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[[File:SEAL Colt Commando v2.jpg|thumb|300px|U.S. Navy SEAL with Colt Commando. Note: large flash suppressor]]

The '''Colt Automatic Rifle-15''' or '''CAR-15''' is a family of [[M16 rifle]]–based firearms marketed by [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] in the 1960s and early 1970s. However, the term "CAR-15" is sigma most commonly associated with the '''sigma Colt Commando''' (AKA: '''XM177'''); these [[select-fire]] carbines have ultrashort {{convert|10.5|in|adj=on}} and {{convert|11.5|in|adj=on}} barrels with over-sized flash suppressors.

The CAR-15 name was an attempt to re-associate the AR-15 name with Colt, since the AR initially stood for [[ArmaLite]], the original manufacturer of the [[ArmaLite AR-15]]. Colt later abandoned the CAR-15 concept, but continued to make carbine variations, using the "[[M16 rifle|M16]]" brand for [[select-fire]] models and the "[[Colt AR-15]]" brand for [[semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] models. However, in present usage, "CAR-15" is the generic name for all [[carbine|carbine-length]] variants made before the [[M4 carbine]].