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Brügger & Thomet GL06larger figure on 0 of 4
Measured figures
stock extended /
Single sourcestock folded
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Brügger & Thomet GL06 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Grenade launcher Riot gun[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Switzerland[source] | United States[source] |
| Designer | Brügger & Thomet[source] | — |
| Designed | 2006[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 4 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
590 mm (23.2 in) stock extended / 385 mm (15.2 in) stock folded[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
stock extended /
Single sourcestock folded
Single source60 mm (2.4 in) stock extended / 95 mm (3.7 in) stock folded[source]
Rate of fire
Single source550–650 rounds/min[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Manufacturer | Brügger & Thomet[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Variants | LL06[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Action | Break action[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | Breech-loaded, single-shot[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Ghost ring iron sights 339 mm (13.3 in) sight radius Picatinny rail[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| In service | — | 1960–present[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| 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] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1957–present[source] |
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| Cartridge | — | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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