HOW IT WORKS: The M60 Automatic

The internal functioning explaining all internal mechanisms associated with it's gas-assist design.

[@dwightturner3070]

I was a Marine stationed at Camp Geiger in 1965. I got to fire an M-60 only once when we went to the field to toss grenades and get trained on grenade launchers. I was amazed at how little recoil it had. The M-60 was a perfect match to the M-14 rifle. They both used the NATO 7.62mm ammo. Those were the good ole days.

[@cavscout62]

All these years have passed and I still have very fond memories of the M-60 and always will.

[@baddog5936]

I had a gunsmith put the front handguard from one on an 18" 12g Winchester in place of the wooden pump. Looked bitchin, gave it a real military trench broom look and worked well.

[@mattmarzula]

@@baddog5936 Sounds like abuse of a firearm. Considering you had another person perform such a simple task for you, I'd say that you have more money than brains. Here's hoping you're rich.

[@tombogan03884]

You must have got a new one. The rest of us know that if your trigger pack can fall off it's a POS. Same for shooting out it's gas plug. Should have just adopted the FN /M 240 in the first place.

[@renaissancemarinetv3536]

i carried an M60 as a young lance corporal and loved that heavy gun! my platoon sgt. taught us how to use it for indirect fire, a forgotten art. in the hands of someone who cares for it the gun is awesome.

[@burdofr7524]

Renaissance MarineTV awww good times i used to be lance corporal we used an m60 i got one with a handle grip on the handguard. I belive it was an e3.

[@dormandavis2767]

I remember my Military Police days in Germany 81-84 on an M151

[@546cowboy8]

I had to qualify with one and man I loved that gun. FYI I did qualify First Class Gunner which is expert and the effective range is 1300 meters.

[@stevehammond9156]

The key to long life in the PIG was making sure that the feeder pawls were properly (but not OVERLY) lubricated with CLP. They were usually the first thing to wear out so timely replacement will keep the weapon shooting reliably.

[@scottsmith1806]

That's the thing about the old M-60 and older M-16's. The break-free coating should be as light as possible. It should be there, but drenching the parts is actually worse. Attracts dust and dirt like a magnet in a pile of iron shavings.

[@robertvaughn7036]

Was a team leader for the M60... loved this weapon!

[@Krazyvet666]

URA!

[@m3nj051]

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[@GlobalOutcast]

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[@TralfazConstruction]

Fired one of these while camping at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in 1968 with the Boy Scouts. I was 12 at the time. The Weapons Instructor informed us that every fifth round was a tracer. Fair enough. Before we got to unleash mayhem on the course with the M60 the instructor demonstrated the M16 Recoiless Rifle which was setup in a two point sling and sure enough the rifle barely moved when he squeezed-off several rounds. When my turn came up on the M60 I started slow until I was skipping rounds off of a lake what seemed like a mile away. What fun! I was permitted two turns on the machine gun after one of my fellow scouts got sick from the heat.

[@chipdiamond205]

I was a 60 gunner for four years and never loaded the belt that way. I never even saw it loaded that way. We always opened the feed tray cover. I feel like my instructors let me down.😆

[@fastdealers7793]

I fire and own a 1972 model M60 and I load it that way too.

[@Tetleyb]

Me too. Never saw that and was taught that. Film is old though.

[@fastdealers7793]

@@Tetleyb I guess whatever way works faster, unless its based on the model, because the age of the video was probably the most primitive version of the M60 right when the US made the American version of the MG42, they probably didn't think of loading it by flipping the cover up to reload it at the time or just didn't know that way was faster, either way its still time consuming to load these, but they have a lot of firepower and rounds that pay off in the end of every reload. All in all, I'd say the M60 is my most favorite gun.

[@Tetleyb]

@@fastdealers7793 I agree. They said the gun weighs 23 lbs. mine was 28. Things change and evolve.

