Fifty years after its official end, the Vietnam War remains one of the ... power during World War II and the Korean War. In theory, the M16 rifle could have solved all of these shortcomings.

Summary and Key Points: The M16 rifle, designed by Eugene Stoner and adopted by the U.S. military in the 1960s, has remained a staple due to its reliability, modularity, and effectiveness.

My fellow military film buffs will instantly recognize those two lines as part of a classic running cadence from the boot camp sequence of Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 1987 Vietnam War film ...