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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Krieg" data-source="post: 1371340" data-attributes="member: 5282">I'm actually going to go back on what I said earlier. *gasp* lolI'm betting that the M60 on the cover of the book is actually supposed to be an M60E4 (rather than E3) which was a short-barreled variant used by the SEAL teams. Under Navy nomenclature it would be the Mk 43 Mod 0. I originally was thinking that the image on the cover was just poorly handled perspective, but I'm willing to bet the short barrel was intentional.<img src="http://www.usord.com/images/M60E4_large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />In the early 90's the USMC wanted to replace the M60E3 but didn't have the cash to develop a new weapon or procure them from an outside source. As resourceful as ever they acquired a number of vehicle mounted (coax & pintle) M240E1s from the Army. They replaced the spade grips and/or electric solenoid with pistol grip/buttstock & put them back into infantry service and type-classed them M240G.The success of the experiment wasn't lost on the Army. When they fast tracked their own M60 replacement program they also went with the M240, but instead of modifying vehicle mount versions, they purchased new weapons that were factory built as infantry weapons. It became the M240B.The USMC's M240G:<img src="http://world.guns.ru/machine/fn_mag_g.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The US Army's M240B:<img src="http://world.guns.ru/machine/fn_mag_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The most noticeable difference is the addition of a forward heat shield on the Army's version.Actually the M240 & M249 are not directly related. There is a 7.62 version of the M249 in use with the US Navy (ie SEAL teams) known as the Mk 48 Mod 0 (in Navy nomenclature the M249 is the Mk 46).<img src="http://world.guns.ru/machine/mk48mod0_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The adoption of the M240 in an infantry roll by the USMC/Army was merely a short term solution. There is a strong possibility that the Mk 48 will be the long term medium machine gun replacement for the US.I'd have to see a larger picture of it say for certain. It's either a Mossberg 500, Remington 870 or Winchester 1300 w/aftermarket pistol grips.If you can spot where the safety is located on the full size pic that will tell you which it is.</blockquote>

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