US Ordnance M60E6 

Used the M60E2. Glad to see that they have fixed all of the shortcomings of the PIG. I lost my trigger group on a road march. Said road march quickly became a Bataan Death March as we searched for the lost trigger group. I was not a popular man that day....

For a European military to adopt an American lmg over a FNH or H&K means a lot

A blast from the past! I showed my youngest Daughter this weapon at an SAR show last Dec. She could not believe that was something I had to carry around on a perimeter security detail, from age 19 to 23. Funnier still is how old the weapon is. I showed Lil-D, a photo of a Marine in Vietnam using this weapon, in a 2 man crew set up, in 1966. Funnier still in 1986, in ITS, I was being trained on the E3. Sad fact was the grip screw would loosen up and the forward grip came off. Oddly enough, our dog tags were the right size to get in there to tighten it up. LOL! Memories of the pig and its parts! Great vid! Thanks!

"We can rebuilt him... we have the technology."

I was the M60 guy in my scout platoon, had the high All Army score with it, 183 out of 185, for two years and could break it down into it's 7 major pieces in less that 4 seconds. First day we saw it the DI was firing it from his shoulder, couldn't hit shit and he caught me laughing at him and asked if I could do better. I said "Absolutely", walked up, took the sling off the butt of the weapon, made it as long as possible so it was on the ground, put my left foot on the sling and fired from my shoulder, got a hell of a lot more rounds on target. "Where did you learn that??" "I figured it out myself. I know I don't get paid to think so consider that a freebie."

I trained on the M-60 while in US Army, 1976-1980. We were a signal battalion, but we stayed proficient with various weapons. My favorite was the 'pig'. Completely controllable and reliable, I never had any problems with this thing. The rate of fire was slow enough you could count-out any size burst you wanted! Hated cleaning it...

The M60 gets more and more beautiful. Love the M60E6 🇩🇰

I'm surpriced that we Danes were mentioned. Normally we are overseen. As the guy in the team who gets to carry this gun, I feel blessed to be the most dangerous guy. On the other hand there is a lot more pressure on me as my fire support is more important and my gun is more complex. I am really liking this gun, it's great in so many ways, but a pain in the a** to carry. My only complaint about the gun itself though is when assemblying the top cover, the silver rail-thing is quite difficult to get in place just right.

I wish I was cool enough to wear sunglasses on a cloudy day.

Rambo would be pleased.

"Lipstick on a Pig" --- Impressive updates

Superb look at the M60E1 upgrade. I used the M60 many times in Vietnam too, but I loved it; never called it 'pig'. However, it might fail if not properly cleaned and reassembled. The buttstock would pull off if not assembled right. When I checked out the M60, I redid the work of the first guy.

The sound the weapon makes as it cycles in slow mo is freakin cool. Really good video

Would certainly prefer this for dismounted work than a M240, the pig has always been comparatively light and quite well balanced. One of the problems with the US Army is the attempts to make everyone use the same weapons and to have only a small variety. In the case of the M240 (Bravo or the newer Echos) is that while they're fine medium machine guns they're just not well suited to the role of a true LMG where one man often has to employ it and move around a great deal.

An oldie but STILL a goodie with all the upgrades being made. Good on the Ordinance folks for using their noggins, intelligence and creativity to keep a viable system in the arsenal and not relegated to the scrap pile and the history books. And thanks, LAV, for bringing us another great video!

Early in my career I was in a heavy weapons platoon and I still remember the day they swapped out the pig for the much heavier 240B....love the reliability of the 240 but those extra pounds started to kick your butt a few km into a mission.

You know, the M60's flaws were well known back in the Vietnam era. All of these upgrades were possible back then, and if they'd been done, the M60 would probably still be the US military's GMPG today. There never was anything wrong with the gun's basic design; it's bugs -- like a non-adjustable front sight, barrel-mounted bipod, a gas system that can be easily assembled backward, a front vent plug that has to be safety wired down to keep the gun from disassembling itself as it fires, et al. -- were all eminently curable. I am at a loss why the military allowed the gun to remain in service for over three decades without ever fixing these problems. The army was switching over when I was in during the late '90s. When my unit got the M240, the machine gunners all appreciated the greater reliability, but they also all hated the fact that it was five pounds heavier than the M60. Believe me, when you have to carry something on 25 mile tactical foot marches, you want to shave off every extra ounce you can, and a weapon that was five pounds heaver caused a lot of grumbling.

I loved the M-60 back in the military.

Slow-mo overkill... I want to see the gun shoot! 8B

Back in the day, the M60 was part of our TO&E. We had a world class armorer who had some Navy connections thru the old-boy network and the first thing he did when a new 60 came in was convert it into a maremont; shorter barrel, different muzzle device, forward handgrip and worked his magic on the internals. I personally believe this involved black cats and a full moon, but I couldn't prove it. In any case, the weapon was lighter, functioned better and wasn't a complete pain to jump with. The IG wasn't real happy with it, but kept his mouth shut when taken to the range and invited to try the modded gun against the issue gun.

