I managed to lay my hands on one in the ‘Nam and figured it would be the ultimate brush-cutter.
The weapon plus the steel magazines weighed a ton (the ammo isn’t exactly light either) and kicked my butt on patrols.
Wnet back to my M-14 and didn’t regret it.
I was in a Huey company in Vietnam and pilots competed for coolness with the weapons we took along.
There were M1A1 Thompsons, M3 grease guns, folding AK’s, M1A1 carbines, and the ultimate in cool, the Carl Gustaf or `Swedish K’. CAR-15’s turned up as well.
The grunts we carried made do with M-16’s. We pitied anyone we saw humping an M-60 or a baseplate.