M-14
Unofficial
names/slang: n/a
Function:
Semi-automatic infantry rifle
Date
deployed: unavailable
Contractor:
unavailable
Unit cost:
$576
Length:
44.14"
Weight:
11 lbs. w/ 20 round magazine
Rate of Fire:
Sustained: 0 rpm; Rapid Fire: 0 rpm; Cyclic: approx.
750 rpm
Ammo type:
7.62mm
Guidance:
Visual
Range:
approx. 460 m (max.) |
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Features:
The M14 7.62 mm rifle is a magazine-fed, gas
operated shoulder weapon, designed primarily for
semi-automatic fire. It was the standard service
rifle until it was replaced in the late-1960s by the
5.56mm M16A1 rifle.
Background: At one time the standard
issued rifle for Marines, the M14 is now used
primarily in the Competition in Arms program, or for
drill and ceremonial purposes. The M16 replaced the
M14 as the Table of Organization rifle for the
Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
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