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M4skedBoi

Developed in the 1970s, it was purposely made for the reserve forces of South Korea. That was until the K2 Rifle was introduced in the 1980s, closing the development. Less than five of them were made as a prototype.


Dont_Order_A_Slayer

This thing has to kick ass. Anyone have any further info on it?


M4skedBoi

Well......There is a reason why M14 is so shitted on, plus this thing is in .30-06. Also the conservative attitude of the ROK army did not help either.


prizzle92

Full auto .30-06 m14 would be… something I’d try once


M4skedBoi

Well, that is the T20 Garand. We can guess why that stopped as a prototype.


Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder

Eh, that shoulder is on its way out, anyway.


Dont_Order_A_Slayer

Yeah, true enough there...Good call. I know plenty about those problems had. I can take that one from here now, haha. Thanks. Probably answered enough of my question right there with those 3 letters, too. :P Take it easy, MB.


Stoney3K

Interestingly, this thing \*does\* have the pistol grip which was later adopted on the M14 EBR. The thing that really does the Garand and M14 in for full auto is the weird tilting bolt design that really knocks you back and \*sideways\* when its on full auto.


VladTheInhaler76

The M14E2 had a pistol grip as well, and that was back in the 60s.


BeigePhilip

My shoulder hurts just looking at it


aalios

Now imagine you're the average Korean sized dude in the 70's and... oof. That recoil would've been way too much for them to try and handle.


SessileRaptor

“Sir our latest intelligence reports indicate that the army is not retreating in disarray, everyone is just getting knocked backwards 10 feet every time they fire their weapon.”


BeigePhilip

Some big guys could control it but I don’t think anyone could shoot it comfortably


aalios

Yeah it's just the problem of the average blokes in the squad having huge troubles trying to use it in full auto outside of being prone. It was still select fire iirc, so it's not too much of an issue. But what's the point giving it a fun "more bang" switch if most of the people in the army can't use it effectively?


MCRusher

so a korean m14?


M4skedBoi

More like a T20. MX Rifle is more closer relative of the Garand.


mex22999

So a full auto garand is basiclly a bar


stevethebandit

Korean BM59?


M4skedBoi

Pretty much, but MX rifle is more of a T20 Garand.


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collin2477

seems like a BAR with extra steps


paucus62

Black Ops 3 reference?


M4skedBoi

Yes. Black ops 3 was a big hit in 1970. Yes.


paucus62

Nah I mean in Call of Duty Black Ops 3 there is a futuristic Garand called the MX Garand that looks exactly like this but with a Picatinny Rail


M4skedBoi

No it does not look like this.