Armed in 1969 Vietnam

[@johnknouse8846]

My dad, who passed away 2 months ago, was a Vietnam vet. My all time favorite picture of him, is him, out in the jungle somewhere in Vietnam, with belts of ammo wrapped around him, an M60 on his shoulder, and a Marlboro red hanging from his lips. Really miss him.

[@hickok45]

That WOULD be a great picture to cherish. I have a picture of my dad on Utah Beach. It's a couple of days after the invasion. It's one of my favorites. Also a pic of him in North Africa in full uniform with his 1911 on his hip. He was in a Truck Company.

[@johngibson7307]

I feel your loss my friend my uncle Marvin was also a Vietnam vet he was a tunnel rat there are pictures of him holding his tunneling flash light and pistol with flash suppressor one hell of a man died from skin cancer about one year ago a very well loved man 😢 God bless your family I'm sorry for your loss it's hard losing the greats of that generation

[@danielcollins8631]

My condolences

[@4192362]

@@hickok45,what division did your Dad serve with? North africa to France was a very tough war

[@Ruger44Redhawk]

Mine too. He passed when I was in college twenty years ago. Combat Vietnam vet, Green Beret with 3rd Special Forces earned the Bronze Star with 'V' Device, two Air Medals and Two Army Commendation Medals. Have them framed with the patch they wore 'Bravo Bears Mekong Delta' 1968-70. 3rd Special Forces Group motto "We do bad things to bad people." Hardest working man I've ever met. Heard some of his crazy stories and have an entire binder full of the letters he wrote home describing what they were going through (in a safety deposit box). If you knew him you would never know he was a combat vet let alone a Green Beret. Miss him immensely.

[@comicalblues9152]

This guy must have had an awesome childhood to have Hickok45 as his dad.

[@Skunk_works_]

Did Hickok45 pass I’m revisiting this channel after being away for a while

[@Skunk_works_]

@@VictoriaCortes1717 ahhh okay this scared me for a sec

[@MikeM10293]

@@Skunk_works_ John does videos from time to time. He’s usually always the one showing off the m60

[@Skunk_works_]

@@MikeM10293 ohhhhh okay man so I’ve really been gone… damn

[@jinxed_jinxed_3443]

Yeah I can see it now, young john jumping all over the place as Hickok was firing a 1911 at his feet shouting "dance boy dance."

[@bobrub]

Hey John, The 60 was 90% of the time sling hung around your shoulder and hip fired when patrolling. Only used as you demo'd at firebase or nite camp or the range when first meeting the 60. Everyone in patrol carried a can of linked 60 ammo as it was our savior in a fire fight .... 1971 101 Abn 3rd/187 Inf.

[@wamp9175]

Thank you, Patriot.

[@chicorodriguez3964]

Thank you welcome home brother

[@DouglasMcDani]

Hooahh

[@Julian-bq9qv]

All The Way !

[@Gmar69]

I can approve of this video from my time in Vietnam. Semper Fi 3/4 Marines.

[@johnsimms818]

Hey John , John here and I was in QuiNhon Vietnam in 67/68 I the Army drove a 60 ton landing craft and when we would convoy we had a mounted ma duce the pig and each crew member carried an m-14 .enjoyed the video thanks .

[@mikereinhardt4807]

I was a door gunner/crew chief on a "C" model Huey gunship in 66/67. We had four M60s on the wing stores and one hand held free gun in each door. Our door guns were striped down to reduce weight. No stock, sights or bipod. We also had a metal box that attached to the side of the weapon and held two 100 round boxes of ammunition. It had a wire strap that went over the top so you could fire it in any position, even upside down if you needed to. We never fired 6-9 round bursts. One load in the box, 200 rounds, was just enough for a pass. They called the box an assault pack. I have never seen one since. As the gun would heat up we would lean further out in the door to get more air flowing over the barrel. At night the hot barrels would become translucent and you could see the shadow of the bullet travel down them. They are one hell of a good weapon and more than one grunt owes his life to one...

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

Maybe you are talking about the M60D or "Delta" version, which had dual spade grips at the back, and trigger linkage to allow a rear trigger.

