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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 links. There are several types of ammunition approved for use in the M60, including ball , tracer , and armor-piercing rounds.
For the majority of the Vietnam War, the principal weapon of the door gunner was a medium machine gun (MG), initially, a M1919A4 .30 caliber MG, and soon thereafter, the M60 7.62mm MG became the standard helicopter door armament system. Initially however not all helicopters were armed or outfitted with a dedicated MG for door armament.
South Vietnamese soldier with a M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle M60 machine gun – standard General-purpose machine gun for US, ANZAC, and ARVN forces throughout the war. [53] US Marine fires his M60 machine gun at an enemy position during the Battle of Huế. Colt Machine Gun – experimental light machine gun deployed by SEAL Team 2 in 1970. [34]
The main gun is the rifled 105 mm/L52 M68A1E2 with a thermal sleeve. The 7.62 mm M73 coaxial machine gun used on the M60A1 was replaced with a 7.62 mm M240C, with the same number of rounds. The M19 cupola was replaced with a low silhouette model with a pop-up hatch for the commander and a 12.7 mm M2HB machine gun on a pintle mount with 600 ...
Type: Medium machine gun. Designer/original manufacturer: Saco Defense. Weighing just 23 pounds, this fearsome general-purpose machine gun became one of the most iconic weapons of the U.S. in Vietnam.
two single M60 machine guns or Mk 21 machine guns one Mk 2 Mod 0/1 .50 cal machine gun/ 81mm mortar The Assault Support Patrol Boat (ASPB) (also known as the Alpha Boat ), was a heavily armed and armored riverine patrol boat developed by the United States Navy for use in the Vietnam War from late 1967.
M60 machine gun – standard General-purpose machine gun throughout the war. [53]: 20 M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle – used during the early stages of the war [48]: 60 FM 24/29 light machine gun – used by South Vietnamese militias [51]: 720 M1919 Browning machine gun (and variants such as M37) [44]: 11
These two- or three-man patrols used radio-equipped M151 "jeeps", each mounting an M60 machine gun, to investigate intrusion alerts, and beginning in 1969 employed two XM-706 armored cars (dubbed Rubber Duckies) and three M113 APCs previously obtained from the Army by the 1041st SPS for ammunition resupply and blocking force missions. [18]