rifle for the ROK armed forces. Additional production of K2C1 rifles will push out K2 in active service, and eventually replace the reserve forces' M16A1s with K2 in the near future. However, K2C1 is considered as temporary replacement for aging K2 rifles. See also M16 rifle: used prior to and replaced by K2, and was license produced by the Arsenal of National Defense (now S&T Motiv). AK-47: influenced in designing gas piston system. Daewoo Precision Industries K1: shared same development program. S&T Daewoo XK8: proposed replacement, rejected after field test. S&T Daewoo K11: proposed replacement, rejected after field test. Dasan Machineries K16: possible replacement of K2 in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. References External links S&T Daewoo Homepage 5.56 mm assault rifles Military equipment of Fiji Post–Cold War weapons of South Korea Daewoo assault rifles Kalashnikov derivatives Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1985 Military equipment of Bangladesh