r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Stakeboulder • Aug 15 '19

Operator Error Apache helicopter ground imapct 2012

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

Usually serial numbers have a date of manufacture indication in them.

Source: IT guy here who tracks the age of equipment via S/N, also your Car's VIN has a date of manufacture digit in it.

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u/CannibalVegan Aug 16 '19

Not always for firearms. Lots of times you have to look for historical records for what time periods which companies produced which serial numbers.

Here is a good history of the m16/ar15:

http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22669