[@keonimiller6869]

Wow man thats two great facts to bring up so someone can replicate or illustrate one of the assault packs. The translucent barrels are a trip too awesome

[@gantz4u]

Well I think he was doing a real service to the vietcong suggesting an AK as a trophy. Probably more like an SKS was a real trophy and the mostly was armed with Mosin Nagant Carbines but I could be wrong. T. Never served.

[@geno5592]

Get some!

[@Spit_In_Your_Eye]

Thank you for your service sir

[@razieldrakis]

🇺🇸 My uncle was in a Vietnam War Vet, he was attached to an engineering group as a Grenader and was issue a .45acp 1911A1 and an M79 40mm low velocity launcher. He had also carried an M2 .30 caliber Carbine too from time to time. He made it back home but, is currently no longer with us. Rest In Peace, Bill Oliver! 🇺🇸

[@seeratlasdtyria4584]

I knew one infantry guy that lugged one of those around; the other guys would laugh and joke about him sweating up a storm , but EVERYONE knew that when the "chit hit the fan", he'd be the guy to MORE than even up the odds, along with the guy with the 12 gauge, which was me:) Hearing that 60 come to life brings back one hell of a lot of memories, a few of em good.

[@mustangtonto5862]

Thank you for telling us…and, thank you so very much for your service…in what had to be a hell hole!

[@johnnymexico4751]

Like wasting commies 🤣

[@sunsetarts]

As an old grunt myself I can attest. The M-60 earned it's name as the Pig when you had to haul it around. It's still a lot of fun to shoot though. Just don't expect the same shot group you'd get with the M-16. The AK isn't very accurate either.

[@jonHErickson]

Your dad seems like a cool guy. Cool dads are the best.

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

I absolutely love the "Armed in..." series.

[@sonicimperium]

M60 - the pig! 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@theequalizer9154]

👍

[@giljensen1132]

Loved that weapon I carried it for years

[@blood4708]

@@giljensen1132you are one big boy then

[@garymessina1609]

Fired one from the door of a slick

[@RamblinRoadies]

M60 was my carry '71-'73

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

My father-in-law is retired military and was a combat photographer during that time. My husband is also a veteran and i was introduced to my husband and father-in-law’s world when i started reading the journals of both. I grew up im Japan my life was always quite sheltered and awakening in this world makes me feel that i owe a lot of respect to men like my husband and father in law.

[@rburrows7786]

As soon as the Pig opened up the zips kept their heads down. Red Johnson carried the 60 in our squad. He was 150 lbs but tough as nails. We all carried as much 60 ammo as we could on top Of our own ammo. It was a beast and she was beautiful. 1st Cav C company 68-70. You never forget the sound of a 60, or a Huey. Nothing else sounds like them

[@JonFox-t5x]

I served as a Pershing Missile crewman from February 1983 to February 1987. I spent 3 years in Heilbronn Germany. We didn’t have an infantry battalion attached to our unit so we were trained to do our own infantry work. I carried an M60 and my M16A1 at the same time. Spare barrel and ammo too. We carried live ammunition because of being a nuclear weapon battery. The weight I carried was crazy. We had no sidearms but did use m203 grenade launchers and m72a2 LAW rocket launchers. We spent a lot of time at the range and used up all the ammunition that was more than three months old after the cans were opened. Many rounds down range and lots of hours pulling guard duty. It was exhausting to say the least but I became a man overnight basically. Thanks for all the videos and support of our second amendment rights!

[@nicklewis7291]

There were WW2 era 1911s in Iraq. Special forces guys preferred them over the Berettas. Even though they were around 60 years old at the time, they did their job.

[@bryona5271]

I’m calling bs. Got proof?

[@nicklewis7291]

@bryona5271 Well, I believed the SF guys that were there. If it's a lie, they're the ones telling it. As far as Berettas go, I had nothing but junk Berettas when I was in. I'm glad I never had to depend on my side arm.

[@codyi7102]

@@bryona5271 the marines used alot of ww2 1911's to convert them into musoc1911's. Musoc later turned into marsoc

[@michaelsantoro170]

1911s were issued to the marine expeditionary forces and Marsoc ect, but they were heavily updated 1911s. I haven't heard of anyone using a ww2 era 1911a1 that was hanging around in a desert for 70 years, but I'm sure a few people definetly got their hands on some relics over there.

