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Talk:M14 Rifle
Additional Variants
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The military stopped issuing F/A M14's because they were too hard to control, existing rifles were fixed to fire semi only.
- Tell that to SOCOM because the Mark 14 is quite capable of FA. Spartan198 15:47, 18 July 2012 (CDT)
M14
I don't know what made the founder of IMFDB to use an M14 as part of the logo of IMFDB. I don't know if I could get the M14E2. It's kinda hard to get. - 98.234.123.141 21:27, 18 August 2009 (UTC)(Crysis)
I knew people who used the E2 type stocks on M14s and M1As. They preferred the higher cheek line in service rifle target shooting competition.
M21
That's not an M21, it's an M1A
- It's an M21 now. ~ DK
M14E2
I cut off the bit about it being meant to supplement the B.A.R. it was actually designed to replace it all together.
174.114.87.236 06:30, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
- And I undid your edit. What counts is how it was fielded. It actually was issued to supplement the M60s which was the GPMG of the American forces, and though it may have been designed to replace the BARs we issued to the ARVNs, the BAR was technically an obsolete weapon already by that time. The M14E2 was to supplement existing BARs in the ARVN. As far as American forces go, BARs were only seen really early in the war on the U.S. Side and primarily by USMC units. By that time the doctrine called for a General Purpose Machine Gun and select fire assault rifles. The BAR no longer fit the US military's goals. MoviePropMaster2008 07:33, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia claims that the M14E2 was redesignated M14A1 in 1966. Is there any reason we still refer to it as E2? Kadorhal 15:45, 16 May 2012 (CDT)
Congo
How come the m14 that was used in congo isnt on the site
- I haven't seen Congo in years. Was there something special about it? I looked at the screencaps on the Congo page and it doesn't really look particularly unique. Also, sign your posts by putting four tildes (~) at the end. Spartan198 01:08, 18 February 2012 (CST)
EBR Mod 0/1, EMR?
What's the difference between the Mk. 14 Mod 0 and the Mod 1? Is it just that they have different extras attached? Likewise, what's the difference between an EBR and an EMR? As I understood it, an EBR has a shorter barrel, can fire full auto and is generally used by the US Navy, specifically the SEALS, while an EMR has a longer barrel, is semi-auto only and is used by the USMC. Seeing pix like the one further up this page, referring to guns with the longer barrels as EBRs makes me wonder if I've got it right. How do you tell the difference? --Stix
- AR-15 style stocks can be attached to an Mk 14 Mod 1. As far as I know that is the only difference. --bozitojugg3rn4ut 10:40, 18 July 2012 (CDT)
- Additionally, the Mark 14 is selective-fire for semi- or full-auto, whereas the M39 EMR is semi-auto only. Spartan198 15:45, 18 July 2012 (CDT)
- Yeh? That's what I said isn't it? --Stix
- Another slight variation is the early model Mod 0 had a larger railed forearm than is present on current Mod 0 and all Mod 1 model. If you look at the image at the top of this discussion page you can see the early model forearm (the image mislabeled as a SOPMOD), where as the image labeled as TACOM M14 EBR-RI shows the current rail length. Though this can be hard to tell on some of the 18" models where a 16" version (usually a M1A SOCOM) is used to give the same overall look of the older model. Dover500 20:34, 18 July 2012 (CDT)
M21 Pic
The pic under the M21/M25 section is clearly an M1A in an M14 stock, as it's missing its selector switch. --SmithandWesson36 (talk) 02:08, 17 October 2012 (EDT)
Manufacturer?
What company made the original M14? User: 2wingo
- "Initial production contracts for the M14 were awarded to the Springfield Armory, Winchester, and Harrington & Richardson.Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge Inc. (TRW) would later be awarded a production contract for the rifle as well. 1,376,031 M-14 service rifles were produced from 1959 to 1964." This is all information that can be found on Google. --Funkychinaman (talk) 00:27, 28 December 2012 (EST)
Mk 14 Mod 2
Can anyone tell me, is this: http://www.athenswater.com/images/Mod_2withEBRshoe.jpg the Mk 14 Mod 2 ? --bozitojugg3rn4ut (talk) 06:57, 6 April 2013 (EDT)
It appears to be, according to my Google-Fu. Spartan198 (talk) 10:17, 6 April 2013 (EDT)