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 ...

Key point: Outdated ergonomics and a poor design make for a bad gun. The M14 is the U.S. military’s worst service rifle. It served as the standard-issue rifle for just six years—by the most generous ...

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 ...

Pine Bluff Arsenal’s Directorate of Ammunition Operations is once again making AN-M14 Thermate Grenades. This item has been historically made here, with drawings dating back to the 1960s, and ...

A surplus mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle provided to local law enforcement by U.S. military department Defense Logistics Agency’s Law Enforcement Support Office similar to one ...

When the US military moved on from the M1 Garand, the goal was to create a unified platform that could serve both as a standard rifle and a support weapon. We explore how the heavy-barreled variant of ...

Developed as a civilian alternative to the military M14 rifle, Springfield Armory’s M1A has been around since 1974. In fact, Springfield Armory just celebrated the 50-year milestone of the M1A’s ...