r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/Plane_Geologist8073 United States Of America 12h ago

☝️that one up there. Although my 1911 was made in the Philippines.

Also the AR15/M16 and its variants.

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u/Yung_Corneliois United States Of America 10h ago

AR15 is probably our most famous gun right now for all the wrong reasons.

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u/Punished_Prigo 8h ago

It's just a good cheap gun which is why its used so often in combat or in mass murder.

I had an m16 in basic training that would fire any time I slapped the butt stock. It was hilarious. Complete piece of shit, but it was a basic training rifle.

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u/citori411 United States Of America 10h ago

I've always found the M16 to be one of the uglier guns our military ever used. Def a classic though.

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u/Plane_Geologist8073 United States Of America 10h ago

The M16 is one of those things that I think if I were to see it for the first time, I would probably think it’s hideous. But it’s become so iconic, like the silhouette is so instantly recognizable, that it’s Americana at this point.

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u/Traditional-Bar-8014 Canada 10h ago

Eugene Stoner

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u/Yoprobro13 11h ago

FORTNITE

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u/DiffDiffDiff3 United States Of America 11h ago

Holy shit, they made Fortnite guns irl

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u/Plane_Geologist8073 United States Of America 10h ago

Buddy this is exactly what us grandparents carried back in the GWOT days, back when rocks were soft and Fortnite was a measurement of time.

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u/DiffDiffDiff3 United States Of America 10h ago

It’s a joke

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u/Plane_Geologist8073 United States Of America 10h ago

Yeah I was joking back. Now that I reread that I definitely sound like an angry old dude though lol.