I see now I left out some details on this. The team did NOT bother us with a single M60. 303 Brens they were converting large numbers of.īut we did get to fire both versions the Lithgow built Mk2 and L4s. The SAFactory at Lithgow had decided not to de-accurise the. The Small Arms Trials and instructional team who ran the course were coming to the end of testing the MAG58, and told us that it was going to be adopted. I and all the RAReg’t Corporals who were most of the students were delighted that the M60 was going. Guess what were waiting for us on the course? L4 7.62 conversions of NoStock Bren Mk2s. I had of course managed by that time to ‘live with’ the M60, and train soldiers to do so.
In 1976 I was a Sergeant student at our School of Infantry in Singleton, NSW, Australia. The belt holder was as you say a complete piece of crap. You wouldn’t want to try changing the barrel without the asbestos glove (ASBESTOS!!!!!) which easily got lost. They fell apart fairly quickly, due to the violent action of the bolt, (in a gas operated weapon, yet) and the crappy construction. I’d like to mention, in passing that I already hated M60 GPMG’s anyway. Where breaking the belt is all you can do, and tear you palm as well, often! Yes I have had a few M60s run away on me. It is a powerful point that Kirk has identified other issues like wear on the sear and trigger. I enjoyed the course and did well, averaging a 95% result on the SLR L1A1 (aka FN-FAL). This was when I was back as a part-timer (weekend warrior) Infantry Sgt, and a student on the Marksmanship and Coaching Course at our Infantry Centre. When they were ALL worn out, Australian soldiers were utterly delighted by the issue of Aussie rebuilt (Lithgow SAFactory) L4 7.62 Nato versions! I was briskly taught the Bren in an hour by very happy Royal Australian Regiment Corporals. I never experienced one failing in action with a good crew, until many thousand rounds. To keep it nice and short the M60 was a very good weapon when you were firing it at an enemy and a complete PITA the rest of the time, including barrel-changing during an engagement. Who’s going to carry the spare barrel?!!! Another item for your number 2 to deal with along with ammo. Ii) No barrel handle & the asbestos glove with steel staples for twisting the barrel off, would get lost almost as quickly as you stopped carrying / keeping the point zipper bag.
OTOMATIC M60 TANK FULL
I) difficult to carry with a full belt, the canvas & cardboard belt containers did not last long IME. There are too many flaws inherent to the design and implementation of that gun to call it even an acceptable combat weapon, when considered against the full range of characteristics that such a thing requires.
On a range? It’s nice, but that’s about it, and the root flaw in all of it is that it is supposed to be a combat weapon, not a range toy. The weapon is horrible, once you start trying to actually use one in realistic combat conditions. Even that’s questionable, given the care you have to take with trigger control in order to keep wear down to the point where you don’t need to spend a day or so patiently stoning away the burrs and peening. It only “handles well” so long as you leave out the crappy belt carrying “system”, which consists of cloth and cardboard that doesn’t like to stay on the gun’s crappy little feed tray, and if you leave out every other aspect besides firing it. So, I’ve got a bit more time running those things than the average commentator. Lifetime, cumulatively, probably close to 100,000 rounds fired personally, that I would attest to, and probably even more that I can’t–And God alone knows how many I’ve supervised being fired in training and qualification. I’ve got rather a lot of rounds through an issue M60.
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