First for you, last for me. As an E5 in the Scout Platoon I was supposed to fill a Bradley gunner slot, but the platoon sergeant asked another E5 & I who were ETSing not long after our next annual gunnery if we minded letting a couple of promising E4s take the gunner slots, since they'd be around longer, and we'd lead dismount teams. So my RTO would pack his M203, and I'd take either the M60 or my M16, depending on what we were dismounting to do.
PITA to lug but boy howdy, cut loose with a burst and watch the crunchies scramble for cover. :)
It's that sound. The M-60 sounds like a machine gun is supposed to sound.
My only complaint in carrying it was it was a stone bitch to do bounding overwatches when you were the Pig Man. Bouncing to your feet and moving in 5-5 second rushes is much easier when you're carrying a M-16.
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Date: 23 Apr 2010 02:50 (UTC)PITA to lug but boy howdy, cut loose with a burst and watch the crunchies scramble for cover. :)
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Date: 23 Apr 2010 14:09 (UTC)My only complaint in carrying it was it was a stone bitch to do bounding overwatches when you were the Pig Man. Bouncing to your feet and moving in 5-5 second rushes is much easier when you're carrying a M-16.