[@nicklewis7291]

@michaelsantoro170 They may not have seen action in WW2, but they were old. There's details that I don't remember, I've never been SF. It was cool to see 1911s being carried though.

[@DJ-xl8xh]

John … Good job …. Your descriptions and story telling are getting so smooth. Keep working at your craft. You’re gonna be a great success like “Pops” 👍

[@rarunion]

Nice video. I carried an M60 with a Barretta sidearm in the early 90"s in the USMC. My Unit went into Mogadishu Somalia Dec 1992. We needed more gun trucks so I strapped down my Tripod on the turret of a vacant TOW variant Hummer and away we went. Paired up with my buddy Shabty with the same setup on another truck. Two truck team doing QRF for Mogadishu Airport, security for convoys, and sometimes rode along with foot patrols for extra firepower. 60's are great Guns and extremely effective in the hands of a trained gunner. But you know technology advances and time seem to always push us to another level. The M240 has shown itself to be very reliable, durable, and more versatile. Some years after Viet Nam the M249 SAW was added into the equation as a great weapon for foot patrols. Not as powerful per round but lighter weight gun and ammo with a higher rate of fire.

[@johnhall3824]

This is the best video they have done in quite a while. Bravo, John!

[@Jr-qo4ls]

Thanks for bringing back some memories of when I was a 60 maggot for a while in the 80’s. Love hearing the song of it firing. Also like to sound of the 45 hitting those metal targets.

[@mikekelly9851]

A friend of mine who is an ex-Vietnam vet told me they would pick up the AK because they would run out of ammo for their M16 being in the middle of the jungle so they would pick up the AK from the dead Vietcong along with their ammo. The AK holds more rounds than the M16.

[@tomscott5054]

Nice video. I used to carry an M60 in the USAF in the early 80s. (2nd Security Police Squadron, Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, Louisiana) I had a 28 inch waist and weighed 125 pounds! Most of the time, the gun was in the back of a pick up truck as we drove the perimeter fence.

[@Julian-bq9qv]

The AK's heavier and larger round was also superior to the M as far as crashing through dense brush and foliage- not as likely to deflect off of small branches, leaves etc.

[@stephanrehwald4942]

😢

[@everready19373]

Forty years ago I read a book called Guns Up!. It's about a M60 machine gun team in Vietnam. I remember it being a good read but, I was 20 back then.

[@alanparker7191]

Hey John nice work taking over for your father on the video. As an aspiring gunsmith myself I enjoy all your videos. Nobody does it like him. He’s my dads favorite firearms guy on KZbin as well as mine since gunny passed away. Talk facing the camera more is my only advice. It engages the audience a little bit more. Your explanations are well enough so don’t sweat the pauses bc there’s a whole bunch of information going into everyone of the firearms from history to mechanism functions as well as demonstration. Your doing great! Keep up the good work.

[@X2_DACA]

My dad was 65-66 Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry Division - 1st/12th C company. He trained with the M14 with the 11th Air Assault and then switched them to the M16 just before going with the Air Cavalry.

[@diamondanimations1561]

M60 will always be my favorite machine gun no matter what

[@jeffbetts4254]

Me too

[@1337fraggzb00N]

MG 42 enters the chat

[@jeffbetts4254]

I must add at least for me the M16 A2.

[@kaminsod4077]

Same, it's my ultimate dream gun. The likelihood of me ever owning one is nil, but I still love it.

[@leMercenaire667]

​@@jeffbetts4254That's not a machine gun

[@Jaxon1776]

Such a great video. Love all those guns. Good work John

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

In 1969 I went through Infantry Officer Candidate School, I was 19 and weighed 160 pounds. I was issued the M-60 machine gun. I carried that weapon for 6 months. It was a memorable learning event, as I learned the guns strengths, weaknesses, and how to employ it. Later when I was a platoon leader, the M-60 machine gunners were my best men. My defenses were always built around the M-60, M-79 grenade launcher, and support artillery. In the assault, the M-60 gunners would lay down suppressive fires on the assault objective. Fantastic weapon inspired by the German MG-42.

[@mlitz90]

you were in officers school at 19? How did that come about?

