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AK-9larger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single sourcefolded and without suppressor
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | AK-9 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Assault rifle Carbine[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Russia[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 2007–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users[source] |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 3 of 4
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with suppressor
Single source705 mm (27.8 in), 881 mm (34.7 in) (with suppressor), 465 mm (18.3 in) folded and without suppressor[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Caliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)[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 | Izhevsk machine-building plant[source] | — |
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| Designed | Early 2000s[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Izhevsk machine-building plant[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | 2000s - Present? (potentially still in production)[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| No. built | Few hundreds (limited usage)[source] | — |
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| Cartridge | 9×39mm[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated , rotating bolt[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 20-round detachable box magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Iron sights and various optical sights by the use of Picatinny rail or Warsaw Pact rail[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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