The M60 Machine Gun

by Kevin Dockery

The US M60 Machine Gun, known as the Pig, was developed in the years after World War II from two revolutionary German designs, combining the effective belt-feed system of the MG 42 machine gun with the bolt-operating design of the FG 42 rifle. Chambered for the standard NATO 7.62mm round, the M60 was the first US-issue machine gun to have a true quick-change barrel; it was capable of firing 100 rounds per minute in a sustained-fire role, with the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849088446
• ISBN13: 9781849088442
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.1" x 9.5"