M60 machine gun

The  M60 machine gun is a belt-fed general purpose machine gun used by the SGC and US Military. Col. O'Neill used one during the attempt to capture a Kull warrior on Ramius's Planet.

The 7.62mm NATO rounds fired by the weapon are capable of causing serious damage to most personnel targets. This weapon also has a longer effective range than most of the other man-portable Tau'ri weapons but pays for it with an increased weight. Like the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, this machine gun is belt fed and can fire several hundred rounds continuously as long as ammunition is available and the trigger is held back. It can be fired from the hip or from the shoulder by some personnel, but is more accurate when fired from the muzzle-mounted bipod.

A second version&mdash;the M60E3&mdash;is wielded by Teal'c in the computer simulation designed to evaluate the SGC's defense against Kull Warriors. This version differs from the original version by having a lighter, easier to change barrel and a vertical foregrip.