Originally posted by NeoHunter
The various modifications for the M16S1 that are available here are the M203 Grenade Launcher, the sniper scope and the deflector. The deflector is for people who are left handed.
Yep, I had the grenade launcher for the first week or so of my recent reserves, until I discovered that under semi-intense vibrations (i.e. riding in an APC), the clip would fall out - it's catch was messed up! So they replaced it with a normal M-16 since they didn't have any grenade rounds to allocate to me anyways.
I must say, the addition of the grenade launcher makes the gun a heck of a lot more stable during firing (heavier), and hence more accurate.
Hehehe - I came home once with the gun that had the grenade launcher add-on. I went to town with my friends, gun strapped to my back (hey, I live in Jerusalem, remember?
), and we went into the local Blockbuster. We were browsing the titles when my friend picked up a video case, pointed to the picture, and then at the gun on my back. The case was "Predator", and I had the exact same gun as did Arnold.
Explaination: the M16S1 ejects spent rounds from right hand side of the rifle. So, if you were left handed, without the deflector, the spent rounds will just fly straight into your eyes. The deflector is placed over the ejector (I do not know the exact name) and causes ejected rounds to fly AWAY from the firer's eyes.
Yup, we have those, too.
The M16S1 weights about 2.8kg with out magazine and 3.6kg with a full 30 round magazine. The M16S1 rifle fires 5.56mm rounds. Types of rounds it can fire are ball (means not really that sharp point), tracer (for night shooting. Leaves a red trail like lasers from Star Wars and flares on impact) and drill (for drill lessons only) rounds.
I don't think I've ever seen a ball round, but we'd use single tracers for pointing out where the target(s) were at night - at least, that was the theory.
Our training rounds were rounds that were dirtied and didn't look at that reliable on the outside. But they can kill just as easily as new rounds.
I also had to undergo a training and test to see how fast I can strip and re-assemble the rifle in under one minute. Quite easy to strip and assemble. I manage to do both in under half a minute.
Yeah, the M-16 is pretty simple once you get to know it. At some point after the army I saw T2 again, and it looked to me like whats-her-face, the mom, really did know how to take apart an M-16 for inspection.
