Was it even worthwhile for the US military to have adopted the M-14? It was maybe especially unsuitable for use in Vietnam, but it was superceded almost about as soon as it could have been. Would the US have been almost just as well off keeping the M-1 until the M-16 was adopted? Or, put another way, if the US could have adopted it in 1943, would it have been a better weapon in WW2? |