AA-52 machine gun vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

AA-52 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun

BSmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

AA-52 machine gunLength

1.08 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

AA-52 machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 5

Barrel length

Measured figures

Head to head

25 of 93 rows sourced on both sides

1.08m

1.11m

Length+2%

All recorded figures & sources

1.08 m

Length

Single source

1,080 mm (43 in)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

AA-52 machine gun and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	AA-52 machine gun	M60 machine gun
Type	General-purpose machine gun^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	French Fourth Republic^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1952–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users

Wars	Algerian War Chadian Civil War Shaba II Lebanese Civil War Gulf War Bosnian War War in Afghanistan Ivorian Civil Wars 2011 Libyan uprising Syrian Civil War Centrafrican Civil War Operation Serval Russo-Ukrainian 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]

Designed	1952^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS)^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Variants	NF-1 M.A.C. 58^[source]	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	7.5×54mm French 7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Action	Lever-delayed blowback^[source]	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system	50-round non-disintegrating belt^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	Iron Removable APX (SOM) telescopic sights IR scope^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Produced	—	1957–present^[source]

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