[@ftdefiance1]

Ironically I served active duty from 1983 to 86. Every one of those guns were still in service

[@CameronMcCreary]

I had a relative who was in Vietnam at daNang and he brought home a couple of 1911 WWI pistols and four 1911A1 pistols. Later when I was over 21 in the 1970s he sold me a 1911 WWI pistols as I was in ROTC at the time and asked him if he would sell one of his. I always enjoyed shooting this old pistol occasionally. What, no M14?

[@fredwhitten4862]

You don’t have to be funny anymore you got this well done!!!!

[@h-towncc1588]

God I love the sound when he fires bursts down range 🔥

[@clayleone9111]

It's so crazy how good this footage is for having been filmed in the 60s!

[@james1795]

Lame .

[@stonerman15]

The 3 round burst sounded so good From both the m60 and Chinese ak. Love all these.

[@dcrickerson7611]

Great video! (RIP, LCpl Steven A. Rickerson, KIA September 15th 1969)

[@miikdaniels1439]

Awesome sound on this video, the compression on the camera mic works well, lets you really feel how the guns sound without overdriving the mic.

[@alanphelan-l6d]

After a year in the second ranger battalion, just after our field trip to Grenada, I was sent to 1/52 INF MECH in the FRG. My third day there, while still inprocessing, my squad leader threw an M-60 on my bunk and said, "You my new pig gunneh. Since you come from da ranger battalion I figguh you wont cry about it." That night I was in the field and finished inprocessing when we returned a week later. I humped the pig for the next two and a half years and got pretty good at it. I always used the boxes and prepped them with the ends of the belts sticking out so they could be linked together quickly if needed. No exposed belts hanging out to get caught in the brush or criss crossed across my chest like fucking Pancho Villa. I could hit my targets with one to three round burst. when I used one round to hit a target 800 meters down range the range sgt smacked me over the helmet with his clip board and said, "That's an area fire weapon not a sniper rifle!" I used to shoot all the far targets that were my responsibility then shoot the close targets the rifle guys hadn't hit yet. I could load, fire reduce stoppage and clear in 30 seconds and disassemble and reassemble blindfolded in under four minutes with about a minute spent getting the feed tray hinge spring back in that mutha fuggin tiny hole in the reciever. I hated lugging it's 27 lbs ( loaded) on a foot march but loved it pulling air guard with my head sticking out of the track while my squad mates got seasick when we went up and down the hills. I loved warming my hands over the barrel during the winter. Most of all I loved the feeling of absolute authority when that bitch started barking and anything I pointed at went down most ricky tick.

[@markcolt1114]

If this is a lie, then you're a damn good writer.

[@veeso3500]

Winter in nam?!? Come on man lol that’s funny.

[@ianmcdonald3053]

Your so lucky, I live in Northern Ireland and we could never have fun with guns like this, no shooting ranges, we can’t even carry a pocket knife anymore, closest thing we got is a bow and arrow to have any sort of target range fun! I know if I was an American I’d be into guns, ranges etc

[@bn-tc2tk]

My family came from Ulster, cmon down. We’d love to show y’all a fun time lol

[@leMercenaire667]

​@@bn-tc2tkwhat you need is an alternative Ulster

[@DylanConroy04]

What we need is a United Ireland 🤝🇮🇪

[@caseygragg9416]

Come on over man, there's room for ya

[@17rabbitage]

Keine Schießstände? Und ich dachte in Deutschland wären wir schon schlecht dran. Hier kann ich wenigstens Mal schießen gehen aufm Stand mit Freunden

[@joshuabravener3856]

Thanks for this clip it sounds like magic when I hear the guns and the story about how the gun were used and show how they work

[@user-gd6rp5cqp]

The sound it makes is very special .

[@davidbuldini8385]

Thank you for the Video, John!!

[@richardpickett3882]

John you are supposed to walk the rounds into the target. Just a tip from an old 60 gunner.

[@wertz987]

Wow, I for some reason didn't know you sound exactly like your Dad.

[@holyhandgrenadeofantioch422]

As a formal m60 gunner, this vid reminds me the days when I was in service 😂😂 Well, parts were worn out heavily cuz it was already old ass gun in my day. It didn’t shoot well, jammed like hell but the weight and sturdiness of m60 gave me pride that I am doin my job

[@superb63amg94]

M60 E1 was a beast. The E6 is even better.

