M16A1

The M16A1 Assault Rifle is the main rifle of the South Vietnamese team. It is the successor of the primitive M16 which had features of common jamming. The M16A1 now features a forward assist and a chrome plated chamber.

The M16A1 is the standard assault rifle available to the US Army, United States Marine Corps (USMC), AUS Army, and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). It chambers a 5.56x45mm round and features automatic and semi-automatic fire modes. The M16A1 has a high rate-of-fire with reliable accuracy and little recoil, though it lacks the power of its counterpart, the M14. A bayonet can be attached to the barrel of the rifle with a slight reduction in stability. Its iron sights are adjustable from 250m to 400m.

The M16A1 in Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is loaded with only 18-rounds per magazine instead of the full 20 for historical authenticity. American soldiers in Vietnam would rarely load the full 20-rounds into their magazines, as it would often cause the magazine spring to fail, resulting in a jammed weapon. In the late war campaign, 30-round magazines become available to use.