Barrett Model 98B vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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Barrett Model 98B — licensed reference photograph

ASmall arms

Barrett Model 98B

Sniper Rifle

Credit

Mike Jones · CC0 · Resized · CC0 · 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

Barrett Model 98B27" Barrel

1.264 m

Length source ↗

M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Barrett Model 98Blarger figure on 1 of 2

Muzzle velocity+10%

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 2

Range+148%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

13 of 76 rows sourced on both sides

1.26m27" Barrel

1.11m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.1 m

20" Barrel

Single source

1.264 m

27" Barrel

Single source

Configuration

Details

Barrett Model 98B and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	Barrett Model 98B	M60 machine gun
Type	Sniper Rifle^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	United States^[source]
Designer	Ronnie Barrett^[source]	—
Designed	1997^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Barrett Firearms Manufacturing^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	2008–present^[source]	1957–present^[source]

Cartridge	.338 Lapua Magnum^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	10-round detachable box magazine^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

In service	—	1960–present^[source]

Used by	—	See Users^[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]

Sights	—	Iron sights^[source]

Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Algeria Reported operator · Australia Reported operator · Bolivia Reported operator · Bosnia and Herzegovina Reported operator · Brazil Reported operator · Cambodia Reported operator · Chile Reported operator · Colombia Reported operator · Costa Rica Reported operator · Czech Republic Reported operator · Democratic Republic of the Congo Reported operator · Denmark Reported operator · Dominican Republic Reported operator · East Timor Reported operator · El Salvador Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Fiji Reported operator · Ghana Reported operator · Greece Reported operator · Haiti Reported operator · Honduras Reported operator · Italy Reported operator · Indonesia Reported operator · Jordan Reported operator · Kuwait Reported operator · Lebanon Reported operator · Liberia Reported operator · Lithuania Reported operator · Luxembourg Reported operator · Malaysia Reported operator · Mexico Reported operator · Morocco Reported operator · Nicaragua Reported operator · Panama Reported operator · Papua New Guinea Reported operator · Peru Reported operator · Philippines Reported operator · Portugal Reported operator · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Reported operator · Senegal Reported operator · South Korea Reported operator · Spain Reported operator · Sudan Reported operator · Taiwan Reported operator · Thailand Reported operator · Trinidad and Tobago Reported operator · Tunisia Reported operator · Turkey Reported operator · Uganda Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · United Kingdom Reported operator · U.S. Army Reported operator · Venezuela Reported operator · Vietnam