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 | | The US Army requests the Armalite Division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corp to develop a rifle of.22 caliber, lightweight, select-fire, and capable to penetrate the standard steel helmet at 500 meters. |
 | | Armalite delivers first new rifles, called the AR-15, to the Army for testing. |
 | | The AR-15 style rifles are made in the USA by at least dozen large companies, such as Armalite, Bushmaster, Colt, FN Manufacturing, Hesse, Les Baer, Olympic, Wilson Combat, and by number of smaller companies, many of which do assembly their rifles from components made by some other major manufacturers. |
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