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Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for sharing the video "US Ordnance M60E6" focused on this 7.62mm machine gun [air cooled, belt fed, bipod mounted crew-served weapon - gunner and assistant gunner].
I well remember firing the M-60 7.62mm machine gun in the 1970's and 1980's
I expect much of the following paragraph about the veritable M-60 PIG is still applicable to the M60E6
"The M60 is belt-fed, and commonly employing disintegrating links. It has a 500 to 600 round-per-minute rate of fire. The M60 has an open bolt, gas-operated firing system. This means that the firing mechanism holds the bolt back before firing and when the trigger is pulled, a spring then pushes the open bolt forward, loading a shell into the firing chamber while closing, and then firing a round. The captured pressurized gas from the spent round is then employed to eject the casing and repeat the entire process. The M60 can be fired from a tripod or bipod, and can also be fired without the aid of a rest. A variety of ammunition is compatible with the M60 including tracer, ball and armor piercing types."
https://www.guns.com/news/reviews/us-ordnance-m60
FYI LTC Wayne Brandon LTC (Join to see) MSgt Robert C Aldi CPT Scott Sharon CMSgt (Join to see) SMSgt Tom Burns SSG Donald H "Don" Bates SSG Jeffrey Leake Sgt (Join to see) SGT Randal Groover SGT Rick Colburn SPC Mike Lake PO3 William Hetrick PO3 Lynn Spalding SPC Mark Huddleston Rhonda Hanson SPC Jordan Sutich PO3 Craig Phillips PVT Mark Zehner
I well remember firing the M-60 7.62mm machine gun in the 1970's and 1980's
I expect much of the following paragraph about the veritable M-60 PIG is still applicable to the M60E6
"The M60 is belt-fed, and commonly employing disintegrating links. It has a 500 to 600 round-per-minute rate of fire. The M60 has an open bolt, gas-operated firing system. This means that the firing mechanism holds the bolt back before firing and when the trigger is pulled, a spring then pushes the open bolt forward, loading a shell into the firing chamber while closing, and then firing a round. The captured pressurized gas from the spent round is then employed to eject the casing and repeat the entire process. The M60 can be fired from a tripod or bipod, and can also be fired without the aid of a rest. A variety of ammunition is compatible with the M60 including tracer, ball and armor piercing types."
https://www.guns.com/news/reviews/us-ordnance-m60
FYI LTC Wayne Brandon LTC (Join to see) MSgt Robert C Aldi CPT Scott Sharon CMSgt (Join to see) SMSgt Tom Burns SSG Donald H "Don" Bates SSG Jeffrey Leake Sgt (Join to see) SGT Randal Groover SGT Rick Colburn SPC Mike Lake PO3 William Hetrick PO3 Lynn Spalding SPC Mark Huddleston Rhonda Hanson SPC Jordan Sutich PO3 Craig Phillips PVT Mark Zehner
The US Ordnance M60 is a general purpose machine gun chambered 7.62 NATO. It was officially adopted by the US Army in 1957 after over a decade of development and served, most notably, as a squad automatic weapon during the Vietnam War and was also employed ubiquitously by militaries worldwide. In the 1980s the US …
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Jack, CW5 Jack Cardwell, I really want and would love to thank you: for mentioning my name! That is very kind of you; and, Jack, I believe you to be a very kind man. ENJOY, JACK!
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I wonder, if the M-60 cost during the day $8000, I wonder what the cost is for the upgrade. Must be close or more. Nice to see.
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