The M60 Machine Gun

Author : Kevin Dockery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849088454
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The M60 Machine Gun written by Kevin Dockery and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, known as “the Pig,” was developed in the years after World War II from two revolutionary German designs. Adopted in 1957, the M60 came into its own in the jungles, hamlets, and city streets of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. “Humping the Pig” became common in US military squads, with at least one soldier equipped with an M60 and every squad member carrying ammunition for it. The M60 design transformed infantry tactics as squads took advantage of the immediate volume of fire offered by the design. Although it has now been replaced by the M240 series of weapons in US infantry and mechanized units, the M60 is still in common use with the US armed forces. Meanwhile, its iconic status has been assured by its frequent appearance in many popular films and television shows, from Full Metal Jacket to The A Team. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this is the full story of the M60, the innovative squad base-of-fire weapon that has equipped the US military from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq.

Author : Kevin Dockery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782003266
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The M60 Machine Gun written by Kevin Dockery and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, known as “the Pig,” was developed in the years after World War II from two revolutionary German designs. Adopted in 1957, the M60 came into its own in the jungles, hamlets, and city streets of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. “Humping the Pig” became common in US military squads, with at least one soldier equipped with an M60 and every squad member carrying ammunition for it. The M60 design transformed infantry tactics as squads took advantage of the immediate volume of fire offered by the design. Although it has now been replaced by the M240 series of weapons in US infantry and mechanized units, the M60 is still in common use with the US armed forces. Meanwhile, its iconic status has been assured by its frequent appearance in many popular films and television shows, from Full Metal Jacket to The A Team. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this is the full story of the M60, the innovative squad base-of-fire weapon that has equipped the US military from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq.

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782003096
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns written by Chris McNab and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the MG 34, the German Wehrmacht introduced an entirely new concept in automatic firepower – the general-purpose machine gun (GPMG). In itself the MG 34 was an excellent weapon: an air-cooled, recoil-operated machine gun that could deliver killing firepower at ranges of more than 1,000m. Yet simply by changing its mount and feed mechanism, the operator could radically transform its function. On its standard bipod it was a light machine gun, ideal for infantry assaults; on a tripod it could serve as a sustained-fire medium machine gun. During World War II, the MG 34 was superseded by a new GPMG – the MG 42. More efficient to manufacture and more robust, it had a blistering 1,200rpm rate of fire. Nicknamed 'Hitler's buzzsaw' by Allied troops, it was arguably the finest all-round GPMG ever produced, and alongside the MG 34 it inflicted heavy casualties. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and drawing upon numerous technical manuals and first-hand accounts, this study explores the technological development, varied roles and lasting influence of the revolutionary MG 34 and MG 42 machine guns and their postwar successors.

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Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operator's Manual written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book M60 Machine Gun written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 154 pages
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Download or read book Operator's Manual for Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M60 W/e (1005-00-605-7710), Mount, Tripod, Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M122 (1005-00-710-5599), and Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M60D W/e (1005-00-909-3002). written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849086575
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Browning .50-caliber Machine Guns written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Browning “50-cal” has become the longest serving weapon in the US inventory. The “fifty” has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun. It is considered such an effective and reliable weapon that few countries ever attempted to develop an equivalent weapon. Even the Japanese created a copy of it during World War II when the US was producing literally thousands every month to use in every theater. This is a history of the development of this famous weapon, its most critical operational use and the variants that have been produced to keep it at the forefront of the action.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472808045
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Browning .30-caliber Machine Guns written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First adopted in 1917, the rugged and reliable Browning .30-caliber machine gun remained in US service into the Vietnam era, and is still occasionally found in use elsewhere even today. Produced in both water-cooled and air-cooled versions, it has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun – antipersonnel, antiaircraft, mounted on aircraft as both defensive and offensive armament, defensive armament aboard vehicles (armored and soft-skin), mounted on watercraft, and others. Employing gripping first-hand testimony and featuring specially commissioned illustrations and detailed photographs, many in color, this lively study of the Browning .30-caliber machine gun reveals the origins, combat history and legacy of this versatile and dependable weapon.

Author : United States. Marine Corps
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
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Download or read book M60 Machinegun written by United States. Marine Corps and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 204 pages
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Download or read book Organizational, Direct Support, and General Support Maintenance Manual for Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M60 W/e (1005-00-605-7710), Mount, Tripod, Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M122 (1005-00-710-5599), and Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M60D W/e (1005-00-909-3002). written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: