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American selective burn down military designated marksman rifle

Boxing rifle

Mk xiv EBR
Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Burglarize "Rock Island", used by the U.S. Regular army
Type	Battle rifle Designated marksman rifle^[1]
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	2002–nowadays
Used by	Come across Users
Wars	War in Transitional islamic state of afghanistan Iraq War Syrian Civil War^[2] ^[3] Iraqi Ceremonious War (2014–2017)
Production history
Designer	Mike Rock and Jim Ribordy (Original) Smith Enterprise, Inc. (Current)
Designed	2001
Manufacturer	Naval Surface Warfare Heart Crane Division Smith Enterprise Inc.(Supplying parts) Sage International (For the stock)
Specifications
Mass	11.24 lb (5.1 kg)^[4]
Length	35 in (889 mm)^[4]
Barrel length	eighteen in (457 mm) (Modern 0)^[4] 22 in (558.8 mm) (Modern 1) (EBR-RI)

Cartridge	seven.62×51mm NATO
Activity	Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Charge per unit of fire	700–750 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	853 m/due south (two,800 ft/s)
Effective firing range	600m+^[v]
Feed system	x-, or 20-round detachable box mag
Sights	Modified M14 fe sights, normally used with a magnifying scope

The Mk 14 Enhanced Boxing Burglarize (EBR) is an American military selective fire battle rifle chambered for the vii.62×51mm NATO cartridge. Information technology is a variant of the M14 battle burglarize and was originally built for apply with units of United States Special Operations Control, such as the United states of america Navy SEALs, Delta Forcefulness, and task specific Greenish Berets ODA teams/units.^[6]

These weapons are made for both the designated marksman and the close gainsay roles. Since 2010, the U.S. Army has assigned two M14 EBR-RI rifles per infantry platoon for units deploying to Afghanistan. The M14 EBR-RI has a standard weight 22.0-inch (560 mm) barrel and lugged GI wink hider; information technology is not to be confused with the Mk xiv Mod 0 or Mod 1.

History [edit]

Development began in 2000 with a asking by the Usa Navy SEALs for a more than meaty M14 battle rifle.^[vii] In 2001, Mike Rock Rifle Barrels was the only rifle barrel maker asked by United states of america Special Operations Control to participate in a SOPMOD conference to create what would be the Mk 14 Mod 0 EBR, with details that include a collapsible stock that was requested for the new rifle and with an aluminum trunk with telescopic rails. Mike Rock collaborated with engineer Jim Ribordy to make the new rifle. Tests showed that their rifle was constructive, but had excessive noise problems.

U.S. Regular army service in Afghanistan, September 2010

In 2003, Ron Smith and Smith Enterprise, Inc. created its ain version of the M14 EBR (MK14 SEI),^[8] which used a medium heavy weight 457 mm (18.0") barrel and was more widely favored than the burglarize made by Rock and Ribordy. The Smith Enterprise-based MK14 was then used as a ground to eventually create the Mk 14 Mod 0 with Springfield Armory, Inc. beingness tasked to supply the necessary machinery needed to create the weapon in cooperation with the Naval Surface Warfare Heart Crane Sectionalization.

United States Navy SEALs were the first to be armed with the EBR in 2004,^[5] followed by the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.Southward. Regular army likewise uses with the M14 EBR-RI, being created and updated by the Weapons Production Support Integration Directorate of the TACOM Life Wheel Direction Command at the Keith Fifty. Ware Examination Facility in Rock Isle Arsenal, Illinois; having fielded approximately 5,000 units past mid-2010. United States Marine Corps units were^{[ when? ]} also considering the EBR, but wound up instead developing the M39 Enhanced Marksman Burglarize.

