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My comments on the “Death of Machine Gun Gunnery”  apply mostly to United States troops.

If this video is any indication, Canadians appear to get it (at least they try to use Fire Commands):

Here are Brits “singing Gimpy”

Sadly, I have not yet found an equivalent video featuring soldiers from the US. If you have one let me know!

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.