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Colt IAR6940larger figure on 0 of 3
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stock extended
Single sourcestock retracted
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| Specification | Colt IAR6940 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Light machine gun Squad automatic weapon[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 2010–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] |
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Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
851 mm (33.5 in) stock retracted, 934 mm (36.8 in) stock extended[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
6940 & 6940E-SG unloaded 6940 & 6940E-SG loaded (30-round STANAG)
Single source6940H unloaded 6940H loaded (30-round STANAG)
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Single sourceMass · source measurement 4
Single source6940 & 6940E-SG unloaded: 4.32 kg (9.52 lb) 6940 & 6940E-SG loaded (30-round STANAG): 4.95 kg (10.91 lb) 6940H unloaded: 4.58 kg (10.1 lb) 6940H loaded (30-round STANAG): 5.21 kg (11.49 lb)[source]
Mass
Single source10.5 kg (23.15 lb)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
See Users[source] |
| Designer | Phil Hinckley[source] | — |
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| Designed | 2008[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Colt's Manufacturing Company[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Variants | See variants[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 5.56×45mm NATO[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Gas Operated , Rotating bolt[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 30 round STANAG M16 box magazine , 100–150 round Beta C-Mag , PMAG D-60 Magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Iron sights or Picatinny rail for various optical sights[source] | Iron sights[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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