RE: <ot>Bren Guns</ot>

-----Original Message-----
From: Imre A. Szabo [mailto:ias@sprintmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 15 April 1998 15:43
To: FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
Subject: Re: <ot>Bren Guns</ot>

>Now if you want a really bad mg, it's hard to find a non-French mg
worse
>then the M60.	Even back in the 1960's, the tank version was rejected
by
>the "tankers" in favor of the tank version of the FN MAG.  The best of
>the general purpose mg's are the Soviet PK, the FN MAG, and the South
>African SS77.	

Oh boy here I go,

Please do not compare the MAG58 and the M60 as GPMGs. The MAG58 is a
fine weapon in a tank or Sustained Fire (tripod) role but as an infantry
mans GPMG my personal preferennce (as well as the Australian Armies
preference) was not to use the MAG58. As a private soldier I carried the
M60 for two years, then as a Section Commander(CPL) we used the MAG58 as
a temporary replacement whilst trials were conducted and a replacement
chosen (eventually the Minimi another FN weapon; the US version the M249
SAW). The MAG58 has too high a ROF and is not suited to carrying by
hand; no fore grip. And please do not claim that the gunner should use
the folded bipod!

The few problems there were with teh M60 were pretty well rectified with
the M60E3; but then again the US, Canada and Australia have adopted the
Minimi (for a number of reasons only the Governement/DOD Trials people
can tell you).

Owen G