06-27-2007, 10:22 AM
Ave , Dane !
Mention of the M-60 rings bells ! It truly earned its nickname of "the pig!".
The Aussie army got stuck with this 'lemon' too !
God, we hated it ( and yearned for a belt-fed Bren gun as the ideal medium M.G. ), but it was worth its (considerable) weight in gold in a firefight...........even if you spent the rest of your life cleaning and maintaining 'the pig' ! )
Sorry to go 'off-topic' !
Mention of the M-60 rings bells ! It truly earned its nickname of "the pig!".
The Aussie army got stuck with this 'lemon' too !
God, we hated it ( and yearned for a belt-fed Bren gun as the ideal medium M.G. ), but it was worth its (considerable) weight in gold in a firefight...........even if you spent the rest of your life cleaning and maintaining 'the pig' ! )
Sorry to go 'off-topic' !
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff