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The HORRORS of M60 Gunners in Vietnam

The 3 Most Terrifying M60 Gunners in Vietnam The M60 machine gun made its gunners the most exposed men in Vietnam. This video follows three escalating true combat stories that show what the job demanded, how the weapon failed, and what it cost the men carrying it. After World War II, the U.S. Army tried to fix a growing infantry problem by creating a single general purpose machine gun inspired by German designs like the MG42. The result was the M60, chambered in seven point six two by fifty one NATO, meant to replace several older weapons at once. On paper, it solved logistics. In the jungle, it created new dangers. This video explains how the M60 actually worked in Vietnam conditions, why its power mattered in dense vegetation, and why its mechanical weaknesses made the gunner a priority target in every ambush. You’ll see how ammunition weight, heat, fouling, and malfunctions shaped firefights long before the shooting stopped. From the opening hours of the Tet Offensive near Tan Son Nhut Air Base, to a Marine company ambushed during Operation Hastings, to the final stand of Edward D’Vor in the Mekong Delta, these stories show what happened when the machine gun was the only thing holding a unit together. They also show why M60 gunners were expected to move forward into danger when everyone else was pinned down. This is a grounded, technical look at Vietnam infantry combat, the reality of the M60 machine gun, and the men who carried it when everything went wrong. Chapters: 00:00 – Three M60 gunner stories, and why the Pig mattered 04:31 – Tet Offensive ambush, Dwight Birdwell’s fight at Tan Son Nhut 09:09 – The M60’s ugly reliability problems in jungle combat 11:40 – Operation Hastings, Richard Pitman runs an M60 into the kill zone 15:32 – Ammo hacks, field mods, and what gunners were expected to do 17:46 – Edward D’Vor’s charge in the nipa palm swamp