The M60 medium/universal machine gun was designed in the late 1940s and its initial design strongly borrows from WW2 German developments - the MG42 belt feeding mechanism and the FG42 gas-driven action. M60 is a gas-operated, belt-fed, automatic weapon. It features interchangeable barrel, integral folding bipod and provisions to be mounted on tripods and vehicle mounts. The M60 was adopted by US military in 1950 and served until it was replaced by FN MAG/M240.