CA M15 A2 Tactical Carbine
Airsoft Rifle Information
The full metal Classic Army M15A2 that's essentially the same as the M4A1 but has a solid stock in place of the extendable stock. The AEG comes complete with a 300 round high capacity magazine. The metal flash hider can be screwed off revealing a standard 14mm counter-clockwise thread, just like the Tokyo Marui M4A1. The Armalite range from Classic Army all come engraved with an individual serial no. and metal hop-up chamber. Dust cover can be flipped open to reveal hop-up adjuster. The battery is accomodated within the solid rear stock and takes a large type battery.
Product Highlights
- Motor - Classic Army High Torque Motor
- Magazine - 300 rounds (with AEG) / 68 rounds (optional purchase)
- Length - 845mm
- Weight - 2400g
- Battery - Large type
- Muzzle Velocity - 300 - 330fp
Package includes (AEG, manual, magazine)
- Metal body (with Armalite logo)
- Individual serial no.
- Hi capacity 300 round magazine
- 6mm oily steel bushing gear box
- Reinforced slip ring
- Nylon & glass fiber hand grip, hand guard
- Metal hop-up chamber & new hop-up rubber
- High torque motor
Real Steel Rifle Information
The M4 Carbine traces its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 made by Armalite. The weapon is a shorter and lighter version of the M16A2 assault rifle, achieving 80% parts commonality with the M16A2. The M4 has selective fire options including semi-automatic and three-round burst (like the M16A2), while the M4A1 has a "full auto" option in place of the three-round burst. The M4A1 is sometimes also found with a heavier profile barrel to withstand heat from sustained fully-automatic fire. Both the M4 and M4A1 carbines fire 5.56 mm NATO ammunition and are gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed, selective fire firearms with a collapsible stock. A fixed stock can also be fitted, but this is not common practice in the U.S. military.
As with many carbines, the M4 is handy and more convenient to carry than a full-length rifle. While this makes it a candidate for non-infantry troops (vehicle crews, clerks and staff officers), it also makes it ideal for close quarters battle, and airborne and special operations. It has been adopted by United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and is the preferred weapon of the U.S. Special Forces.
The M4 was developed and produced for the United States government by Colt Firearms, which has an exclusive contract to produce the M4 family of weapons through 2009; however, a number of other manufacturers offer M4-like firearms. The M4, along with the M16A4, has mostly replaced M16 and M16A2 firearms; the U.S. Air Force, for example, plans to transition completely to the M4A1 Carbine. The M4 has also replaced the M3A1 submachine guns that remained in service (mostly with tank crews). The M4 is similar to much earlier compact M16 versions, such as the 1960s-era XM177 family, though unlike them it is not intended to fire the earlier M193/6 ball ammunition.
Variants of the carbine built by different manufacturers are also in service with many other foreign special forces units, Australia's Special Air Service Regiment (SASR). While the Australian SASR uses weapons of essentially the same pattern built by Colt for export (Colt uses different models to separate weapons for the U.S. military and those for commercial/export purposes), the British SAS uses a variant on the basic theme, the SFW built by Diemaco of Canada. Ironically, this distinction is now essentially redundant with the purchase of Diemaco by Colt.
The M4A1 Carbine is specially favored by counter-terrorist and special forces units because of its compactness and firepower that the rifle offers for close quarters combat. It is very useful in urban warfare. Although the M4 does not have as far an effective range as the longer M16, many military analysts consider engagement with a non-specialized small arm above a range of 300 m to be unnecessary. It is extremely effective at 150 m or less.
