2021年10月19日 · During the past 50 years, aboard all types of U.S. Navy vessels, the M14 rifle has emerged from weapons lockers to provide close-in defense for the good ship and crew. A U.S. Navy sailor stands ready to meet Iranian fast-attack boats aboard the …

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 the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. military in 1957, replacing the M1 Garand rifle in service with the U.S. Army by 1958 and the U.S. Marine Corps by 1965; deliveries of service rifles to ...

The M14 is a magazine-fed, gas-operated semi-automatic 7.62mm (.30-caliber) rifle still used by the Navy SEALs. It deploys a 20-round magazine, and has an effective range well beyond 500 meters at a rate of 750 rounds per minute.

2023年8月2日 · The M14 battle rifle needs no introduction for hardcore military history buffs and firearms enthusiasts, but for those who are new to the subject, at least a brief rundown is in order. The weapon is a magazine-fed, gas-operated semi-automatic 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 caliber) rifle, capable of both semiautomatic and full-auto fire, with a cyclic ...

2022年5月25日 · Despite its low-key wartime history, the M14 endured as a popular weapon into the post-Vietnam War years. The United States Navy SEALs appreciated the robustness of the system enough to adopt it as a sniper and Dedicated Marksman Rifle (DMR) weapon - the latter becoming the heavily modified Mk 14 Mod 0 EBR ("Enhanced Battle Rifle").

Many SOPMOD Kit Type Accessories are useful on M14 EBRs / MK 14s to Include the Latest Array of Night Vision and Thermal Clip-On Units as well as the various Lasers, Lights and Optical Sights and most anything else mountable to Mil Std 1913 Rails.

An enhanced M14 rifle with good optics and good ammunition, plus a detachable 20-round magazine that allows faster and more continuous engagement, has given the M14 a new lease on life. Since the various types of enhanced M14s have proven especially useful in Afghanistan and to a lesser extent Iraq, it is likely that they will remain in U.S ...

2011年3月7日 · Naval Special Weapons was getting "Sage" M-14s from CRANE as early as mid 2003. These were called the SOPMOD M-14 at the time, and were in very limited production / distribution, but they were in fact in the pipeline to those who needed them.

2022年5月24日 · When the M14 was adopted, the Navy was using a special single-shot (break-action) rifle for line-throwing, chambered in .45-70. In 1958, few would have imagined that the then-new M14 would disappear from the hands of America’s ground troops by 1970, and yet still be in service with the U.S. Navy half a century later.

2021年10月19日 · The M14 is perfect for stopping anything out to 300 yards and it's reliable in the worst of conditions. The M16 is erratic at 100 yards and you have to keep it clean. It shines though when you are in close quarters.