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 M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six- barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm × 102 mm (0.787 in × 4.016 in) rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute).

2022年10月7日 · Called the M61 Vulcan, the final iteration of the weapon uses the 20 x 102 mm cartridge and is hydraulically operated, though it initially used linked ammunition. With an effective range of around 600 meters, it fires its rounds as the barrel cluster rotates. This allows it to shoot an incredible number of rounds in rapid succession.

The M61A1 Vulcan cannon is a six-barrel 20mm weapon capable of firing 6,000 rounds per minute. Incorporating the same basic principle invented by Richard J. Gatling in the 1860s, the M61A1 multiple gun barrels rotate rapidly to allow a high rate of,

The M61A1 and M61A2 produced by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems are externally powered six-barrel 20mm Gatling gun systems that offer lightweight, highly lethal combat support for a variety of air, land and sea platforms.

The 20mm M61A1 and M61A2 produced by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems are externally powered six-barrel 20mm Gatling gun systems that offer lightweight, highly lethal combat support for a variety of air, land and sea platforms.

2021年3月14日 · General Electric took up “Project Vulcan” in 1946 to develop the 20mm rotary cannon that could be capable of firing 7,200 rounds per minute. The use of multiple barrels minimized barrel erosion and...

2002年4月1日 · When the US Marines first landed in Vietnam on 8 March, 1965, their unit machine guns were still a mix of Brownings and M60s. The Browning guns remained either on vehicles, or tripod mounted along a base’s perimeter. …

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.

2023年8月10日 · The M60C "Flexible Machine Gun" was used in fixed forward-facing mountings on helicopters and close-support fixed-wing aircraft. The C-model had her sights, pistol grip and bipod assembly removed for the role and eventually proved highly adaptable across different aerial platforms.