The M-60: Rambo’s Problem Solver 

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Goldberg is one of only a few people I've seen that can make a m60 look small.

First 5 seconds of video and donuts already going FULL RETAHD

Is it just me or are Brandon’s videos steadily getting more aggressively anti gov than they used to be…I’m 100% on board😂

Bill's a great guy. My son is a huge fan, emailed him awhile back and he actually responded to him. That boys eyes lit up like ive never seen.

"A beastly burden, a drudge to hump... some loved it, others hated it. But the M60 never failed to make an impression. An imperfect hero, not without flaw... *But a hero nonetheless* " -an excerpt from the video 'M60', created by the immensely talented Ahoy.

Fun storytime: My Dad is a Marine Corps Veteran, his service being during the 1980s. He once layed so much fire into the face of a building with an M60 that *The face of the building almost collapsed* Edit: Correction, just talked with him and, in fact, the face of the building DID indeed collapse. They wanted to know if there were any bad guys in the building, so recon by fire was conducted - with extreme prejudice. Edit 2: Dad says Semper Fi to y'all and, "As you were, I'll be in the area all day."

The way bill apologized for the white claws was so soft and remorseful! Awesome colab

The 80s were a Golden Age… we knew the M60 by sight and sound. Every time we played anything imaginatively fake-violent (lol), someone invariably found a branch that generally resembled the M60 and declared themselves the squad automatic weapon operator. ☺️

Goldberg just coming up and taking the M60 is so goddamn funny to me for some reason.

The original M60 firing rate was 550 RPM. When you fly as a Scout door gunner/ crew chief we needed more fire power. So we added about 3"of extra spring to stiffen it up for about 100 extra RPM. Later they came with an adjustable buffer that would do about the same. Now doing this you had to really keep all the moving parts lubed up with a ton of LSA lube. We had to replace a lot of bolt groups because of the wear. We also took off all the unnecessary things like the flash hider, Bipods, butt stock. Cut down or removed the hand guard. I had a modified barrel called a LLRP barrel. It was cut just at the gas piston tube. The flame was about 8" from the barrel and after about 100' forget hitting anything, but we were only about 100' or less when we were working. God I do love the M60!!!

Was a 60 gunner in my Reserve unit in the late 80s. As an ROTC cadet we practiced tearing down and putting 60s together for competions. Even carryed one in my Officers Basic Course field exercise back in '92 (no one else knew how to work it). A great MG. Loved The Pig.

Taught this in the military. One thing ppl do not know about the M-60 is it kicks harder forward than backwards. That is why you can fire it with one handed. Very accurate and VERY sweet to shoot

I was an M-60 specialist instructor in the 80s and 90s. I love the PIG! One thing that stood out to me on this video is the lack of the trigger housing group leaf spring that holds in the trigger housing group pin. I'm kind of amazed that the pin didn't walk out when you were firing it. The leaf spring goes between the trigger housing group retaining pin and the sear pin on the right side of the trigger housing. If you need one, let me know.

To those wondering my age and my Great Grandpa's age, please go to the Replies section for more. My great Grandpa was an M60 Gunner in the 1st Infantry Division during his draft in Vietnam. He was an MP at a base until a Lieutenant found him and a couple more boys drunk, partying in a barracks. He was demoted, reassigned, and was expedited out to the front. I wasn't surprised one bit when my great Grandmother told me he was an Machine Gunner; he was a big guy. From the stories I remember, he was in a couple nasty battles and ended up getting hit by a Charlie Sniper. I was never told a first-hand account of his service, he only ever told my great Grandma. He was the nicest old man I had ever met. Caring, and very affectionate. Passed away peacefully in 2020. Rest in Peace, Richard "Papa Lee" Hagen.

Seeing the child-like excitement from Goldberg at 7:09 is simultaneously something I never thought I would see and something I never knew I wanted to see.

Vote for more Goldberg content, dudes a legend and one of my childhood hero’s.

My father was a door gunner on a Huey in Vietnam and told me some gnarly stories about mowing down unfriendlies when he was in country. He was never happy taking lives but he also told me the classic "if it's you or them, don't hesitate to protect your life"

Goldberg is definitely the best weapon you’ve featured on the channel so far!!!

Love it. When I served, they sent me to M60 specialist school. Got to shoot many rounds through it (appreciated the asbestos mitten they supplied during hot barrel changes).

Such an iconic weapon that I loved as a kid. When I got to my first duty station in the Army (1/503 INF) as an 11B, they still had the M60 and I got to fire it. Made me love it even more. Then about a month later we got a shipment of new M240B machine guns and turned in the M60.

