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Daewoo Precision Industries K1
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stock extended
Single sourcestock retracted
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| Specification | Daewoo Precision Industries K1 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Assault rifle Carbine[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | South Korea[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1981–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 3
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838 mm (33.0 in) (stock extended) 653 mm (25.7 in) (stock retracted)[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Effective; K100
Single sourceEffective; KM193
Single source250 m (KM193) 400 m (K100)[source]
Effective; Effective firing range
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum firing range
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| Wars | Persian Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War 1992 Los Angeles Riots[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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| Designer | Agency for Defense Development Daewoo Precision Industries[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1977–1982[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Arsenal of National Defense (1980–1981) Daewoo Precision Industries (1981–1999) Daewoo Telecom (1999–2002) Daewoo Precision (2002–2006) S&T Daewoo (2006–2012) S&T Motiv (2012–2021) SNT Motiv (2021–present) Dasan Machineries (2016–present)[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | 1980–present[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| No. built | 180,000[source] | — |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | .223 Remington (pre 2014 production) 5.56×45mm NATO (post 2014 production)[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated , rotating bolt ( direct impingement )[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | Various STANAG magazines .[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Iron sights[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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