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Dumb question.....M60 machine gun in SEA...
Joker
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 09:51 AM UTC
Hi all,
My question , Did a standard belt of M60 ammo have tracer every 5 rounds or?
Thanks for your patience
Pete
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 10:10 AM UTC
Peter,

Yup, should have been, it was a NATO standard of four ball and one tracer.

Here's some info, just go down to the part on the packaging of 7.62mm cartridges:

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_firearms_ammo_762mm.php
Joker
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 10:22 AM UTC
Well that's a cool site, never been there before.
As always, thanks for your time.
Pete
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