My dad carried and used his M60 during the Vietnam War. God bless the veterans who didn't get to come home

“I am the Lorax i speak for the trees and the trees speak fucking Vietnamese” has to be the best Brandon line ever 😂😂😂😂

I've heard stories from people I know who were in the millatary about guys getting Rambo happy with the M-60 on the firing range and melting down the barrel. They ended up doing 4 count push-ups until the D.I. got tired of yelling

The pig was always one NOT being wanted to jump with. I was already a heavy drop, but the pig got me to the ground somewhat faster. Airborne!

My grandfather carried the m60 in both his deployments in Veitnam when I asked him about his experience with the weapon he didn't seem to have many bad things to say about it. Other than he would tie wire his gas system down like you do to prevent it from backing off during his patrols. He also told me anytime he would see movement he would just dump all 9 yards into that direction and average 2 kills that way. Dude was OG based af. Miss those stories.

I was a PIG rider back in the mid 80's. Probably the funnest weapon I had the pleasure of carrying. FYI, I was 18, weighed 130lbs and could indeed shoulder the weapon. Had to lean in a lot, but it can be done! Thanks for the walk down memory lane 🤘

Hell yes. Bill is an awesome dude. Glad to see him hanging out

Always loved Bill and every time I see him blowing shit up he moves up a notch 😂, you all stay safe ❤

My friend and former coworker went to Vietnam in 1969-70 He was all of 140lbs. and carried the Pig for a year while serving with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. He received the Bronze star and purple heart. Unsung hero. R.I.P. Jeff

Man i appreciate seeing Cody in these vids, seems like he’s actually enjoying content again. Doesn’t seem to have the burnout sads.

I was a Pig Runner back in the day. Part of the barrel change kit included what was basically a huge oven mit for hot swapping the barrel. Running tracers through that monster at night was a hell of thing to behold. You could just watch the barrel turn a nice cherry red...

The m60 holds a special place in my heart. When I was in the Marines on a range day with a bunch of 60s, An officer and I put on a demo called talking machine guns each had 200 rounds. After we put on the demo I had earned some respect from some of the Vietnam vets. for my ability to hit targets at long range firing from the hip and using the tracers to put rounds on Target.

Brandon's jokes slowly start to get more outta pocket and I love it 🇺🇸

If Goldberg had that M60 back in the 90s, he would've never lost his undefeated streak.

A seriously underrated machine gun post Vietnam. Most modern soldiers rate the heavier M240 better. But most of them never fired an M60 that was reasonably new and well maintained. Which late in their service life most M60s weren’t.

"I found an arrowhead! 😃" I love how innocent that was 😂

Happy Thanks Giving, and a hearty thank you for providing content that I love to watch.

Had the opportunity to meet Goldberg back when he was filming longest yard very nice man was cool to see him in this.

My grandpa served as a door gunner on a helicopter gunship during Vietnam, he manned an m60 and loved the gun, and he's always more than happy to share his stories of his time served there. Even about the time they blew up a village 😂

I just saw the titansofcnc vid on the new handguard for the AK-50, it looks absolutely fantastic and it makes me more excited to see it coming soon. Unlike most other people who say “where ak50”, it has given me a deep understanding of why guns take so long to develop

Man, FG 42 and MG 42 really make a nice light machine gun when combined.

Surprise of my week - I somehow did _not_ think Bill Goldberg was a RU-vid content creator. Amazing. 👍👍

I love the Goldberg cameo. He's definitely one of the best pro wrestlers of all time. Also, did Titan CNC get your 50 handguard right? I saw the video last night and it looked so cool.

I like Bill, he's good value. The two classic GOATs of belt-fed LMGs will always be the MG42 and the M60. Neither will put you at any real disadvantage even on the modern battlefield, they have the timelessness of the M2 .50cal and they'll both be around for a while yet.

I had the distinct pleasure of firing the M-60 while on active duty in the '70s. So much fun to feel a M-151 Jeep shuddering from an M-60 mounted in the back of the Jeep. The only thing more fun is firing the main gun on an M-60 tank or the M-85 electrically fired .50 cal making the tank shudder!!!! Oh what great memories!

One of the problems with the Pig as a gunner and small arms repairer is the bolt always got beat up, being chiped, bured and cracked. I stoned, and replaced many a bolt. The stupid wiring of the gas cylinder was another dumb design until is was eliminated later. The bipod legs were belt easily and of the M-60E4 put a single bipod on the receiver eliminating the redundancy of bipod on both barrels.

Thank you Brandon for the walk down memory lane! My MOS didn't put me on a range to shoot anything until, being in the Navy, I volunteered to go to Vietnam and got stationed on a river boat repair ship up the Mekong river and we got caught under fire in a no fire zone, for us not charlie, cause we were near a "friendly" village. That's when my MOS got changed to gunner, mainly because I could use a rifle better than the gunner we had. Our captain saw me taking out targets by the muzzle flash and got me to get more training at an Army base near Saigon. I was a radar operator, but after that little episode I haven't seen a radar screen, except in movies, since. 🥴😁😅😂🤣

My old neighbor was in Vietnam and this is the gun he carried. He didn’t tell me too many stories but when I got him a little drunk he told me enough to understand the hell these men went through. He said he could chainsaw the jungle with this gun and the m60 saved their ass several times throughout his time there.

