Barrett REC10 vs FN MAG: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

Barrett REC10

Designated Marksman Rifle

BSmall arms

FN MAG

General-purpose machine gun

Credit

FN Herstal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Barrett REC10collapsed

0.8763 m

Length source ↗

FN MAGLength

1.263 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

7 of 95 rows sourced on both sides

876mmcollapsed

1.26m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

0.8763 m

collapsed

Single source

34.5 in (876.3 mm) collapsed^[source]

1.263 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Barrett REC10 and FN MAG configuration
Specification	Barrett REC10	FN MAG
Type	Designated Marksman Rifle^[source]	General-purpose machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Belgium^[source]
Manufacturer	Barrett Firearms Manufacturing^[source]	FN Herstal Colt Canada Fabricaciones Militares Heckler & Koch U.S. Ordnance Ordnance Factory Board Royal Small Arms Factory Barrett Firearms Manufacturing^[source]
Calibre	.308 Winchester / 7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Action	semi-automatic^[source] Direct impingement; semi-automatic^[source]	Gas-operated long-stroke piston , open bolt^[source]

In service	—	1958–present^[source]

Used by	—	See Users^[source]

Wars	—	Congo Crisis Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation Rhodesian Bush War South African Border War Six-Day War Nigerian Civil War Vietnam War War of Attrition Yom Kippur War The Troubles Falklands War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War Liberian Civil Wars Gulf War Sierra Leone Civil War Burundian Civil War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kivu conflict Libyan Civil War Syrian civil war Spillover in Lebanon Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]

Designer	—	Dieudonné Saive , Ernest Vervier^[source]

Designed	—	1950^[source]

Produced	—	1958–present^[source]

No. built	—	200,000+^[source]

Variants	—	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	—	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Feed system	—	Non-disintegrating DM1 or disintegrating M13 linked belt^[source]

Sights	—	Folding leaf sight with aperture and notch, front blade^[source]

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