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When I was in the Army in the early 1970’s I was in an Infantry Brigade. We had lots of M60’s and would fire them until the barrels glowed. They came with an “Accessory Bag” that contained spare barrels and asbestos gloves to wear when changing hot barrels. One of my assistant gunners forgot to put on his asbestos glove and grabbed a glowing barrel barehanded. I can still remember his screams and the smell of his burning flesh on the barrel. We medevaced him to the hospital and he ultimately was discharged on disability.