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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 frontline automatic weapon with American and allied armed forces. This example is built around a receiver made by Rock
LOT 1496
Rock Island Armory M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, Class III/NFA Fully Transferable Machine Gun, with Tripod - Serial no. 10368, 7.62 mm
cal., 24 inch round bbl., matte black finish, synthetic stock. Developed in the late 1950s, the M60 was designed as a general-purpose machine gun (GPMG), a single weapon to replace as many different .30 caliber machine guns in the Army inventory as possible.
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Island Armory (located near, but not connected to, the Rock Island Arsenal). 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 and folding ladder rear sight, with the manufacturers markings on the left side and bottom of the receiver. 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 is a tripod, T&E unit, and manual.