M16A1 Filipino troops with aging M16A1 rifles. Due to the close ties to the United States, the Philippines got a huge amount of surplus M16A1 rifles to equip their military. Many of the rifles are old and worn out by now. There was talk that they would be replaced by the H&K G36 but budget costs made the older M16 rifles a more viable option.
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Filipino troops with aging M16A1 rifles. Due to the close ties to the United States, the Philippines got a huge amount of surplus M16A1 rifles to equip their military. Many of the rifles are old and worn out by now. There was talk that they would be replaced by the H&K G36 but budget costs made the older M16 rifles a more viable option.
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grenadieractual said:
Actually, a good number of the M16A1s in use by the Philippine military now are ones made locally under license from Colt. Same goes for the M16A1 carbines and some M4s (recently acquired license) in service.
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Old school M16’s rock. My distant relatives who use them rock too. I hope they keep using these beauties for years to...
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