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M4

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M4
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Summary

M4 is a firearm model[1]. M4 ranks in the top 0.26% of firearm model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,156 views/month, #1 of 386).[2]

Key Facts

  • Manufacturer: Colt's Manufacturing Company[3], Lewis Machine & Tool Company[4], Bushmaster Firearms International[5], U.S. Ordnance[6], Remington Arms[7], SME Ordnance[8], FN Herstal[9]
  • Subclass of: carbine[10], assault rifle[11], AR-15–style rifle[12]
  • Commons category: M4 carbine[13]
  • Country of origin: United States[14]
  • Participated in conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[15]
  • Service entry: January 1, 1994[16]
  • Ammunition: 5.56×45mm NATO[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:M4 carbine[18]
  • Commons gallery: M4 carbine[19]
  • Different from: M4[20]

Why It Matters

M4 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] M4 is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Colt's Manufacturing Company FN Herstal Remington Arms United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/M4_Carbine
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Objects/M4_Carbine, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0322820-M4-karabina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0322820-M4-karabina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → carbine, assault rifle, AR-15–style rifle
    Different from → M4
    Country of origin → United States
    Manufacturer → Colt's Manufacturing Company, Lewis Machine & Tool Company, Bushmaster Firearms International +4
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007572671505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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