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Colt Model 601 (Armalite AR15 Model 01) One of the first ~100 built c.12/1959 with unpainted fiberglass furniture, after the original Armalite-built prototypes.
Colt Model 601 (Armalite AR15 Model 01) One of the other ~14,400 601s built with fiberglass furniture painted green between 12/1959 and 1963. In 1963, the original 1/14" rifling twist rate was replaced with 1/12" to better stabilize the M193 round. ~9,500 rifles in this configuration were used by the US armed forces: ~8,500 by the Air Force under a purchase sponsored by Gen. Curtis LeMay, and ~1,000 in Vietnam in 1962 under Project AGILE.
Colt Model 602 Type C buttstock (revised profile near receiver), revised, more durable, flash suppressor, new black plastic furniture. Magazine changed from original steel "waffle" to later Colt aluminum design, both holding 20 rounds. This is an early production 602, retaining the older triangular charging handle. Later production 602s introduced the T-shaped charging handle in use since then, present on all rifles below. ~20,000 602s were produced from 1963-1964.
Colt Model 604 This is an early production 604 with partial magazine catch fence and 3-prong flash suppressor. Later production 604s (and 603s; see right) also had a revised ejection port cover. The 604 was primarily used by the US Air Force.
Colt Model 603 Similar to the 604 (M16) at left, but with a forward assist. The 603 was also fitted with the Type D buttstock, with a rubberized coating on the sling swivel. (These were also fitted to 604s starting in 1964.) This is an early production 603 with 3-prong flash suppressor. The 603 (XM16E1) was produced from early 1964 until early 1967, when production of the 603 (M16A1) began without a change in Colt internal nomenclature.
Colt Model 603 Fitted with M16A2 round ribbed handguards. (This is a later retrofit, as are the next 3 rifles down with these same handguards. The 645 (M16A1E1) was the first model to be fitted with these from the factory.)
Colt Model 603 As above, with the flash suppressor changed from 3-prong to birdcage design.
Colt Model 604 Late production, with full magazine catch fence and birdcage flash suppressor. Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) license-built ~200,000 614S (M16S1) rifles, largely identical to the 604.
Colt Model 603 Post-mid 1967 production as M16A1. Full magazine catch fence. M16A1s were also built by two other manufacturers under US contract: Harrington and Richardson built 246,000+ from 11/1968-4/1970 and Hydra-Matic, a division of General Motors, built ~469,000 from 1968-1971. In addition, Daewoo of South Korea and Elisco of the Philippines license-built rifles largely identical to the 603 as the 613K and 613P, respectively.
Colt Model 603 Type E buttstock (see 604 at left). Fitted with 30-round magazine.
Colt Model 604 Type E buttstock with fixed, once again non-rubberized, sling mount, introduced in 1969 or 1971 (sources differ.) Fitted with 30-round magazine.
Colt Model 604 As above, fitted with M16A2 handguards.
Colt Model 603 As above, fitted with M16A2 handguards.
Colt Model 645 Early production with mostly M16A1 features such as original rear sight. The 645 (M16A1E1) was a transitional model and as such this rifle and the one below it display a mix of A1 and A2 traits. As far as I know, all 645s were built in 1981.
Colt Model 645 Late production with features that would later be applied to the M16A2 (see below.)
(I don't know much about these - apparently a very few were made for trials with the US armed forces, and were all but identical to the M16A2 - see below.)
(M16A2s had a number of Colt model numbers, and here even the NSN doesn't indicate which.) Type F (longer) buttstock, round ribbed handguards, pistol grip with sling mount hole at base deleted and finger groove added. New furniture material (DuPont Zytel, a fiberglass-reinforced nylon.) Handguard retention ring changed from flat ("slip ring") to tapered ("delta ring".) Reinforced lower receiver near front pivot pin and rear receiver extension. Trigger group changed to safe-semi-3 round burst, rather than safe-semi-auto as in previous models. Rear sight now adjustable for elevation and windage rather than only windage. Shell deflector added. Forward assist changed from "teardrop" shape to round button. Ejection port cover design revised. Revised flash suppressor (ports now all faced upwards to prevent kicking up dust when firing low to the ground), heavier profile barrel with 1/7" rifling twist rate to stabilize new M855 round. The M16A2 was adopted by the US armed forces in 11/1983. FN Manufacturing also built M16A2s under military contract from 1988-2003.
