{"id":48382,"date":"2022-08-26T17:47:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=48382"},"modified":"2025-08-26T00:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:29:29","slug":"the-operation-of-an-m-4-carbine-explained-in-a-high-quality-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/08\/26\/the-operation-of-an-m-4-carbine-explained-in-a-high-quality-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The operation of an M-4 carbine explained in a high-quality report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Armalite AR-15 assault rifle, introduced in 1959, was the origin of a wide range of derivative weapons that are still used today.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/04\/20\/the-us-army-announces-replacements-for-the-m-4-carbine-and-the-m-249-machine-gun\/\">The US Army announces replacements for the M-4 carbine and the M-249 machine gun<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/07\/31\/the-mosin-nagant-m1891-this-is-the-most-manufactured-bolt-action-rifle-in-history\/\">The Mosin-Nagant M1891: this is the most manufactured bolt-action rifle in history<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>Among the variants of the AR-15 there are two very famous weapons: the M-16 assault rifle and the M-4 carbine<\/strong>, which for decades have equipped the United States military forces. Two weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MattRittman\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Rittman<\/a> <strong>published an excellent video<\/strong> in which, in great detail and with a surprising quality of computer graphics, <strong>shows how an M-4 carbine works:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How an AR-15 Works\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/omv85cLfmxU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see some screenshots of this video here. As you can see, <strong>it is a M-4A1 carbine with a carrying handle and the classic handguard<\/strong>, instead of the already famous RIS handguard with Picatinny rails that the US Army has popularized.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52311473127_6f62dc1631_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video is a true gem, and explains in great detail <strong>the internal mechanisms of the weapon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52312583323_2e57703f00_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An image showing<strong>the entry of a 5.56mm bullet into the chamber of the M-4<\/strong>. Pay attention to the lighting of the image and the brightness of the bullet. The author of this is a retailer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52312271521_04bc137580_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A curiosity of the video, which <strong>explains how the aiming point is adjusted using a bullet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52312583343_7fedcd0c5d_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Armalite AR-15 assault rifle, introduced in 1959, was the origin of a wide range of derivative weapons that are still used today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11548],"tags":[17265,7294,16454],"class_list":["post-48382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-armament","tag-ar-15","tag-m-16","tag-m-4-carbine"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-11 23:45:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}