3:32 one of the best bits Brandon has done, "I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees… AND THE TREES SPEAK FUCKING VIETNAMESE!"

Good trigger discipline, I was able to do 3-round burst from the M-60 when I was in the Army, I learned how so as not to waste ammo. the best part of the M-60 is replacing a hot barrel, they are so easy. I almost had a heart attack when it looked like you were going to close the cover on a closed bolt. Anyone that has fired an M-60 would have known why.

My good Friend Mike was a Marine and a M60 gunner in Vietnam. He's told me a few stories about basically doing that scene from Predator and unloading into the Jungle because they couldn't see who was shooting at them.

THE INTRO ALREADY MAKES THIS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS BRANDON HAS MADE

Loved my M60. Hung mine from the door sill of the helicopter I flew in. I would rotate the weapon so the belt fed straight up into it. Didn’t need to use the sights because I would just follow the tracer rounds. So much fun to shoot.

Damn, Goldberg made that M-60 look like a normal AR 😂

I was a 240b gunner in oef 10-11 we had seals on our compound who had a m60 and I was always so envious. It’s just such a classic look and the sound 🤌 much like the warthog the pig has a well deserved nickname. Must be experienced in person to truly appreciate. An amazing weapon system.

As a former M60 gunner (enlisted 1985) I loved the shoulder plate to help keep it in place

I was in the Navy in the 80's-90's and had the chance to fire the hog many times. Even though it ate the 7.62 it had less recoil than the M14 which I believe is one of the best rifles we had next to the Garand.

Bill Goldberg was my absolut favorit wrestler back in the days of VHS tapes and Playstation 1 games. Thank you for bringing back the memories.

3:51 more specifically, the M60 was meant to bridge between the Model 1919 and the BAR so as to make a lighter gun than the 1919 with more firepower than the BAR

I wasn't in during the Vietnam era, I was in during the 80s. My job was a 60 gunner on a fire team. My absolute favorite thing was the annual M-60 qualification. I got to spend the day at the range just burning thru belt after belt. After hitting all of the little tombstone targets for qualification, the range guys always had some derelict vehicles downrange for us to shred. Old trucks and schoolbusses were much more fun than White Claw cans.

Met Mr Bill Goldberg at a drag race event when I was like 8-10.(damn that was 20-22 years ago now) Super nice guy, and a very cool dude. Good to see one of my favorite RU-vidrs have him on the channel. Love the m60 too great video

That was always a fun gun. In basic they broke us up into 2 man crews for them. After our block of instruction we proceeded to cut one of the range targets in half. They told us they were self sealing targets, but they didn't hold up to the 200 rounds of carefully directed fire. That range sergeant was not amused. Impressed, but not happy with us at all.

3:31 had me dying 😂🤣😂 🙏

G'day Brandon. I'm an Aussie veteran and I loved the 60. I Carried/operated it througout the mid 70's and 80's, and it was also used in the SF role, whereas it was mounted on a tripod and fitted with a C2 sight unit. As with the mortar, we could deliver very accurrate interdiction/suppressing fire. Great video as usual mate. As a side note, I also loved the SLR L1A1, or commonly known as the "Slur". Much preferred the 7.62mm round over the 5.56mm. Guess it was something to do with making bigger holes in whatever/whoever was in front of the sight.

The reliability issues with the M60 really boiled down to the feed claw being a bit thin and the fact that they were in service for decades and the military doesn't replace parts as often as they should. After 20 years of use in training and combat, the wear on parts was significant enough to make the weapons barely operable, similar to the issues with M9 pistols in the early 2000's. The design itself is excellent and the Dutch military actually bought a few thousand M60E5s, which uses modern metalurgy, some receiver lightening, and a thicker feed claw to reduce weight, extend the life of the parts, and fix the only real problem with the weapon. In conclusion, the M60E5 is lighter, more controlable, and and looks sexier than the M240B and as an American machinegunner I will never forgive the DoD or FN for making me carry a 30 lb steel brick through the desert.

This was my father's weapon when he was in the military. The best story he told me about the 60 is when he received it he didn't hear the gas rod move so he cleaned it and had the only full auto on the range the next day.

the Clinkin And Clankin Of Ths Strap in the End Was The Best… Cant Imagine that Rollin In the Truck As A truck Gun… Too Much Fun

9:50 was such a flex love it

I think it is a moral imperative that Brandon builds and tests some explosive arrows… bonus points if he ties a blue glow stick to one of the arrows.

