M-60's Has anyone ever noticed this?

OK......I have flown in many a Huey in my day. Back in the early 1980's I probably flew 2 times a week, or at the very least, once every couple of weeks. But that was over 30 years ago.

But in all those years, I never remembered an M-60 that had handles and a lever. It's kind of like our Huey has a bastardized door gun that's half Browning .50 cal. and half M-60. I just wish it had the punch of the .50.......

This has always been something that I noticed but never thought to ask about until just now.

Is the DCS M-60 like this because it would be much more complicated to model the gunner in the shoulder posture?

Just curious. :dunno:

The Door gunners used a variant of the M-60 Called the M-60D. the pistol grip was removed and had the same setup as a M2 .50cal for firing, being the 2 handles

I think I remember seeing one on a 47s ramp before the 240's came along.

https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m60e3.htm

After sifting through a bunch of photos on the internet. I see some pix of these. I never saw anything like this while I was in though. Always shoulder stock on the choppers I flew in.

But at least now I know they actually exist. Thanks for pointing it out to me guys.

I served in the 1990's. I recall in high Tier FORSCOM units (10th, 25th, 24th, 82nd, 101, and associated 18th ABN Corps), and Avn. Bats UH-60, UH-1(N.Guard), and CH-47 crews used M240 series for self protection. M-60 was still there in many National Guard armories, and was widespread in TRADOC units. High readyness active duty units converted to M240.

did anyone notice the sound of M-60 is a bit weird? I mean watch the peacemaker heli scene when devoe tells them to shoot back, the sound is completely off.

M60D model had handles, was used regularly in Helos until they switched over to M240b.