In early 2017, the Army began writing a new requirement for an SDM rifle for combat platoons and squads. Although the Army has been using the M14 EBR since 2009, they had to be turned in when returning from theater, and it had weight issues existence almost 15 lb (half-dozen.8 kg) unloaded. A new marksman burglarize volition equip each combat arms squad weighing virtually 11 lb (v.0 kg) firing standard M80A1 7.62 mm rounds fitted with a burglarize optic rather than a telescopic sight.^[nine] In March 2018, the Army appear that a version of the HK G28, which had already been selected to supplant the M110 SASS, would be issued as the service's standard SDMR. Issuing a vii.62 mm SDMR is meant to increase private squads' ability to defeat enemy body armor that standard five.56×45mm rounds cannot penetrate. Fielding was planned to start in belatedly 2018.^[x]

Design [edit]

This weapon upgrades the standard M14 activeness and replaces the standard 22.0-inch (560 mm) barrel with an 18.0-inch (460 mm) barrel bolted onto a telescoping chassis stock arrangement^[6] with a pistol grip, a dissimilar front sight, Harris bipod, iv Picatinny accessory rails (which surround the barrel),^[6] and a more constructive flash hider in place of the standard lugged USGI wink suppressor.^[11] A paddle-type commodities stop similar to that of the M4 carbine is used on the rifle. The EBR chassis system stock is fabricated up entirely of lightweight aircraft alloy.

A Kydex paw guard and M68 CCO are likewise added, though they are almost ever replaced with a vertical foregrip and magnifying telescopic for improve treatment and for utilise in a designated marksman role.^{[ commendation needed ]} A Wind Talker suppressor can be mounted on the DC Vortex flash hider,^[12] though the U.S. military did not adopt one to active service.

Sage International had some interest in the conclusion of whether to invest approximately $120,000 in an injection mold incorporating into the design the rail attachments or machine the replacement stock from a solid billet of aluminum with the latter beingness selected, which was and then shown at the SHOT Show in Orlando in 2003.

The Mk fourteen has been criticised for being too heavy, at xiv pounds (6.four kg) when loaded with a 20-round magazine, with most of this weight being at the front of the weapon, making it difficult to aim.^[xiii]

Configurations [edit]

Several configurations are available on the Mk fourteen Mod 0 EBR, including the attachment of an AN/PVS-four night vision scope. Others had included the capability of adding two different scopes or sights on the Picatinny runway, for more precision or zoom level.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Variants [edit]

Post-obit the development of the Mk fourteen Mod 0 EBR, several variants of the M14 burglarize utilizing the Sage Chassis Organisation have been developed and fielded past various branches of the U.S. military. A summary of variants, and the components utilized in each, are as follows:

