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How do you mount M68 sight?


Dear Half-Mast,

How do you mount the M68 reflex sight An optical or computing sight that reflects a reticle image (or images) onto a combining glass for superimposition on the target.  on the M16 rifle M16 rifle
 or AR-15

Assault rifle adopted as a standard weapon by the U.S. Army in 1967. The M16, designed by Eugene M. Stoner in the 1950s for the ArmaLite Division of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp., has both semiautomatic and automatic capabilities.
 and MH carbine carbine

Light, short-barreled rifle. The first carbines, from the muzzle-loading muskets of the 18th century to the lever-action repeaters of the 19th, were chiefly cavalry weapons or saddle firearms for mounted frontiersmen.
?

SGT F.S.

For mounting the M68 on an M16A2, you need a mount, NSN NSN National Stock Number
NSN Nokia Siemens Networks
NSN National Storytelling Network
NSN NATO Stock Number
NSN New Substances Notification (CEPA)
NSN National Student Number (NZ)
NSN Never Say Never
 1240-01-410-7427 which should be assembled with short machine screws, NSN 5306-01-442-2407. But for the M4/M4A1 carbine and M16A4 rifle, you also need a spacer, NSN 5365-01-448-8912, and different machine screws, NSN 5305-01-448-9826. See WP 0019 00-2 through 0020 00-3 in the M68's 7M 9-1240-413-12&P for more details. The mount comes with the spacer and both types of screws.

SERGEANT F.S., IT DEPENDS ON WHAT VERSION OF THE M16 YOU HAVE.
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