[@fastdealers7793]

@@Tetleyb the one I have weighs 27.6lbs It's possible it may depend on the design as you've mentioned they change and evolve. They are probably making them lighter weight, but the lighter they get, the cheaper and less dependent they are (to me anyway) I have and always will stick with the older guns, because they can outlast most guns built today, not to mention they can also hold their value as well.

[@scottsmith1806]

Despite all the trash talk the M-60 got, and sometimes deserved, I loved my pig. It's funny how the loading stuff changed over time. We were taught to raise the feed tray cover to load the first round. Still... miss setting the firing range on fire. Rock and roll!

[@lkanzenbach]

i remember that too you always had to raise the feed tray to feed the first round that must of changed i guess

[@freedomlover1361]

That large demo example is super cool. Those would be useful in any firearm for all demonstrations. It makes understanding internal and unseen operations easier understood and this help tremendously when troubleshooting or fixing a problem, i.e. jam, cookoff, belt or feed paws issue, etc, etc.

[@SgtBones]

Nice, thanks for loading this up, brings back some memories!

[@hOPistos]

I like how the old timers sound in their documentaries.

[@73gmiller]

Like real men. We've become so used to snowflakes.

[@thraciuspratt4915]

The accent/cadence of the narrator is called the "mid-Atlantic" or "Transatlantic" accent. It was an affectation, or assumed accent, used in radio and film because it was easier to hear and understand on the primitive recording equipment of the time, because of it emphasizes syllables.

[@justinmorgan1739]

Me to buddy sord of hypnotic

[@elibainum1173]

@@73gmiller ok boomer

[@73gmiller]

@@elibainum1173 Sorry snow ❄️

[@itsyoboiivan3255]

Random girl on tiktok: maybe ill be tracer. Bullet: that's literally impossible I'm tracer

[@romanmendicant6864]

Is it the same man who voiced all the american tutorials in 60s ? His voice is so recognizeable. Love it. Nice Video !

[@1949man]

Thanks, brings back memories of early 70's. Semper Fi.

[@Longhorn77Gunner]

It was (and still is) a dependable, light weight machine gun. I was a Huey door gunner in Vietnam. Only two problems ever happened. 1) It would "run away" sometimes and I would have to open the feed cover to stop it, and, 2) The buffer would go bad (fire about 1/4th the rate) and would have to be replaced. Because it was air-cooled and we would fly easily at 50 knots, I could fire a minute straight without blowing a barrel- probably longer if I wanted to chance it.

[@Gamebrojeremy1]

It was air cooled? So I assume maybe the weather there effected your M60 in the jungles? I never knew the M60 was a air cooled weapon.

[@willm687]

well what else would cool it

[@Longhorn77Gunner]

I started off in the infantry before getting transferred to aviation (my MOS was 11B). There I would simply fire shorter bursts to keep the barrel cool. I only seen them piss on the barrel in movies. Bear in mind, most of the time fire fights were short and sweet. Seldom long enough to hurt a barrel. During search and destroy, we spent more time searching than destroying.

[@willm687]

i was talking to the other guy and i was saying why would it be weird for a gun to be air cooled most automatic weapons are only few are water cooled. i think gamer just dosent know what air cooled meant

[@mihaeltomasovic]

great adaptation of the MG-34! i don't know why, but i have always preferred the PKM... however, as an Army vet... i was a 240B gunner as well as a m249 gunner... i carried the m240B _almost_ exclusively after i was transferred into a different squad my first deployment which already had an m249 gunner... they needed a 240B (eventually i was armed with a 240G) gunner, so from that point on, i was the m240 gunner... i absolutely *adore* that weapon! i think it is by _far_ superior to any other belt-fed weapon. it is simply _so_ powerful it blows everything else out of the water; however, i did get the opportunity of using an early FN MAG after i was discharged at the annual machine gun shoot! it is a _fabulous_ weapon that actually led to the British to adopt the L7 GPMG.