Colt Model 645E M16A2 derivative with apparently one-off flip-up iron sights and a flattop upper receiver. (I've never seen a picture of one, and the grayed-out placeholder would seem to indicate that the artist hasn't either.)
Colt Model 646 Identical to the M16A3 (see below), as far as I know.
Colt Model 646 M16A2 using an M16A1 fire control group, giving it full-auto instead of burst. Primarily used in small numbers by the US Navy.
Colt Model 945 Identical to the M16A4 (see below), as far as I know.
(No Colt model number assigned.) Prototype built for the US Army's Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program. Many changes from previous variants (many are visible in the picture), but the most fundamental was its ability to use a duplex (two-bullet) 5.56mm round in addition to the standard M855. Others included a high sight rib above the handguard to aid snap shooting, a retractable stock (different in design from those found on carbine variants), flattop upper receiver with Weaver rail, and ambidextrous selector switch. The optic, not pictured here, developed for the Colt ACR would later be developed into the ELCAN C79 family. The Colt ACR was tested during Phase III of the ACR competition, from 8/1989 until the ACR program was canceled in 4/1990.
Colt Model 945 Fixed carry handle replaced with a detachable unit, mounted on a new flattop upper receiver with a MIL-STD-1913 ("Picatinny") rail. The M16A4 was adopted by the US armed forces in 7/1997. FN Manufacturing has also manufactured M16A4s (and apparently M16A3s) under military contract from about 2008.
Colt Model 945 Fitted with a Knight's Armament Corporation (KAC) M5 Rail Adapter System and Matech OGU83 folding backup rear iron sight. The KAC M5 is a drop-in replacement for the A2 handguard. Apparently the US Army refers to M16A4s fitted with the KAC M5 as the M16A4 MWS (Modular Weapon System.) KAC M5 NSN: 1005-01-452-6771 Matech OGU83 NSN: 1005-01-484-8000
Colt Model 646 Identically fitted to the M16A4 to its left. All M16A3s were originally built with fixed carry handles as far as I know, but the US Navy has refitted some, like this one, with flattop upper receivers.
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Artist's commentary

M16ライフルの系譜

世界中に多くのファンを持ち、僕自身愛してやまないアメリカ軍のM16ライフルの進化の過程を図にしました。
ただ、SMGやカービンその他試作モデル、刻印やメーカー違いを含めると膨大な数になってしまうので、今回は米軍が取り扱い名称を定めたライフルモデルの外見上の大まかな変遷のみをまとめました。
モデル名の横の()内はFSN(1959-1974))およびNSN(1974-)というアメリカ連邦政府・NATO軍共通備品番号です。普通AR-15の各モデルを語る際は、"M○○○"というコルト社の3桁のモデルナンバーを使うことが多いですが、この図の通り実際には同じモデルナンバーであっても時期によってかなり仕様が異なります。また米軍内の技術仕様書でも、このモデルナンバーが使われることはほとんどありません。(ただしM723とM725だけはそのまま米軍での取り扱い名称になっている)なので僕は、米軍におけるAR-15を考える上でコルトのモデルナンバーを使う意味は薄いと思っているので、これには載せていません。
内容に関しては、できるだけ米軍が作成した公式資料に拠るようにしていますが、一次資料がまだ手にはいっていない物に関しては、民間の書籍および博物館の収蔵品を参考にしています。

【出典】
1. 19-058-306/ORD-62, Springfield Armory-Ordnance Corps, 1962
2. 19-058-30/ORD-62, Springfield Armory-Ordnance Corps, 1962
3. TO-11W3-5-5-1, Department of the Air Force
4. TM 9-1005-249-14, Department of the Army, 1966
5. 19-058-707/AMC-66, U.S.Army-Springfield Armory, 1966
6. USARV Pam 750-30, United States Army Vietnam, 1967
7. TM 9-1005-249-12, Department of the Army, 1968
8. TM 9-1005-249-10, Department of the Army, 1990
9. TM 9-1005-249-23&P, Department of the Army and Air Force, 1991
10. Black Rifle: M16 Retrospective, R.Blake Stevens, Edward C. Ezell, 1992
11. RIA 11857, Rock Island Arsenal Museum収蔵品, 画像参照:http://p.tl/9o7x
