RIFLE, 5.56 MM: M16A2E3 (M16A3)

Available format(s)

PDF

Superseded date

03-02-2024

Publisher

US Military Specs/Standards/Handbooks

1. SCOPE
2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
3. REQUIREMENTS
4. VERIFICATION
5. PACKAGING
6. NOTES

Specifies a 5.56 mm lightweight, air-cooled, gas operated, magazine-fed rifle designed for either full automatic or semi-automatic fire.

Committee	FSC 1005
DevelopmentNote	NOTICE 1 - Notice of Inactivation for New Design. (07/2011)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	183
PublisherName	US Military Specs/Standards/Handbooks
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	MIL-DTL-71135 Revision A:2019

MIL-PRF-372 Revision E:2013	Cleaning Compound, Solvent (For Bore of Weapons)
MIL-W-63150 Base Document:1977	WEAPONS AND SUPPORT MATERIAL STANDARD QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS FOR
MIL-I-45607 Revision C:1987	Inspection Equipment, Acquisition, Maintenance and Disposition of
MIL-PRF-63460 Revision F:2017	Cleaner, Lubricant, and Preservative for Weapons and Weapons Systems
MIL-STD-45662 Revision A:1988	CALIBRATION SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS
MIL L 46000 : C	LUBRICANT, SEMI-FLUID (AUTOMATIC WEAPONS)
MIL-W-13855 Revision D:1973	WEAPONS, SMALL ARMS AND AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT SUBSYSTEMS, GENERAL SPECIFICATION FOR
MIL-STD-109 Revision C:1994	QUALITY ASSURANCE TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
MIL-P-116 Revision J:1988	PRESERVATION, METHODS OF