it's prolly much cheaper to make new SCARS than shorty M14's, but that's just a guess...Interesting looking weapon but really must the wheel be re-invented? Wouldn’t a cut back M14 but with a new lighter stock served as well.
Not to mention years earlier in the field.
But the M14 wasn’t an ugly black rifle.
The M14 was an outstanding battle weapon and is being used in the desert at this time by special ops type outfits.
When it comes to gov’t contracts they always seem to make a problem/solution more complicated and expensive than it needs to be...
it's prolly much cheaper to make new SCARS than shorty M14's, but that's just a guess...The M-14 is already in the field. Several in each platoon. If we have enough remaining in inventory, i could see the US issuing it to all troops in Afghanistan. It isn't really required in the conditions that were present in Iraq.
They've made it pretty damned sexy compared to the way it looked in the early 60's.
SOCOM used a version called the M-25
EXACTLY! Trust the Military Industrial Complex to figure out yet another way to suck the $$$ from our wallets to line theirs. What a bunch of maroons.
“Wouldn’t a cut back M14 but with a new lighter stock served as well.”
Springfield Armory makes a short M1A (semi-auto-only M-14) called the SOCCOM 16. I swear I’ve seen a photo of one with a selector switch too.