M14's ?

Is this a typo or is it something from a lot further back then 18 years?

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On Mon, 6/22/15, Leslie Bates (via tml list) <nobody@simplelists.com> wrote:

 Subject: [TML] Another Qurestion
 To: "Tml" <tml@simplelists.com>
 Date: Monday, June 22, 2015, 7:30 PM

 This email was sent
 from yahoo.com which does not allow forwarding of emails via
 email lists. Therefore the sender's email address
 (lesbates_traveller@yahoo.com) has been replaced with a
 dummy one.
 While
 going through some old files I found this bit of
 correspondence with SF NCO from 18 years ago.  I'm
 thinking of using this in the place of the canonical Dorsai
 organization for my bad guys.
 Well now,
 let me think. Below is all meat. HQ guys not included (who
 would equal about 60 folks altogeter.)

     Squad:

     1 x MAG58 GPMG
     2 x M79
 Grenade Launchers (Grenadiers/FT Leaders also have MP5
 SMG)
     1
 x RPG9 (Grenadier also has MP5 SMG)
     8 x M14 Rifles
     SL x MP5
 SMG

        
      ___
        
     |___|SL
        
     |
      
 ----------------------
      
 |        
 |          |
    
 MAG58     
 M79        M79
    
 Rifleman   Rifleman   Rifleman
    
 RPG9      
 Rifleman   Rifleman
    
           
 Rifleman   Rifleman

     The advantage of a
 twelve man squad is that is can absorb casualties and still
 have sufficient balanced firepower to accomplish its
 mission.

     Platoon:

     3 x Squads (36)
     1 x
 Weapons Squad (14)
        
 2 x four man MG teams (MAG58 w/tripod)
        
 2 x three man 60 mm Mortar teams.

     1 x PL (MP5)
     1 x PS
 (MP5)
     1
 x Medic (unarmed)
     2 x RTO (M14)
     2 x
 Runners (M14)

     Total Platoon
 Strength = 57. Pretty big compared to "modern"
 thinking, but lots of ooomph and staying power.

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