Know Your Weapons: The M60, A Cold War Classic

February 25, 2022 by The Tactical Hermit in Another Reason to Be Armed, Armed Citizen Corner, Armed Citizen Corner Video, Arms and Ammo, Cold War Era Weapons, Cold War Files, Cold War History, Firearms History, Historical Study, History of Weapons, Know your History, Know Your Weapons, Weapons & Ammo and tagged Arms and Ammo, Cold War Weapons, Full Metal Jacket, Historical Study, Know Your Weapons, Rambo, The M60, Weapons History

M60: Its Purpose, Mechanics, and Development

Two scenes come to mind for the venerable M60: The first is one of my favorite childhood movies of all time, First Blood. Watching John Rambo eradicate that town in Washington with that M60 he swiped out of the back of the deuce-and-a-half was pure poetry!

The second was Full Metal Jacket and my bro Animal Mother charging headlong into the breech.

Know Your Weapons: Carl Gustav m/45B (Swedish K)

June 11, 2020 by The Tactical Hermit in Cold War Era Weapons, Cold War History, Firearms History, Know Your Weapons, Weapons & Ammo and tagged Carl Gustav m/45B, Cold War Weapons, Forgotten Weapons, John L. Plaster, Know Your Weapons, Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Line with Elite Warriors of SOG, Sub-Machine Guns, Swedish K

I remember the first time I heard about this gun was when I read John Plaster’s outstanding book about MAC-V-SOG in Vietnam, Secret Commando’s: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG.

If you enjoy Military History, I highly recommend this book.

Plaster is the real deal, having written one of the foremost books on Rifle Marksmanship as well, The Ultimate Sniper.

Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!

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