aerod1
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What are the advantages / disadvantages of the M240 vs. the M60 machine guns? Differences?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Pro's: Weight of the gun, weight of the ammo, rate of fire.
Possibly length.
Con's: effective range, round damage.
There is no "German version". The M-60 is a mishmash of design features, including the Lewis light machinegun and the German FG-42 paratroop rifle.The M-60 was a good gun. The German version it was based on was much better (higher cyclic rate, better barrel shroud that protected better, easier barrel swap), but leave it to engineers to fix something that works well.
You never used one did you? The M60 was the machine gun in Infantry units for most of my career. They suffered from a multitude of design problems including many parts that could be assembled wrong by the soldier.The M-60 was a good gun.
Me neither.I never had an M60 jam with live ammo,
Me neither.
But then again, they were almost new guns in 1968-69-70 when I was using them.
And there was apparently a lack of proper training on how to take them apart and put them back together in later years training programs.