" Ogre " M.60 Gunner

I got the name Ogre from a book I have read a few times , in the book Ogre was not an M.60 Gunner , however I felt it a fitting name for My M.60 Gunner . I kitted Ogre out with a customised asbestos glove , which was used to change the barrel on the M.60 , the barrels could get very hot or even burnt out from continuous bursts against the approaching enemy . He has oil and an old tooth brush for keeping the beast clean . Apart from the belts of ready ammo worn in Mexican style crossed over his chest , he carries a box of ammo strapped over his shoulder . More often than not there would be an assistant gunner , it was his job to help feed the 60 , and run for more ammo which was distributed amongst the men in the squad . Another popular name for the M.60 in Vietnam was the Pig . It was a heavy weapon to carry around . The M.60 Gunners were a hot target for the Vietcong and NVA , and many gunners had the sense when they could to constantly keep changing position , life expectancy for these guys was statistically short . A common sight for Marine Gunners was to wedge their K.Bar knife behind the holster of their pistol . I like having the different sculpts for " Ogre " , as you can portray him in need of anger management , and when he is feeling more at peace .

There are a couple of pics showing an assistant gunner poring on oil in an attempt to keep the barrel cool .....

Great use of the shouting sculpt Chip! he looks ferocious!

Chip these are just incredible pictures you have taken.

Great figure and photos Chip!

I really like the shouting head sculpt.

I hope you don't mind, I've been meaning to
try a technique I asked Blackbrazen about,
adding a muzzle flash to images.



Ummm...

Considering the weapon I probably should have
made the flash larger....

Thanks chaps .

The M.60 actually makes little if any muzzle flash , what you normally see coming from the barrel is small clouds of smoke / steam . It`s a nice effect though .

Fantastic fig! Even more excellent with the background info about things like the asbestos glove and the constant oiling! Great set of images, action-packed!

Great kit-bash!

I remember 'Ogre', he was 'Bbaycakes' buddy. Ii don't however remember the title of the book...please enlighten me!

Chip wrote:

The M.60 actually makes little if any muzzle flash , what you normally see coming from the barrel is small clouds of smoke / steam . It`s a nice effect though .

Even with tracers? I once heard the average life span of an M60 gunner
was 4.8 seconds once a firefight started.

Chip wrote:

I like having the different sculpts for " Ogre " , as you can portray him in need of anger management , and when he is feeling more at peace .

Sorry, I can't envisage that bloke ever being "at peace" at all!
He's a one-man demolition team!

Great work!

Thanks for the further kind words .
at Barry .
Regarding Muzzle flash , I watched a few videos of the 60 in action and all I see was the aforementioned smoke / steam . I think flash suppressors were fitted to many weapons by the time M.60s and M16s arrived , this maybe why ?

Well I was never in the military, and certainly not under enemy fire, but to my way of thinking you wouldn't want any muzzle-flash pin-pointing your exact position to the enemy.
Hence I'd imagine it would be suppressed?

Great figure, Chip, an excellent addition to your Nam troops!!!