Beretta Model 38 vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared | ForceTally

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ASmall arms

Beretta Model 38

Submachine gun

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

Beretta Model 38MAB 38A

0.946 m

Length source ↗

M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Beretta Model 38larger figure on 1 of 2

Calibre

Measured figures

Head to head

29 of 101 rows sourced on both sides

946mmMAB 38A

1.11m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

0.8 m

MAB 38/42

Single source

0.798 m

MAB 38/49

Single source

Configuration

Details

Beretta Model 38 and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	Beretta Model 38	M60 machine gun
Type	Submachine gun^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1938–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users

Wars	World War II Reprisal operations Algerian War 1958 Lebanon Crisis Portuguese Colonial War Dominican Civil War Bangladesh Liberation War Congo Crisis Ogaden War^[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]

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