October 9, 2021
Never Mess With the M-60 Machine Gun
Forty-five nations continue to use the M-60 as their heavy-hitting, general purpose machine gun.
by WarIsBoring
Here's What You Need to Know: The U.S. began to phase out the M-60 in the 1990s, but it’s still in use.
Perhaps no other firearm is so closely associated with the Vietnam War — or pop culture spin-offs — as the M-60 general purpose machine gun.
Portrayals of the M-60 in the hands of American soldiers range from the sublime dignity expressed by the “Three Soldiers” statue in Washington D.C., to the over-the-top destruction of the fictional town of Hope, Wash., by Sylvester Stallone’s character John Rambo in the film First Blood.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/never-mess-m-60-machine-gun-194763
