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| | The M14 is a [[selective fire]] [[rifle]] meaning, in common parlance, it is a "[[machine gun]]". | | The M14 is a [[selective fire]] [[rifle]] meaning, in common parlance, it is a "[[machine gun]]". |
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| − | The M14 is a [[center-fire]], [[magazine (firearms|magazine]] fed rifle that is essentially a modernization of the legendary [[M1 Garand]] used in [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. | + | The M14 is a [[center-fire]], [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]] fed rifle that is essentially a modernization of the legendary [[M1 Garand]] used in [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. |
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| | The [[M1 Garand]] was eventually replaced by the M14 by 1961 in the [[U.S. Army]] and by 1965 in the [[U.S. Marine Corps]]. From 1959 until it was replaced by the [[M16 automatic rifle]] in 1970, the M14 was the standard issue [[infantry]] rifle for U.S. military personnel in the [[contiguous]] [[United States]], [[Europe]], and [[South Korea]].<ref>FM 23-8, 1969</ref> | | The [[M1 Garand]] was eventually replaced by the M14 by 1961 in the [[U.S. Army]] and by 1965 in the [[U.S. Marine Corps]]. From 1959 until it was replaced by the [[M16 automatic rifle]] in 1970, the M14 was the standard issue [[infantry]] rifle for U.S. military personnel in the [[contiguous]] [[United States]], [[Europe]], and [[South Korea]].<ref>FM 23-8, 1969</ref> |
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| | * [[Boston T. Party|Party, Boston T.]], ''[[Molon Labe!]]''. [[Wyoming]] [[American Redoubt]] [[Javelin Press]], 30 January 2004, 454 pp (first edition, paperback), ISBN 1-888766-07-7 - Conservative [[Christian]] [[Libertarian]] [[dystopian]] fiction novel entirely based around the issue of [[States' rights]] and the [[Tenth Amendment]]'s connection with the [[Second Amendment]] right to [[firearms|armed]] [[citizen]] defense against federal [[tyranny]]. Contains plot that is tied to the M14. | | * [[Boston T. Party|Party, Boston T.]], ''[[Molon Labe!]]''. [[Wyoming]] [[American Redoubt]] [[Javelin Press]], 30 January 2004, 454 pp (first edition, paperback), ISBN 1-888766-07-7 - Conservative [[Christian]] [[Libertarian]] [[dystopian]] fiction novel entirely based around the issue of [[States' rights]] and the [[Tenth Amendment]]'s connection with the [[Second Amendment]] right to [[firearms|armed]] [[citizen]] defense against federal [[tyranny]]. Contains plot that is tied to the M14. |
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| − | * [[Chris Kyle|Kyle, Chris]], ''[[American Sniper]]: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal [[Sniper]] in U.S. Military History''. [[New York]]: [[Harper]], January 29, 2013, 454 pp, ISBN 0062238868, ISBN 978-0062238863. Number 1 [[New York Times]] [[:Category:Best Selling Authors|Best-Seller]]. [https://www.amazon.com/American-Sniper-Autobiography-Military-History/dp/0062238868 Book on Amazon.com] | + | * [[Chris Kyle|Kyle, Chris]], ''[[American Sniper]]: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal [[Sniper]] in U.S. Military History''. [[New York]]: [[Harper]], January 29, 2013, 454 pp, ISBN 0062238868, ISBN 978-0062238863. Number 1 [[New York Times]] Best-Seller. [https://www.amazon.com/American-Sniper-Autobiography-Military-History/dp/0062238868 Book on Amazon.com] |
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| | * [[Chris Kyle|Kyle, Chris]], ''[[American Gun - A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms]]''. [[New York]]: William Morrow Paperbacks, May 27, 2014, 336 pp, ISBN 0062242725, ISBN 978-0062242723. [[New York Times]] [[:Category:Best Selling Authors|Best-seller author]]. [https://www.amazon.com/American-Gun-History-U-S-Firearms/dp/0062242725 Book on Amazon.com] | | * [[Chris Kyle|Kyle, Chris]], ''[[American Gun - A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms]]''. [[New York]]: William Morrow Paperbacks, May 27, 2014, 336 pp, ISBN 0062242725, ISBN 978-0062242723. [[New York Times]] [[:Category:Best Selling Authors|Best-seller author]]. [https://www.amazon.com/American-Gun-History-U-S-Firearms/dp/0062242725 Book on Amazon.com] |