Favorite Infantry-Portable Fire Support Weapon

[pmulcahy11b]

I remember one FTX where I had my favorite M60, and I was so sick and weak with viral bronchitis it took both hands to charge it. ( A few days later after I started coughing up blood, they put me in the hospital for 5 days, pumped full of antibiotics and steroids.)

It's surprisingly clumsy to charge an M60 from the prone with two hands.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

It's surprisingly clumsy to charge an M60 from the prone with two hands.

Try firing it without the trigger group!
Ah, fun times....

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Try firing it without the trigger group!
Ah, fun times....

I'll do you one better...I lost my trigger group on a road march at Ft. Drum. I turned an easy five-mile road march into the "Bataan Death March" as we searched for my missing trigger group. I was not very popular that day.

I also watched a new guy "disable" his M60 by slamming the feed tray cover down on a closed bolt. The "clink" of feed guide pawl bending made my skin crawl.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by swaghauler

I'll do you one better...I lost my trigger group on a road march at Ft. Drum. I turned an easy five-mile road march into the "Bataan Death March" as we searched for my missing trigger group. I was not very popular that day.

That damn clip comes off too easy doesn't it? We'd carry a spare in our webbing, along with a spare firing pin (not that the pin broke all that often).

[Rockwolf66]

Hey leg have you taken a look at the new M60E6?

I got lucky and one of my Local gunstores had one...it went fast.

Apparently they have improved most of the weapon. Hopefully this year I can get to at least see one in action. I have some trigger time on 'E3 models and I would love to compare.

[Legbreaker]

Nope, and extremely unlikely to as well. The M60 is no longer in widespread service here in Australia (the MAG 58 having taken over that role) and there's absolutely NO chance of one being in civilian hands, ever.

[Rockwolf66]

Well there are a few YouTube Videos that go over all the changes they have made with the E6 model.

Vickers Tactical

I know that LAV is full of himself but it's a great overview of the improvements.

Machinegun Mike Part 1

Machinegun Mike Part 2

now MG Mike is a channel that has lots of "cool" firearms and he talks about their history. He actually has a AKMSU clone that is 100% accurate to the original.

This last one is not a single video but a channel. It's dedicated to the M60 Machinegun. Some of the posts can be applied to other weapons systems. His "Predator Pack" is something I could see people in TW2K making.

M60 Machinegun Channel

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Nope, and extremely unlikely to as well. The M60 is no longer in widespread service here in Australia (the MAG 58 having taken over that role) and there's absolutely NO chance of one being in civilian hands, ever.

Need to move to the US - amazing what you can legally get your hands on in this country

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

That damn clip comes off too easy doesn't it? We'd carry a spare in our webbing, along with a spare firing pin (not that the pin broke all that often).

We used to screw around with NOOBs and cut the wire tie from the front sight post to the gas piston to see if they would notice it was missing before the piston "disassembled itself" during firing. It was also a sure bet some NOOB would put the piston in backwards and convert his GPMG into a "belt fed single shot, bolt action...."

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

That damn clip comes off too easy doesn't it? We'd carry a spare in our webbing, along with a spare firing pin (not that the pin broke all that often).

I started putting blue Loctite on the push pins so they wouldn't move so easily (you'd have to tap them out). Other guys cut skateboard friction tape and wrapped the pins (mine were still a little too tight for that). I also had my sight adjustments for all three barrels printed on a tag taped (with clear packing tape) onto my feed tray cover so I didn't have to remember each barrel's zero. I painted dots on my front sights with green luminous sight paint too. We even taped green "flame-retardant cloth" (like what welders wear) around the receiver end of our barrels to help with swaps when we were in the field. Melted duct tape is a bitch to get off a parkerized finish. The armorer HATED all us GPMG guys because we made so many mods to our guns. They simply weren't "inspection pretty" anymore after we got done with them.