AN-94 vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

AN-94

Assault rifle

Credit

Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BSmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

AN-94larger figure on 1 of 3

Muzzle velocity+6%

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 3

Range+38%
Barrel length+38%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 78 rows sourced on both sides

Длина, мм 943 (с разложенным прикладом) 728 (со сложенным прикладом)

1.11m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

Длина, мм 943 (с разложенным прикладом) 728 (со сложенным прикладом)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

Configuration

Details

AN-94 and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	AN-94	M60 machine gun
Type	Assault rifle^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Russia^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1994–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users^[source]

Wars	First Chechen War Annexation of Crimea^[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	Gennadiy Nikonov^[source]	—

Designed	1980–1994^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Kalashnikov Concern (formerly known as Izhmash)^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	1994–2006^[source]	1957–present^[source]

Cartridge	5.45×39mm^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Action	Blowback shifted pulse, pulley system: Gas-operated for the first shot, Recoil operation for the second shot^[source]	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system	30, 45 round AK-74 compatible box magazines 60-round casket magazines^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	Iron sights 700 mm (27.6 in) sight radius, various optics (optional)^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Variants	—	See Variants^[source]

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