Interview on M60E4/Mk43 MOD1 Commando Machine Gun Mechanics

This video clip features David Crane, owner/editor-in-chief of DefenseReview.com (http://www.defensereview.com) interviewing Steve Helzer of U.S. Ornance (www.usord.com) about the mechanics (i.e. internal workings) of the U.S. Ordnance M60E4/Mk43 MOD1 Commando machine gun.

The M60E4/Mk43 MOD 1 Commando machine gun is a highly modified and improved version the original Vietnam-era M60 machine gun, and it was developed to address and solve the original M60's reliability, handling, size and weight problems.

This is a 7.62x51mm NATO (7.62mm NATO) medium machine gun (MMG) a.k.a. general purpose machine gun (GPMG).

You can visit the U.S. Ordnance website at http://www.usord.com.

Defense Review would like to thank Sargon Koda of Xtreme Recall (http://www.xtremerecall.com) (Reno, Nevada) for assisting us with filming. All the shooter's-perspective and weapon's-perspective shots in the other two videos of this series were accomplished via an Xtreme Recall low-profile wearable tactical video camera system. When you watch the videos, you'll see that we had an Xtreme Recall micro video camera mounted on the gun/weapon and on me (the shooter). Notice how well the gun-mounted camera handled the recoil effects of the M60E4, no problem. Bottom line, if you're looking for a high-quality, low-profile wearable tactical video camera system (micro video camera), or non-tactical wearable video camera for extreme outdoor use or just everyday use, DefenseReview highly recommends that you visit the Xtreme Recall website (http://www.xtremerecall.com) and/or give them a call at 775-851-2686. Great product.

DefenseReview.com (http://www.defensereview.com) is an online tactical technology / military defense technology magazine.

David Crane is a tactical technology and military defense industry analyst and consultant, and can be contacted via email at defrev at gmail dot com.

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[Morris1962]

The M60 is a decent design but a reliability overhaul was needed before ever be a considered good design. The ones I used were ridiculously sensitive.