I agree 💯.. I'm old school Infantry ( 1976/79), Mannheim Germany. I had many joyful days with just about every weapon I could get my hands on..never a dull day.🪖🇺🇲🇺🇲

dont drink the water

@@jamesmitchell3432 To late. I was there from 1980 - 1982 2nd Combat Engineers 2nd Marine Division. Get letters from lawyers every week about the water. Although I wasn't a grunt, got to have the m-60 as my primary weapon after being the A gunner for almost a year. Being the a gunner means I got the privilege of carrying the tripod and extra barrel. Of course being with Engineers meant I didn't carry it much. Mostly just at the range. That weapon was kick ass to fire.

M60 was a copy of the German MG 42, not as fast though

Of course, but that is for sustained fire over a period of time.

I also shot the M249 SAW , but I don’t remember the suggested rate of fire for it

@@MARedlegI have a SAW video coming up, stay tuned.

@@wanneroo7106 cool, looking forward to it!

I never realized how quickly M240b and 50cal (especially 50cal) barrels overheat until we did our crew served weapons training in the Navy. Didn’t think you had to change the barrels out so regularly!

Aite, so the Thompson, Chicago Typewriter So M60, Hells Typewriter. Got it.

​@@cxvghf93387u or typewriter from Vietnam

One of the most underrated comments I've ever come across

Funny, the 1927/1928 Thompson Machine Gun is called the "Chicago Typewriter." This is called the "pig" and the "Vietnam Typewriter."

A bullet might have your name on it, but an M60 addresses them to "Whom it may concern".

Ya know the"MILES EQUIPMENT" used on your weapon(s)..my friends found out a way to use it without even firing a single round,and getting maximum hits..every time!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT..Ft Irwin, California,1981/84..NTC🥵

My uncle was originally an infantry gunner, due to his size, but then they told him he would be a door gunner on a helicopter in Vietnam. He said they would add washers(?) to the buffer to increase the rate of fire and air blowing from the rotor blades would keep the barrel cool.

@@BrandonLeeBrown I happened to use this machine gun in Europe, it has an unreliable cartridge belt feed system, the components of the gas system work loosely, which leads to delays in firing, the bolt uses the firing pin as a support surface, which leads to irreversible damage to the firing pin, the bolt guide rod is made of low-quality steel, the trigger mechanism is subject to rapid wear, to increase During its service life, it is necessary to pull the trigger as hard as possible each time, with maximum amplitude. The main problem is a very fragile slide guide rod, a very weak pin spring for fixing the firing control handle, in addition, the machine gun is prone to spontaneous disassembly during rapid movement, sometimes the bolts of the receiver attachment are cut off during prolonged firing.

@@user-xb9mg7du9u Well the other modification was mounting a beer can under the belt, to make it more reliable. There are different versions of the M60.

@@BrandonLeeBrown Beer cans for cartridge belts in our unit (International Legion Defence of Ukraine)were used with MG42/59 machine guns of Italian production, otherwise very often this machine gun carries out a double feed.

Was looking for this! 😂

Ain’t war hell?😎

And that’s no shit either.they were all certified..😎😊

I found a way to not only pass inspection but actually impress my DI , it's a hard pill to swallow , but I always passed the white glove test , even in the field...I literally took my M60 in the shower with me , the soap and hot water and shower spray did a very thorough job and being hot it dried very quickly and completely.

@@Steven-bk2ez Yeah. I did that a lot. I also kept a hair dryer in my room just to dry off my weapons 🤪

@@Steven-bk2ez These comments are the most 'Murica I've seen today. Is she good in bed too?

This should be top comment

The M-60 is one of my favorite guns to shoot. This one runs great on Hirtenberger. I've shot a 240 but it's not the same.

@@wanneroo7106 Same here. I’ve done the 60 only once in my life and the 240’s a number of times but humping it just sucks with the extra weight over the 60. I prefer the former any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

In a direct action/contact Ambush you would.

@@daviddistefano7520 been in direct action and short bursts keep you alive. It wasn’t WWII didn’t ever waste a full belt just ripping off rounds. Suppressive fire was the objective. Earned my CIB as a pig gunner.

Oh STFU. who cares. Buy your own and do what you will with it.

Actually, 6 to 9 round burst is doctrine. I used to carry it as well.

@@LA_Commander I was a pig gunner during Operation Just cause. Don’t know what they train now but we were trained to not just rip off a belt unless we wanted to die as you well should know we are targeted as the superior firepower weapon.

My favorite gun, the sound, the recoil cadence, all that. Yes reminds me of the Huey, I grew up with Huey's constantly overhead all day long at various Army bases and miss the sound of the old UH-1.

@wanneroo7106 I loved the sound in Tour of Duty, Ruiz and the Pig were one of my favorite things in the show

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Freedom from what exactly?

You sure she didn't say "Yes drill Sergeant"!

My favorite machine gun to shoot by far.

@@wanneroo7106 oh hell yeah

@@wanneroo7106 Wasn't it fairly unreliable when wet and dirty? I think it got the nickname Pig for a reason lol

Call that the Border Toy..😮

We know that, we aren't looking for sustained fire in the field. This is for fun.

@@wanneroo7106 No mean to offend or any disrespect . This weapon is extremely exhilarating to operate , had my share, but still wear the burn scars of the flash suppressor. Please keep safety number one . Thank you for the video , I enjoyed seeing the weapon again , and seeing it in action was as well . I am a 3rd generation veteran with wartime service in the U.S. Army. Best job I ever had!

@@Steven-bk2ez Not offended at all, I've been getting a lot of comments lately about how it was run in the field and I get that and wanted folks to know, we are aware and just shoot machine guns for fun. In fact this particular gun is getting old and it's only shot in 10-20 round bursts these days. Stay tuned, many more machine gun videos I have to post and will be filming more interesting and rare machine guns this year.

I beat ya. 1980 Ft. Mclellan. M.P. 11th bn. Charlie co. 4th plt. FUN TIMES! 😂 We were one of the last companys to be issued. O.D. fatigues and actually had to buy, out of our own pocket, 1 set of the cammie"s to graduate.

BTW.... did you McClellan shut down and WHY? If not..... PLEASE check into it. Toxic waste/cancer risk. Google it.

BTW... did you know ft.Mac shut down and WHY??? Toxic waste/cancer. PLEASE check into it if you didn't know. You can Google it to find out about it.

@@rickbrown7287 Went thru Ft. Benning OSUT Infantry in the summer of 1981 and we were issued the OD green baseball uniform.

It never gets old. M-60 is my all time favorite gun.

This is just for fun guys, we're not in the Nam or anything.

You'd melt the barrel by then, lol! This particular M-60 they ask only to do 20 round bursts at a time these days because it's getting old and these guns wear out.

550 Rof is very low. Many are much higher.

exactly what I was thinking

You can but no one will hear you over the 13 seconds of 160 db!

No they never do. I always make sure I take them all out no matter what.

Don’t trouble or worry yourself, Mr. M-60 is alive & well.

I'd say the M-60 is probably my favorite of all time. I just shot it again this month and put out a new video a week or so ago, check it out.