The Newest Variant of the Navy SEALs Lightweight Assault Machine Gun 

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Same, I remember playing with my G.I. Joe's and always loving the little model M60. It even had a little charging handle. Loved seeing it in Vietnam videogames, and movies.

"Tickle" to growing up.

amen.

When you must maintain the Pig you grow to hate the Pig.............

Carry a dozen or so pounds of hate, or crawl through the tunnel of pure hatred. Tough choice 😂

You'd think they came across a tunnel on every patrol....

@@Gameprojordan a lot more than a dozen probably closer to 50-60lbs for just m60 and 500rds. Still have to account for other things like food and water.

He must have gotten strong as fuck huh?

Real life Steve Rogers if he didn't get the syrum, lol.

Du skal ikke glæde dig....Onkel-fejl som vi altid kalder ham...

Nice3

YEAH

Why would a warrior follow procedure issued by those (Royal) families left behind and not me. Slaves, now marketed as citizens, are being made and kept in [Norway], the [British] Isles, and north America because of me and the rest id my bloodline. A bloodline that goes back to Harald I, first Catholic King of Norway. (We [hate] the slaves the most.)

It is a weapon that cannot be missing for a shooting situation. I'm glad the special forces already have them.

Yep I got a new made 1968 M60 out of the box in 1984 . It was made by Cadillac Gage if I remember right.

Indeed. I loved carrying the pig. Never cared about the weight, just knew anybody downrange was fucked. Never had a single jam. Amazing.

"That'll do pig.. That'll do."

I would definitely do a double take if I passed someone carrying an M60 on a mountain hike 😅

I suppose you could get a tatoo lol.

A weapon that’s taken the better part of 60 years to get somewhat close to what the 240 has been since 1958. That’s what the M60 is.

​@@socaljarhead7670 You know that the 240 has not been the same since 58.

i much prefer when manufactures in all industries do this, keep the same product and refine it perfectly over X many years. Porsche are a fine example of this

@@CGCTV exactly

​@@CGCTVPorsche follows a concept though. There is a point to them sticking with the boxer 6 cylinder behind the rear axle. The M60 is an improvised gun from parts of the MG42 and FG42. It's the epitome of "improvised solutions last the longest", not because they're actually good but because they're good enough to the point that nobody replaces them. What the M60E4 and newer brings to the table imo is that its fairly compact. All newer machineguns are very long and front heavy, where the M60E4+ has a relatively short stock and the weight is closer to the point between your hands.

he aint no gods silly machine gunner he is *GOD* but born with patriotism

​@@veryangyperson prick us do we not bleed, tickle us do we not laugh, he is no God

machine goober*

@@youtubekeepsshadowbannin-ym4go fair enough

And for good reasons 😊😊 its a pig

And we cant own it in the civilian world isnt it a complete let down compared to what the founding fathers intended. Maybe if we rolled up to the capital protest with fully automatic m60s theyd be a little less likely to try to put our children on puberty blockers while seizing our weapons, while they hail all these crazy things like mob rule and we end up in situations like the LA riots or kenosha where the riot just goes and goes causing billions in damages people dying until some asians working hard every day do what the government wont do to the evil ones but often will do to the good for example the government stood back and did nothing.when the LA riots ravenged. They stood back at uvalde, they stood back in kenosha. They will stand back while anarchists burn down buildings and they will stand back when they burn down court houses and police stations. Theyll stand back. Kids will be groomee into transgederism and they will stand back. But someone protests how they do nothing and it leads to demonic abuses and then thats when they dont stand back and they persecute as an insurrection??? They are often child predators who are calling those protesting them insurrectionists. Its not an insurrection to kick people out of the government that want to put children on puberty blockers. The usurping a demonic blind evil. They take the guns and put children on puberty blockers. I am clearly not the bad guy but im mass censored on all platforms. Children on puberty blockers. No full auto m60s for sale but if the cartel builds or steals one oh well I guess theyre going to. They have a lot of money from crime they pay no taxes on while we do.

