04-30-2009, 02:06 PM
Hi Duncan. We called the M60 "the pig". After a 20 kilometer road march or a month in the field, it felt like a gigantic lead weight, but I see what you mean. Had to hump a tool kit and lots of ammo, as well. We never bothered with the tripod.
Apple did that too...recall the backpacks for the first generation Apples. Portability....so is a couch or a large vase, I guess
Oh, that reminds me of a story, about a crew from a B-26 on route via the Southern Route from the US to England. At one of the African stops, they decided to go sightseeing, and since they had heard there were dangerous animals, they actually hand carried one of the .50 machine guns with them into the bush. I got that directly from a veteran's memoir, not an urban myth thing.
Dane
Apple did that too...recall the backpacks for the first generation Apples. Portability....so is a couch or a large vase, I guess
Oh, that reminds me of a story, about a crew from a B-26 on route via the Southern Route from the US to England. At one of the African stops, they decided to go sightseeing, and since they had heard there were dangerous animals, they actually hand carried one of the .50 machine guns with them into the bush. I got that directly from a veteran's memoir, not an urban myth thing.
Dane
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