M14

This is a page for the M14 Rifle, were you looking for the M14 EBR of Battlefield: Bad Company 2? The M14 is an American semi and fully - automatic battle rifle firing 7.62x51mm NATO cartridges and has a 20 round magizine. It was the standard issue rifle for the U.S. Armed forces from 1957, replacing the M1 Garand, to 1970, being replaced by the M16 Assault Rifle. It was used extensively during the Vietnam conflict, but was phased out very quickly during and after that conflict. However, some marksman rifles, like the M21 and M14 Mod 0 Enhanced, were derived from the M14 platform and still see some use in modern day.

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 2-3 body shots or a single head shot. Its high recoil can make tracking long range targets difficult, but going prone makes recoil so small that it is nearly obsolete. It has a noticeable firecap, making close quarters engagements difficult. 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 and fastest reload time. It also has the lowest accuracy, the largest hipfire spread, and the highest recoil, limiting the user to fire in bursts at mid-long range to maintain accuracy. Its sights are very similar to those of the M1 Garand from the base game. It is comparable to the G3 in the base game, as it has high damage, low rate of fire and high but controllable recoil and a small, 20-round magazine.

Videos
Video:Battlefield_Vietnam_M14|Gameplay with the M14 in Battlefield Vietnam, on the map Operation Irving Video:M14|Gameplay with the M14 in Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam at Operation Hastings in Rush mode