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Encyclopedia > XM177
US Colt Commando
Technical Summary
Caliber: 5.56 mm
Firearm action: gas-actuated locking bolt
Barrel Length: 11.5 in (290 mm)
Overall Length: 30 in (760 mm)
Effective Range: about (300 m)
Magazine: 30 round, box
Cyclic ROF: 700 to 1000 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 2611 ft/s (796 m/s)
Mass (unloaded): 2.44 kg (5.38 lb)
Mass (loaded): 2.89 kg (6.38 lb)

The Colt Commando (a.k.a. CAR-15 and XM-177) is a gas-actuated locking bolt 5.56 mm carbine produced by the Colt manufacturing. The weapon first began production in 1965 for Special Operations units during the Vietnam war. It also saw service by the US Air Force who labeled it the CAR-15 and issued it to pilots as a survival rifle. The US Army labelled theirs the XM-177E1 (pre-1967) and the XM-177E2 (post-1967).


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Unlike the XM177 series, the M16 Carbine series utilized a bayonet-lug and a longer 14.5" barrel; the length of which was determined by the overall length of an XM177 series barrel and moderator combination.
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