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A Newsweek article in July 1953 hinted that the T48/FAL might be selected over the T44. During 1952–53, testing proved the T48 and the T44 roughly comparable in performance, with the T48 holding an advantage in ease of field stripping and dust resistance, as well as a longer product development lead time. The T47, which did not have a bolt roller and performed worse in dust and cold weather tests than either the T44 or the T48 was dropped from consideration in 1953. Benning, Georgia against the Springfield T47 (a modified T25) and Fabrique Nationale's "Fusil Automatique Leger" (French for "Light Automatic Rifle"), designated T48. The T44 participated in a competitive service rifle competition conducted by the Infantry Board at Ft. Lloyd Corbett, an engineer in Earle Harvey's rifle design group, added various refinements to the T44 design, including a straight operating rod and a bolt roller to reduce friction. With only minimal funds available, the earliest T44 prototypes simply used T20E2 receivers fitted with magazine filler blocks and re-barreled for 7.62mm NATO, with the long operating rod/piston of the M1 replaced by the T47's gas cut-off system. In contrast, the T44 prototype service rifle was not principally designed by any single engineer at Springfield Armory, but rather was a conventional design developed on a shoestring budget as an alternative to the T47. Benning tests, the T25 was renamed the T47. 30 Light Rifle design group following the 1950 Ft.
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After a series of revisions by Earle Harvey and other members of the.
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Olin Industries later marketed the cartridge on the commercial market as the commercial. After experimenting with several bullet designs, the T65 was finalized for adoption as the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. 30-06 due to the use of a recently developed ball powder made by Olin Industries. 30-06, with less powder capacity, the T65 cartridge retained the ballistics and energy of the. 30-06 cartridge case used in the M1 service rifle, but shortened to the length of the. The T-25 was designed to use the T65 service cartridge, a Frankford Arsenal design based upon. In late 1945 the two men were transferred to Springfield Armory, where work on the T25 continued. Rene Studler, then serving in the Pentagon. 30 Light Rifle cartridge at the direction of Col. In 1945, Earle Harvey of Springfield Armory designed a completely different rifle, the T25, for the new T65. Garand's design, the T20, was the most popular, and T20 prototypes served as the basis for a number of Springfield test rifles from 1945 through the early 1950s. Winchester, Remington, and Springfield Armory's own John Garand offered different conversions. Changes included adding fully automatic firing capability and replacing the 8-round en bloc clips with a detachable box magazine holding 20 rounds. Modifications were beginning to be made to the basic M1 rifle's design since the twilight of World War II. Although the M1 was among the most advanced infantry rifles of the late 1930s, it was not a perfect weapon. The M14 was developed from a long line of experimental weapons based upon the M1 rifle. 1.2 Infantry Board Service Rifle trials.The M14 rifle also provides the basis for the M21 and M25 sniper rifles. The M14 rifle was also the last American " battle rifle" (a term applied to weapons firing full-power rifle ammunition, such as the 7.62mm cartridge) issued in quantity to U.S. military, and is also used as a ceremonial weapon by honor guards, color guards, drill teams, ceremonial guards, and the like. The M14 rifle remains in limited front line service within all branches of the U.S. military personnel in the Contiguous United States, Europe, and South Korea, until it was replaced by the M16 rifle, in 1970. Army and Marine Corps basic and advanced individual training, and was the standard issue infantry rifle for U.S.
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M14 rifle, formally the United States Rifle, 7.62 mm, M14, is an American selective fire automatic rifle firing 7.62×51mm NATO (. M14E1, M14E2/M14A1, M14K, M21, M25, Mk 14 EBR, M1A rifleĢ0-round detachable box magazine or 50-round coil magazine Īperture rear sight, "barleycorn" front sight M14 rifle, shown here without a magazine.