I don’t give a fuck what the link says. The only part on point is the last line.
The authors obviously never humped a pig, the ones we had in the late 80s/early 90s were garbage. hope you have a BIG spray bottle of clp and a lot of time to spend maintaining the plastic contraption - literally hours of maint for every few belts in the field. It was overly heavy for what it brought to bear, and the ROF didn’t break any new ground. Oh and bring extra blank fire adaptors, they tend to get bendy / melty with any kind of sustained bursts.
(tho, the giant training models were kinda cool, imagine a 2x sized plastic m60 model to illustrate the operation).
it was my first belt fed mg. I vastly prefer the modern options - nothing is perfect, but I’d much rather run belts, engage beaten areas, traverse the bipod, etc., on a m240b. I’m sure the m60s we had were used up as well, but jesus
I don’t give a fuck what the link says. The only part on point is the last line.
The authors obviously never humped a pig, the ones we had in the late 80s/early 90s were garbage. hope you have a BIG spray bottle of clp and a lot of time to spend maintaining the plastic contraption - literally hours of maint for every few belts in the field. It was overly heavy for what it brought to bear, and the ROF didn’t break any new ground. Oh and bring extra blank fire adaptors, they tend to get bendy / melty with any kind of sustained bursts.
(tho, the giant training models were kinda cool, imagine a 2x sized plastic m60 model to illustrate the operation).
https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/RARE_OVERSIZE_DVC_23_5_M60_MACHINE_GUN_CLASSROOM_T-LOT654166.aspx
I have no personal experience with any kind of machine gun, so ¯\(ツ)/¯
it was my first belt fed mg. I vastly prefer the modern options - nothing is perfect, but I’d much rather run belts, engage beaten areas, traverse the bipod, etc., on a m240b. I’m sure the m60s we had were used up as well, but jesus