Semper. I was in from 12-16. The M2 is still in use. I had the same feeling every time I would belly up to the old beast. Running the headspace and timing and tuning the gun to run good was my favorite thing. Really enjoyed working with that monstorous piece of iron.

​@@robobiss444 now with the new m2 upgrade. Its a beast that could haul now.

Very interesting, thanks for the input and thank you so much for you and your families service!

Hell yea motivator

RIP to your uncle and all of the "old timers" that aren't with us. It's interesting hearing the SOG guys talk about them, as they were often too heavy to realistically carry but when they did could fend back an exponentially larger enemy force.

He was a great man, thanks for sharing this story

Nice, my great uncle was a brigadier gen. Charles Hupe.

Yeah and the Americans still lost the war to farmers 🤣🤣

Claims...

Dude do you remember what he was asking for it? That’s epic lol

@@BigRockyD It's been many years. I don't think he publicly posted the price, but I'm pretty sure it was north of 50k in the 90s.

@@parapotato I expected something of large nature even for the time period, plus your second mortgage slide was enough of a hint lol. Awesome.

Once Doppler radar or gravity sensors (effectively mass detectors) render the stealth fad moot, we'll see a return to sleek, agile, powerful aircraft.

Blame that to Iran.

​@molanohouse no, blame that on the insane maintenance required for variable geometry airframes.

F-21 Super Tomcat dreams indeed.

@@HazeGreyAndUnderwayboth...

Hum. You think you'd get and stay stronger if that was your actual job. Tell me you were in the National Guard and never fired a shot in anger without actually telling me.

@@mattmarzulabro stop hating lmao this comment doesn’t effect you, dont say nun if its unnecessary

​@@mattmarzulaas if you have a job

Theres always somebody that just wants to be an asshole...

Angriest on patrol, happiest in a gun fight

This is why integrity is important.

Armorers is a M60E6 guners best friend. The let down is almost always rooted in the money-people not securing enough parts

Ah , to the days in the grape rows!

Thanks for your service big dog. Awesome story of bad assery from both sides of the field. Much love.

Assuming there are tracers in the belts, a suppressor would be rather redundant anyway.

To my knowledge the main dudes that ran them did so with 249's converted to 300 blk, and I would assume they used subsonic JHP or FMJ rounds. I bet assaulting a compound with a suppressed 300 blk 249 would be pretty slick but still, not the original intent behind mg's. @@EnjoyCocaColaLight

The Bigger bang theory a la “On Combat” by Dave Grossman.

The Pig. Sixty-six years, and still going strong!

I highly recommend Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. USMC Vietnam war novel inspired by his tour of duty. In it, there's a squad member who wields a sawn-off M60. Judging by all the bonkers shit that went down in that war, I don't doubt someone actually doing that.

@@FourthExile I can actually tell you who carried a chopped M60. The US Navy SEALs and MACV-SOG.

@@Nh.4030 Yes way. Though, I’m sure anyone who needed to make the M60 a one man weapon would make a standard M60 into a chopped M60.

@@Nh.4030 Fun fact: MACV-SOG had an M60 they called “The Death Machine”. A chopped M60 machine gun with an ammo backpack that held a thousand rounds of linked 7.62mm NATO. It was reserved for Bright Light (combat search and rescue) missions, when the firepower would be most needed.

Facts. I saw 1 in iraq in use with a national guard unit it was 06 ish.

Ah door gunners...absolute mad lads.

GET SUM

Thank you for your service sir!

When you are still chosen by the best of the best, when their ass is in the grass and hip deep in Gators.... That says a lot about the value of my Baby Girl, both then and now‼️😉❤‼️

especially when its a 2 pound difference between the 240L and the m60

Loping like a crankshaft 🇺🇸🔥

It's just like the commercial when EF M60 talks people listen and die.......

