{"id":615,"date":"2018-03-09T23:06:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T23:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/09\/tab-episode-17-colt-advanced-combat-rifle\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T15:10:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T20:10:18","slug":"tab-episode-17-colt-advanced-combat-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/09\/tab-episode-17-colt-advanced-combat-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"TAB Episode 17: Colt Advanced Combat Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6cpAv_6qww0?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>**Technical Note** Sadly, while filming Vic&#8217;s radio mic suffered some interference and the auto for the video was lost. Murphy&#8217;s law in action. In its place Vic has done his best with an overdub.  <\/p>\n<p>This week we bring you the last in our series on the US Army&#8217;s Advanced Combat Rifle Program. Vic takes a look at Colt&#8217;s entry into the program &#8211; very much a product improved M16. <\/p>\n<p>The Colt ACR was the most conventional of the four entries into the ACR program. However, it did have a number of interesting features which set it apart from the M16. It used duplex ammunition with two projectiles, had a recoil mitigating muzzle device and a hydraulic buffer to make the weapon more controllable under fully automatic fire.    <\/p>\n<p>While the ACR program proved a failure it pushed the bounds of small arms technology. In the case of the Colt entry the flat-top upper receiver would be used on later M16s and M4s and the Elcan sight used would be adopted for use with the M240 and M249. <\/p>\n<p>Check out our website <a href=\"https:\/\/armourersbench.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/armourersbench.com<\/a> for a full in-depth articles on both the ACR program and the Colt Rifle. <\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed the video please consider supporting our work via Patreon, TAB is a viewer supported, non-monetised channel and any help is very much appreciated!<br \/>\nCheck out our Patreon page here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thearmourersbench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thearmourersbench<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where to find TAB:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/armourersbench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/armourersbench<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/user\/ArmourersBench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/imgur.com\/user\/ArmourersBench<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/DAjRSBc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/DAjRSBc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to like, share and subscribe and spread the word!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Technical Note** Sadly, while filming Vic&#8217;s radio mic suffered some interference and the auto for the video was lost. Murphy&#8217;s law in action. In its place Vic has done his best with an overdub. This week we bring you the last in our series on the US Army&#8217;s Advanced Combat Rifle Program. Vic takes a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/09\/tab-episode-17-colt-advanced-combat-rifle\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TAB Episode 17: Colt Advanced Combat Rifle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14427,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions\/14427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}