The Dark Reason M60 Was Abandoned After Vietnam

Unbelievable true stories October 13, 2025
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The Dark Reason M60 Was Abandoned After Vietnam Why did so many soldiers end up with a love–hate relationship with the M60? Some credited it with saving lives, while others tried to ditch it the first chance they got. This video traces how the postwar push for a single general-purpose machine gun produced the M60, how it actually performed in Vietnam, why teams carried it the way they did, where the malfunctions came from, and how later upgrades and the M240 changed the picture. Chapters: 00:00 – Love–hate begins 02:26 – From MG42/FG42 to M60 04:40 – Vietnam: first fights 08:46 – Jams, runaways, burnt barrels 11:43 – From door guns to M240