TWZ: The US Army has signed a “mysterious” contract for the supply of M60 machine guns
The US Army signed a contract for the supply of M60 machine guns, which the military called The Pig due to their lack of reliability. Previously, American units practically stopped using the M60, writes The War Zone (TWZ).
As part of a “mystery” agreement worth about $15 million between the military and US Ordnance, the Army will receive an unspecified number of M60E6 and M60E4 machine guns. The military will also be supplied with conversion kits for previous modifications of the M60.
“Earlier this year, the service announced its interest in buying the weapon, which the U.S. military largely stopped using decades ago, but was curiously silent about for whom or why. These weapons could be intended for a foreign ally or partner, such as Ukraine,” the publication writes.
The author of the material admitted that the purchase of machine guns may be part of the upcoming aid package to Kyiv. There are still more M60s in US Army warehouses that can be converted into relatively modern machine guns.
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The single M60 machine gun was adopted in 1957. The weapon’s combat debut was the Vietnam War, where the shortcomings of the basic design became apparent. In particular, vibrations weakened the fastenings of the gas outlet unit, and the bolt group had a small margin of safety. The main design flaws were eliminated in subsequent modifications.
In August, Sergei Urzhumtsev, chief designer of small arms at the Kalashnikov concern, announced that the RPL-20 light machine gun had begun to be supplied to Russian troops. A belt-fed machine gun weighs 5.5 kilograms.
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