12. RIA 11858, Rock Island Arsenal Museum収蔵品, 画像参照:同上
13. TM 9-1005-319-10, Department of the Army, 1994
14. Black Rifle II - the M16 into the 21st Century, Cristopher R. Bartocci, 2004
15. Black Rifle II - the M16 into the 21st Century, Cristopher R. Bartocci, 2004
16. FM 3-22.9(FM 23-9), Department of the Army, 2004
17. TM 9-1005-319-10, Department of the Army, 1998
18. TM 9-1005-319-23&P, Department of the Army, Air Force, and Navy, 2008

上記の変遷と同時に、第4世代・第5世代(つまりM16A2以降)ではロアレシーバーの強度を補強するマイナーチェンジが度々施されており、現在までに5種のレシーバーの存在を確認しています。しかしこれらの変更が具体的にいつ行われたかはまだ確認出来ていないので、今後も調査していこうと思います。

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    Colt Model 601 (Armalite AR15 Model 01) One of the first ~100 built c.12/1959 with unpainted fiberglass furniture, after the original Armalite-built prototypes.
    Colt Model 601 (Armalite AR15 Model 01) One of the other ~14,400 601s built with fiberglass furniture painted green between 12/1959 and 1963. In 1963, the original 1/14" rifling twist rate was replaced with 1/12" to better stabilize the M193 round. ~9,500 rifles in this configuration were used by the US armed forces: ~8,500 by the Air Force under a purchase sponsored by Gen. Curtis LeMay, and ~1,000 in Vietnam in 1962 under Project AGILE.
    Colt Model 602 Type C buttstock (revised profile near receiver), revised, more durable, flash suppressor, new black plastic furniture. Magazine changed from original steel "waffle" to later Colt aluminum design, both holding 20 rounds. This is an early production 602, retaining the older triangular charging handle. Later production 602s introduced the T-shaped charging handle in use since then, present on all rifles below. ~20,000 602s were produced from 1963-1964.
    Colt Model 604 This is an early production 604 with partial magazine catch fence and 3-prong flash suppressor. Later production 604s (and 603s; see right) also had a revised ejection port cover. The 604 was primarily used by the US Air Force.
    Colt Model 603 Similar to the 604 (M16) at left, but with a forward assist. The 603 was also fitted with the Type D buttstock, with a rubberized coating on the sling swivel. (These were also fitted to 604s starting in 1964.) This is an early production 603 with 3-prong flash suppressor. The 603 (XM16E1) was produced from early 1964 until early 1967, when production of the 603 (M16A1) began without a change in Colt internal nomenclature.
    Colt Model 603 Fitted with M16A2 round ribbed handguards. (This is a later retrofit, as are the next 3 rifles down with these same handguards. The 645 (M16A1E1) was the first model to be fitted with these from the factory.)
    Colt Model 603 As above, with the flash suppressor changed from 3-prong to birdcage design.
    Colt Model 604 Late production, with full magazine catch fence and birdcage flash suppressor. Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) license-built ~200,000 614S (M16S1) rifles, largely identical to the 604.
    Colt Model 603 Post-mid 1967 production as M16A1. Full magazine catch fence. M16A1s were also built by two other manufacturers under US contract: Harrington and Richardson built 246,000+ from 11/1968-4/1970 and Hydra-Matic, a division of General Motors, built ~469,000 from 1968-1971. In addition, Daewoo of South Korea and Elisco of the Philippines license-built rifles largely identical to the 603 as the 613K and 613P, respectively.
