Original caption from 1969: "SP4 Michael Ferreira, left, Dallas, Tex., and SP4 David Booker, Geneva, Indiana, keep close watch during their guard duty tour on the Dak To perimeter with their M14 ...

Key Points - The M14 rifle, adopted in 1957 to replace the M1 Garand and BAR, faced significant criticism from US infantry despite aiming to provide more firepower with its 20-round box magazine. -It ...

A US Marine and his M14 service rifle during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War (Photo Wikimedia Commons) In April 1958, the government-owned Springfield Armory in Massachusetts initiated production ...

The M14 was in some ways a perfection of the earlier M1 Garand rifle design that served the United States during World War II and in Korea. While the M1 was a good design when it was originally ...

That legend began with the M1 Garand, a rifle that had served American GIs so faithful during both World War II and the Korean War and was praised by no less than General George Smith Patton Jr.