[@chrisreynolds6143]

240b is the single sexiest weapon in our arsenal. Anybody who says otherwise never shot one, it's just so badass and it makes bad guys stfu

[@Bradgilliswhammyman]

Any powerful machine gun will do the job.

[@willm687]

well you know FN is a good company when the make all your LMG's except for the M27 and they make your M16A4's and M4's same with most nato countries they use the M249 and the MAG58 Australia and NZ uses the MINIMI models

[@myusername3689]

MG3 x FG42 = M60

[@Nguroa]

"Barrels are changed in seconds..." as long as you're on a tripod.

[@memyself-nd-i]

I was a 60 gunner, 1/502nd INF.....,,,,101st. ABN. 1984-1986 Bco. 3rd platoon.

[@jeep146]

It was still in use in the 1980's they had stopped manufacturing them and they were showing their age. I remember going to school on it at Nellis AFB outside of Las Vegas. What really amazed me some guard units were still using it during the first Gulf War.

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[@magistrumartium]

It's good to see this. Thanks for posting it.

[@littlefarmer32]

Ha an awesome piece of kit,, I remember as a soldier in the CANADIAN AIRBORNE REGIMENT, training with the 82 AIRBORNE down there, the staff sgt could strip and assemble in the dark. A great man to listen to, he could not read or write. Good times.

[@ReviewLife380]

Old is gold

[@williamtracy4453]

I liked carrying the M60 during field training in the USMC firing blanks. Never got to clean one the Armorer always took care of that.

[@dallasfan5475]

Blanks suck, unless the armorer is cleaning your weapon.

[@rickojames]

When were you in? Were you in a weapons platoon, or Motor T or something? I was an 0331 M60 gunner '75-'79, and we cleaned our own guns

[@williamtracy4453]

Mike Connelly 1988 to 93. MASS 1. We just did field training once a year.

[@scottsmith1806]

Cleaning one can be a pain in the butt. UNLESS you drag it up to the motor pool and use their Varisol cleaning station. Then? squirt, shake, blow dry with the air hose.

[@mmartinez4134]

I loved shooting this weapon when I was in the ARMY!

[@thedozeroperatorman]

I've had to fire "the pig" at night in 9 rnd bursts for so long the barrel was cherry red. Then changed the barrel with a asbestos mit, oh yea. I'd love to own the clear plastic model, it would be worth a fortune today.

[@johnrobb9408]

Feeding, chambering, locking,firing, unlocking, extracting, chambering, and cocking. Skill level 1.

[@nigel900]

I've wore a few of those out. Loved it.

[@XrayxRich]

Those were the days boys.

[@ronmangrum7073]

Oohrah, 0331 in the United States Marines from 71-77. I absolutely love this weapon! Gunner/ team leader! Semper Fidelis forever! The ammo belt in this picture is incorrect! Every fifth round was a tracer!

[@Toolmamon]

Awesome video! Thanks!!

[@williamleidy6713]

I was on a M60 team while stationed at Ft. Stewart 87- 88.

[@eleazarmiramontes8080]

These videos are freaking awesome

[@SuperAgentman007]

The thing is if you can get your hands legally and one of these older m60s you can legally buy one if you can get the license it Has to be manufactured before May 1986

[@ramairgto72]

idk, M60 always made me happy shooting it.

[@treadhead105]

Me too! I know that Peter Kokalis (SOF) wrote a lot of bad stuff about it and the '240 IS better but, I really liked shooting the '60 much more. At least it wasn't the '73/219! lol I used those too and they.....sucked.

[@perihelion7798]

Great. That guy just roasted the barrel on that M 60. Congrats.

[@gameshark9541]

Greatest lmg of the u.s. army

[@RedOrm68]

Dutch army uses the FN MAG. I've had first hand experience working with and firing this gun. Same lineage as the M60 and virtually the same specs. Beautiful gun; simple, easy to maintain, rugged and reliable. A joy to fire. Slightly less joy to lug it, its reserve barrel, tool bag, night scope and ammunition boxes around, though.

