Seriously? So.... any firearm that ever landed on the desk of the research and development office you are counting as "historically used in military combat"?This is from DoD. 10 AR-15 rifles were shipped to Vietnam in '61, and 1000 in '62, for a combination of standard testing (accuracy, reliability, ease of training, etc.) and actual combat trials where they were used on the enemy.
That is a massive stretch. It still holds that no military has ever issued the AR-15 for general combat use among it's fighting forces. It's also true that any number of firearms completely unsuitable for general combat did also cross their desk for evaluation and potential military application. Either "in form" or as a prospect platform or innovatation that may be incorporated or modified in future specifications suitable to military need.
That in no way constitutes "historical combat use" in any military.
The fact that the AR-15 was presented for evaluation (and subsequently modified to meet military need) suprises me none at all. That's SOP.
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