    Colt Model 603 Type E buttstock (see 604 at left). Fitted with 30-round magazine.
    Colt Model 604 Type E buttstock with fixed, once again non-rubberized, sling mount, introduced in 1969 or 1971 (sources differ.) Fitted with 30-round magazine.
    Colt Model 604 As above, fitted with M16A2 handguards.
    Colt Model 603 As above, fitted with M16A2 handguards.
    Colt Model 645 Early production with mostly M16A1 features such as original rear sight. The 645 (M16A1E1) was a transitional model and as such this rifle and the one below it display a mix of A1 and A2 traits. As far as I know, all 645s were built in 1981.
    Colt Model 645 Late production with features that would later be applied to the M16A2 (see below.)
    (I don't know much about these - apparently a very few were made for trials with the US armed forces, and were all but identical to the M16A2 - see below.)
    (M16A2s had a number of Colt model numbers, and here even the NSN doesn't indicate which.) Type F (longer) buttstock, round ribbed handguards, pistol grip with sling mount hole at base deleted and finger groove added. New furniture material (DuPont Zytel, a fiberglass-reinforced nylon.) Handguard retention ring changed from flat ("slip ring") to tapered ("delta ring".) Reinforced lower receiver near front pivot pin and rear receiver extension. Trigger group changed to safe-semi-3 round burst, rather than safe-semi-auto as in previous models. Rear sight now adjustable for elevation and windage rather than only windage. Shell deflector added. Forward assist changed from "teardrop" shape to round button. Ejection port cover design revised. Revised flash suppressor (ports now all faced upwards to prevent kicking up dust when firing low to the ground), heavier profile barrel with 1/7" rifling twist rate to stabilize new M855 round. The M16A2 was adopted by the US armed forces in 11/1983. FN Manufacturing also built M16A2s under military contract from 1988-2003.
    Colt Model 645E M16A2 derivative with apparently one-off flip-up iron sights and a flattop upper receiver. (I've never seen a picture of one, and the grayed-out placeholder would seem to indicate that the artist hasn't either.)
    Colt Model 646 Identical to the M16A3 (see below), as far as I know.
    Colt Model 646 M16A2 using an M16A1 fire control group, giving it full-auto instead of burst. Primarily used in small numbers by the US Navy.
    Colt Model 945 Identical to the M16A4 (see below), as far as I know.
    (No Colt model number assigned.) Prototype built for the US Army's Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program. Many changes from previous variants (many are visible in the picture), but the most fundamental was its ability to use a duplex (two-bullet) 5.56mm round in addition to the standard M855. Others included a high sight rib above the handguard to aid snap shooting, a retractable stock (different in design from those found on carbine variants), flattop upper receiver with Weaver rail, and ambidextrous selector switch. The optic, not pictured here, developed for the Colt ACR would later be developed into the ELCAN C79 family. The Colt ACR was tested during Phase III of the ACR competition, from 8/1989 until the ACR program was canceled in 4/1990.
    Colt Model 945 Fixed carry handle replaced with a detachable unit, mounted on a new flattop upper receiver with a MIL-STD-1913 ("Picatinny") rail. The M16A4 was adopted by the US armed forces in 7/1997. FN Manufacturing has also manufactured M16A4s (and apparently M16A3s) under military contract from about 2008.
    Colt Model 945 Fitted with a Knight's Armament Corporation (KAC) M5 Rail Adapter System and Matech OGU83 folding backup rear iron sight. The KAC M5 is a drop-in replacement for the A2 handguard. Apparently the US Army refers to M16A4s fitted with the KAC M5 as the M16A4 MWS (Modular Weapon System.) KAC M5 NSN: 1005-01-452-6771 Matech OGU83 NSN: 1005-01-484-8000
    Colt Model 646 Identically fitted to the M16A4 to its left. All M16A3s were originally built with fixed carry handles as far as I know, but the US Navy has refitted some, like this one, with flattop upper receivers.

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