Today, 65 years ago, on January 30, 1960 (Calendar 3 January 1960), the U.S. Army equipped the new M14 rifle. On January 30, 1960, the U.S. Army began using the new M14 rifle. At the end of January, the U.S. Army sent the new multifunctional rifle, the M14, to all U.S. forces. The M14 will replace several weapons, including the famous M1 Galland semi-automatic rifle and the Browning automatic rifle. The M14 weighs only 10 pounds, boasts 20 sounds, can shoot 250 times per minute, and is faster than the Army's 30 mm diameter organic rifle. In comparison with the German M1 rifle used in the Second World War and in the Korean battlefield, the latter has only eight