As far as I remember some of the close obs platoons used M16's over here, and IIRC the M16 was issued to certain units in Newry after an overpenetration incident when a squaddie with an SLR returned fire on a provie gunman and shot straight through the walls of a house and nearly hit a civilian. I'm unsure why this was deemed a particular problem in Newry as opposed to Belfast, Stroke sity or any other urban area.
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