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No, Husky_Khan is correct. While the M60 does take some concepts from the FG42 (semi-bullpup design with pistol grip), it is *directly based on* the MG42, to the point of flat out copying the MG42's belt feed system with only a handful of minor changes.

They tried, but failed. A number of British-made single Bofors guns were captured in Singapore in 1942 and the Japanese proceeded to copy the design under the designation Type 5, but quality control was poor enough to cause severe reliability issues. Several modifications were made to try to...

The two main problems with the Japanese 25mm Hotchkiss AA mounts were that all but a tiny handful of mountings lacked even the most rudimentary form of RPC direction, and that the small 15-round box magazines severely handicapped the rate of fire. The 37mm McLean does not address either of these...