1991 Printing This is the 1991 printing of the M16 maintenance and repair manual. The US Army Technical Manual 9-1005-319-23&P. This covers the M16 rifle and derivatives.

The U.S. Army teamed up with cartoonist and graphic artist Will Eisner to produce teaching tools for U.S. soldiers in a medium that they could easily understand. The M16A1 Rifle: Operation and Preventive Maintenance, first printed in 1969, features a female narrator who instructs GIs on the proper care of their AR-15 (military name M16A1) rifles—firearms notorious for jamming and malfunctioning. More than a simple manual and step-by-step guide, this unconventional yet important military document tried to appeal to soldiers with suggestive chapter titles such as “How to Strip Your Baby,” “What to Do in a Jam,” “Sweet 16,” and “All the Way with Négligé.” A copy of the thirty-two-page booklet was issued to nearly every soldier serving in Vietnam.

This manual provides operation and maintenance instructions for the M16A2, M16A3, M16A4 Rifles, M4 and M4A1 Carbines. These weapons are lightweight, gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed. shoulder-fired weapons that can be fired in either automatic, three-round bursts, or semiautomatic. The purpose of the weapons is to provide personnel an offensive/defensive capability to engage targets in the field. The adapter rails allows the operator the capability to mount various accessories on to the M16A4 Riffle and the M4/M4A1 Carbines. When a procedure is common to M16 rifle and M4 Carbine, ONLY the M16A2 configuration will be depicted. If a procedure is not common to both -weapons, the procedure will be incorporated and the weapon will be identified. If your weapon is configured with adapter rails, refer to the appropriate appendices in this manual for operation and maintenance procedures for the adapter rails.

This is US Army Manual TM 9-1005-319-10, June 2010 CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION General Information Equipment Description and Data Location And Description of Major Components Theory of Operation CHAPTER 2 OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS Description and Use of Operator's Controls and Indicators Operations Under Usual Conditions Operations Under Unusual Conditions Function Check 25 Meter Zeroing Procedures Installation of Equipment CHAPTER 3 OPERATOR TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Troubleshooting CHAPTER 4 OPERATOR MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) Disassembly Instructions Cleaning Instructions Inspection Instructions Lubrication Instructions Reassembly Instructions CHAPTER 5 AMMUNITION Ammunition CHAPTER 6 SUPPORTING INFORMATION References Components of End Item/Basic Issue Items Additional Authorization Items Expendable/Durable Supplies and Materials Alphabetical Index AIR FORCE TO.11W3-5-5-41 NAVY SW 370-BU-OPI-010 Rev 1

This armorer's manual covers nomenclature, general usage, cycle of operations, field stripping, complete detailed disassembly, reassembly, troubleshooting, and maintenance of the AR15/M16/M4 series of weapons. This manual is intended for law enforcement and military end users covering maintenance of combat rifles. This manual is not specific to any type of manufacturer but the entire family of weapons. This manual also includes proper gauging for depo level maintenance. This is manual is written by Chris Bartocci, author of Black Rifle II, and armorer instructor. Printed in color.