The M-60 was based on the MG-42 and that's still in service.Major Tom said:as should have been the MG42 (superior to the M1917 in every way, considering the M1917 was rather obsolete and only saw limited service in WW2. Its replacement, the M1919 would have been better to mention), which influenced MG design for many years after the war and its direct descendant, the MG3, only started being phased out of Bundewehr service in 2012.