Quote Originally Posted by JTP$ View Post
its pretty messed up what happened with the M16 in the early years of vietnam though, apparently the ammo that came with it was loaded with the wrong type of powder which caused excess fowling. its rumored this was a deliberate move made my crooked politicians who were mad the M14 wasnt adopted, so they tried to sabotage the M16. this wrong powder type along with a non-chrome lined chamber resulted in a very unreliable rifle that caused alot of american soldiers to die.
The book found the blame was with the military. The initial rifles & ammunition used in Vietnam were fine, but they saved $ by not using the chrome & they changed the propellant in the ammunition (availability issue apparently). Seems they knew there was a problem really quickly, even the inventor warned them of the exact issue, but didn’t they do anything except cover it up. The military pissed off the inventor again when they limited the rifle to 3 round bursts in the 90’s. The dude was really amazing, what a friggen creative genius.