I hung on to an M60D for five years and it is probably one of my favorite weapons. We had problems with a few of them and I actually broke an op rod in half on one shoot. Never figured that one out. However, once I found a good one, I wouldn't fly with anything but that particular weapon, and it fired like a dream.
With that being said, I never understood how it ramped up from 100 to 200 to 550 rounds per minute ie. sustained/rapid/cyclic. Can anyone help me with this? Being an ops guy, we mainly shot them then cleaned them, that's it. The major work was performed by our squadron AO's, so I never found out.
I cant comment with a straight face as to how heavy it gets. The farthest I had to hump it was the flightline to the helo.
