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Personal defense weapon
Colt MARS
Type
Personal defense weapon
Place of origin
United States
Production history
Designer
Colt
Designed
1997
Manufacturer
Colt
No. built
3
Specifications
Barrel length
10.5 in (270 mm)
Cartridge
5.56×30mm MARS[1] 9x30mm MARS
Action
Gas-actuated, rotating bolt
Muzzle velocity
790 m/s (2,592 ft/s)
Effective firing range
300 meters
Feed system
30-round box magazine
Sights
1.5x optical sight
The Colt MARS (mini-assault rifle system) was an experimental, scaled-down variant of the M16 rifle tested by Colt as a personal defense weapon (PDW) around 1997.[2] It was chambered for the experimental 5.56×30mm MARS cartridge which is a shortened 5.56×45mm NATO round.[3][2] The 5.56×30mm cartridge fired a 55-grain (3.6 g) projectile at 790 m/s (2,591.9 ft/s). The rifle was patented in 1998.[4]
^Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers 005: The 5.56x30mm MARS By Nathaniel F - The Firearm Blog Archived June 3, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
^ abChristopher R. Bartocci (January 2009). "Colt's 5.56X30MM MARS (mini assault rifle system) program". Small Arms Review. 12 (4). Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
^"(022) .22″ Colt MARS – Military Cartridges". web.archive.org. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
^US patent 5827992, Michael R Harris & James F Taylor, "Gas operated firearm", issued 1998-10-27, assigned to Colt's Manufacturing Company
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