Been there years ago, I'm sure they're still selling to Denmark and other countries.

@@apelnkn2230 Like a CAMSHAFT.. Nothing like the lope of a High duration/ lift cam especially in a high compression motor for maximum effect, Loved my little 5.0 ford that I put in my 2700lb Mazda RX7 with it's little Anderson N-51 cam to give it that nice lope!

⁠@@Stars-and-Stripes-so overlap actually causes the lope. Which is caused by duration early on the lobe profile and a tight separation angle. Easy formula is intake duration at .05 + exhaust duration at .05. That number divided by 4 then subtract the LSA. The larger the number is the more chop

Much like the M14. There's still a dance available for the old girls.

ya the AR15 is so ol... oh, I see what ur saying.

If Bill Lumberg was uncle Sam.. I'm gonna need u to go ahead and never retire.. if u could go and and serve us until the resurrection.... that would be great.....

M60 and the B-52, friends until the end.

The browning M1919 as well

Get some! Get some!

Ain't war hell?@@ubermikesocal

Women? Children? Easy, just don’t lead em as much!

Stoner 63 would be a really interesting one. Thats why we need to ban all these regulations. I have an investment right now I think could go up enough if these types of units were suddenly accessable id be able to snag a couple maybe.

Weird that he wasnt

@@davidmecham9676the camo

​@@davidmecham9676Specifically, it's an acronym for Multi-Cam Black, a pattern that a lot of people despise due to its in effectiveness in actual combat

damn you sho right, on my little phone it looked like mcb. im a goof@@bro26mohw

All 4 of them have one!

​@@jaydunbar7538Yeah.. that's what I said 😉 But do you know how many DMR's there are in a platoon?

​@@heinedenmarkFrom 0-1 depending on how Frederik feels on any given morning.

@@Weimerica8841 What will he carry if not the C20?

Not MG3's? Interesting.

Not the same cook-off... The topic at hand is dealing with a hot chamber from firing more than 200 rounds per minute. Not a house fire. Besides, cook-off in an open bolt machine gun isn't likely without a misfire and a runaway gun is more likely.

​@@mattmarzulaexactly. Being cook off resistant is the very reason why an open bolt action is preferred for machine guns.

The primer caps have been known to have some penetration.

I was pretty saddened when they portrayed this in an episode of "Chicago Fire". It made the whole situation seem like if you owned any ammo at all, and your house was on fire, it would cook off and kill firefighters left and right. That's hollywood, i guess. They used this scenario to kill off one of the main characters a few seasons ago. I'm still sore about it... Not that he died, but just that they are so anti-gun, that they would spread lies to induce fear. I'm glad channels like this share knowledge. Knowledge is power.

Tom cruise is a fan of the channel. He looking for a guest slot.

They were jam-o-matics. M240 was very welcome, except for the weight. Ranger Regiment had already been using M240s, as had the Marines, changing over in the mid-1990s. You needed dedicated, competent armorer support to keep the M60 running. MAG58/M240 eats live rounds much better than the M60 and M60E3 ever did. I liked the ergos of the M60 better though. M60E3 was better because the bipod got placed on the forward handguard/grip sleeve. The M60 had the bipods attached to the barrels, which really sucked if you were an AG or AB. What I like about the M60 is the half-bullpup layout, which makes it surprisingly compact, even the standard M60. If we made a modern ALMG in an efficient intermediate cartridge using the half bullpup layout, that would be legit.

@@LRRPFco52the KAC LMG isn’t half bullpup but it’s compact and chambered in 5.56

​@@LRRPFco52 I think that mostly had to do with age. They became more unreliable the more years they had on them

I had an M60 E3 in the Marines. Very unreliable. I'm pretty sure one of the problems was that the guns were just completely worn out. They all had stretched recivers. Nice and short, nice slow rate of fire, tight beaten zone, not heavy compared the the 240 G but they had their problems. I knew we were changing over to the 240 G when I read about it in Soldier of Fortune magazine. Peter G kokalis wrote an article on it. My room mate, who was one of our unit armorers, didn't even know about it. I helped unpack all the nice new 240G's. We knew they were going to be heavier but we already knew the reputaion of FN MAG 58's and were happy to get a more reliable gun. Also we liked the new "soft mount". No more right shoulder pressure!

