A copy, of a copy, of a copy…
Looks like a M16, yeah? Well about that…
The “Terab”, the standard-issue rifle of the Sudanese armed forces, is a copy of the Chinese Type 311 rifle (Norinco CQ/CQ-A), which in turn is a blatant and unlicensed copy of the American Colt M16A2, which was originally designed as an improvement of the M16 which in turn began life as the Armalite AR-15. It is manufactured by the Military Industry Corporation of Sudan and is more or less identical to the standard M16, with small modifications made in regards to the stock, handguard and iron sights (in other words, you can bet nothing is in spec to a U.S. AR). The Terab has replaced the aging Armalite-designed and Dutch-built AR-10 in Sudanese service– which is the predecessor to the AR-15, and in a way makes this all about even.
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