The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from a disintegrating belt of M13 links. There are several types of ammunition approved for use in the M60, including ball, tracer, and armor-piercing rounds. [5]

The M60 machine gun was what the military called a “crew-served weapon,” requiring a team of three soldiers to transport, load, and fire it. It was capable of several types of fire: grazing, plunging, flanking, oblique, and enfilading.

2022年3月15日 · The M60, introduced in 1957, incorporated features of the German MG-42 machine gun and FG-42 assault rifle. It fired over an open bolt, used a disintegrating link belt feed and had a quick-change barrel. The M60 was lighter than the M1919A4 and A6 Browning machine guns it replaced, but early models could be unreliable in Vietnam’s harsh ...

2021年9月2日 · Here’s What You Need to Know: The M60 has come a long way from its Vietnam-era iteration. The M60 is one of the enduring symbols of the American firearms industry. Born out of a fusion of two...

2020年9月24日 · Watch this American Rifleman "At The Range" video segment above to learn about the M60 general-purpose machine gun chambered in 7.62 mm NATO.

2020年6月21日 · The first of its kind in U.S. military service, the M60 General Purpose Machine Gun replaced at least three other guns. Nicknamed “The Pig,” it saw service on the ground, on the water and in...

2023年8月10日 · The Maremont Lightweight Machine Gun M60 was developed by Saco Division, Maremont Corporation of Maine to provide for a lighter and, therefore, more versatile version of the M60E1. The bipod was affixed to the receiver and a carrying handle was installed onto the barrel itself to also double as a barrel-changing hand grip.

2021年12月2日 · Rather than being a heavy ponderous piece lacking a quick-change barrel feature, like the Browning M1919A4/A6, the M60 is a true General Purpose Machine Gun. Fired off the bipod it can perform the role of a light machine gun. Its relatively light 23-pound weight allows the gun team to keep up with assaulting infantry.

2022年1月25日 · The M60 machine gun is as much a symbol of the Vietnam War as the peace sign. This weapon was loved and loathed – it was a heavy load to carry, but when you were in trouble, the hard-hitting wall of fire the M60 could chuck at the enemy had your back.

2013年5月29日 · The M60 machine gun was a mash-up of technology of WWII, captured from the Axis, and the weapon that saw the US through Vietnam and in the current wars in Iraq.