Talk:M series

M means model
In military parlance M means Model. No more. I believe both entries to be incorrect, written by poor writers with poor googling skills.--Ant2242 (talk) 10:59, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * It's merely stated that there was an M series of rifles. M series is a commercial designation, not the military identifier - same as the M16 being the military adaptation of a commercial AR-15 platform. Tagaziel (talk) 11:27, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Where is this stated?--Ant2242 (talk) 11:40, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * In the reference, about the discontinuation? Tagaziel (talk) 17:07, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * According to the Citadel terminal, the R91 is the National Guard's standard rifle. However the placard clearly references the M199 as the standard Army rifle in the present tense. I'm willing to believe that both are wrong about the M and R series nonsense. As again M means Model (for example; M1 Grand, M1 Sherman, M3 grease gun) And for when a design change does not warrant a new Model number it gets an A. (for example; M16 A3, M4 A1)--Ant2242 (talk) 21:34, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The R91 is the commercial name for the weapon, while M199 is the name under which it was adopted by the United States military. Same as with the AR-15 being the commercial name of a rifle adopted as the M16.
 * I mean, really. Both the M series and R series terms are used in a context clearly referring to the manufacturer's own designation system, not the military's. Tagaziel (talk) 13:02, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

No. No it is not. There is not one mention that the two rifles are the same. Not one. As for M it means Model. So unless a developer decides to settle that they are the same weapon they are separate.--Ant2242 (talk) 20:58, 13 March 2015 (UTC)