Ammunition is fed into the weapon from a 100-round bandoleer containing a disintegrating metallic split-link belt. It can be fired from the shoulder, hip, or underarm position; from the bipod-steadied position; or from the tripod-mounted position. The primary use of the M60 is to support...
M82 Blank - the latter utilized in field exercises and requiring use of a special attachment known as the M13A1 Blank Firing Adaptor (or "BFA") over the muzzle. Ammunition was supplied via the M13 disintegrating metallic split-link belt for all ammunition types, this usually in 100-round ...
They were complete and intact...and I'm sure never gauged for anything...other than weight for scrap value? Then we went into the stockroom where all the NOS spare parts were...all that I'm sure got scrapped as well. With 100K service life I don't think receiver stretch was actual...