I was wearing headphones. Then 3:52 came out of NOWHERE. GIVE A BROTHER A WARNING. Almost pooped myself.

You must have been a saint in last life. To get paid to do this.

Only if Tony Montana had that instead of the m16 we might of seen a scarface 2 .

I used it in the Australian army, I could appreciate the upgrades. Nice to see the old girl get a new life.

I had the pleasure of shooting the E6 recently at Dragonman's annual machine gun shoot and the changes they have made are excellent, much easier to shoot standing than the older M60, and the weight (and Overall length) they've trimmed off of the gun makes it feel considerably lighter. Way to go U.S. Ordinance! Great job on your re-design!

Wow very cool! I showed my father in law this video. He was a draftee in Vietnam '68 . He was almost thrown in jail because he "lost " the 60 in a river. The Platoon Lt. asked WTF happened. He said "sir, that Pig was trying to drown me". He wasn't a strong swimmer, had that weapon and belts of ammo. Fell off a log into the river during the monsoon season. Some people loved the M60, some , not so much. Very cool adaptation by US Ordnance.

Well if the Danish army are making it their new standard issue I would have to say they know what they are doing. European armies always seem to be rather hesitant about adopting large quantities of a new weapon so to see one adopting a new GPMG is quite a big deal. Not to mention an American made GPMG that had a rather rough time in Vietnam.

At 3:53 the guys is describing Negligent discharges and larry responds with "cool" haha

The Danes need a gun to be places on the broadsides of their longboats when they go raiding the English coast. Especially after the soldiers of Wessex upgraded their mail armour that's more effective against the battle axe.

I used to work for US Ordnance here in Nevada...I tested a lot of those...LOVE THAT M60E6..!!!

Ian from Forgotten Weapons went over the M60 in one of his videos and mentioned that the bolt lugs on the Pig would peen after high round counts due to a lack of a cam to smoothly rotate the bolt when it cycles. It's not made clear in this video whether this issue was addressed in the Echo 6 or if it was never a serious problem to begin with.

Perfect for annihilating house robbers.

So on the original M60 each replacement barrel had its own bipod?? If so that is absolutely absurd, can you imagine how much bulk and weight that would add.

Still my favorite squad machine gun. When the M-60 speaks, enemy infantry listens, and runs. Only the Ma deuce gets more respect.

If Hollis v. Holder and Watts v. Holder are decided in our favor, *we ay actually be able to start buying these again.*

I'm in the minority, I loved my Pig. With the 550 RPM cyclic rate I could pick my burst size and place them right where I wanted them out to 800m. It helps that my gun was always reliable...never a stoppage with live rounds. On live-fires, I'd typically shoot 2x the other gunners 'cause when theirs went down the ammo got cross-leveled to me.

"Hey, hon? Can you come here for a sec? I found what I want for my birthday!".

Vickers slowmo camera footage is the best hands down

Fantastic video. It's always good to see such an iconic american weapon modernized...especially "The Pig", which is one of the best medium machine guns ever made. You did a very nice job presenting this badass beast and I'm looking forward to see your other new videos. Have a nice Easter holiday. FPSGamerLord out...

I'm very impressed with this version of the M60, especially the bandoleer bracket. We used to use C Ration cans (or what ever worked) for the reason you mentioned. There were 'geniuses' that loved to dry fire it; it did not endear them well with their squad leaders. I love the the second and third notch on the guide rod. I love the what you have done on the top of the feed tray; you should have seen the unholy bracket that had to be used for the night vision. This looks so much better. I wish we had this version in my time; I'd give it an A-

I need this for hog hunting.

Nothing better than the sound of 550 RPM's of 7.62 NATO. M60 still kicking ass

Love the way they shift between "real speed" and "slow motion."

Well there goes that belt. We will miss you. Thanks for your service.

This guy (or his editing team) really knows his slow motion editing.

Nice gun. Perfect for home defense.

I thought only m4s and glocks give me hard ons. Love the slow mo

I was so happy to find out this video is 16 minutes long instead of the usual 5 minute vids you guys do!

I love how this dude gets all these cool guns, but my god he gets on my nerves for some reason.

Great video ! I love seeing the flaws of the original M60 getting totally removed in this gigantic upgrade and by doing so lowering the cost for the operators and keeping this iconic gun in service with some of the modern armies.

I would like to see someday a CETME ameli in a review

I love watching your videos brother vicker the m60, s are my most favorite of machine guns that we're use in the war and their parts of each one of them is proof of it .

Just show the gun firing in real time for Gods sake. Way too much slow mo

I was on an M60 squad I'm 1999 when they were phased out from regular line unuts and replaced by the 240B. Those damn contraptions were ancient and would jam about every 6 rounds. We'd have to basically take the whole goddamn thing apart to clear the jam and would be time consuming. I'd love to tote the upgraded version here with the M60s stopping power with the 7.62 round!

"You still haven't brought me the gun of Rambo..."

THAT will put a big smile on your face, thanks Larry.

