Browning Hi-Power vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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Browning Hi-Power — licensed reference photograph

ASmall arms

Browning Hi-Power

Semi-automatic pistol

Credit

U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

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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

Browning Hi-PowerLength

0.199 m

Length source ↗

M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Browning Hi-Powerlarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Measured figures

Head to head

45 of 123 rows sourced on both sides

199mm

1.11m

Length+455%

All recorded figures & sources

0.199 m

Length

Single source

199 mm (7.8 in)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Browning Hi-Power and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	Browning Hi-Power	M60 machine gun
Type	Semi-automatic pistol^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Belgium United States^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1935–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users

Wars	World War II Indonesian National Revolution 1948 Palestine war Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Algerian War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Rhodesian Bush War South African Border War Falklands War The Troubles Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) Yugoslav Wars Kivu Conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Libyan Crisis Syrian Civil 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]

Designer	John Browning Dieudonné Saive^[source]	—

Designed	1914–1935^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	FN Herstal Browning Arms Company Fabricaciones Militares John Inglis and Company^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	1935-2018; 2022–present^[source]	1957–present^[source]

No. built	1,500,000+^[source]	—

Variants	See Variants^[source]	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	7.65×21mm Parabellum 9×19mm Parabellum .40 S&W^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Action	Short recoil operated tilting barrel^[source]	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system	Detachable box magazine 10, 13, 15 or 17 rounds ( 9mm ) 20 or 30 rounds made by Rhodesia ( 9mm ) 10 rounds ( .40 S&W )^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Sights	—	Iron sights^[source]

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