[@unlimited8813]

Last weapon I fired in Australian Army 1988. Good to see you fire as we trained on the range. From shoulder advancing on targets different positions. Link hanging over arm. 👌

[@seangilbert19658]

I love the M60, qualified with it over in Germany in the 80’s!

[@victorygarden5773]

Thanks for the history/info. Godspeed.

[@dinxsy8069]

A single M60 sounds scary as f**k, i can't imagine what it would have been like in real life with multiple firing along with the other AR's, grenades going off, mortars etc along with the enemy fire. Respect to all that went through Vietnam and previous wars/battles

[@dcb805]

Never saw an AR in country 71/72

[@dinxsy8069]

@@dcb805 I don't understand?

[@jcc3999]

No ARs in Vietnam or any other time in any other wars because the military does not use them they use m16 select fire sog had car 15 select fire m4 select fire never use AR 15 semi auto only rifles

[@kylewood8327]

I grew up in the 60’s and the moon landings were just awesome IMO. Viet Nam was in the news every night with Walter Cronkite, and the Beatles Let It be album has been one of my favorites ever! Great video man 👍🏻

[@_marlene]

seems like a sane opinion to me! To the moon on juiced-up WW2 tech....and then back safely!!! It is mankind's greatest work I think. All that cold war (and even some late WW2) aerospace stuff is still from the future as far as I'm concerned.

[@kiteman357]

I was an M60 gunner in the 80's I always had an assistant gunner.

[@loulunetta425]

I remember, December 1, 1969 when they drew the draft numbers based on birthday. I pulled 295. At the start of the war, the M14 was the cats meow. On the nightly news, in B&W, everyone had one except officers...think they had the M1 carbine. In junior high we had a color guard that marched with M14 replicas. Maybe that is why I love my mini14 and M1A today.

[@johnwray393]

I have the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine. One day I'll eventually add the M14 to join the family. I've only ever shot the mini14 as you mentioned. Need to find the real deal.

[@BrandonTilley-vo7mc]

I watched this channel though my grandma's death moms and now dads. Thank you for always being here for me.

[@hickok45]

Life can certainly be rough. Eventually, we all experience a lot of loss. It just doesn't seem fair at all. So many good people we've known and loved just don't exist anymore.

[@BrandonTilley-vo7mc]

@@hickok45 yessir that seems to be the case. But what we learn and who we teach from what we learned carry's on always. Thank you.

[@soxbearshwks8988]

3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66 i carried an M-14 and .45 caliber side arm my whole tour

[@greenbroccolistudios1275]

*fortunate Son intensifies*

[@kiteman357]

I served in Panama and Saudi Ariaba. Never had a problem.

[@mrdato116]

Crazy how much m60 looks like MG42. Whole receiver part , grip amd stock really look like MG

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

You are right... I often wonder what the designers were thinking, taking so much of the styling from the German gun, plus the bass-ackward functional features like bipods on the barrels and carry handle on the receiver instead of vice-versa. "The barrel is too hot to change" really said it all. It is like it was designed by a cartoonist or other person concerned more with looks than function.

[@erikspolyssov4772]

Met a vietnam veteran that was a M60 machine gunner in vietnam when I was in highschool He was awarded two south vietnamese gallantry crosses for valor

[@johnsamuelson3234]

Great video! I’ve been reading books about SOG in Vietnam. All you need are some Claymores, Toe poppers and a Car-15.

[@dcrog69]

Car 15 would be sweet to see.

[@bayoustateoutdoors9650]

Reading “Dynamite” by Dick Thompson right now

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

When I carried it for part of my year in Vietnam ( 1968 , 173rd airborne brigade) i enjoyed knowing my buddies were carrying my spare ammo. And lots of it.

[@Powerayd]

The design on the m60 and just how it sits man is that gangster AF

[@danielwatson4653]

Great video! Yes, 1969 was a year full of iconic events.

[@StabbinJoeScarborough]

The Manson Family

[@Taty6260]

Awesome video. Really enjoyed. Thanks guys 🇺🇸

[@Dutch-RD2]

Love these videos 💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@rossincognito273]

Good gun talk and a good comedian

[@coopandcarter]

I think these machine guns can actually spend money faster than the government.

