M4/M16 overrated in Modern War?

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I was Infantry 78-82, Reserves 82-84, Infantry again 91-95 and National Guard 95-97. The first time I was in, I used the M16A1 and never had a jam. The second time I used M16A2, liked it better for the 3 round burst over full auto in the A1 and never had a jam. If kept relativiely clean and oiled, should almost never be a problem. Anything past that I would say was because of the climate it was being used in and most likely not properly designed for it.

Sure - Gen. Tony Zinni is his "Battle Ready" claims that when he used to serve with the South Vietnamese marines and rangers as an adviser, they used to take care of their issue M-16A1 on a regular basis and were doing that properly so the jamming problem was virtually non existent. But it was a problem in Vietnam and obviously the climate should have been taken into consideration, but it took time and casualties.