@@theimmortal4718 Round count on the receiver and feed tray cover. Ranger Regiment had dedicated competent civilian armorer support who would just replace major components as they wore. Big Army didn't know or care what the round counts were, couldn't afford to replace them anyway. They did replace feed pawl springs for ORS and pre-deployment work-ups, but the receivers and flimsy feed tray covers accumulated round count and the guns were bent-up rattle traps. MAG58/M240 machined aircraft-grade aluminum feed tray cover and the receiver design are more durable, while maintaining their dimensions. Putting a machined aluminum feed tray cover on the M60E4-E6 solved most of its problems. MAG58 Browning BAR-type bolt lock-up is more reliable than the FG42/M60 rotating bolt though. Simple vs more complex.

Too bad it hasn't seen combat with the Danish army so it can be properly tested😉

@@iansindal8824 Hey!!! Danish forces saw heavy fighting in Afghanistan show some respect!!

@@jasoncornell1579 But not with our M60E6 at the current time Danish forces was in combat in Afghanistan we used our MG62/MG3

@@jasoncornell1579 And btw I'm in the Danish army myself so don't ask me how I know

@@jasoncornell1579 And as far as I can read, I haven't written anything disrespectful about the Danish defense/army, so I don't see why you have a need to write I have to show some respect

HIGHLANDERS! HIGHLANDERS! HIGHLANDERS!

Yeah, I remember the E3 version when I was in the Marines as a young LCpl.

I was the 60 gunner for my motor-pool. Can confirm the belt-twist maneuver. I still love that pig though.

Thats not got to be optimal for having a military that is more likely to survive even before any potential battles

You brought a smile to an old man's face , it's good knowing something's never change . On occasion in 68 when the pig was new it would do that

Interesting that they raised the picatinny. I would think it should be mounted as low as practical, leaving height accommodation to the accessory mount, thus not eliminating the option of mounting taller accessories.

@@ItsMrAssholeToYou It's only raised like 2 cm, it's not much, I assume it's to reduce heat transfer, but that's just speculation.

Same. It's like a PBS documentary. Except not boring. I hope we get a mix of fun larping and the Zen black screen review

Fighting fire with fire 🤷‍♂️🤣

@@joshuahagen2961 I basically tore apart the brush that was on fire and covered it with dirt. 😁 ...on another fine day I beat myself in my nose with my left hand that was on top of the cover assembly and gave myself a nosebleed. Those Army instructors had a field day with me. 🤓

@@boygirlandadad5814 I can only imagine 🤣

Been scrolling the comments trying to find what the more vulgar cadence would be. Thanks.

A short film would be epic

john wick?

You have bad taste then

@@daviddavidson9923 No, I have experience.. The M60 was so controllable that gunners often returned half of their ammo after qualification because it was easy to hit targets with 2-3 round bursts. Especially on tripod. But sure, on video games I guess the difference isn't discernable

@theimmortal4718 Did you get to use a pkm? Garand thumb says he likes that more

​@theimmortal4718 the new Mk 48 is about the size/weight of this M60E6. Essentially an upsized M249 SAW firing 7.62mm NATO.

