M16
noun
: a .223 caliber (5.56 millimeter) gas-operated magazine-fed rifle for semiautomatic or automatic operation used by U.S. troops since the mid 1960s
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The surgeon alleges that a gunshot wound on the face of one of his patients, a male teenager, most likely came from an M16 or sniper rifle because the wound was a small entrance wound.
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Sahar Akbarzai, CNN, 26 July 2024
The assassination attempt, during which light antitank rockets, grenades, M16 rifles and more were used, killed and wounded several members of Pinochet’s security detail but left Pinochet, who was traveling in a brand-new armored Mercedes with bulletproof tires, lightly wounded.
—Ruth Ben-Ghiat, The Conversation, 25 July 2024
On June 14, the Court Circular — the official record of past royal engagements — revealed that the Prince of Wales, 41, visited the secret service known as M16 the day prior.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
The judge recalled firing an M16 at targets of human silhouettes.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
The four settlers were in a clearing; one had an M16 and was walking along the edge of the terraced grove of olive trees.
—Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Israeli settlers, drawn to another shepherd’s flock grazing in the valley 200 yards below, fired what appeared to be M16 rifles in the air and toward the shepherd.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Jan. 2024
Think how much worse this tragedy would have turned out without a functioning press: By 1967, American soldiers in Vietnam had been struggling for years with M16 rifles that jammed constantly and were utterly unreliable in combat.
—Sebastian Junger, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
According to Hassan and local media reports, the masked settlers were firing mostly pistols and one M16, a popular military rifle.
—Shakked Auerbach, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
Sahar Akbarzai, CNN, 26 July 2024
The assassination attempt, during which light antitank rockets, grenades, M16 rifles and more were used, killed and wounded several members of Pinochet’s security detail but left Pinochet, who was traveling in a brand-new armored Mercedes with bulletproof tires, lightly wounded.
—Ruth Ben-Ghiat, The Conversation, 25 July 2024
On June 14, the Court Circular — the official record of past royal engagements — revealed that the Prince of Wales, 41, visited the secret service known as M16 the day prior.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
The judge recalled firing an M16 at targets of human silhouettes.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
The four settlers were in a clearing; one had an M16 and was walking along the edge of the terraced grove of olive trees.
—Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Israeli settlers, drawn to another shepherd’s flock grazing in the valley 200 yards below, fired what appeared to be M16 rifles in the air and toward the shepherd.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Jan. 2024
Think how much worse this tragedy would have turned out without a functioning press: By 1967, American soldiers in Vietnam had been struggling for years with M16 rifles that jammed constantly and were utterly unreliable in combat.
—Sebastian Junger, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
According to Hassan and local media reports, the masked settlers were firing mostly pistols and one M16, a popular military rifle.
—Shakked Auerbach, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
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