[@willm687]

In modern day militaries is it still a thing to have an assistant gunner with an LMG or is a single person expected to do that and do just other squad member carry around ammo for ya. or are smaller LMG's like the MINIMi single person use

[@RedOrm68]

No, an LMG gunner usually has an assistant gunner to replace the gunner, should the gunner become incapacitated. And to share the load. :-)

[@willm687]

pretty much the same m8 plus most soldier would know how their SAW's work even if they haven't had support gunner training

[@Ozan_Dread]

This Will Be In Your recommended One Day is just know it!

[@korvtm]

Fired this machine gun at fort Bragg,NC. Then Vietnam and was on MG crew in Korea.Never used it on a daily basis mostly training,and guard duty in Vietnam.Never had a problem with stoppages on jamming up,but in Hawaii in 1978 we had a problem with the spring clip that held the trigger group pin in place.Spring would fall out,allowing the pin to fall out, trigger group would detach allowing the gun to keep on shooting until the ammo belt was used up.Saw a German WW2 machine gun at Abderdeen Proving Ground,do not remember the Model but it looked a lot like the M60,or the M60 looked a lot like the German gun.

[@sammoon2906]

charles woods We always put 100mph tape over the clip and pin. Or, someone would 'requisition' a clip from another company's M-60...

[@michaelbain9694]

my favorate weapon the M-60, then the 50 Cal. then the M-109 big boy, all from the ole 70's...awesome page guy's...

[@montiliusbeatty9831]

M60, 50 cal, m203 grenade launcher, law 10, 90 mm recoilless, dragon antitank. 70's in Germany. 90 mm sucked to carry on long patrols.

[@darrynbellamy9975]

I love this weapon.

[@qbenalzaeen2052]

Believe the bipod attached directly to the barrel, making the barrel change somewhat awkward in that configuration..

[@ggrunt3792]

I carried the m60 during operation Dewey canyon with the walking dead Alpha 1/9 marines in the A Shau valley in the Nam shot as soon as I opened up that gun could pump out some rounds we were the first the N V A would try to take out

[@JesseKinyua07]

my favourite weapon jus reminds me back in the days in the forces and the best thing about it has lower rate of stoppages.

[@galesams4205]

a very good MG. M-60 i used it in vietnam, 23 lbs. but would rather have it than the TOY matel weapon. 10th ARMORED 4th inf. div. Ankhe.

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[@apricotcomputers3943]

Very innovative! Now go out and make us proud!

[@khaleb36]

this remind me the war in El Salvador, the military used it, as a left over weapons from vietnan, it was like a continuation Vietnan war, i did used a M16 with some marks from saigon, but i was only 15 years old, i was still a kid, but during a war, you have no choice.

[@kazeyajirushi927]

THUMBS UP IF YOU ARE STILL WATCHING THIS IN 2016

[@TheGoodCrusader]

nope I'm in da future m8

[@TheGoodCrusader]

+donald trump wot m8

[@gregorygedovinjr5623]

Watching this in 2018!

[@dogegamingrobloxdelinyozou3754]

2019

[@Woody-nc1ru]

Loved the M60! I carried the E3 and the Mk43. The MK43 was nice, didn't have to safety wire your leaf spring anymore. The duckbill worked well, when that occasional big muzzle flash would show up at night, (old birdcage FH) it kicked it to the sides instead of up your line of sight.

[@financialwolf4123]

Nice video

[@PacoOtis]

We used these in Vietnam and the videos were just as boring as they are today! The M-60 is a very formidable weapon and quite reliable.

[@mattorama]

I like how they're using it like a 1919 in WW2 tactics when in practice, the thing was used as anything but.