@@daviddavidson9923 Get served son haha

Any good design can be ruined by greedy leadership not willing to spend funds on replacements

Same here ran a E3 in the Marines had problems with the trigger housing groups malfunctioning(we ran the shit out of them) and the carrying handle vibrating off. Now the time when we did ops off of Beirut we went to H&S battalion on ship and used their 60s they were brand new hardly fired it was like we got a brand new toy 😁👍🏾👍🏾

@@tsorevitch2409as a former Marine 2111 / armorer a large portion of the problems were a combination of design of the E3, and poorly skilled armorers who didn’t identify defects. THE WORST machine gun range training I ever ran was because we used M60E3’s that we temp loaned from 2d Maint Bn at Camp Lejeune. This is not just a maintenance unit. The Small Arms Repair Section is part of Ordnance Maint Company. Which is part of Maintenance Bn. And the owning unit doesn’t use their M60’s very much. Not like those in an infantry battalion. And those guns were complete pieces of shit. One gun had the op rod snap into two pieces before the end of the first 100 round belt. The M240 was a heavy bitch. But you could count on it to work. And the PKM is far better than the M60E3. The E6 looks good. And it appears they may have overcome so of its short. So good on US Ord!

The Pig will over time, gall its own cams and eventually, the weapon WILL be unserviceable.

@@stevewilson7819 I'm not an expert but according to what I read and heard service life of M60 was initially sacrificed in favor of other specs as it was designed with WW3 in mind and in actual large scale war weapon life is rather short. It's the same for M16 mags that initially were planed to be a single use and discardable after use.

true true - the kac lamg also has a much slower fire rate with 556 and it is welcome.

Apparently someone never had the best job in the world as a WSL. You manipulate your rates of fire. Carrying more because something shoots faster is a path to heartache. You only think that's a logical statement because whatever experience you think you have isn't grounded in reality.

you need more too.. touche'

Don't be extra wasteful with ammo simply because you have more of it than usual. Bad discipline. Use the same amount of rounds you'd normally use

@@thepastafarian7167 you gotta work on your writing because saying carrying more ammo to offset high rpm means you are suggesting wasteful ammo dumping.

we do not all love charlies antics

This

Apparently a bunch of people on Reddit or something threw a hissy fit when he was making those survival videos so he quit making them.

something tells me he doesnt give a shit about reddit...@@Centermass762

​@@Centermass762incels should not get a vote.

​@@Centermass762why lol.

And the insane comment section! Good times

How?

@@RU-viduser1aa Bright light shuts down NVGs, and muzzel blasts, especially from a MG are worse

Once you get the kinks worked out of a good system and it becomes reliable it becomes a real asset. The M16 was junk when it first came out. Now look at it. There isn't a better all around system.

the latter more than the former is the reason. ive seen some drug cartel m60s left over from the 1980s that were in better shape than some of the army m60s ive seen

Ive heard the same thing. Was downrange twice in Afghan, where I humped the 240.. honestly the 240b is my preferred weapon system, that thing can put it down and take it all the same. Ive never had the pleasure to get behind an M60 or any variants, but I've heard talk from a couple 10MTN guys we bumped into that they were indeed used up until at least 2003, unofficially. Ran em till they died and the Army wouldn't fix 'em since they were transitioning to the 240.

@sticksonrecord3257 yeah we did that with nearly everything. I was 25th ID, and we had a handful of M16A2s, half a dozen StarLight night vision scopes left over from Vietnam, an M14 (not Mk14, a straight up wood stock M14), and a pallet of M72 LAWs, all "just in case," and this was in 2005. Units hoard stuff like privates buy tacticool crap, they just can't help it.

@ripvanwinkle2002 I got to be in the Army at a pretty unique time; we had just gotten rid of the M60 and our 240s were less than 5 years out of the factory; I was the 2nd person ever issued my M4/M203. When I moved up to team lead and got issued a different M4, I took that sucker out of the plastic. Contrast that with guys who joined a decade before I did and were using M16s that were 20 years old. My unit's M60s were Vietnam Vets, and that's saying sonething- 25th ID spent a decade in a rice paddy south of Saigon, those pigs were used hard and put away wet.

​@@tmmccormick86 Better to have and not need than need and not have right? I know some guys that got screwed out of gear that's they were supposed to have had in stores and a pallet of laws could have been pretty handy.

Or just get an MG3

This^