It warms my heart watching Goldberg with that M60 and knowing he would have totally been stacking bodies in Nam

I love the grin when you're about to introduce SDI😄

Former Marine Corps grunt here who's MOS was 0331 and I have plenty of experience with the M60. I loved that thing, but I was transferred to a rifle platoon and became an 0311. Things weren't that bad though, as they made me the automatic rifleman in my fireteam and I got another machine gun, the M249 SAW. However, it just wasn't the same as the M60. I really miss that gun. I'm so jealous of you, Brandon!

I'm going to admit. Bill Goldberg was the last person I expected to see in a video about the M60. It's a surprise, but a welcome one.

"AINT NOTHING LEFT... sorry" HAHAHAHHAHAHA FUCK YES!!!!

Oh I recognize that weapon. I was a 45B, small arms and artillery repairman back when the US Army was about ready to phase those out for the 240.

Bill. Such a legend. Loved watching him wrestle. These colabs are awesome

Actually prior to the M60, the BAR was the Squad Automatic Rifle and the M1919 was the Medium MG. When they put a stock etc on the 1919A6 and other variants such as the USMC "Stinger" conversion, they were attempting to come up with a Light MG.

the trees can't be harmed if the lorax is armed

My grandfather Steven L Monet. Served in Vietnam as a member of fifth infantry division, And seventh medical command. Where he functioned as a tunnel rat. Because that man practically raised me. I have his sense of humor. This video is exactly what I needed. I haven't laughed this hard in years. Thank you so much #BrandonHerrera.

The fact that you guys just randomly know and hang out with Goldberg has to be one of the coolest things ever

So many memories of the pig. Barrels burned our, Barrels on fire, cutting down a tree……. Loved that thing

A platoon of Goldbergs with m60s being used as shouldered rifles are how I imagine an American super soldier program looking.

My old man humped the M-60 around '68. Mentioned that, with the firing rate, you could put a single bullet into a target at long range with experience. The barrel change came in real handy during an extended incident with an attacking NVA regiment. Had to change out a couple barrels during the battle due to the constant shooting at what he said originally "looked like a forest of trees moving toward us". The glowing red barrels, even noticeable from a distance away, were getting worrisome. The quick change (along with ammo runners) apparently came in quite handy.

When I served in the Australian Infantry the M60 was in service. It was big, heavy and was a pain to clean. I used to do 15 km marches with it (because I was the biggest guy in the platoon) and when you got to the end your arms were bombed. But man when you started that bad boy up you just knew that whatever it was pointed at was going to be obliterated. You can see it’s lineage in the FG42 and MG42 German machine guns from WW2.

We need more of you, donut an maybe admin with 80’s firepower an some epic 80’s music in the background. Please sir the world needs a series of this. 🤘🏽😂

God speed in your run at Congress. Really like the idea of YOU in committee!

1:30 THEY DID THE THING

You literally turned yourself into Rambo! I love it!

Nice to see Bill Goldberg.....His Romeo in Universal Soldier was good...

The Star Wars reference was the right choice. Must have been fun shooting with Goldberg, he made Santa awesome.

Huge respect for Brandon knowing his limits in the beginning love the content brotha

Man, this just makes me so jealous, you lucky devil. There are few greater joys than shooting a full-auto, I imagine. Great video as always.

Very familiar with it. Never saw action, never fired it one armed (too many instructors around) but did fire it, prone, from the hip, and stock against the thigh raking fire.

Many fond memories humpin that pig. It just works and gets the job done. Coolest memory was being able to dual wield a pair of M60 and pumping out a full belt from each. Did the same with the M249 but it was fun for its own reasons.

I recently had the privilege of visiting my boyfriend in British Colombia. While there, we went through the town of Hope and the greater Fraser Valley area, where First Blood was filmed. The town of Hope has a bunch of wood carved statues, including one of Rambo right in the city center, complete with a pretty damn good looking M60 for being carved of wood.

Shot one off the fantail of the Hewitt DD966 back in the 1970’s and took an unrequired ROTC class in college just to shoot one again, loved every second of it.

I gotta say, that was the FIRST time I’ve ever skipped back into an ad when you dropped the silver coin, and that last second “fuck” at the end… *chefs kiss*

I carried “The Pig” for 9 months during my Army service. Developed a real love-hate relationship for the old girl. LOVED it’s firepower and when it ran, it ran fantastic. But, HATED it’s weight and the quirks about it’s design. You could assemble it wrong and turn it into a one-shot rifle. The entire fire control system could detach itself. Don;t laugh at that. IT happened to me on a road march once. The extra barrels were stupid HEAVY and their “quick change” system sucked. Like I said…a love-hate relationship. Great video Brandon. As for what ?I’d love to see….how about a Beretta M12 SMG? OR the iconic Uzi?

One of my all time favorite machine guns. Right up there with the M1919A4. Also, my granddad used the "Pig" a lot in Vietnam. He said he loved the thing. Good ole' .30 cal