[@fastdealers7793]

This video is a training video for the primitive era of the M60, they probably didn't have the knowledge of what we have today to know how to reload the thing faster by opening the feed cover. regardless, the barrel had to be changed out at some point or pouring water on it. Although pouring water isn't the brightest idea, because it can harden the steel and make it more brittle and lessen the lifespan of the barrel, unless you're in combat and in a hurry to cool it off.

[@kw0s]

Such a nice gun. Can I buy one or two from HomeDepot or Sears?

[@montetowe1951]

19:06 minutes, try changing the barrel without the mitt!!!!

[@proberts34]

I was going to say the same thing, brother. I dare him to change the barrel without the mitt. :)

[@dormandavis2767]

My primary weapon while I was in Germany 1980-84. I bet anybody 100 bucks I can still break down that weapon blindfolded

[@montiliusbeatty9831]

75-78 mechanized infantry, Panzer Kaserne Boblingen. Outside of Stuttgart. Disco era.

[@dormandavis2767]

@@montiliusbeatty9831 I was in Garmisch 81-84 218th military police company

[@gordonlandreth9550]

@@montiliusbeatty9831 Good for you Bugs - I had a 6 month tour there with a battalion from the First Cav . We were at Wildflcken up in this mountain base from Nov 75 to May 76 . Loved being in Germany , got to see the Who in Munich , the Stones in Frankfurt and in Fulda we saw a new band that had just put out their second album . The Scorpions . Tough to leave Germany and go back to Texas .

[@montiliusbeatty9831]

@@gordonlandreth9550 Wish I could move to Germany. Concerts; I saw the who in Heidelberg. It started raining and everyone picked up the canvas on the ground and held it up. It's been some time since I heard Wildflicken. I remember my platoon floating down the Danou river (misspelled) on army inflatable zodiacs. All we did was float down for a week or so; stop on the bank near a town everyday. Get groceries and interact in a pub with germans whom often would not take our money, their treat. Do you remember putting tanks and apcs on the rails and being last priority for movement. We get stuck put in the boondocks for hours on the train and german kids on bikes would come. We have them money to get stuff for us in exchange for c rations. Never got ripped off by the kids. Going to the local discotec and doing the hustle five times a night. Having a Shultz beer machine by the cq desk.

[@gordonlandreth9550]

@@montiliusbeatty9831 That was the kind of stuff I remember , going to the field near the border and stoping on the outskirts of a town early in the morning , making coffee on top of the track and watching German girls walking to school . It was just so different from the training in the states , we were right out there in the cities and towns driving APC's like they were cars . We had fun , got stoned a lot , but got the job done .

[@mountainryder3056]

The "pig" was reliable and put rounds on target. Maintenance was easy and this machine saved many while eliminating those chosen........esadmf

[@spattermann5809]

I was fond of the MG-42. It was lighter, didn't jam as often and had 1200 rpm.

[@mountainryder3056]

@@spattermann5809 I carried the pig...was my best friend and my worst

[@scout4life19d]

Great weapon. To bad some thought a 240B or C was a better deal. Wrong!!!! Higher rate of fire means more ammo has to be toted. I had the pleasure of the M60D in Baghdad.

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

+Hunter Jordan Only more reliable because they are new and not worn down. Some "E4" modernized M60s are the bees knees now, if you can get them. M16 and a lot of magazines are the way to go IMO. Never cared much for the LMG concept except when staying put.

[@Socomnick]

+scout4life19d Old m60s were notorious for bad reliability. New ones might be good but the m60s were replaced for a reason.

[@gradywilkerson123]

M60-e4>m240b

[@pax84111]

Get Some! Get Some! Get Some!

[@GeneralG1810]

+pax84111 The ones running are VC, the ones standing still are well disciplined VC

[@noneyourbusines6738]

Thats my back up line right there..

[@fubartotale3389]

When I was at Ft. Hood in the early '70's somebody drugged a C.Q. got the armory keys and stole three of these. While checking outgoing cars the next day (way too late for sure) they caught a chick with an M-16 that they didnt even know was missing.

