Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "The Pig: M60 in Theory and on the Range" video.

  1. The weird thing is that this MG had been adopted in 1957. For how much sound the basic mechanism is, for it's execution it's like the designers konwingly decided to ignore several decades of experience in small arms designs, or simple common sense, like they were things of the past, that didn't apply to them. Retaining nuts had been commonly used in infantry rifles (relatively inexpensive pieces of equipment) since the late 19th century, how it's possible that a post WWII GPMG (a valuable piece of equipment) has a screw that can get loose during use? The problem of changing a hot barrel without using pads and without the gunner having to move from prone position had been adressed since the end of WWI. The ZB vz.26 can do it, the Breda 30 can do it, the Bren can do it, The MG34 and MG42 can do it, the M60 can't! And so on...
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