1972firebird Posted March 22, 2016 Share #1 Posted March 22, 2016 Hello everyone, i was cleaning a house this past week and found this piece of ammo linkage. It looks old to me but i have no expertise in this feild at all. I dont even know if it is spent or not. Any help is much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWalsh Posted March 22, 2016 Share #2 Posted March 22, 2016 Looks like a partial belt of 7.62 blank ammunition for an M60 machine gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWalsh Posted March 22, 2016 Share #3 Posted March 22, 2016 And the one casing you show the bottom of, hard to read as its not clear, but it appears the primer has been struck so it's a fired round, and I think maybe a 1969 date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrayGhost Posted March 22, 2016 Share #4 Posted March 22, 2016 MWalsh is right, the one casing appears to be fired. However, don't assume that since one has been fired that they all have. I would check that all rounds have a dimple in the primer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skio Posted March 22, 2016 Share #5 Posted March 22, 2016 I agree that it is a belt of 7.62 M60 machine gun blanks. They all look fired from what I can see. Live rounds will have a red seal at the projectile end that holds the powder in and the bottom primer will not have the indention as shown in your picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972firebird Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted March 22, 2016 thanks! the top off each is a hole and there is the indentation on each of the bottoms. Thanks for the quick help! It looks very cool in a display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT247 Posted March 22, 2016 Share #7 Posted March 22, 2016 And the one casing you show the bottom of, hard to read as its not clear, but it appears the primer has been struck so it's a fired round, and I think maybe a 1969 date?Looks to be Lake City 1969 marked. I have a bunch of linked ammo very similar to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972firebird Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted March 22, 2016 Thanks! Can anyone tell me what the main target of the m60 was? ant tank, one man gunner? mounted? I would love to learn more about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 22, 2016 Share #9 Posted March 22, 2016 Uh, to get our rump out of trouble..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWalsh Posted March 22, 2016 Share #10 Posted March 22, 2016 Well, it's..... A machine gun. So I guess you can deduce from that whatever you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in VA Posted March 22, 2016 Share #11 Posted March 22, 2016 As others have said, these are common M82 blanks, linked with the M13 links for the M60 machine gun. The blanks appear to be spent...the primers are dimpled and the red wax plugs are missing. FWIW, the links are on backwards, too - the tab should be locked into the rim of case, not aligned with the shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsca Posted July 27, 2018 Share #12 Posted July 27, 2018 Good catch on the links being backwards (upside down). Or are the cartidge cases upside down? Hmmmmmmmmmm...... Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 27, 2018 Share #13 Posted July 27, 2018 Tough guy eh, wit the belt of blank 60 rds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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