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| | Modern Firearms - AR-15 M16 M16A1 M16A2 M16A3 assault rifle |
 | | 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. |
 | | 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. |
 | | The Eugene Stoner, then a designer at the Armalite, began to develop this rifle, based on his earlier design, 7.62mm AR-10 battle rifle. |
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