The M60 Machine Gun

Author : Kevin Dockery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849088459

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The M60 Machine Gun by Kevin Dockery Pdf

The US M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, known as “the Pig,” was developed in the years after World War II from two revolutionary German designs. Adopted in 1957, the M60 came into its own in the jungles, hamlets, and city streets of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. “Humping the Pig” became common in US military squads, with at least one soldier equipped with an M60 and every squad member carrying ammunition for it. The M60 design transformed infantry tactics as squads took advantage of the immediate volume of fire offered by the design. Although it has now been replaced by the M240 series of weapons in US infantry and mechanized units, the M60 is still in common use with the US armed forces. Meanwhile, its iconic status has been assured by its frequent appearance in many popular films and television shows, from Full Metal Jacket to The A Team. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this is the full story of the M60, the innovative squad base-of-fire weapon that has equipped the US military from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq.

Author : Kevin Dockery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782003267

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The M60 Machine Gun by Kevin Dockery Pdf

The US M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, known as “the Pig,” was developed in the years after World War II from two revolutionary German designs. Adopted in 1957, the M60 came into its own in the jungles, hamlets, and city streets of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. “Humping the Pig” became common in US military squads, with at least one soldier equipped with an M60 and every squad member carrying ammunition for it. The M60 design transformed infantry tactics as squads took advantage of the immediate volume of fire offered by the design. Although it has now been replaced by the M240 series of weapons in US infantry and mechanized units, the M60 is still in common use with the US armed forces. Meanwhile, its iconic status has been assured by its frequent appearance in many popular films and television shows, from Full Metal Jacket to The A Team. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this is the full story of the M60, the innovative squad base-of-fire weapon that has equipped the US military from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : M60 machine gun
ISBN : UVA:X002062757

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Operator's Manual by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:982275487

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M60 Machine Gun by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472808042

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Browning .30-caliber Machine Guns by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

First adopted in 1917, the rugged and reliable Browning .30-caliber machine gun remained in US service into the Vietnam era, and is still occasionally found in use elsewhere even today. Produced in both water-cooled and air-cooled versions, it has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun – antipersonnel, antiaircraft, mounted on aircraft as both defensive and offensive armament, defensive armament aboard vehicles (armored and soft-skin), mounted on watercraft, and others. Employing gripping first-hand testimony and featuring specially commissioned illustrations and detailed photographs, many in color, this lively study of the Browning .30-caliber machine gun reveals the origins, combat history and legacy of this versatile and dependable weapon.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Machine guns
ISBN : UVA:X002136422

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Operator's Manual for Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M60 W/e (1005-00-605-7710), Mount, Tripod, Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M122 (1005-00-710-5599), and Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M60D W/e (1005-00-909-3002). by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Machine guns
ISBN : UVA:X004816183

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Organizational, Direct Support, and General Support Maintenance Manual for Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M60 W/e (1005-00-605-7710), Mount, Tripod, Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M122 (1005-00-710-5599), and Machine Gun, 7.62-mm, M60D W/e (1005-00-909-3002). by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782003090

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MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns by Chris McNab Pdf

With the MG 34, the German Wehrmacht introduced an entirely new concept in automatic firepower – the general-purpose machine gun (GPMG). In itself the MG 34 was an excellent weapon: an air-cooled, recoil-operated machine gun that could deliver killing firepower at ranges of more than 1,000m. Yet simply by changing its mount and feed mechanism, the operator could radically transform its function. On its standard bipod it was a light machine gun, ideal for infantry assaults; on a tripod it could serve as a sustained-fire medium machine gun. During World War II, the MG 34 was superseded by a new GPMG – the MG 42. More efficient to manufacture and more robust, it had a blistering 1,200rpm rate of fire. Nicknamed 'Hitler's buzzsaw' by Allied troops, it was arguably the finest all-round GPMG ever produced, and alongside the MG 34 it inflicted heavy casualties. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and drawing upon numerous technical manuals and first-hand accounts, this study explores the technological development, varied roles and lasting influence of the revolutionary MG 34 and MG 42 machine guns and their postwar successors.