[@tonybletas930]

Mmmmmm that cam-actuated feed setup is mighty reminiscent of the MG-42! If there's no innovation, there's always imitation!

[@montetowe1951]

Why fix what's not broke?

[@ozake26]

Do you have to move the handle forward? Can ıt not move on ıts own ıf you shoot the fırst bullet?

[@josecanisales3491]

What is the chamber's "Headspace"? 1.640, Just guessing?

[@stevehammond9156]

The PIG! I will take it any day over the current M240B. It's rate of fire is less, but the BCL you have to hump is also less. And unlike the M240B which is very barrel heavy, the M60 can be very easily shoulder fired without you having to be a weight lifter to do it.

[@arnoldziffle8779]

Steve Hammond humps better too, had the 240 in Iraq up in the turret and it just never grew on me!

[@ernesthofmeister3054]

Right on all accounts, was an M-60 gunner in the Marines, later used the 240 in Iraq with the Army, way different feel and balance........thank God it was mounted in the turret.

[@lamwen03]

Huh. Not at all the way we were taught in the field in VietNam. Glad I never had to use it the way we were shown.

[@jackiereynolds2888]

Man - while he was laying on that trigger I thought the barrel was gunna smoke it.

[@akashi2286]

where did the belt go after you shoot the gun

[@bryancreech1236]

Get some ! Get some! Ya ya get some baby !!!

[@arnoldziffle8779]

0331......I humped this gun on many a 25 mile force march as a L/Cpl and later acted as a Section Leader in Weapons Plt as a Sgt.......very good weapon. (btw, I have the operating manual, if you got questions)

[@montetowe1951]

25 mile march with a M60, feel you bro.

[@lampoonluapon7786]

Good

[@geterpriffin]

I want to see that bigger model in action. Enemies would surrender just at the sight of it. LOL

[@Mrleejunman]

It's like a. 50 cal m60 haha

[@slipryeel]

I was a gunner I notice 2nd on gun didn;t use a glove changing the barrel burn your hand

[@dirtyd2316]

I’d love to own that oversized working display model of the m 60.

[@larrybarnes3920]

Ah memories....

[@kubotamaniac]

Is it possible that those guys used that machine gun without ear protection? Wow!

[@willm687]

lol they didn't have ear protection in the 60's it wasn't a thing for soldiers only nowadays do the military care for your ears

[@rickojames]

In the USMC we were never provided ear protection in the 70s. Those who were smart would rip off some cigarette filters and use them for ear plugs. I wasn't one of the smart ones, and have hearing damage in my right ear from firing the pig.

[@tuantruong9543]

kubotamaniac no need

[@scottsmith1806]

Some of the old Viet Nam guys used to tell about using .45 ACP rounds for hearing protection. Saw Gunny do that a few times myself. If it works, grunts of any branch will find the way.

[@ronmangrum7073]

Yes we did, I was one of them! Six years as a M-60 gunner/ team leader! 71-77, now equipped with hearing aids from the VA! Semper Fidelis forever!

[@Modernww2fare]

The PKM kicks the shit out of this gun

[@mohamedabotaleb7661]

I love

[@rouelibre1]

It's funny that in such an ancient film they talk about 7,62mm instead of .30 Cal.

[@qbenalzaeen2052]

The ammo designation is 7.62 x 51 NATO

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[@kennethebel7726]

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[@benzlevolz2078]

DOCUMENTARY TUBE well done

[@911povi]

Perfect for frog hunting at the local pond

[@--SHEPHERD-OF-MOTHER-EARTH--]

Interesting that back then it seemed like the rate of fire is like 600 and now its like 500 interesting

[@duchoawaterplant3099]

M60 l love it!in vn

[@cab8866]

Memories

[@terriecotham1567]

I hear it was 23 pounds of hell to carry and 23 pounds of hell if on the receiving end.

