AKM vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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AKM

Assault rifle

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Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum) · 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

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

AKMAKMSN stock extended /

0.92 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

AKMlarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Measured figures

Head to head

32 of 138 rows sourced on both sides

920mmAKMSN stock extended /

1.11m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

0.88 m

AKM, AKML AKMS

Single source

0.92 m

AKMSN stock extended /

Single source

Configuration

Details

AKM and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	AKM	M60 machine gun
Type	Assault rifle^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1959–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users^[source]

Wars	See Conflicts^[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	Mikhail Kalashnikov^[source]	—

Designed	1950s^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Izhmash Tula Arms Plant^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	1959–1977 (Soviet Union) 1959–present (licensed manufacturers)^[source]	1957–present^[source]

No. built	10,278,300^[source]	—

Variants	See Variants^[source]	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	7.62×39mm^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	10-, 20-, or 30-round detachable box magazines . Also compatible with 40-round box magazines and 75-round drum magazines from the RPK^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	Rear sight notch on sliding tangent, front post 100–1,000 m sight adjustments Sight radius: 378 mm (14.9 in)^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

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