04-03-2017, 03:50 PM
(04-03-2017, 02:03 PM)bfine32 Wrote: They upgraded because a fixed stock no longer made sense. So the design and not the type is obsolete. Of course there are weapons more effective than others; however their intended use can only make them a "weapon of war", which is a silly term IMO. But I'll leave you to argue the semantics with SSF.
The M4 is just a smaller, lighter version of the M16 which is the military nomenclature the rifle Stoner designed for the military as a battlefield rifle for the US infantryman. Can you shoot targets with it? Sure. But, it was designed as a battlefield rifle for infantrymen to kill the enemy. Calling it anything else is semantics.