Mission:
Provides infantry squads with a squad-designated marksman capability to engage enemy targets accurately beyond the range of M4 carbines and M16 rifles.
Description:
The M14 Enhanced Battle Rifle (EBR) is an air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed shoulder weapon. It is a modern M14 rifle mated to an enhanced aluminum billet stock, tactical scope and cantilever mount. The weapon is air-cooled, gas-operated and magazine-fed. The rifle is effective in close quarters combat and in the conceptual squad designated marksman role, the later capability being replaced by the M110A1 Squad Designated Marksman Rifle.
Specifications:
- Caliber: 7.62mm
- Magazine Capacity: 20 rounds
- Weight: 12.12 pounds (with equipment)
- Length: 44.3 Inches
- Barrel Length: 22 inches
- Range: 800 meters