The M60 is a belt-fed machine gun that fires the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge (similar to .308 Winchester), which is commonly used in larger rifles, such as the M14. It is generally used as a crew-served weapon and operated by a team of two or three individuals.

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 American platoons’ M60 machine guns played a decisive role in those fights. 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.

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 M60 was more-or-less replaced in US military service by the M240 general purpose machine gun, this based on the Belgium Fabrique Nationale FN MAG 58 model. The M240 also fires the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge through a gas-operated, open bolt action.

2021年9月14日 · A U.S. Navy SEAL team member fires an M60 lightweight machine gun from the shoulder during a field training exercise. Image: Tom Laemlein. Running a belt-fed machinegun out of a moving helicopter is an incomparable rush. …

2023年6月12日 · The M60 machine gun, also known as “the Pig,” was used widely in the Vietnam War to become one of the most iconic weapons in American history.

America�s first machine gun designed to fire the new cartridge was the M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, built by Marmont in Saco, Maine. The weapon feeds from 100-round linked metal belts of ammo loaded from the left side.

2021年9月2日 · Born out of a fusion of two WWII-era German designs, the original M60 had several engineering flaws that lead to its replacement by the M240. But in 2014, Denmark adopted the M60E6 as the...

The M60E3 7.62mm machine gun is a lightweight, air-cooled, disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, portable or tripod mounted machine gun designed for ground operations like its predecessor, the M60. It is gas operated with fixed headspace and timing which permits rapid changing of barrels.