Talk:M416N/@comment-5633069-20121031224333/@comment-3019062-20121031232312

No, its to avoid copyrght laws.

the &apos;M&apos; suffix, in front of the gun&apos;s name, only applies when the US Army officially adopts it into its armoury. Its the HK416, and every other weapon manufactured by Heckler and Koch (MG21E, M21E) are renamed to avoid the copyright laws.

HK21E -&gt; M21E

M416 -&gt; HK416

M417 -&gt; HK417