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Barrett REC10larger figure on 0 of 1
Degtyaryov machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 1
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Measured figures
collapsed
Single source34.5 in (876.3 mm) collapsed[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Barrett REC10 | Degtyaryov machine gun |
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| Type | Designated Marksman Rifle[source] | Light machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| Manufacturer | Barrett Firearms Manufacturing[source] | — |
| Action | semi-automatic[source] Direct impingement; semi-automatic[source] |
1,270 mm (50.0 in)[source]
Effective; Effective firing range
Single source800 m (874.9 yd)[source]
Barrel length
Single source604 mm (23.8 in)[source]
Rate of fire
Single source550 rpm[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source840 m/s (2,755 ft/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Gas-operated , flapper locking[source]
| In service | — | 1928–present[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| Wars | — | Spanish Civil War Winter War World War II Second Sino-Japanese War Korean War Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Vietnam War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Laotian Civil War North Yemen Civil War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian-Vietnamese War Rhodesian Bush War Portuguese Colonial War Communist insurgency in Thailand Afghan Wars Sino-Vietnamese War Sri Lankan Civil War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Georgian Civil War Yugoslav Wars Somali Civil War Iraq War First Libyan Civil War Northern Mali conflict Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
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| Designer | — | Vasily Degtyaryov[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1927[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1928–1950s[source] |
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| No. built | — | 795,000[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | — | 7.62×54mmR[source] |
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| Feed system | — | 47-round pan magazine[source] |
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| Sights | — | Adjustable iron sights, front post and rear notch on a scaled tangent[source] |
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