The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from a disintegrating belt of M13 …

Apr 1, 2002 · The new T161 weapon was modeled after the T52 series but developed with improved mass production techniques incorporated into it. In addition, the T161 series had the …

Apr 9, 2024 · Despite tipping the scales at 23 lbs., the T161 was adopted and re-designated the M60. The BAR weighed about 16 lbs. The open bolt, gas-operated, air-cooled, and belt-fed …

The M60 machine gun was what the military called a “crew-served weapon,” requiring a team of three soldiers to transport, load, and fire it. It was capable of several types of fire: grazing, …

Feb 20, 2023 · The gun weighed almost ten pounds less than the M1919A6, tipping the scales at around twenty-three pounds. The T161E3 was adopted as the M60 on 30 January 1957. The …

Apr 24, 2023 · The T161 Barrel will have a stamped bipod yoke. True T161s will also have different shaped flash hiders (less pointy). The Gas cylinder on the T161 is also machined …

The M60 machine gun is a gas-operated, belt-fed, air-cooled weapon which fires from an open bolt and in automatic mode only. It has quick-change barrels with no need for headspace …

Jul 7, 2011 · The M60 is a gas-operated, air-cooled, belt-fed, automatic machine gun that fires from the open-bolt position. It has a maximum rate of fire of 550 rounds per minute.

Jun 16, 2016 · Though the M60 is reputed to have a mercurial nature, overall it has proven to be a reliable, robust weapon. During its development, one T161E2 machine gun was put through a …

Jul 22, 2022 · Refined in multiple phases, the final iteration before formal adoption was the T161, which in the end was very close to the M60 that would be America's chief infantry machine …