's up to the civilian market from the year 1989 to 1994. [/i]
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