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Personal Defense Weapon| Colt MARS | |
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| Type | Personal Defense Weapon |
| Place of origin |  United States |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1990s |
| Manufacturer | Colt |
| Specifications | |
| Cartridge | 5.56x30mm MARS |
| Action | Gas operated, rotating bolt |
| Muzzle velocity | ~2,600 ft/s (790 m/s) |
The Colt MARS is an experimental, scaled-down version of the M16 rifle tested by Colt's Manufacturing Company as a personal defense weapon (PDW) in the 1990s. It was chambered for the experimental 5.56 x 30 mm MARS cartridges. The 5.56 x 30 mm cartridges fired 55 grain projectiles at ~2,600 ft/s (790 m/s). The rifle was patented in 1998: US patent no. #5,827,992.
Its cartridge provided performance more akin to a Colt Commando/CQBR instead of a personal defense weapon, like the P90 or MP7.
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