The M14 rifle, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, is an American battle rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. It became...
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AK-47 and the M14 (assault rifle vs battle rifle) came in the early part of the Vietnam War. Battlefield reports indicated that the M14 was uncontrollable...
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M14, M-14, or M.14 most often refers to: M14 rifle Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle M14, M-14, or M.14 may also refer to: Highway M14 (Ukraine) M-14 (Michigan...
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chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. It is a variant of the M14 battle rifle and was originally built for use with units of United States Special...
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and served as the basis for the creation of the M14 rifle. The Soviet Union issued one major battle rifle, the SVT-40, which was invented by Fedor Tokarev...
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M1 Garand (redirect from M1C Sniper Rifle)
bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the U.S. service rifle in 1936, and was itself replaced by the selective-fire M14 rifle on 26 March 1958. Sources differ on the...
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Marksman Rifle (DMR, NSN 1005-01-458-6235; more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, DMR) is a semi-automatic, gas-operated rifle chambered...
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Springfield Armory M1A (redirect from M1A Rifle)
Springfield Armory M1A is a semi-automatic rifle made by Springfield Armory, Inc., beginning in 1971, based on the M14 rifle, for the civilian and law enforcement...
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gas-operated designated marksman rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. It is a modified and accurized version of the M14 rifle used by the United States...
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Select-fire rifles such as the FN FAL, M14, and H&K G3 main battle rifles are not assault rifles; they fire full-powered rifle cartridges. Semi-automatic-only...
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M21 Sniper Weapon System (redirect from M21 rifle)
(SWS) in the US Army is a national match grade M14 rifle, selected for accuracy, and renamed the M21 rifle. The M21 uses a commercially procured 3–9× variable...
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(SWS) in the 1980s. The rifle is based on the American M14 rifle in bullpup configuration. It was intended to replace the M14, though Sardius were unable...
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Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD) and similar designated marksman rifles have a barrel of this length. The designated marksman rifles based on the M14 have barrels...
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Vietnam War. In 1969, the M16A1 replaced the M14 rifle to become the US military's standard service rifle. The M16A1 incorporated numerous modifications...
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The Crazy Horse rifle or M14SE is a semi-automatic designated marksman rifle based on the M14 rifle. It is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge...
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FAL rifle. The rifle did not enter service, as the U.S. military decided to adopt the M14 rifle instead. In the wake of World War II, the NATO "Rifle Steering...
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more reliable than the M14 rifle. However, General Maxwell Taylor, then Army Chief of Staff, "vetoed" the AR-15 in favor of the M14. In 1959, ArmaLite—now...
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rifle. Springfield Model 1922 – .22 LR caliber bolt action training rifle. Self-loading rifle: M1 Garand – .30-06 caliber semi-automatic rifle. M14 rifle...
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Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 (section M14 rifle)
(help) "M14 7.62mm Rifle". www.globalsecurity.org. 1945-09-20. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2011-11-23. Lee Emerson M14 Rifle History...
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the M14 and M16 rifles. To launch the M31, a detachable spigot-type grenade launcher (M7A3 launcher for M1 rifle, and M76 launcher for the M14 rifle) is...
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bayonet used by the M1 Garand M6 bayonet used by the M14 rifle M7 bayonet used by the M16 rifle M9 bayonet Cobb, Ralph E. (2011). "U.S. M4 thru M7 Series...
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Ruger Mini-14 (redirect from Ranch Rifle)
lightweight semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co. Introduced in 1973, the design was outwardly based on the M14 rifle and is, in appearance...
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U.S. military for the M14 rifle, it can also be used with the Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle as well M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle. It was introduced in 1957...
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Rifle, M14 rifle, AR-15, Colt 1911 & Shotgun. Semi Auto day - AR-15, Steyr AUG, SKS carbine, AK-47, M14 rifle, M1 Garand Two Gun (Shotgun and rifle)...
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SR-25 (redirect from Stoner Rifle-25)
the AR-10 battle rifle to equip U.S. troops. It was accurate for an auto-loading rifle, but it lost the competition to the M14 rifle. The patent rights...
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Carbine (redirect from Pistol-caliber rifle)
velocity. In U.S. service, the M16 assault rifle replaced the M14 as the standard infantry weapon, although the M14 continued to be used by designated marksmen...
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favor of the M14. After most of the patents for the Colt AR-15 expired in 1977, many firearm manufacturers began to produce copies of the rifle under various...
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barrel system. The handguards also had an M2 bipod originally for the M14 rifle and a vertical foregrip fashioned from an M16A1 pistol grip. Early XM106s...
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ArmaLite AR-10 (redirect from AR-10 Battle Rifle)
magazine-fed infantry rifle to replace the M1. In the end, the Army chose the conventional T44, which entered production as the M14 rifle in 1957. That same...
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of the U.S. Armed Forces List of firearms Emerson, Lee (3 June 2007). M14 Rifle History and Development (PDF). p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF)...
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