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Epic card · History
M16 rifle, an Epic card
The M16 rifle is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 98
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 186
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 900,000
Power 186 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
M16 rifle quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the M16 rifle card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine.
Answer
original. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine. From the M16 rifle article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, the XM16E1 entered US military service as the M16 and in the following year was deployed for jungle warfare operations during the Vietnam War.
Answer
1960s. In 1964, the XM16E1 entered US military service as the M16 and in the following year was deployed for jungle warfare operations during the Vietnam War. From the M16 rifle article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
M16 rifle. M16 rifle 98 · Roman Republic 93 · Slobodan Milošević 90 · M4 carbine 87 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine.
- In 1964, the XM16E1 entered US military service as the M16 and in the following year was deployed for jungle warfare operations during the Vietnam War.
- In 1969, the M16A1 replaced the M14 rifle to become the US military's standard service rifle.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The M16 rifle article was read about 900,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 98 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get M16 rifle
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, M16 rifle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
