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Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki in Tokyo Bay off the coast of Japan, on 1 September 2016. He died 4 may 1942.

American amphibious LVT-1 remaining forever in the jungle of the Solomon Islands, on 7 September 2016

The wreckage of a Japanese fighter A6M, Palau, 29 Aug 2016.

Japanese light tank Ha-Go. Northern Mariana Islands, 28 August, 2016.

M3 Stuart, shot down by Japanese 37mm anti-tank gun. Arundel island, Solomon Islands.

Japanese light tank Ha-Go. Northern Mariana Islands, 28 August, 2016.

Floating tank LVT(A)-1, which is lined on Peleliu. 2012.

The skeleton of the Japanese tank Ha-Go on the island of GUAM.

M60 Unveiled 

In September 1957, Popular Science magazine ran a two-page spread showcasing the US Army’s new light machine gun, the M60. The article begins by evoking the image of the Browning Automatic Rifle wielding GI often seen in war movies before mocking the BAR’s weight. The article refers to the M60 by its experimental designation, the T161E3 despite being adopted on 30th January, 1957. 

Right side view of the M60 (source)

Popular Science then runs through the new M60′s features including ‘light’ weight, quick change barrel, relatively new 7.62x51mm ammunition, controllable rate of fire and lighter recoil. The short article also describes how the M60s barrel can be changed and how the only tool needed to disassemble the weapon is a cartridge. 

Interestingly at the bottom of the page the article also shows a Vickers M1904 and a Hotchkiss M1914, comparing their weights to the ‘new gun’.

Sources:

“Army’s Newest Machine Gun Shoots from the Shoulder.” Popular Science, September 1957, pp. 122–123.

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