Note the loading procedure with cover down. This was how belt-fed weapons were normally loaded. Given the M60 lacked provision to automatically align the feed cam lever, keeping the cover closed insured this was never out of time with the bolt.
At 2:45 in the video is a demonstration of sustained fire with a M122 tripod and T&E. Note the bipod works as a handle to remove and handle hot barrels.
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hubie townsend
Mar 01, 2011 @ 09:30:16
I can’t help but notice a change in how we teach cocking machine guns. Palms up, palms up—– more strength and less chance of hand injury against the receiver
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John M. Buol Jr.
Mar 01, 2011 @ 14:16:47
True. It also seems that proper gunnery skills used to be taught but have largely been forgotten. Note the difference in how the demonstrator in this video uses the T&E compared to the typical fumbling you see on Army machine gun ranges today. Note too that the AG used the bipod to effect a barrel change without needing an asbestos mitt and loaded with the top cover closed.
At any rate, I thought it was a nice look at how things were done, or at least how the Army officially said they were done.
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Bill C
Mar 01, 2011 @ 17:21:13
(3 yrs National Guard, Infantry) for a while I was the gunner on the Browning LMG and had to give instructions on Care, Cleaning and Safety. “Thumbs up” to avoid injury or losing your thumb to a “cook off.”
(3 yrs Regulary Army, Artillery) for a while I drove an ammo truck with a M-60 attached to the overhead ring. I liked the M-60. It was easier to carry.
I never had a malfunction with either MG.
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