The MG 42 was a model for the design of the M-60 machine gun, which was the US Army primary machine gun post-WWII.
No, it wasn’t the M60 is a gas-operated, rotating bolt weapon, uses disintegrating belts, closer to the Lewis Gun in design.
The MG42 is a roller-locked recoil-operated gun with nondisintegrating belts. Different in every respect.