{"product_id":"the-m16a1-rifle-operation-and-preventive-maintenance-9781616088644","title":"The M16A1 Rifle: Operation and Preventive Maintenance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): U S Department of the Army | Robert A. Sadowski | Robert A. Sadowski\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Nonfiction - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Army teamed up with cartoonist and graphic artist Will Eisner to produce teaching tools for U.S. soldiers in a medium that they could easily understand. \u003ci\u003eThe M16A1 Rifle: Operation and Preventive Maintenance\u003c\/i\u003e, first printed in 1969, features a female narrator who instructs GIs on the proper care of their AR-15 (military name M16A1) rifles--firearms notorious for jamming and malfunctioning. More than a simple manual and step-by-step guide, this unconventional yet important military document tried to appeal to soldiers with suggestive chapter titles such as \"How to Strip Your Baby,\" \"What to Do in a Jam,\" \"Sweet 16,\" and \"All the Way with Négligé.\" A copy of the thirty-two-page booklet was issued to nearly every soldier serving in Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47597980876951,"sku":"9781616088644","price":1567.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781616088644.webp?v=1774999292","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-m16a1-rifle-operation-and-preventive-maintenance-9781616088644","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}