In their continual fight against the Dark Triad of ignorance, misinformation, and erroneous assumptions, Brownells Gun Techs Caleb and Steve set the record straight on a common point of confusion: What does the “AR” in AR-15 really stand for? Is it Assault Rifle? Army Rifle? Automatic Rifle? Wrong on all counts! “AR” stands for Armalite Rifle, developed by Eugene Stoner when he was chief engineer of the Armalite Corporation. (After developing the rifle, Armalite sold the AR-15 design to Colt in 1962.) The mainstream news media, either through carelessness or intentional distortion, often gets the meaning of “AR” wrong. An “assault rifle” must be capable of selective full-auto fire. The U.S. military’s M4 and M16 are assault rifles, but the semi-auto only civilian AR-15 is NOT. So the “assault rifle” myth is definitively BUSTED. The “AR” in AR-15 stands for Armalite Rifle.
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"America's Rifle"
AR15 stands for 'Automatic Killer, 47 bullets per second'.
Are yall fuckin retards?it stands for assault rifle
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If I’m not mistaken Eugene Stoner actually developed the rifle on his own and then sold it to Armalite even though at the time he was an engineer employed by Armalite. He went on to develop the Stoner weapons system which was used by Naval Special Warfare primarily and was built by Knights Armament….who is still building it today.
But Armalite also made shotguns, which was designated as AR-17, not just rifles.
Democrats and MSMs keep saying assault rifle and the uneducated people believe that is what it is called.
So, if my rifle is made by a different company, is it still designated as an AR-15 or would it be, for example, a Stag-15?
Everyone Knows what AR Stands for. It Stands for Assault Rifle because it's Full Semi. 🤣🤣
Amalite Rifle Assault Rifle?
That is a stupid name why did they just not call it the ARAR-15.
Everyone know how dangerous these 50 caliber guns are.
Ask all those humdres of thousand of people killed by them per year in states with strong gun control laws.
Then need to jave some way to track these things as they can shoot 1000 rounds a second and can hold hundreds of rounds in a single box thingy.
Way to dangerous and needs to be baned
Great Video. Never bow down to the loonie left.
Wrong, AR means Armalite and only Armalite, the AR-17 was a shotgun, so it would not be Armalite Rifle Shotgun! Armalite was a Division of Fairchild and AR was the abbreviation for the Armalite Division. In addition, under Mark Westrom, Armalite imported the AR-24, a 9 mm pistol, once again not an Armalite Rifle Pistol.
That absowhat was stellar.
AR stands for Assault Rifle and the 15 if for how many people it kills every second
I really want one of those M16 A2 uppers. Can't find one :/
It's just too bad that the lefty's won't watch this video.
AR-16 was in 7.62 NATO predecessor to the AR-18 and AR-180 The AR-16 I got to handle had a wooden stock. NSGA Show in Chicago in the sixties.
Boy, just running out of material , ah?
Awesome Rifle? lol
Wrong. It stands for just Armalite. AR17 is a shotgun prototype.
my favourite assault rifle, the AR-7 :^)
Didn't need to watch the video, armalite rifle. Learned when I started watching G.I.Joe as a kid. Talked to old vets in the '80s, they told me.
What about the myth that the AR15 is as heavy as five large boxes? As well as shoots 50 caliper bullets that are lazier guided at light speed?
By the way my elder mother who is a Democrat. Stated after holding my AR15. That the lady that said that is out of her mind.
Dope
A lot of those numbers are nonwhites and/or leftists. It’s not really a good thing in my opinion
Isn't "Assault Rifle" a term basically derived from AR-15 name to look down on the flashy flimsy aluminum toy(in air quotes)? The term "Battle Rifle" would be used for "proper" rifle cartridge rifle like G3, FAL, M14, except full scale infantry rifle became obsolescent soon after and the "BR" term disappeared
It stand for : full semi hight capacity assault black rifle.
Everybody knows that. It’s all over the media.
The dangerous assault rifle that shoots 30,000 rounds per minute!
I. Ain’t Responsible. If u try to take it
You guys really this hard up for topics?
Can we get a breakdown on why the AR15 weighs as much as 10 boxes we may be moving?
ALL AR-15’s SHOULD be Assault Rifles.
Not all Assault Rifles are AR-15’s.
Most AR-15’s haven’t been made by Armalite.
* The 1934 NFA is, and was a gross infringement on the Second Amendment, as all firearm laws are.
Is the AR-10 five less dangerous than an AR-15?? 😎
I need that upper and lower, for a Gordon carbine bulid.