Afanasev A-12.7 vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

Afanasev A-12.7

Single-barrel aircraft 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

Afanasev A-12.7Length

1.423 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Afanasev A-12.7larger figure on 5 of 6

Length+29%
Mass+143%
Barrel length+79%
Calibre+67%
Rate of fire+58%

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 6

Muzzle velocity+4%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 79 rows sourced on both sides

1.42m

1.11m

Length+29%

All recorded figures & sources

1.423 m

Length

Single source

1,423 mm (4 ft 8 in)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Afanasev A-12.7 and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	Afanasev A-12.7	M60 machine gun
Type	Single-barrel aircraft machine gun^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
Used by	Soviet Union , Russia^[source]	See Users^[source]
Designer	Nikolay M. Afanasev^[source]

Designed	1949–1953^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Tulamashzavod Tula Izhmash Izhevsk Kovrov KMZ^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	1953–1983^[source]	1957–present^[source]

Cartridge	12.7×108mm^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Barrels	1^[source]	—

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

In service	—	1960–present^[source]

Wars	—	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]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Variants	—	See Variants^[source]

Feed system	—	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	—	Iron sights^[source]

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