据美联社报道,近来西方军事评论界又重新开始热炒争议不断的M16/M4系列步枪,原因是阿富汗战场上的M4,就如同它的前辈当年初上越南战场一样,杀伤力弱,故障频频,从而引发如潮恶评。一位军事评论家不无揶揄地说,M16/M4的优点几乎和缺点一样突出,几十年前如果说它还算得上是引领世界轻武器小口径化的潮流先锋,还可堪使用的话;那么现在是时候将它扫进历史的垃圾堆了。事实真是如此吗,接下来就让我们细勘其详。 According to the Associated Press, the Western military review circles have recently started to stir up heated controversy over the M16 / M4 series of rifles because the M4 in the battlefield in Afghanistan is just as weak as its predecessors in the Vietnam battlefield earlier that year. Frequent, resulting in a wave of bad comments. A military commander unmistakably states that the merits of the M16 / M4 are almost as prominent as those of the shortcomings. If it still counts as a pioneer in leading the small-caliber of the world’s SALW decades ago, then the It’s time to sweep it into the rubbish of history. The truth is so, let us elaborate on the details.