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purpose machine gun (GPMG), a single weapon to replace as many different .30 caliber machine guns in the Army inventory as possible. The M60 was deployed as the chief infantry machine gun for Vietnam, along with a variety of air, ground, and water vehicle mountings. While other designs started to fill the infantry niche from the
80s onward, the M60 is still a front-line automatic weapon with American and allied armed forces. This example was made with
a Chasan Corp receiver box mated with a Saco-Lowell trunnion and other components; while the trunnion is numbered and marked, the receiver is the registered component.
The barrel is equipped with a fixed blade front sight, elongated bird cage flash
hider, and swiveling bipod. The receiver trunnion is fitted with the quick release hardware for the barrel, folding ladder rear sight, and aforementioned Saco-Lowell markings. Fitted with a ventilated barrel shroud, ribbed forearm and pistol grip, and
a plastic buttstock with a flip-up shoulder rest. Included with the lot are four extra barrels (three standard with bipods, one 16” barrel with heavy fluting), extra forearm and buttstock, a soft parts case,
and a pintle mount.
LOT 1371
Chasan Corp M60 Squad
Automatic Weapon, Class
III/NFA Fully Transferable
Machine Gun, with Extra Barrels and Accessories - Serial no. 012, 7.62 mm cal., 22 inch round bbl., matte grey phosphate finish, synthetic stock. Developed in the late 1950s, the M60 was designed as a general-