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Posted: 10/7/2003 3:40:52 PM EDT
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When: ????
Why: One reason was that its predecessor, the 3 pronged FH would snag on things like grass & foliage. |
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Posted: 10/7/2003 3:49:00 PM EDT
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The 3 prong suppressor was on the M16 and the M16E1. The birdcage came out with the M16A1, which began to appear in numbers in mid-1967.
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Posted: 10/7/2003 4:01:41 PM EDT
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I don't recall where i heard this, but: I heard that early GI's would bend the prongs up by using the FS to bust the strapping off of shipments. Probably just AR15.com horseshit, but I would imagine those things would catch a lot of jungle plantlife in them.
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Posted: 10/7/2003 4:07:09 PM EDT
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The "A1" birdcage actually was used as early as 1965 (4 years after the AR15 was introduced into Vietnam with the advisors and later SEALs). The flat prongs not only caught on the ubiquitous "wait-a-minute" vines, but would also catch rain and direct it into the barrel if the barrel was held with the barrel angled up. Remember that it rains pretty solidly for 4-5 months straight in Vietnam...
Still, it took some time before older ARs were cycled out of use and send to armorers to have components upgraded, so the older 3-prongs were still occasionally seen on rifles much later in the war. -Troy |
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Posted: 10/7/2003 5:29:44 PM EDT
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Still, it took some time before older ARs were cycled out of use and send to armorers to have components upgraded, so the older 3-prongs were still occasionally seen on rifles much later in the war. I used an M16 with a 3-prong flashhider as late as 1989 - you'll find all kinds of crap in a reserve unit armory. They do indeed snag and gather brush like nobody's business. |
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Posted: 10/7/2003 5:37:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: I don't recall where i heard this, but: I heard that early GI's would bend the prongs up by using the FS to bust the strapping off of shipments. Probably just AR15.com horseshit, but I would imagine those things would catch a lot of jungle plantlife in them. The 3 prong was used often to pop the wire bindings on C-ration cases. |
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Posted: 10/7/2003 8:54:42 PM EDT
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The three prong flashhider also wasn't as effective in reducing flash as the birdcage flashider.
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