	Mk 14 Modernistic 0^[xiv]	Mk 14 Modernistic 0 / Mk 14 SEI ^[fifteen]	Mk 14 Mod ane^[16]	Mk 14 Mod 2^[xvi]	M39 EMR	M14 EBR-RI^[17]	M14 EBR-RI NM^[18]	M14 T^[19]
Branch of service	U.South. Navy and U.S. Air Forcefulness	U.Southward. Air Forcefulness	U.S. Navy	U.S. Navy	U.S. Marine Corps	U.S. Army	U.S. Army	U.S. Declension Guard
Years built	2004–2005	2004–2008	2006	2011	2007	2008–2011	2010	2005
Builder	NSWC Crane	Smith Enterprise, Inc.	NSWC Crane	NSWC Crane	PWS Quantico	Rock Island Arsenal – TACOM	Rock Isle Arsenal – TACOM	NSWC Crane
Quantity built	m	125 (rebuilt Mk fourteen Modernistic 0 rifles)	500	~ 250	700	6200	not available	500
Chassis	Sage M14ALCS	Sage M14ALCS (milled rail)	Sage M14ALCS/CV	Sage M14ALCS/PMRI-HB	Sage M14ALCS (milled track)	Sage M14ALCS	Sage M14ALCS/PMRI	Sage M14ALCS
Color	NSG	NSG	NSG	NSG	NSG	Black (NSG – rare)	Blackness	NSG
Pistol grip	Sage 90905	Sage 90905	TangoDown BG-16 FDE	Sage M14ERGO	Sage 90905	Sage M14ERGO	Sage M14ERGO	Sage 90905
Handguard	Black full	Black full	Tan short	Black full	Tan total (black full - rare)	Black total	Black total	Black full
Vertical fore grip	Sage M14VFG (90906)	Sage M14VFG (90906)	TangoDown BGV-MK46 FDE	-	-	Sage M14VFG (90906)	-	Sage M14VFG (90906)
Barrel stock	Sage M14ALCS-BS	Sage M14ALCS-BS	Sage M14ALCS/CV-BS	Sage M14ALCS/PMRI-BS	Sage M14ALCS-BS	Sage M14ALCS-BS	Sage M14ALCS/PMRI-BS	Sage M14ALCS-BS
Butt stock extension	-	-	-	Sage M14VABEK/PMRI	Sage M14BEK (90911)	-	-	-
Selector switch/lock	Switch	Switch	Switch	Lock	Lock	Lock	Lock	Switch
Barrel	SAI 18" Std. 1-xi ("Bush-league")	SEI 18" Std./Med. 1-10	SAI 18" Std. 1-11 ("Bush")	22" heavy 1-10	Krieger 22" Med. 1-12 (DMR)	USGI 22" Std.	SEI 22" Med. 1-10	USGI 22" Std.
Flash hider	SEI 2000V	SEI 2000V	SureFire FH762KM14	SEI 2000V	USGI (NM)	USGI (NM)	USGI (NM)	SEI 2001
Suppressor	M14 direct connect audio suppressor	M14 direct connect audio suppressor	SureFire 762K-DE	Current of air Talker sound suppressor	-	-	-	-
Front sight	XS USN2 (11-2166-580-1)	XS USN2 (eleven-2166-580-one)	XS USN2 (11-2166-580-1)	-	USGI (NM .062)	USGI (NM - rare)	USGI (NM - rare)	XS USN2 (xi-2166-580-one)
Rear sight	XS large aperture (0.125")	XS big aperture (0.125")	XS large aperture (0.125")	-	USGI (NM - rare)	USGI (NM - rare)	USGI (NM - rare)	XS large aperture (0.125")
Gas lock	SEI 2013 (GLFS-D-18)	SEI 2013 (GLFS-D-18)	SEI 2013 (GLFS-D-18)	USGI	USGI	USGI	USGI	USGI
Gas system	USGI	SEI 2071, 2075, 2076	USGI	SEI 2071, 2075, 2076	USGI	USGI	SEI 2071, 2075, 2076	USGI
Op rod jump guide	USGI	USGI	USGI	USGI (NM)	USGI (NM)	USGI	USGI	USGI
Bolt stop/release	SEI 2003	SEI 2003	SEI 2003	SEI 2003	USGI	USGI	USGI	SEI 2003
Optic	Leupold Mk 4 1.5-5x (67905)	Leupold Mk 4 3.5-10x (67940)	Nightforce NXS 2.5-10x24mm FC-two w/ZeroStop	Nightforce NXS 3.5-15x50mm MIL-DOT due west/ZeroStop	S&B iii-12x50mm (M8541)	Leupold Mk four 3.5-10x (51850)	Leupold Mk 4 three.five-10x (51850)	S&B 1.1-4x PM ShortDot
	Leupold Mk 4 iii.v-10x (51850)			AN/PVS-27 night vision (MUNS)
Scope rings	Badger 306-29 (30mm)	SEI 7008 (30mm)	Nightforce A118 (30mm)	Nightforce A107 (30mm)	Badger 306-75 (34mm)	Leupold 61049 (30mm)	Leupold 61049 (30mm)	LaRue LT-139 (30mm – Lever)
Scope mount	Sage M14SCSB	SEI 2006	Larue LT-608	NSWC Crane	SEI 2006	Sage M14DCSB	Sage M14DCSB	LaRue LT-139 (30mm – Lever)
Bipod	Harris 1A2-BRM	Harris 1A2-BRM	Tangodown ACB-4 FDE	Atlas BT10 or BT10-LW17	Harris S-BRM	Harris 1A2-L	Harris 1A2-L	Harris S-BR or South-BRM
Bipod adapter	KAC 98060	KAC 98060	-	-	KAC 98060	KAC 98060	KAC 98060	LaRue LT-130 (Lever)
Sling	Buffer Tech. TAS-M14	Buffer Tech. TAS-M14	Eagle Ind. FNH-ESS 1.25-DEB	M60 Sling (1005-00-312-7177)				Buffer Tech. TAS-M14
Mag count	2			2	5	6		7
Ship case	Eagle DC-M14			Pelican iM3300-X0000 and Eagle DC-M14-EBR-KH	Pelican 1750-000-110
Multi-tool	Bondhus 67255281	Bondhus 67255281		Bondhus 853485 (and 736540?)	Bondhus 784285	Bondhus 13026063	Bondhus 13026063	Bondhus 67255281
Other components	Falcon/ERGO 4373CB	Falcon/ERGO 4373CB	Trijicon RMR 4MOA	10-Treme V2 EBR trigger shoe	SPA Defense SIMRAD B0634			Sage M14SCSB
		SEI trigger parts kit (2060)	Wilcox red-dot mount (35101P01)	BFG RMFL-125 sling mount (2)	KMW Pod-Loc (875)			Falcon/ERGO 4373CB
		SEI Op rod leap	Magpul CTR FDE	Sage PMRI-FR
			Magpul PTS CTR ane.25" riser FDE	Falcon/ERGO 4373BK
			Tangodown BP-4 FDE (2)	Caldwell blind bag (247261)
			Tangodown BP-4K 2PANEL FDE

