And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
nope. that is about right. besides everyone in his unit carried extra ammo for the m-60. old guy 1/503 PIR a long time ago. BTW, M-60 is like 23-24 pounds if I remember right. never weighted the damn ammo. short bursts always. and MOVE after every time you fired it. as a lot of heat came back at you FAST.
You are correct on the weight. I carried on for about 2-1/2 years as a door gunner on a Huey Gunship. We would remove the bipod from the barrel to reduce the weight. also remover the shoulder stock and replaced it with a metal end cap that kept the dust out. Those caps were actually used on the M-60 Flex gun systems. There were two M-60s per side that were mounted above each other on a hydraulic system fired from the right seat pilot. He could point those guns pretty much where he wanted although there were mechanical stops to prevent shooting up the aircraft. Those guns were later replaced with the M-134 minigun and things got real exciting in a hurry. My next ship was the HOG that carried 24 rockets per side that required no cleaning. Exciting times for a young kid from West Tennessee!
yeah. it always seem to get real exciting real fast every time you fired it. like I said before. move your ass after you fire unless you have a really nice tree or rock to hide behind. but it would just about chop thru most anything you aimed it at. for that alone it was worth it to "hump" the damn thing. in time you got the hang of firing 6-9 round bursts with it. shooting anymore was just stupid unless you really had too.
To you combat veterans, thank you for not getting killed in a Satanic, murderous, sacrificial, humiliation, for money/profit, genocidal operation. That was a big eye opener for how fowl our "leadership" is/was. A lowly, lucky, USAF crew chief. '69-'73.
That shit would stop if we would load the prez, vp, secdef, sos, the cjc in A/C luggage pods, hang the pods on BRUs, and drop those turds on the next war zone.
Looking at the image of the (I am guessing) soldier to the left and in front of the machine gunner, his trousers/boots are bloused. This appears to be a practice operation. Also, I do not see the USMC standard flak jacket, so this is a bunch of "doggies."
Fellow I knew years back, told me about some if his Vietnam combat experience. Long story short, belt fed gunner i his squad saved a 200 round belt of straight tracer, had a special callout when he'd use it, to light up the combat zone, put the belt in after changing up a fresh barrel, he would let rip in wide arc or to mark targets for his squad mates.
yeah. we used to strip out the tracers for the most part. some used them in a special belt for night fighting- last line kind of thing. I always thought of tracers as a 2 way weapon. they can see where I was shooting from. but if you took care of it, it took care of you when you needed it. but just about everyone carried spare ammo for the "m60" unless you where the RTO. BTW, he carrying Ball ammo. not blanks and 2 canteens hanging on his ruck ? no. this was not a training run. BTW, canteen covers made a great way to carry grenades too. so, yeah. I seen this before. "hump" it too.
Damn, that is a LOT of ammo, not to mention his weapon. I wonder how much weight that was? I've carried ammo boxes and they're not easy to transport.
ReplyDeleteNo such thing as too much ammo, unless you're trying to swim with it or your house is on fire.
ReplyDeleteNever. Never. Never.
DeleteLike, take a good look at your ammo cache, double it. Then double that again.
Besides happiness is a warm belt fed.
He’s carrying an M60. He’s got two other guys with him with similar load outs. At 600 rds per min, it won’t last long.
ReplyDelete1 guy carried 2 ammo cans and the other carried 1 can and the accessory bag.
Deletenope. that is about right. besides everyone in his unit carried extra ammo for the m-60. old guy 1/503 PIR a long time ago. BTW, M-60 is like 23-24 pounds if I remember right. never weighted the damn ammo. short bursts always.
ReplyDeleteand MOVE after every time you fired it. as a lot of heat came back at you FAST.
You are correct on the weight. I carried on for about 2-1/2 years as a door gunner on a Huey Gunship. We would remove the bipod from the barrel to reduce the weight. also remover the shoulder stock and replaced it with a metal end cap that kept the dust out. Those caps were actually used on the M-60 Flex gun systems. There were two M-60s per side that were mounted above each other on a hydraulic system fired from the right seat pilot. He could point those guns pretty much where he wanted although there were mechanical stops to prevent shooting up the aircraft. Those guns were later replaced with the M-134 minigun and things got real exciting in a hurry. My next ship was the HOG that carried 24 rockets per side that required no cleaning. Exciting times for a young kid from West Tennessee!
Deleteyeah. it always seem to get real exciting real fast every time you fired it.
Deletelike I said before. move your ass after you fire unless you have a really nice tree or rock to hide behind. but it would just about chop thru most anything
you aimed it at. for that alone it was worth it to "hump" the damn thing.
in time you got the hang of firing 6-9 round bursts with it.
shooting anymore was just stupid unless you really had too.
reminds me of a poem I once read written by a guy in 3rd Marines. Lost it in life's shuffle; "Beast of Burden"
ReplyDeleteBoy that brings back memories for this old man. 3rd Marines.
ReplyDeleteTo you combat veterans, thank you for not getting killed in a Satanic, murderous, sacrificial, humiliation, for money/profit, genocidal operation. That was a big eye opener for how fowl our "leadership" is/was.
ReplyDeleteA lowly, lucky, USAF crew chief. '69-'73.
That shit would stop if we would load the prez, vp, secdef, sos, the cjc in A/C luggage pods, hang the pods on BRUs, and drop those turds on the next war zone.
DeleteTell me again how we had to switch to 5.56 mm because that 7.62 was just too heavy to carry.
ReplyDeleteLight Infantry……..ain’t.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the image of the (I am guessing) soldier to the left and in front of the machine gunner, his trousers/boots are bloused. This appears to be a practice operation. Also, I do not see the USMC standard flak jacket, so this is a bunch of "doggies."
ReplyDeleteWhen it drops in the pot, everyone wants to kill the belt fed gunner. Belt fed troops get my respect.
ReplyDeleteFellow I knew years back, told me about some if his Vietnam combat experience. Long story short, belt fed gunner i his squad saved a 200 round belt of straight tracer, had a special callout when he'd use it, to light up the combat zone, put the belt in after changing up a fresh barrel, he would let rip in wide arc or to mark targets for his squad mates.
ReplyDeleteyeah. we used to strip out the tracers for the most part. some used them in a special belt for night fighting- last line kind of thing. I always thought of tracers as a 2 way weapon. they can see where I was shooting from.
Deletebut if you took care of it, it took care of you when you needed it.
but just about everyone carried spare ammo for the "m60" unless you where the RTO. BTW, he carrying Ball ammo. not blanks
and 2 canteens hanging on his ruck ? no. this was not a training run.
BTW, canteen covers made a great way to carry grenades too.
so, yeah. I seen this before. "hump" it too.
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