Its recoil is rather high when using the T button to alt-aim, particularly the vertical recoil, especially when spraying. The M60 is a high capacity belt-fed machine gun, with 100 rounds per belt. To this day, the M60 serves with many other nations, including the Czech Republic, Denmark, and Malaysia.
Remaining M60s were modernized and upgraded into the M60E4 and the M60E6 variants, which continue to see service by the U.S Navy Seals and U.S Coast Guard. Most M60s in an infantry role were replaced by the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) in the 1980s, and in the 1990s, vehicle-mounted M60s were mostly replaced by the M240B, the US military designation of the Belgian FN MAG. However, by the late 1970s, the M60 was beginning to show its age, and the U.S military looked to update their GPMG arsenal. It was also among the first machine guns mounted on helicopters, making the first helicopter gunships. 308 Winchester cartridge, a round typically used in larger rifles.ĭuring the Vietnam era, it quickly became dubbed as 'The Pig' by American troops due to its bulky size and tendency to attract mud. The M60 is chambered in the 7.62 ×51mm NATO or the militarized. It borrowed many elements from the German MG42 and the FG42, borrowing the FG42's operation and the MG42's feed system. It was introduced in 1957 and has served with every branch of the U.S. The M60 is an American general purpose machine gun (GPMG).