[@RealG.Washington]

I thought that truck driving by in the first minute was a chopper flying over at first that was perfect haha

[@PyroMotteFullHD]

That is a cool video! Best regards from Germany 🙂

[@Kamal_AL-Hinai]

Heil Reich

[@randallcampbell510]

I'm so sorry you missed it. It was the era to be alive in. You seem righteous. All good. Go on.

[@bhoward9378]

Hi John, great to see you back again! Did those box loads come from the factory like that or were they put together in the field? This is the first time I've ever seen them.

[@troylindstrand9619]

The cardboard, waxed, box with cloth bandoleer were factory loaded. Some training ammo were not.. i was in during late 80s and had a mix of ammo issued depending on whether we were at a fixed range or in the field for a live fire operation.

[@randymiller2482]

Shoot low and walk it up to target. Was a gunner in 87 & 88 AG fed the belt that is why so didn't use the box.Assentant gunner. Jumped it out of a airplane that was a challenge.82nd Airborne what a way to make a living.

[@markspolarich]

60 gunner 85-87 2/508, 3/504 AATW

[@CivilianTactical]

“I’m told we landed on the moon…”

[@jacob5058]

With improved technologies they cant seem to do it again not even elon musk lol.

[@StabbinJoeScarborough]

​@jacob5058 Actuallly , we've been 5 x , last time was in 1972

[@wanderinggeri8477]

I’m told the Woodstock happened in ‘69 too, but I wasn’t there…so…

[@ConfedVet]

I carried a M60 back in the 70's and sometimes a M16A1. US Army Retired.

[@theequalizer9154]

👍

[@john4K47]

Thank you for your service

[@smileygladhands]

Thank you sir!

[@Darjan_Spasojevic]

Thank you sir!

[@steveneastland4128]

Wonderfully well controlled recoil on the M60

[@clintonsmith9931]

Walked along side a dude (much larger than me) one dark nite . He carried the 60 and two belts of rounds. I carried two cases of ammo for him . That was a long nite.

[@ELGG1894]

We never should have been in Vietnam. Cool guns tho

[@Rustebadge]

As a class 3 dealer, I sold a couple of M-60's. One was a NIB Maramont with extra barrel. Very cool.

[@jakem1tanker]

Makes me miss my old diesel mechanic mentor he was a m60 gunner in Vietnam great men and memories.

[@Grunt-pr7od]

Every grunt carried two bandoliers across their shoulders for the m60.

[@Edgy01]

I loved the M60. Had my introduction to it while in Army ROTC. A pretty good substitute for a BAR. Have humped a lot of belts of combat mix. About glossed over was the importance of the asbestos gloves used to switch out hot barrels during a battle. We used the ammo as packed in training. In combat, I’m sure you did whatever worked the best!

[@gotchagoing4905]

I flew two tours behind a 60. Damn dependable too. I carried an extra barrel and an extra bolt, just in case. On my second tour I did experience a constant failure on my pig all of a sudden, while I was returning fire. This went on for a few more missions, which had my boss breathing down my back, understandably too. I tried everything I knew to correct the problem. Finally I stripped it down to the bare receiver and took it into the hanger to give it a dye penetrant test, and low and behold, a fine line crack almost the length of the receiver. That explained why the jams after 8 to 10 rounds. I told my scout plt leader, and showed him the receiver. That cleared me with my boss, and he got me a new, and I mean a brand new receiver the next morning. I put my pig back together and we went out hunting the NVA, we were up on the DMZ. It didn't take long to get shot at, and I with a working pig returned fire without a glitch and I got them.I was an Air Cavalry scout. My avatar is me next to my ship. Did I mention they got me too...

[@skootr924]

I was 4, and glued to the TV watching the moon landing. Little did I realize my favorite car was in production.

[@Loveroflife5.0.]

RIP to all Vietnam veterans ❤🇺🇸

[@jasonferry4318]

Firing the M60 from shoulder mount like a boss. That was awesome. I love that weapon.

