Point target would be like a human being. An m16 is accurate to 550 meters, roughly, in a well trained shooters hands.
Against an area target, like a truck, you should be able to hit it from 600+ meters
The small .223 caliber bullet will lack much power at these ranges. It will strike with roughly the same energy as a 9mm handgun at point blank range.
100 meters = 1000 foot/lbs energy
500 meters = 300 foot/lbs energt
Also the effective fragmentation range of the M16 is usually 100 yards or less, so lethality drops greatly the further out you go.
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its m16 as number 16 like m60 m4 m15911 etc
The M16 was first used by the United States Air Force in 1962. Prior to this it was known as the AR-15. The United States Army began to field the M16 in 1965 in Vietnam.
1994 30 may JOEL ORME
no, its was designed in the 1960's.
The M16, a 5.56x45mm assault rifle, is based on the AR-15 rifle originally designed by Eugene Stoner, and produced by ArmaLite. Upon entering service with the United States armed forces, the M16 name was adopted, and the contract to build these rifles was given to Colt's Manufacturing Company. Since then Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal (FNH), H&R Firearms, the General Motors Hydramatic Division, and Sabre Defence have also built the M16 rifle for the U.S. military.