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 ...

James River Armory M14 Rifle - Full Length, Original Military Configuration, Billet Receiver, 7.62 NATO, Semi-Auto Rifle, 22" Bbl, Walnut Stock

2018年5月14日 · Production began in 1959, and Springfield Armory, Winchester, Harrington & Richardson and Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge Inc. (TRW) produced 1,376,031 M14 service rifles until 1964. Initially, the unit...

The 1st Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment (Old Guard), which is assigned to the Military District of Washington, is the sole remaining infantry unit in the Army to be issued the M14 as the standard rifle. The Old Guard uses the M14 for ceremonial events, and Tomb Sentinels carry them while guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National ...

2019年8月19日 · Introduced in 1959 to replace the WWII-era M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle and M3 Grease Gun, the M14 was designed by Springfield Armory and narrowly beat out the FN FAL to...

2018年4月10日 · The addition of a removable 20-round box magazine, a much improved gas system, a roller bolt assembly, and a much more stable operating rod system, made the M14 a better battle rifle than the M1. The M14 also scrapped the old .30-06 round for the more efficient and less bulky 7.62 x 51 NATO round.

2013年5月17日 · After years of development and testing, the US Rifle, 7.62mm, M14 was finally adopted as the “Standard A” rifle of the United States on May 1, 1957. However, due to peacetime budget cut backs, no substantial deliveries of the M14 rifles were made until September of 1959.

2022年2月1日 · These Chinese-made rifles were either reverse-engineered from captured specimens or built with “acquired” copies of the original technical data. Intended to be sent to communist rebels around the...

The M14 was designed to replace the Garand, as well as the M1 and M2 carbines and the M3 and M3A1 submachine guns. These new rifles – the M14 included – were most often chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO round, similar to the commercial .308 Winchester, and were widely used by NATO forces through the Cold War.

2016年1月30日 · The 1st Battalion of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (“The Old Guard”) in the Military District of Washington is the sole remaining regular United States Army combat field unit where the M14 is still issued as the standard rifle, along with a chromed bayonet and an extra wooden stock with white sling for military funerals, parades ...