What are the characteristists of an M-4?

Answer 1

it is the brother of the ar-15 and it is shorter and lighter than it. it has 33 inches in length when the stock is out and when the stock is retracted it is about 29 inches long. It can be used with a scope, laser attatchment, flashlight, rails, and other optics because of its large amount of rails. It uses 5.56x45mm NATO bullets in its cartridge which holds around 30 rds. It hass an effective range of 500 meters. Its barrel is 14.5 inches long and is gas operated with a rotating bolt.Its rate of fire is 750-900 rds. per minure (rpm) its maximum range is 3,600 meters. It was made by the US in the year 1994 and was in service from 1997-present day in Iraq and Afghanistan. The rounds are fed into the gun, gas operated, air cooled, and magazine powered. It is mostly not used for infantry groups instead used by vehicle crews, clerks, and staff officers. It is also a standard rifle of the air force. it weighs 5.9 lbs empty with no ammunition and 6.9 lbs with ammunition. Its stock has 4 locking positions so that you can adjust it to make it comfortable for your size. It is now used by these countries: Australia, Afghanistan, Belize. Canada, Bahrain, Greece, India, USA, Columbia, Brazil, Georgia, Jamaica, Iraq and many many more. Some accesories that i forgot originally are silencers, bipods, m203 grenade launchers, m320 grenade launchers, night vision devices, m26 MASS shotgun attatchment and anything else that is compatible with a MIL-STD1913 Picatinny rail including m68 CCO holographic weapon sights etc. her is some of the things soldiers that used it pointed out:

• 90% of soldiers reported confidence in the weapon.
• 20% were dissatisfied with its ease of maintenance.
• 34% of soldiers reported that their M4's handguards rattled and became excessively hot when firing.
• 15% reported that they had trouble zeroing the M68 reflex sight.
• 35% added barber brushes and 24% added dental picks to their cleaning kits.
• Soldiers reported the following malfunctions:
  • 20% reported double-feeding.
  • 15% reported feeding jams.
  • 13% reported that feeding problems were usually due to magazines.

Soldiers requested the following changes:

• 55% requested the firearm be made lighter.
• 20% requested a slightly larger magazine.

and i got that chart thing off of wikipedia along with some of my information but not all of it only a bit...hope this helps!:)