Re: [OT] Re: Machine Guns (was Power Armour Weapons)
From: "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@s...>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:00:33 -0500
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Machine Guns (was Power Armour Weapons)
> Well, there was also that small stupid design where the bi-pod was
> part of the barrel and not the gas tube/receiver. Also, not having a
> nice easy to handle handle on the barrel when you remove it is a bit
> of a screw up.
Let's just say that the M60 was such a "good" design, that the U.S. Army
Tank Command (probably wrong name, but the part of the Army over tanks)
rejected the M60 for coaxial use and went with the FN MAG instead back
in
the 1960's...
ias