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ARDE Under Barrel Grenade Launcherlarger figure on 0 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source450mm[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | ARDE Under Barrel Grenade Launcher | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Grenade launcher[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | India[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 2010–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | Indian Army[source] |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 4 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Caliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
See Users[source] |
| Designer | Armament Research and Development Establishment[source] | — |
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| Designed | 2010[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| No. built | 10,000 (September 2019)[source] | — |
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| Cartridge | 40x46mm[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Single shot, Pump Action[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | Breech Loading[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Various sights developed by ARDE for the launcher: Post type foresights Ladder sight with 50m steps Illuminated bubble sight for indirect firing Tritium illuminated sight for night firing[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| 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] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1957–present[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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