[@madpackrips]

When I was in the army in the late 90s we had a 2 man team for the M60: the gunner and the guy spraying WD40 at the bolt to keep it from jamming every few rounds. My old unit went to war in iraq with those worn out weapons in 2004!

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

I was a small arms repairer in the 1980's and those M60s would drive us and the infantry guys nuts. They'd always be complaining their gun jammed every few rounds, like stovepipe jams or failure to eject, so I'd go out on the firing line to watch and without exception the guns would eat up belt after belt without a hitch while I was watching. Of course I'd replace extractors or anything else remotely connected to ejection to try to fix the problem (or at least settle down the gunners) but the complaints went on and on.

[@semlohde1]

Add the C ration can for the feed. I'd send ya a pic, OH-13 Scouts, 68.

[@echohunter4199]

I’m just a retired Army Infantryman and the M-60 was 23 pounds of fun and a gunner had to take his job very seriously, we don’t give the pig to just anyone, he needs to be able to know when something is off and needs attention. He needs to keep his ammo clear and ensure it’s feeding right. The rate of fire is just right, it’s not too fast where it eats up all the ammo before the platoon/team/squad can maneuver into their positions. In an ambush, the sound dominates the kill zone not to mention the rounds cutting the enemy in half. I carried one for a few months in the mid 80’s and you better know what you’re doing, for longer engagements, you engage the enemy with a “cone of fire” and arc the rounds into the kill zone with 6-9 round bursts, and all you old Grunts out there will recognize the words in what I mentioned. I always put a few rounds of tracer 10-14 rounds from the end instead of the end that way I knew I still had one good burst left in case an enemy thought I was empty, I could still deal with him. Always carry a spare trigger pack leaf spring and spare drift pin since they could work their way off if it’s well worn, you could use some 100 mph tape to secure the spring just to be safe. Always carry your ammo in the upper internal pocket of your ALICE pack, you can squeeze 300 rounds in there pretty easily. I’d carry 50 rounds in the gun then 2 more belts around me and my A gunner carried a couple more belts and he’d connect the ammo belts once we started to engage a contact. But the M-240 is pretty amazing, we did some wicked stuff with ours in 2003-04 (2-6 INF, 1st AD).

[@Odog6856]

Best soundtrack! Along with the M60, best M60

[@brucemanow2629]

Armed in 1969: U forgot the M 79, 40mm grenade launcher. "The Thumper".

[@raymondquave2843]

I carried the 60 believe me it was heavy I snaped two 100 rd belts together an slung belt over shoulder,, the only problem with them was cooking a round or jamming,, 1969 company B 3/1st infantry 11th brigade central highlands 1 Corp Americal division or 23 infantry

[@HearGear]

If you got hit by an M60 in the war, you are gone, such a powerful weapon.

[@Jimmyneutron443]

It’s always nice to see John every once in awhile….he reminds me so much of his dad and there both really tall 😂❤

[@northstar7501]

Uncle is a Vietnam vet and carried the M60 in the bush. Crossed ammo across his body and someone carry extra ammo. Told me some stories about snipers in the trees and would level a forest with the M60.

[@that1electrician]

John wouldnt kill the enemy- but he would definitely scare the crap outta them 😂😂😂

[@ProbInsane]

Always like when John has his own videos, of course the old man himself has a plethora of knowledge on so many things especially living through the times but John still knows his stuff and has some cool video ideas. Love yall and happy shooting!

[@invisiblerevolution]

I LIKE the way it sounds! 😊

[@scott_3800]

Hey guys, watch you all the time. I have a Casull Ca 3800 for sale. After major eye surgery my shooting days are over. Also have the 45 barrel, over 300 rounds of factory ammo, 100 new brass, all used brass. Springs, and rcbs dies. Original owner, bought it when I was younger.

[@spacenut58]

You have your dads voice John...and that's a very good thing!

[@EDKguy]

Shoboom! Those rounds hit fast! Nice one John.

[@bigdikannonannon152]

The M60s used in VN had a magazine bracket riveted to left side of receiver channel…The weight of a100 rd bandolier on a sheet metal bandolier hanger like you have in the video would tear the rivets and feed pawl pin right off a M60 feed tray…the genius that designed that obviously never intended it to be carried by a human being.

[@ssarkees]

Holly crap! That thing (M60) is awesome!