"I'm not really a fan of the basic m60" Oh, so your one of those....

I was the M60 a-gunner during security alerts on my ship. They gave me an M14,a bandolier of magazines for it & four 100 rd belts for the'60. I asked "I gotta carry all this AND defend myself?" The response was "Sailor, I don't give a damn if you defend yourself but you damn well better defend that ammo & watch Petty Officer Rambo's back for him."

Perfect weapon for a zombie apocalypse.

I served in the Navy from 02-06 and we still had the m60e4. I personally loved them and preferred them over the m240 due to the portability of the pig.

nothing like a gun made in the United States of America ohh yea i love that gun

A lot of guys complained about the 60 but growing up through the ranks with the pig, (ammo bearer, A-gunner then Gunner) the biggest issue with the it was with blanks in training, firing ball ammo never really an issue, especially if cleaned and you were well versed in immediate action drills, load, fire, reduce, stoppages and clearing. Hopefully they came up with a better blank adapter for training as well. These up grades seem to be spot on, I think covering the inside of forearm assembly with a heat dissipating material would keep the aluminum from heating up with extended firing, and moving the carrying handle from the receiver to the barrel and making the front sight adjustable is pure genius, along with losing the lacing wire from the barrel assembly for easier cleaning. I wish they would have came up with this before the Army retired the weapon system.

The belt-fed mechanism is a copy of the German MG42 and the operating mechanism is a copy of the German FG 42 (Small Arms of the World)

I like the M60. I think it's a cool design, and I think this upgrade will really help it in the future. I've always wanted the M60 to make a comeback and I think this is it.

Second dude said "Um" Way too much

I carry the 60 for 6 years from 92 to 98 and given the choice between the 60 or the 240 I go for the 60 and now with this version its just perfect

you guys really over do the slo mo.

Awesome video, I'm really liking the slow motion bits. The sounds the gun makes at slow motion when being fired is just amazing.

I’ll take two... oh, that damned Hughes Amendment the NRA was going to fight in court as soon as Reagan signed it. Still waiting for that case to hit the docket #NRA

I fired 10s of thousands of rounds through old and new M-60s, and never had a problem unless the recoil spring was worn out. Fucking utterly reliable pig. Would much rather have this than any other “LMG”, and also, the later model had an updated feed tray cover that allowed it to be closed on any bolt position

Drinking game: Take a shot every time they say " *operator* "

It’s really bad ass to see a new and improved version of this gun

i came...

That was some fantastic slow-mo!

So you can get this at wallmart?

Man, this slow motion shooting brings up my heart rate

This gun looks fucking sexy

Those guys over at US Ordinance know what they're doing. It's crazy that Denmark adopted it. Awesome video Larry!

m60e6 vs m240? the m240 is significantly more reliable and durable than the m60e2 military tests, but how does the e6 compare?

I love when MG have slow RPM, you can enjoy the sound much more

There is too much slow motion and cámara change, can you please change that, I'm leaving my comment so you can improve you content.

Say what you want about the PIG(P retty I mportant G un) but i never had any serious problems with my issued M60 back in the early 1980's in Germany. Mine was a rebuilt Nam model. Good Times with that gun.

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I shot one of these at Battlefield Vegas and damn it I want one, it was beautiful!

Do I speak for most of us here when I look forward to the day that the 1986 Hughes Amendment is overturned? ;-)

Dang one man wielding that beast? Some serious fire power!!

damn U.S laws

of all the impressive elements about this segment that I was in awe of, that spendy swanky high-speed camera took my breath away...whoo...

Good video, but you destroyed it by 1. changing volume levels 2. adding unnecessary sound effects and loud sounds. Some people who have PTSD are affected by these unnecessary noises. Stop doing it.

Love that M60 sound !!!!

Only thing i really cant stand about VickersT is your audio which is way to loud when shooting and barley hearable when talking.. same with IV8888s vidoes.. but thats the only thing i dislike

Could the Pentagon have come up with any improvements ? Hardly. Hats off to U.S. Ordnance to have folks who used the original PIG to develop innovations to make an otherwise serviceable product even better.

ease up on the slow motion :/

Lucky man, love to hear the PIG, Slow mo was excellent touch

You forgot a deflector for southpaws. Update: Enough with the stupid slow motion. I want to see & hear is all 100 rounds being fired. Not just a couple over the corse of 10 seconds at a time.

Quite amazing to see how far the 60 has come since its debut back in 1957. Of course, not a southpaw-friendly GPMG (unless you're in possession of a brass catching container, which I believe E&L Manufacturing makes), but still--a massive improvement over the E1 model from its heyday. OuO

they improved the m60 which is cool but the m240 is still better.

The M60.......... Cheese I remember trying to clean that thing. If you're not experienced with it, its hell to put together.

Let's see how fast the Danish soldiers get tired of this thing and want some German guns instead.

I've looked for an unwired gas plug for way too long. We found it, but on it's next trip to the armory we got it wired. Goofy gun and we loved it.