Oct 6, 2021 · A Marine on patrol crosses a rice paddy in Vietnam holding an M60 machine gun in 1966. Nicknamed “the pig” due to its size, weight and sound, the gun struck fear into enemy …

In the Vietnam War, the M60 was used in every conceivable role for a machine gun: mounted on trucks, jeeps, armored personnel carriers, and other vehicles; on tripods inside fortifications; on aircraft and boats. The M60 saw its widest use with American infantry forces on the ground in …

Marine fires his M60 machine gun at an enemy position during the Battle of Huế in Vietnam War. In the 1980s, the Army partially replaced the M60 by the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon within infantry squads.

Mar 15, 2022 · The M60, introduced in 1957, incorporated features of the German MG-42 machine gun and FG-42 assault rifle. It fired over an open bolt, used a disintegrating link belt feed and had a quick-change barrel.

Nov 5, 2019 · In this short video, Vic Renza describes carrying the M-60 Machine Gun in Vietnam. He begins by talking about how he carried it, how much ammunition he carried, and cleaning the weapon. He then discusses “the first time I almost got killed,” March 22, 1967, in a fight against North Vietnamese Soldiers.

Sep 14, 2021 · In Vietnam, particularly early in the war, helicopter door gunners frequently hung a standard M60 from a bungee cord and used it for suppressive fire. Innovative gunners sometimes chopped the barrels short or affixed a spare pistol grip to the forearm with pipe clamps.

Apr 5, 2020 · M60 gunner in Vietnam. Selected by the military in 1957, the M60 was used as the broom to sweep the older M1919 machine guns, M2 and M3 carbines, and even the few remaining Thompson subguns out the door.

Derived from the German MG42 of World War II, the M60 was the standard platoon machine gun in Vietnam, replacing the M1919A6 Browning .30-caliber machine gun. Ideally served by three crewmen, the machine gun’s bulkiness and weight earned it the moniker “Pig.”

May 17, 2021 · Richard Martinez served as a machine gunner on an M113 with the 3/4 Cavalry during the Vietnam war. A couple of the former gyrenes from GunMag Warehouse took him out to shoot an M60 machine gun, the same type of MG he carried in 1968.

Jun 21, 2020 · In many ways, the M60 machine gun became an inseparable part of the helicopter war in Vietnam. To get a better idea of how the M60 was used within the tight confines of a helicopter, I...