FN Mag 58

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:01 pm

Is 50 years old, not a bad run for an MG that,s still in use worldwide.

Video of the British GPMG version here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YETWAL4h ... re=related

Post by **Niner** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:35 pm

If I'm not mistaken, the MAG 58 is the same thing as the M240 in the US military now. From what I read the M240 has been taking over for the M60 in the Army in recent years.

However, the old M60 is still a pretty good machine gun. They work in some pretty tough environments with no significant problems. The advantage the M240 seems to have is that it averages significantly more rounds between stopages that can be cleared in a minute or two. Take a look at this late model M60E4.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/52637/m60_machine_gun/

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:46 am

I remember I had an ex RM in my platoon who was a gimpy man. When shown the 600 mtr target for the gun pairs match and told of the run down he said to the instructor " I don't go that far for me f*****g ollidays mate"!

PeterN2 · Post by **PeterN2** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:36 am

That gun must have been mighty hot after that burst. I would love to fire a belt or two through a machine gun but I doubt I ever will. Not in the UK anyway.

Regards

Peter.

Tom-May · Post by **Tom-May** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:05 am

As a kid with the ACF, we used to have weekend camps at the (then) Guards Training Depot at Pirbright.

It was always possible to tell when the recruits had had their first session with the GPMG, there was always at least one wearing a plaster brace over a damaged nose.

It appears that it was a standard joke amongst the instructors to try to get the recruits to correct the aim while the gun was firing from the tripod*, and there was always one who tried to use the sights - result, recruit's fist hits himself in the nose, at speed.

Tom

*"Stub" butt (or whatever that was called) rather than the regular butt from 'LMG' mode

BOLOMK1 · Post by **BOLOMK1** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:15 pm

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u283 ... rthAFB.jpg[/pic][/pic]About 1988 at an NRA training session in cooperation with the Air Force.My only experience with an M-60 variant.Fun!

I had hair then too!

John

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:39 am

Just thought i would add a few more images of the British GPMG to this thread.....

More images here....

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Pictu ... dustry.htm

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:03 am

In Dutch service......

http://www.defensie.nl/

Dutch Mosin · Post by **Dutch Mosin** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:58 pm

Now that is a great machine gun.
I wouldn't trade this one for another.
Some pictures of Dutch MAG's at the range.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Martin

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:45 am

A couple more, these in Belgian use, i bet the number two,s had the old ear plugs in for this practice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_rJh7d9 ... r_embedded

http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt10 ... my/4-8.jpg[/pic]

http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt10 ... my/3-9.jpg[/pic]

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