M60

NOTE: This article is about the M60 GPMG in ArmA: CWA and ARMA Reforger. For other similarly named articles, you may wish to use the following links instead:
■ For the M60 in S.O.G. Prairie Fire, see M60 (S.O.G.).
■ For the M60 in CSLA Iron Curtain, see M60 (CSLA).

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The M60 is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun featured in ArmA: Cold War Assault and ARMA Reforger.

ArmA: Cold War Assault[]

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The M60 Machine Gun has been the US Army's general-purpose machine gun since 1950. It fires the standard NATO 7.62 mm round and is used as a general support crew-served weapon.

Weapon Description^[1]

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The M60 is used exclusively by U.S. military forces in ArmA: Cold War Assault.

Overview[]

The M60 is a gas operated, belt-fed medium machine gun that uses a short-stroke gas piston. It is chambered to fire the 7.62×51 mm NATO cartridge.

It feeds from 100-round belts stored in metal boxes^{[CWACfgW 4]}, and can attain a fire rate of up to 600 rounds per minute^{[CWACfgW 5]}^{[Formula 1]} with a muzzle velocity of 1,000 m/s.^{[CWACfgW 6]}

Providing every American squad with the ability to suppress enemy infantry effectively, the M60 served as the standard-issue GPMG of U.S. military forces at the height of the Malden Islands Crisis. The M60 has an effective range of between 600 up to 800 metres.

Performance-wise, the M60 is virtually identical to its Soviet-made counterpart and shares the exact same statistics as the latter. However, the M60 does feature less obstructive ironsights which makes it slightly more ergonomic to aim with. But as is the case with the Soviet PK, wielding the M60 prevents the user from being able to carry a rocket launcher.^{[CWACfgW 7]} Its high recoil also makes it difficult to control muzzle climb, therefore it's recommended to fire the M60 in short bursts of 4-5 rounds to not only manage its recoil better but to also conserve ammunition.

Ironsights[]

The M60's ironsights are set to a fixed zeroing of 400 metres.^{[CWACfgW 8]}^{[CWACfgW 9]} It is not possible to manually adjust this to a different setting.

Recoil curves[]

 
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Ammunition[]

Ammo parameter	7.62 mm NATO (Ball)
Base damage value	8^{[CWACfgA 1]}
Spill damage value	2^{[CWACfgA 2]}
Muzzle velocity (m/s)	1,000^{[CWACfgW 6]}

The M60 only supports being fed with one type of "magazine".^{[CWACfgW 4]} It requires at least two^{[CWACfgW 10]} free inventory slots to carry:

M60 Mag.[]

100-round metal box with a linked belt loaded with 7.62 mm NATO ball ammunition.^{[CWACfgW 11]}

Its bullets have a spill radius of 0.1 metres upon impact.^{[CWACfgA 3]}

Trivia[]

The M60's rear sight is conspicuously absent on the model itself and is visible only in first person when looking down the weapon's sights.
At release, AI units armed with the M60 would continue firing even when allied units crossed into their line of fire. This was corrected after the release of Patch 1.40, which added a safety check to prevent M60 users from committing friendly fire.^[2]

Gallery[]

ARMA Reforger[]

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7.62×51 mm general purpose machine gun.

Weapon Description

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The M60 is used exclusively by U.S. military forces in ARMA Reforger.