DShK vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

DShK

Heavy machine gun

BSmall arms

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

DShKLength

1.625 m

Length source ↗

M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

DShKlarger figure on 2 of 4

Length+47%
Barrel length+91%

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 4

Range+49%
Muzzle velocity

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

Measured figures

Head to head

31 of 138 rows sourced on both sides

1.63m

1.11m

Length+47%

All recorded figures & sources

1.625 m

Length

Single source

1,625 mm (5 ft 4.0 in)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

DShK and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	DShK	M60 machine gun
Type	Heavy machine gun^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1938–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See users^[source]	See Users^[source]

Designer	Vasily Degtyaryov Georgi Shpagin^[source]	—

Designed	1938^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Tula Arms Plant^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Unit cost	US$2,250 (2012)^[source]	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Produced	1938–1980 (Soviet Union)^[source]	1957–present^[source]

No. built	1,000,000^[source]	—

Variants	DShK 38/46 Type 54^[source]	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	12.7×108mm 12.7×99mm NATO (Romania)^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Action	Gas-operated , flapper locking^[source]	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system	50 round belt^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	Iron/optical^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

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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