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>M16 had a 14% confidence rating in 1966 vs the M14's 96% confidence rating

During the initial issuance of the original M16 with no clean kits, improper training, wrong type of propellant in ammo, and non-chrome lined barrels. The issues that were made possible by the deliberate sabotage of the program by the Dept. of the Army. The following documents in the subsequent years of '67 and '68 prove this and both are freely available on the internet
>10-19-67: Report of the Special Subcommittee on the M-16 Rifle Program of the Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives
>6-1-68: Report of the M16 Rifle Review Panel