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 | | The M60 is effective up to 1,100 meters when firing at an area target and mounted on a tripod; up to 800 meters when firing at an area target using the integral bipod; up to 600 meters when firing at a point target; and up to 200 meters when firing at a moving point target. |
 | | The M60 was among the lightest 7.62 mm machine guns of the era, and lighter than the M240 that is slowly supplanting it. |
 | | In 1991, the Belgian-designed FN MAG machine gun, designated the M240 in U.S. service, was adopted by the Marines as the M240G as a replacement for M60s used by infantry, though the M240 had already been used as a co-axial and pintle-mounted machine gun since the 1980s by the USMC. |
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