M14 rifle facts for kids

The M14 battle rifle

The United States Army using M14 rifles in Tet Offensive

The M14 is a American 7.62 NATO battle rifle that was adopted in 1959 during the Vietnam War. The M14 production begin in 1959 and ended in 1964. The M14 can be used as a battle rifle, marksman rifle and a sniper rifle. The M14 was based on a WW2 M1 Garand. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the M14 got replaced by the M16A1 by the United States Army in Vietnam.

Images for kids

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  T25 prototype

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  Experimental T47 rifle

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  A U.S. soldier with an M14 watches as supplies are dropped in 1967 during the Vietnam War.

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  A rare M14 presentation model, serial No. 0010

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  An Army marksman in Fallujah, Iraq, using an M14 with a Leupold LR/T 10×40 mm M3 scope

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  A SEAL operator with an M14 rifle participating in maritime interdiction enforcement during Operation Desert Storm.

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  M14 with magazine

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  A U.S. Border Patrol Agent with an M14 rifle on the northern U.S. border.

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  A soldier using a M14 EBR-RI equipped with a Sage M14ALCS chassis stock provides security in Iraq, 2006.

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  A U.S. Border Patrol Agent with M14 during a law enforcement memorial service

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  Norinco M14s Custom with a Bushnell red dot sight

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  T57 Sniper Rifle, Taiwanese M14 copy