Excerpt from “Firefight” by Rebecca Goodrich:

Rebecca Goodrich & 18lbs of pure rock and roll (photo courtesy Tell us a Story/Goodrich)

“This, ladies and gents, is an M60: a 7.63mm, lightweight, air-cooled, disintegrating metallic link belt-fed portable or tripod-mounted machine gun designed for ground operations.” A staff sergeant with ropy forearms hefts the gun with both hands, performs two biceps curls. “Eighteen pounds of pure rock and roll.”

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