[@collaborisgaming2190]

originally however they tried converting an MG-42 from 7.92X57 to 30-06 but failed in doing so so they went to the old German weapons to see how they worked so they can make a new weapon the M60 actually combined designs from the Nazi German MG (machinegewher)-42 and the FG(fallshrimjager(Paratrooper)-gewher)-42 Designs. look at the pictures of both an M60 and an MG42 (heck try a MG34 too) and notice similarities, the Germans in WW2 were ahead of their time in weapons, it's a good thing we got them first. they almost had enough time to really capitalize on Assault rifles with the STG-44. they also had modern stealth bomber prototypes, most likely taken to area-51 where the US finally made it successful with stealth bombers. German notes were also used in Project Manhattan for the A-bomb, also the scientist to put man on the moon was a German Rocket scientists who was in the Waffen SS there was a reason General George Patton planned with Churchill to bomb Germany back to the stone age, you think blaming WW1 on Germany was an accident, they were the weapon development back bone of a war Austria-Hungary (technically Serbia did by provoking Austria) started. by the end of the war they managed to make a light enough air cooled Machine gun, the MG-15 that had LMG capabilities.

[@collaborisgaming2190]

now we got commies to worry about.

[@peterson7082]

The _M60_ was heavily influenced by the _FG-42._ It shares a fundamentally similar feed system to the _MG-42_ but information on its development doesn't seem to make any direct mention of it unlike the _FG-42._ It is also derived from the _M1_ and _Lewis_ gas operation equally as heavily to. The Germans were not ahead. They didn't have stealth, nor invent the assault rifle (albeit they did create the name ). What are you on about?

[@JonathanRossRogers]

This appears to be a US Army training film. When was it made?

[@stevennguyen1877]

Around the vietnam war era

[@JonathanRossRogers]

Steven Nguyen The M60 was introduced in 1957, so this film was most likely made around that time. While there was a war going on in Vietnam at the time, most Americans didn't hear about it until much later.

[@MrKlaudiosable]

+Jonathan Rogers Until Rambo

[@hueyav8r]

Guess they didn’t preach a short burst to keep from melting the barrel

[@MrHyde-fu5sr]

Did he say *organic* bipod? The hipsters are gonna love this

[@montiliusbeatty9831]

Organic but not kosher or gmo free.

[@ajayarjun96]

Wow😮😯😯

[@MrEroticRobot]

i think M60 has a lot in common with MG42.

[@willm687]

yeah cause its a copy of its and the FG42

[@kiraqueen1262]

And the johnson M1941

[@ubb262s]

It is a sorta copy , though the MG42 is a much better design

[@berzerker1100]

Me Profit the Johnny gun, Johnson light machine gun

[@JohnDoe-ee6qs]

Peter Cunha the US army did try a direct copy of the MG-42 in .30-06 but they couldn't get it to cycle properly, I think they didn't fully allow for the difference in ammo length.

[@williampollock1274]

The action is a lot similar to the AR15/M16 minus the belt feed system.🙂

[@atmm89]

love that gun in Vietnam

[@miabellagsd]

the pig..i love it

[@kuyajochi]

200 Water buffalos disliked this video.

[@charlessenecal4706]

The Rambo machine-gun!

[@terrydouglas5008]

The M60 is almost a clone of the WW2 German MG42. They slowed the rate of fire a bunch.

[@bobbymescer9097]

Its look like MG42 style.. anyway m60 is awesome machine gun

[@compwiz101]

Gas system more like the FG42 (which was based on the Lewis gun) and feed system from the MG42 (because it was one of the first really *good* disintegrating link systems)

[@haulinK2500]

Who chose the cover photo? Wrong weapon And it’s a flipped/reversed photo

[@wcharliewilson7004]

Wow, an MG4... I mean a T24, no wait, a M60. Phew!!

[@danielelunghi508]

ho sparato con questa arma .bellissima ...................

[@addepartmentaustralia2734]

Is it based on the MG42??

[@peterson7082]

No.