M14

fThis is a page for the M14 Rifle, were you looking for the M14 EBR of Battlefield: Bad Company 2? The M14 Rifle is an American selective-fire automatic battle rifle firing 7.62x51mm NATO cartridges. It was the standard issue rifle for the U.S. Armed forces from 1959, replacing the M1 Garand, to 1970, being replaced by the M16 Assault Rifle. It was used extensively during the Vietnam conflict, but being soon phased out, was instead used as the M21 and M25 sniper rifles. More modern versions, like the M14 EBR, are currently in use.

Battlefield Vietnam
The M14 is issued to the American and South Vietnamese Engineer kits and an option for the Heavy Assault kit. It has high damage, high recoil, a low rate of fire and good accuracy. It can kill in 3-4 body shots or a single head shot. Its high recoil can make tracking long range targets difficult, so going prone is recommended to render recoil nearly obsolete. Its rate of fire is low, so it is poor in close quarters. The M14 also has a somewhat long reload time, so reloading is recommended when the player won't encounter any enemies. It is essentially a medium to long range weapon.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam
In Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam, the M14 is issued to the Assault kit. It has a 20-round magazine and a fully-automatic fire mode. It has the lowest rate of fire of the assault rifles, but is balanced by the highest damage. It also has the lowest accuracy, the largest hipfire spread, and the highest recoil. Its sights are very similar to those of the M1 Garand from the base game. It is comparable to the G3 in the game, as it has high damage, low rate of fire and high but controllable recoil.

Videos
thumb|300px|left|Gameplay with the M14 in Battlefield Vietnam, on the map [[Operation Game Warden ]]