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Colt Model 621: An Attempt at an AR-Style Export SAW (Ad-free)
🕑 Added 2022-10-20 13:00:07 +0000 UTCDuring the 1970s and 1980s, Colt wanted to sell not just standard M16 rifle and CAR-15 carbines to foreign military customers, but also wanted to supply support weapons. They put together the Model 621, aka M16A1 “HBAR” (Heavy Barreled Assault Rifle - not the same idea and the HBAR target rifles much more commonly seen) as a sort of LMG sister to the M16A1 rifle. It was essentially the exact same idea as the RPK - a support machine gun with parts interchangeability and identical handling to the standard infantry rifle. A small number were made in the 9 million serial number range, but no contracts were ever made to sell them in significant numbers. A few, like this one, eventually came out of Colt and into the civilian collectors’ market.
Comments
Guido Schriewer
don't like rpd to rpk or saw to iar moves neither. support means beltfed in my opinion.
Lance Thundercock
I can think of a lot of reasons for how an M16 with a bipod on a heavy barrel isn't very desirable as either a rifle or a support weapon.
Reed Gregory
What’s amazing is how much that weapon will sell for
Guido Schriewer
the 60s bipod on an a1 looks cool as heck but if loaded? poa out of the window?
Forgotten Weapons
I don't see that being a likely occurrence. To blow the gas tube, you have to dump an entire combat load of ammo literally as fast as you can change magazines. It is technically possible, but unlikely except in the direst extreme.
Fred V PATTERSON
In the early 80s as a FFL/SOT Colt would sell you ,One each of a carbine,rifle and a HBAR LMG. $600 each.
David K. Jernigan
The problem I can see with this is the average grunt in a fire fight using this like IV8888 in one of his meltdown videos and causing the gas tube to fail.
Mrgunsngear
Very cool; I bet it's a pretty smooth shooter....
