Airmen at Osan switching from M16A2 to lighter M4 carbine, By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes

Airmen at Osan switching from M16A2 to lighter M4 carbine, By Franklin
Fisher, Stars and Stripes

(EXCERPT) Pacific edition, Thursday, April 29, 2004

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Airmen here are switching from the M16A2
rifle to the shorter, lighter M4 carbine, a weapon instructors say is
well-suited to urban warfare conditions.

Some 600 airmen of the 51st Fighter Wing here have made the switch
after being trained in care and use of the M4.

The change, under way since August, involves mainly members of the
wing’s 51st Securi...

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