To: SAMWolf
Can someone in the know fill me in:
Which ones are M-29 SAWs and which ones are M-60s?
My guess would be this one is an M-60
1
And these are M-29's
2
3
4
Thanks...
To: pittsburgh gop guy
Not sure what that top one is, doesn't quite look right for an M-60.
13 posted on
11/17/2002 4:04:41 PM PST by
SAMWolf
To: pittsburgh gop guy
To: pittsburgh gop guy
Looking at it some more, I think the 1st and 3rd pics are M240's, which is the replacement for the M60.
In particular, look at the end of the buttstock here:
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m240g.htm
versus in this thread. Note you can click on the pics at fas.org for higher resolution pics.
Also, note the front sight differences. Pics 1 and 3 in your string have a blade type front sight, while 2 and 4 have ghost ring front sights.
To: pittsburgh gop guy
All of them are M-240B machine guns. They fire the same 7.62mm round that the M-60 fired, but its barrel is much easier to change out and it has higher rates of fire (although the old heads at my unit tell me the sound the -240 is not as intimidating as the -60 was).
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