Since I mentioned it yesterday...

[gridlore]

Here's the M-60 machinegun. 23lbs doesn't sound like much, but then you have to carry the thing over 15 miles of razorback ridges and brush. Oh, that firing from the strap thing? Pure Rambo. Half your rounds are going over the horizon if you do that. You get down, put the weapon on it's bipod, and lay down a curtain of fire - in 7 to 10 round bursts, of course - that skim in about a meter off the ground. Two M-60s (which is what an Infantry squad had back in my day) can create an impressive kill zone.

Machinegunners are traditionally known as "pigmen" in the Army.

Comments

[fragbert.livejournal.com]

I *loved* my 60. The poundage was worth it.

[john-appel.livejournal.com]

I was a 19D (Cavalry Scout) but humped an M60 for my last 6 months or so as a dismounted team leader. My RTO carried a 203, so between the two of us we could pack quite a punch if we couldn't sneak out of or past whatever trouble we got into. :)