Contractors [edit]

Armed forces [edit]

While the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Partition creates the military Mk 14 Modern 0 and Modernistic one rifles, Sage International was contracted to provide the weapon's chassis-type stock.

Civilian [edit]

The civilian version created past Smith Enterprise Inc. is also known as the MK14 SEI. The Sage EBR chassis stock is available in a carbine variant known as the M14ALCS/CV. The carbine variant is too known as the MK14 SEI Mod 1.^[20]

Others include Fulton Armory, firing in semi-automatic mode instead of fully automatic.

Troy Industries has created a replica of the EBR'south modular system made by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division called the Troy Modular Chassis System, which tin can be used past mounting any performance M1A or M14 rifle on the MCS. Philippine arms company FERFRANS has created their version of the Mk xiv Mod 0 called the FERFRANS SOPMOD M14/M1A Enhanced Battle Rifle, which uses a Sage International M14/M1A EBR Tactical Stock Arrangement aluminum chassis, an M4 buttstock, and a GRSC M4-62 General Purpose Combat Recticle.^[21]

Gallery [edit]

U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle Edwards, from Reconnaissance Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, looks through the scope of his Mk 14 rifle onto a mortar range well-nigh Ghazni, Transitional islamic state of afghanistan, on April one, 2007
U.South. Army Spc. Michael Rockwell, a gainsay infantryman with 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Regular army Europe, scans the surrounding mountains for threats during a patrol outside Frontward Operating Base Baylough in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on June 12, 2010
U.Southward. Army Cpl. Michael Tacker, from Tonasket, Washington, an infantryman assigned to the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team, leans against the guard rails of a span while providing security in Mahmood Rahqi, Afghanistan, Sept. ix. 2009
The Mk xiv EBR provides infantry squads with the adequacy to engage enemy targets across the range of M4 Carbines and M16 Rifles
The Mk 14 Mod 0 equipped with a vertical foregrip and a bipod

Users [edit]

Non-state actors [edit]

Free Syrian Army^[26]
Islamic Country^[27]

Come across also [edit]

List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
List of battle rifles
M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle

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