An Americanbelt-fed7.62×51mm NATOmachine gun, first adopted by theUnited States armyin 1957. The M60 was widely used by the US military during theVietnam War. Due to several design flaws, it was largely supplanted by theM240which is a derivative of the BelgianFN MAGand the light machine gunM249 sawSAW.
m60 (machine gun)