Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic
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The Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic is an improved version of the M4 carbine
presented to the United States military at a conference
as a possible replacement for the M16 rifle
and M4 carbine within the military.
The Colt ACC-M (Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic) just adds Colt’s proprietary Mil-Std-1913 "Picatinny" monolithic rail system (quad rail)/forend rail tube to the mix.
The cool thing about the Colt ACC is that existing Colt M4 Carbines and Colt M4A1 Carbines can be easily and relatively inexpensively modified/upgraded into Colt ACCs, which is more cost-effective than completely replacing the weapons with a whole new carbine with different control layout and overall ergonomics and handling characteristics that requires new and different training and maintenance protocols.
Even converting existing M4s and M4A1s to the Colt ACC-M configuration is more cost effective, since you only have to replace the upper receiver rather than switch to a whole new weapons system, and all current controls and handling characteristics, training and maintenance remain the same.
It would seem logical that the Colt Commando (11.5" barrel) and Colt M4 CQBR (10.3" barrel) can also be converted/upgraded/modernized to the new Colt ACC configuration.
M4 carbine
The M4 carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 designed by Eugene Stoner and made by ArmaLite. It is a shorter and lighter variant of the M16A2 assault rifle, with 80% parts commonality.It is a gas-operated,...
presented to the United States military at a conference
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as a possible replacement for the M16 rifle
M16 rifle
The M16 is the United States military designation for the AR-15 rifle adapted for both semi-automatic and full-automatic fire. Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 from ArmaLite, and currently uses that designation only for semi-automatic versions of the rifle. The M16 fires the 5.56×45mm NATO...
and M4 carbine within the military.
The Colt ACC-M (Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic) just adds Colt’s proprietary Mil-Std-1913 "Picatinny" monolithic rail system (quad rail)/forend rail tube to the mix.
The cool thing about the Colt ACC is that existing Colt M4 Carbines and Colt M4A1 Carbines can be easily and relatively inexpensively modified/upgraded into Colt ACCs, which is more cost-effective than completely replacing the weapons with a whole new carbine with different control layout and overall ergonomics and handling characteristics that requires new and different training and maintenance protocols.
Even converting existing M4s and M4A1s to the Colt ACC-M configuration is more cost effective, since you only have to replace the upper receiver rather than switch to a whole new weapons system, and all current controls and handling characteristics, training and maintenance remain the same.
It would seem logical that the Colt Commando (11.5" barrel) and Colt M4 CQBR (10.3" barrel) can also be converted/upgraded/modernized to the new Colt ACC configuration.