M60 (Machine gun)

[Meat Grinder]

The successor to the BAR, and Rambo's weapon of choice. ;-)

I was taught in basic training to fire these in short bursts, but here's a demonstration of 850 rounds being fired with one trigger pull!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_machine_gun

It has almost been phased out of regular military service. A great weapon.

 

[Villiamza]

What's it being replaced with?

 

[Vartuoosi]

What's it being replaced with?

The M240 and M249.

And here's Based Ian's vid on the gun.

 

[Louis]

Added to index

 

[Louis]

 

[mTk]

ROF of 850 rds in 1minute 45 sec. Not very fast was it?

 

[Meat Grinder]

ROF of 850 rds in 1minute 45 sec. Not very fast was it?

How fast does a SAW need to be? Remember, the grunts gotta carry the ammo.

 

[mTk]

Just an ROF observation. To make it easy on the grunts we should never have made automatics.

 

[Louis]

Vomiting fire in Vietnam: the brass is flying pass his ear.

 

[Louis]

Cleaning and / or replacement of broken images.

 

[Louis]

Slow Motion

 

[mTk]

Germans would have laughed at the 550 RPM.

 

[Louis]

Vietnam war, 1972. South Vietnamese soldier with his finger on the trigger of an M60 machinegun, a trainee at a basic training center at Pleiku, 1972.

 

[Louis]

M60 machine gun, which is mounted on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to deter rioters from entering the building during the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination riots in Washington (April 1968)

 

[Gnarly]

Not sure whether its the M60, or the bayonet, that is more amazing in that locale TBH...

 

[Vartuoosi]

 

[Louis]

A Special Boat member on a hot day in Persian Gulf on 1988 with his " M-60 Back Pack" 600rds 7.62 mm ready to go.