AGS-40 Balkan vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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AGS-40 Balkan — licensed reference photograph

ASmall arms

AGS-40 Balkan

Automatic grenade launcher

Credit

Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BSmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

AGS-40 Balkanlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 2

Range+49%
Rate of fire+50%

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 77 rows sourced on both sides

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1.11m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

1,105 mm (43.5 in)^[source]

46kgon tripod loaded with drum of 20 rounds

10.5kg

Configuration

Details

AGS-40 Balkan and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	AGS-40 Balkan	M60 machine gun
Type	Automatic grenade launcher^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Russia^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	2017–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users^[source]

Designer	TsKIB SOO GNPP "Pribor"^[source]	—

Designed	1980–2017^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Tecmash Research and Production Association^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	2017–present^[source]	1957–present^[source]

Cartridge	Caseless 40 mm grenade^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	20 grenade disintegrating belt in drum^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	PAG-17, iron sights^[source]	Iron sights^[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]

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