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Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
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9A-91larger figure on 2 of 4
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stock extended
Single sourcestock folded
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| Specification | 9A-91 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Assault rifle[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Russia[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1993–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | Russia (police and Federal Security Service)[source] | See Users[source] |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 4
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594 mm (stock extended) 373 mm (stock folded)[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Barrel length
Single source560 mm (22.0 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Syrian Civil War[source] | Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Dominican Civil War Cambodian Civil War Moro conflict The Troubles Lebanese Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Salvadoran Civil War Operation Urgent Fury Operation Just Cause Persian Gulf War Operation Gothic Serpent War in Afghanistan Iraq War Cambodian–Thai border stand-off Colombian armed conflict Insurgency in the Philippines Bougainville conflict Myanmar conflict various others[source] |
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| Designer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1991[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | 1994–present[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| Variants | VSK-94[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 9x39mm (SP-5, SP-6 & PAB-9)[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Gas actuated , rotating bolt[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 20-round straight box magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Iron sights or PSO-1 , Kobra RDS , PK-AS[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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