M60E6

[SOES_vet]

Apparently, our good friends in Denmark couldn't let this one fade off into the sunset. But hey! It has an ELCAN!

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/03/12/danish-army-adopts-m60e6-7-62-gpmg/

I'm really hoping that the article is off and this isn't going to be used as a true GPMG. Anyone have any more info on this? I was quite surprised to see the M60 (so be it a much newer iteration) being used by a modern army.

 

[Lightguns]

Wow, with everyone going FN, this is a surprise.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

A bit like buying a tricked up Martini-Henry when everyone else is going to the Lee-Enfield.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

I'll bet the Danes are already calling it 'den gris'.

 

[Shrek1985]

Put the heavy barrel on it and it should be fine for a GPMG, ROF is slow for my liking though.

The M60 is no more out-dated than our C7s. It's WW2 technology, updated, improved and modified over the years. it's come a long way, almost as far from the original M60 as our C7A2s and C8s are from 1960-circa AR-15s.

 

[KevinB]

It's lighter than the MAG-58/C6 etc.

It's WAY MORE reliable.

Unlike the early M60's (which where plagued by farming out the TDP and having multiple sources build it) these guns run like sewing machines.