Overview
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 N glig ." A copy of the thirty-two-page booklet was issued to nearly every soldier serving in Vietnam.
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- ISBN-13: 9781616088644
- ISBN-10: 1616088648
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
- Publish Date: March 2013
- Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
- Page Count: 64
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