Never bother to learn.
The M16A2 does not have a heavy barrel. It's the same profile under the handguards as an M16A1. The real reason it was thickened from the front sight base to the muzzle has been lost, but it's attributed to people bending the barrel using their rifle as a pry bar.
A pencil barrel carbine can mount an M203. The narrow waist on an M4 barrel is not to provide a shoulder for the mount, but to bring the barrel diameter down. This is so the Army didn't have to buy two different versions of the M203.
The H&K 416 doesn't solve every problem the M4 has, and brings a couple of its own to the table. It's service has not been trouble free.
The bolt carrier on a normal AR is a gas cylinder and the bolt is the piston. Adding a new cylinder and piston on top of the barrel doesn't mean you've solved a problem, just moved it.
The lighter barrel profile of the M4 and M4A1 only become a problem if you get it into your head that your assault rifle is a light machine gun. One sure fire way to tell your gun isn't intended for the fire-support role is to check if the barrel has a quick change. It's interesting to note that the slim barrel profile of the M16A1 wasn't bursting during sustained fire in Vietnam, yet it is with the M4A1.
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