Author : United States. Marine Corps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Machine gun drill and tactics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211316281

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M60 Machinegun by United States. Marine Corps Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : M60 (Tank)
ISBN : MINN:31951T004703740

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Operator's Manual, Operation Under Usual and Unusual Conditions by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN : PURD:32754063466548

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Selection of a Machine Gun for Armored Vehicles, Department of the Army by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Institute of Medicine,Executive Office, Institute of Medicine,Committee on Priorities for a Public Health Research Agenda to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780309284417

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Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Institute of Medicine,Executive Office, Institute of Medicine,Committee on Priorities for a Public Health Research Agenda to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence Pdf

In 2010, more than 105,000 people were injured or killed in the United States as the result of a firearm-related incident. Recent, highly publicized, tragic mass shootings in Newtown, CT; Aurora, CO; Oak Creek, WI; and Tucson, AZ, have sharpened the American public's interest in protecting our children and communities from the harmful effects of firearm violence. While many Americans legally use firearms for a variety of activities, fatal and nonfatal firearm violence poses a serious threat to public safety and welfare. In January 2013, President Barack Obama issued 23 executive orders directing federal agencies to improve knowledge of the causes of firearm violence, what might help prevent it, and how to minimize its burden on public health. One of these orders directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to, along with other federal agencies, immediately begin identifying the most pressing problems in firearm violence research. The CDC and the CDC Foundation asked the IOM, in collaboration with the National Research Council, to convene a committee tasked with developing a potential research agenda that focuses on the causes of, possible interventions to, and strategies to minimize the burden of firearm-related violence. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence focuses on the characteristics of firearm violence, risk and protective factors, interventions and strategies, the impact of gun safety technology, and the influence of video games and other media.

Author : James H. Willbanks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781851094851

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Machine Guns by James H. Willbanks Pdf

The machine gun—often called the killing machine—revolutionized modern ground combat, brought an end to the traditional infantry and cavalry charge, and changed the battlefields of war forever. This volume in the Weapons and Warfare series describes the history of machine guns from the mid-19th century to the present, following both the evolution of small arms technology and the impact of machine guns on the battlefield, on military strategy, and on human society. This book discusses subjects ranging from the forerunners of mechanical and automatic guns, to the unusual history of the Civil War-era Gatling gun (the first practical machine gun, not used by the Union army because Gatling was a Southerner), to the machine guns developed for the world wars and those for present day use. Readers will see how the advent of the machine gun revolutionized ground combat—and how in some instances, technology outran tactics and doctrines, with disastrous consequences.

Author : Matthew Moss
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472828101

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The Sterling Submachine Gun by Matthew Moss Pdf

Designed by a motorcycle racer turned small-arms engineer, George Patchett, the submachine gun that eventually became known as the Sterling was developed during World War II. Some suggest it first saw action during Operation Infatuate with No. 4 Commando, before becoming fully adopted by the British Army in 1953 as the Sterling Machine Carbine (L2A1). It was centre stage for many of Britain's post-colonial conflicts from Malaya to Kenya and from Yemen to Northern Ireland. The silenced L34A1 Sterling-Patchett entered service in 1966 and first saw action deep in the jungles of Vietnam in the hands of the elite special forces of Australia, New Zealand and the United States during prisoner snatches and reconnaissance patrols. Employing first-hand accounts and painstaking technical analysis, this engaging account features carefully selected archive photography and specially commissioned colour artwork depicting the submachine gun that armed British and other forces for nearly 60 years.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849086578

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Browning .50-caliber Machine Guns by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

The Browning “50-cal” has become the longest serving weapon in the US inventory. The “fifty” has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun. It is considered such an effective and reliable weapon that few countries ever attempted to develop an equivalent weapon. Even the Japanese created a copy of it during World War II when the US was producing literally thousands every month to use in every theater. This is a history of the development of this famous weapon, its most critical operational use and the variants that have been produced to keep it at the forefront of the action.