Editing M16 rifle (section)

===Mekut'zrar===
Israel was supplied with large numbers of M16A1 rifles by the US Government, many of which were shortened to make them more suitable for urban combat, storage in vehicles, and policing use by shortening them. The 20-inch M16A1 barrel was pruned back to just behind the gas port, while a new gas port was drilled to accommodate a carbine-length gas system as the front sight base was pinned in place. The barrel was also threaded for a standard M16A1 birdcage flash suppressor and the resulting barrel was just shy of 13-inch overall, and a CAR-15 type collapsible buttstock was fitted to replaced the fixed M16A1 fixed buttstock, thus they approximate the size of CAR-15 type carbines. The informal term "Mekut'zrar" translates to "sawed-off" or "shorty".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gunsmagazine.com/guns/rifles/idf-colt-carbine/|author=Edward C. Ezell|title=IDF Colt Carbine|website=Guns Magazine|date=2021|access-date=August 25, 2024}}</ref>