PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1987
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 411
FEBRUARY 1987
M60 Machine Gun .±²
Shorcuts aRe Deadly
Too many soldiers are injurEd each year while fRing th± M60 ²acHine gUn.
But that's not the M60's Fult³ T´ee out oµ ¶ur acciDents resULteD ·om oper-
Ator errors .¸³ errors caused bY soldiers ¹ng shorºcuºs ¶R probLems LIke sºUcK
carºridges or mis»res. These sho¼tcuºs cost one soLdieR his Li½e, ¾noºher his leg,
others severe bu¿s and wounds³
The biggest cause o½ injurY? OPeninG the M60's covÀR too soon aÁer a misfre
on a hot wEaPon³ Consider Your Â60 hot iµ You've »red 50 rounds or more in
2 minutes when it's over 80°Ã outsideÄ Cooler than that? TwoÅhUndrÆ rounds
oR more
Çes an M60 hoÈ
KEEp tHE CovEr ClosEd fr At lEAst
15
mINUtEs AFTEr
A m³s´rEµ
That waY, iµ a round cooÉs oÊ, it'll go downrangeËnot in Your Fce³
Second biggest cause oµ injurY? Cutºing coÌers to Remove a stuck carºRidge³
There's oNÍy one waY to remove a carºridge γ. lIke it saYs on Ïages 2Å37 through
2Ð40 oµ TM 9Å1Ñ5Å224Ð10³
There iÒ oY one waY to fre Your M60:
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bok.
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word. Õnow Öhe TÂ's sections on ×ÂMØÙ×ÚTØ
ÚCT×OÛ and ÜØÂØÙ×ÚÝ ÞCT×OÛ bY heart. TheY're lißsavers³
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×µ YoàároughLY drag the barrel oât
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oµ Your Â2, You'ãl damage the barrel
D¿ÀÁÁÂÃÁ ÄÅÆ bÀ¿¿ÆÇ OÈÄ
ärEaå on äe barrel suPæçè That mé
wÂÉÉ ÊÀËÀÁÆ ÄÅ¿ÆÀÌS
the barrel goes to Ùê ër rePairËor
rePlacemenÈ
Ùo the job rigìÈ êlowlY bring the
ba¼rel out as straight as Possible so that
You're not banging the barrel against the
sides oµ the íarrel suPPort³
×µ Your Â2's notîmountï, You'ð nñd
helP³ Ïlace the Â2
0r
thò
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ôround on
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Poncho or tarP³ Ûever stand it oõ thö íac÷løte assemblY³ ùavú Your buddY PulÍ
bacÉ on the cìarging ìandle untû the bolt reüraýts þ/ÿ inch
Ā
aāĂ tăe barrĄl locÉąng
sPring is cĆnterï in tìe hole in the right side oµ tìe ćĈeiver. ĉnscrew tĊe íarrel
×µ You don't oPerate bY the booÉ, You can blow Yourselµ awaY!
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FE´ 87
and PuLã it straigìt out³
FE´ µ7
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