GetMANUAL. com Sell, development, translation of service manuals, user manuals, part catalogues and other technical instructions for audiovisual equipment, home. SCPN.jpg' alt='Sig M11 Technical Manual' title='Sig M11 Technical Manual' />M6. Wikipedia. Machine Gun, 7. M6. 0A right side view of the M6. Webopedias list of Data File Formats and File Extensions makes it easy to look through thousands of extensions and file formats to find what you need. Type. General purpose machine gun. Place of origin. United States. SIG_M11-A1-Photo-600x516.jpg' alt='Sig M11 Technical Manual' title='Sig M11 Technical Manual' />Service history. In service. Used by. See Users. Wars. Vietnam War. Laotian Civil War. Cambodian Civil War. Moro conflict. CambodianVietnamese War. Salvadoran Civil War. The Troubles. Operation Just Cause. Gulf War. War in Afghanistan. Lebanese Civil War. Iraq War. CambodianThai border stand off. Colombian armed conflict. Insurgency in the Philippines. Bougainville Civil War. Lahad Datu standoff. Battle of Marawi1various others. Production history. Designed. 19. 521. Manufacturer. Saco Defense. U. S. Ordnance. Unit cost6,0. Produced. 19. 57present. Variants. See Variants. Specifications. Weight. Length. 1,1. 05 mm 4. Barrel length. 56. Cartridge. 7. 6. 25. NATOCaliber. 7. 6. Action. Gas operated, short stroke gas piston,4open bolt. Rate of fire. 50. RPMMuzzle velocity. Effective firing range. Feed system. Disintegrating belt with M1. How To Install 16G Turbo Eclipse Gst on this page. Links. Sights. Iron sights. The M6. 0, officially the United States Machine Gun, Caliber 7. M6. 0, is a family of American general purpose machine guns firing 7. NATOcartridges from a disintegrating belt of M1. Breaking The No Barrier Pdf on this page. There are several types of ammunition approved for use in the M6. Introduced in 1. 95. U. S. military and still serves with other armed forces. Its manufacture and continued upgrade for military and commercial purchase continues into the 2. M2. 40 machine gun in U. S. service. 5Overviewedit. A camouflaged infantryman armed with an M6. The M6. 0 is a belt fed machine gun that fires the 7. NATO cartridge similar to. Winchester, commonly used in larger rifles. It is generally used as a crew served weapon and operated by a team of two or three individuals. The team consists of the gunner, the assistant gunner AG, and the ammunition bearer. The guns weight and the amount of ammunition it can consume when fired make it difficult for a single soldier to carry and operate. The gunner carries the weapon and, depending on his or her strength and stamina, anywhere from 2. The assistant carries a spare barrel and extra ammunition, and reloads and spots targets for the gunner. The ammunition bearer carries additional ammunition and the tripod with associated traversing and elevation mechanism, if issued, and fetches more ammunition as needed during firing. A U. S. airman firing an M6. Defender Challenge competition in 1. The M6. 0 can be accurately fired at short ranges from the shoulder thanks to its design. This was an initial requirement for the design and a hold over in concept from the M1. Browning Automatic Rifle. It may also be fired from the integral bipod, M1. M6. 0 ammunition comes in a cloth bandolier containing a cardboard box of 1. The M6. 0 uses the M1. M1 link system with which it was not compatible. The cloth bandolier is reinforced to allow it to be hung from the current version of the feed tray. Historically, units in Vietnam used B3. A cans from C rations packs locked into the ammunition box attachment system to roll the ammunition belts over for a straighter and smoother feed to the loading port to enhance reliability of feed. The later models changed the ammunition box attachment point and made this adaptation unnecessary. The M6. 0 has been adopted by various military agencies around the world, it also has been updated and modernized throughout the years to meet modern military requirements. Historyedit. The experimental T 4. German FG 4. 2 and MG 4. The M6. 0 machine gun began development in the late 1. It was partly derived from German guns of World War II most notably the FG 4. MG 4. 2,67 but it contained American innovations as well. Early prototypes, notably the T5. T1. 61 bore a close resemblance to both the M1. Johnson machine gun and the FG 4. The final evaluation version was designated the T1. E3. It was intended to replace the M1. Browning Automatic Rifle and M1. A6 Browning machine gun in the squad automatic weapon role, and in the medium machine gun role. One of the weapons tested against it during its procurement process was the FN MAG. The U. S. Army officially adopted the T1. E3 as the M6. 0 in 1. The decision to adopt the M6. German MG 4. 2 or the still unproven FN MAG, was largely due to strict Congressional restrictions requiring preference be given to the designs of United States arms manufacturers even if a superior design was available from foreign sources primarily out of desire to avoid paying licensing fees, but also out of a strong bias in favor of domestic products. An M6. 0 machine gun being used during the Vietnam War in 1. American Conquest Fight Back Download German Free. The M6. 0 later served in the Vietnam War as a squad automatic weapon with many United States units. Every soldier in the rifle squad would carry an additional 2. M6. 0, a spare barrel, or both. The up gunned M1. ACAV added two M6. Patrol Boat, River had one in addition to two. During the Vietnam War, the M6. The Pig due to its bulky size. Vietnams tropical climate harshly affected weapons, and the M6. Its light weight made the gun damage easily and critical parts like the bolt and op rod wore out quickly. Even so, soldiers appreciated the guns handling, mechanical simplicity, and effective operation from a variety of firing positions. United States Navy SEALs used M6. Some SEALs had feed chutes from backpacks to have a belt of thousands of rounds ready to fire without needing to reload. Marine fires his M6. Battle of Hu in Vietnam War. In the 1. 98. 0s, the M6. M2. 49 Squad Automatic Weapon within Army infantry squads. Their new doctrine with the weapon reduced the general purpose machine gun role in favor of portability and a greater volume of fire. Soldiers disliked the new strategy, as even though the lighter SAW made movement faster, in firefights the larger 7. In defensive roles, the M6. The M6. 0 was retained in the vehicle mounted role and the general purpose role due to its greater power and range, compared to the 5. M2. 49. 1. 1In United States Marine Corps service, concerns about the M6. M6. 0s in service prompted the adoption of the M6. E3 to replace most original M6. The M6. 0E3 was five pounds lighter than the original M6. It included a forward pistol grip and had the bipod mounted to the receiver rather than the barrel. The weapon still was not durable and its performance was reduced. In the early 1. 99. Saco addressed Navy Special Warfare requirements to develop a retrofit parts package for the machine gun. Called the M6. 0E4, it was more reliable and durable than the M6. E3, had a duckbill flash suppressor, and a shorter and thicker positive lock gas cylinder extension. NAVSPECWAR units began to receive it in late 1. Mk 4. 3 Mod 0. 1. In January 1. 99. U. S. Army began the Medium Machine Gun Upgrade Kit program. The only two competitors were M6. M2. 40 versions. Saco offered an enhanced M6. E3 with product improved parts and FN offered the M2. MAG. As such, both weapons were upgrade kits of weapons already in service. Eighteen guns of each were tested until December 1. There were two main performance areas mean rounds between stoppages MRBS jams and mean rounds between failures MRBF parts breaking. The M2. 40 had 2,9. MRBS and 6,4. 42 MRBF, compared to the M6. MRBS and 1,6. 69 MRBF. As a result, the M2. Although the M6. 0 was lighter, had better balance, was more controllable, and there were many in the inventory, it did not work reliably enough. Starting with Ranger battalions, the U. S. Army began adopting and modifying M2. M6. 0s in the early 1.