Degtyaryov machine gun vs Mk 13 rifle

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ASmall arms

Degtyaryov machine gun

Light machine gun

BSmall arms

Mk 13 rifle

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Degtyaryov machine gunLength

1.27 m

Length source ↗

Mk 13 rifleLength

1.207 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Degtyaryov machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 3

Length+5%

Mk 13 riflelarger figure on 2 of 3

Range+63%
Barrel length+11%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 68 rows sourced on both sides

1.27m

1.21m

Length+5%

All recorded figures & sources

1.27 m

Length

Single source

1,270 mm (50.0 in)^[source]

1.207 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Degtyaryov machine gun and Mk 13 rifle configuration
Specification	Degtyaryov machine gun	Mk 13 rifle
Type	Light machine gun^[source]	—
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	—
In service	1928–present^[source]	2001–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	United States^[source]
Wars	Spanish Civil War Winter War World War II Second Sino-Japanese War Korean War Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Vietnam War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Laotian Civil War North Yemen Civil War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian-Vietnamese War Rhodesian Bush War Portuguese Colonial War Communist insurgency in Thailand Afghan Wars Sino-Vietnamese War Sri Lankan Civil War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Georgian Civil War Yugoslav Wars Somali Civil War Iraq War First Libyan Civil War Northern Mali conflict Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War

Designer	Vasily Degtyaryov^[source]	Accuracy International / Remington Arms^[source]

Designed	1927^[source]	—

Produced	1928–1950s^[source]	—

No. built	795,000^[source]	—

Variants	See Variants^[source]	Mk 13 MOD 5 Mk 13 MOD 7^[source]

Cartridge	7.62×54mmR^[source]	.300 Winchester Magnum^[source]

Action	Gas-operated , flapper locking^[source]	Bolt action^[source]

Feed system	47-round pan magazine^[source]	5-round magazine (MOD 5)^[source]

Sights	Adjustable iron sights, front post and rear notch on a scaled tangent^[source]	Nightforce Advanced Tactical Riflescope^[source]

Country of origin	—	United Kingdom^[source]

Manufacturer	—	Accuracy International^[source]

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