Tag: Mk 14 Mod 1

MK 14 MOD 1 is a variant of MK 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle is a battle rifle and a designated marksman rifle. It is not much different from the MK 14 MOD 0. The significant aspect of difference is it’s a bit more lengthy barrels. Where the MOD 0 has the barrel length of 18 inches MOD 1 has barrels of 22 inches long. Primarily it was built for the special use of the United States Special Operations Command like United States Navy SEALs, Delta Force and other task specific ODA units. Though belonging to the type of battle rifle and designated marksman rifle, it has precision and accuracy almost of a sniper. It was originally designed by Mike Rock and Jim Ribordy in 2001. However currently it is being designed and manufactured by Smith Enterprise Inc. along with other manufacturers like Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, CheyTac Firearms (US) and Colt Defense Systems. It is in service since 2006 among the US armed forces and has been vastly used in the War in Afghanistan and the War in Iraq.

Chambered for 7.62x51mm NATO cartridges its effective firing range is 500 m without optics and 800+ m with optics. However it can fire up to 2.5 miles at point targets. This gas operated rifle weighs 11.24 lb. (5.1 kg) and is 35 inches (889 mm) long with a barrel length of 22 inches.