Re: HIGH TECH WONDER INDIVIDUAL WEAPON

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From: "John Atkinson" <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com>
> > I am SO going to ID myself as a civvie here - what
> > is the M-4?
>
> It's a carbine-style version of the M-16.  Much
> shorter barrel, little folding stock.  Rather looks
> like (and weighs about the same as) the Mattel version
> of the M-16 I had when I was 8.

Question from another civvie:
What precisely are the drawbacks of the M4 carbine compared to the
full-size
M16 for a combat soldier ?

Greetings