Isaponi ichiri kushandiswa nemauto eAmerica makore 50 mushure mekugadzirwa kwayo.
Mfuri yeM14 inoramba iri imwe yezvombo zvekare kare zvichiri kushanda neuto reUnited States.
Battle Rifle
M14 inonzi "mhirizhonga." Izwi iri rinopiwa kune zvombo zvinopisa simba rinopisa zvombo zvepfuti. M14 yakatanga kupinda mubasa reuto reUnited States muna 1957. Chimbo chacho chakanga chiri chepamusoro pfuti yeU.S. kubva muna 1959 kusvika muna 1970. M14 yaivawo pfuti yakashandiswa pakudzidziswa kwemauto neUnited States Army neMarine Corps panguva iyoyo.
M14 yakave yakatsiviwa nepfuti yeM16. Zvisinei, M14 ichiri kushandiswa pamatanho ekutanga neUnited States Army, Marine Corps uye Coast Guard. Inoshandiswawo kwose kwose sechimbo chetsika nemauto eUnited States. M14 yakapa hwaro hweM21 uye M25 sniper pfuti.
Kufambisa uye Kushandisa
Kubudirira kwepfuti yeM14 yakatanga nguva pfupi mushure meHondo Yenyika Yechipiri uye yakaramba iri muHondo yeKorea muma1950. Mpfuti yakasikwa mukuedza kushandura zvirongwa zvina zvakasiyana zvezvombo - M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, M3 Grease Gun, uye M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle. Vakuru veuto reUnited States vaida pfuti yaiva yakasimba mumamiriro ezvinhu akashata uye yakapa zvakajeka zvakashata.
Mfuti yeM14 yakashandiswa zvikuru panguva yeVietnam Conflict yema1960. Mushure mokunge pfuti yeM16 yakakwikwidzana yakatangwa muna 1970, M14 yakatora basa idzva neuto reUnited States semupfuti wekuputika. Kutaura kwakarurama kwemupfuti weM14 pamusoro pemakore akareba kwakaita kuti ive chimbo chakanakisisa chemavara.
Shanduro dzakagadziridzwa dzepfuti yeM14 dzakashandiswa nevanopinza muAfghan neIraq. Aya mafuti eM14 akashandurwa kuti aise zvikwata uye fiberglass mashizha. Mfuti yeM14 inogara ichiratidzwa pamariro emisasa, mapurisa nemamwe mhemberero.