Military Tuesday : Bushmaster AR15/M16 Internals & Operation Flash Animation

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, 7:15 amRoys

Found this short animation on the parts and operation of an AR-15 (M16) from Steve’s relatively new but promising The Firearm Blog. The Firearm Blog happens to be a nice resource for firearm enthusiasts sans the gun control politics which non-American readers like me have absolutely no clue whatsoever.

You can hide, split or set different components of the AR-15 to be semi-transparent to view the process in greater detail. The default Split view is my favourite :)


© Bushmaster Arms.

Too bad the firing animation ends after the bullet is fired i.e the process whereby exhaust gas is forced back into the bolt carrier to chamber the next round is not shown in this animation - you can find out the hard way in National Service, Wikipedia or from this short animation at LWRC which proposes a nifty little solution to alleviate the problem (scroll, scroll, scroll).

BTW, I found Steve’s blog from A.C.E here.

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7 comments:

  1. Steve, Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, 12:34 am

    Hi,

    I read you like gun manuals! Check out this post:

    http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2007/08/23/sks-manual/

    Thanks for the link to my blog!

     
  2. Roys!, Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, 7:16 am

    Me? I like the firing animations on your blog and collect most catalogs with law enforcement/military firearms.

    Thanks for the manuals link though I doubt I’ll ever need it since the one and only firearm I can access is the M16 in my army camp :)

     
  3. Steve, Thursday, September 20th, 2007, 3:49 am

    Hi Roys,

    I have just posted another animation showing the inner workings of the AK-47.

    Which army do you serve in?

    Regards,

    Steve

     
  4. Roys!, Thursday, September 20th, 2007, 6:09 pm

    Yep, I saw that - I subscribe to your RSS feed :)

    Oh, I’m from Singapore - it’s compulsory to serve 2 years of military service (National Service) over here.

    I already finished my National Service for several years.

     
  5. Steve, Sunday, November 4th, 2007, 5:16 pm

    Hi Roys, I just posted another animation:

    http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2007/11/05/1911-pistol-animation/

    (Posting the comment in case you miss it on the RSS feed!)

     
  6. Roys!, Sunday, November 4th, 2007, 10:57 pm

    Don’t worry, Steve, your blog has been in my RSS reader since ACE recommended it :D

     
  7. Steve, Sunday, November 4th, 2007, 11:01 pm

    Cool :)

     

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