AGS-17 vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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AGS-17

Automatic grenade launcher

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George Shuklin · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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

AGS-17Length

0.84 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

AGS-17larger figure on 3 of 5

Mass+195%
Range

Measured figures

Head to head

25 of 100 rows sourced on both sides

840mm

1.11m

Length+32%

All recorded figures & sources

0.84 m

Length

Single source

840 mm^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

AGS-17 and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	AGS-17	M60 machine gun
Type	Automatic grenade launcher^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1970–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users^[source]

Wars	Soviet–Afghan War South African Border War Gulf War Somali Civil War First Chechen War Cenepa War Second Chechen War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Ivorian Civil Wars Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russo-Ukrainian War Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)^[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]

Designer	KB Tochmash^[source]	—

Designed	1967^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Molot Plant^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	1967^[source]	1957–present^[source]

Variants	AG-17A helicopter-mounted version^[source]	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	30×29mm grenade^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	29 grenades belt^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	Adjustable iron sights , optional mount required for optical sights^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

Former operator · Afghanistan	Afghanistan^[source]	—

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

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