Jedimushroom wrote:I think a good many of those are m16a2s.
You can tell because the a4 has those four handguards on the barrel
No all those pictures are M16A4's. A2's don’t have a flattop with the Picatinny rail. A2's have fixed carrying handle iron sights attached to the top receiver. Both the M16A3's and A4's have a flat top upper receiver, but A3's have fully automatic capabilities, while the A4's are more like A2's with the addition of a few modern features like the detachable carrying handle sights.
You can also tell from the carrying handle thumb nuts(in
red) located on the left side, while on the right side you can tell from the two parallel groves on the bottom of the carrying handle:
four handguards on the barrel

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Do you mean the handguard with the four Picatinny rails for mounting accessories? If so then, even the A2's can be configured with these handgaurds(rarely done). It all depends on the mission. For example; The USMC sometimes uses the ribbed full lenght handguard(seen on the A2) for training proposes, but in combat they use the KAC M5 RAS handguard.