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Rifle Evaluation Study.


ADA046961

Publication Date 1962
Page Count 18
Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the employment of small arms to determine the desired military characteristics of a rifle; to assess the M14, M14 (USAIB), AR-15, AK-47, and SPIW to determine the preferable weapon in meeting the desired military characteristics; to make recommendations on retention of the M14, adoption of the AR-15, and development of the AK-47 type and SPIW.
Keywords
  • Rifles
  • Automatic weapons
  • Combat effectiveness
  • Human factors engineering
  • Performance(Engineering)
  • Reliability
  • Machine guns
  • Semiautomatic weapons
  • Weight
  • Length
  • Muzzle velocity
  • Military tactics
  • Field army
  • Military requirements
  • AR-15 guns(5.56-mm)
  • M-14 guns(7.62-mm)
  • AK-47 guns(7.62-mm)
Source Agency
  • Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category
  • 79G - Guns
Corporate Authors Army Combat Developments Command Fort Belvoir VA
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 197804
Rifle Evaluation Study.
Rifle Evaluation Study.
ADA046961

  • Rifles
  • Automatic weapons
  • Combat effectiveness
  • Human factors engineering
  • Performance(Engineering)
  • Reliability
  • Machine guns
  • Semiautomatic weapons
  • Weight
  • Length
  • Muzzle velocity
  • Military tactics
  • Field army
  • Military requirements
  • AR-15 guns(5.56-mm)
  • M-14 guns(7.62-mm)
  • AK-47 guns(7.62-mm)
  • Non Paid ADAS
  • 79G - Guns
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