In my experience, I never once saw optics on a personal weapon at any time from 90-98. 2/3rds of that was in the NG though, not sure what the RA was doing in the mid-90's, but I don't think they had optics excepting sharpshooters/snipers then, either. The M16A2's carrying handle wasn't removable, so it would make optics interesting to mount though I'm sure there are solutions. I'd bet that a decent gunsmith would be able to mount the SUSAT just fine though, given a decent set of tools and a few hours (grind off carrying handle, somehow mount SUSAT, etc).
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