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| Specification | FB PM-63 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Submachine gun[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Polish People's Republic[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1965–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users |
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Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
583 mm (23.0 in) stock extended / 333 mm (13.1 in) stock collapsed[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
long magazine
Single sourceshort magazine
Single source145 mm (5.7 in) (short magazine) 213 mm (8.4 in) (long magazine)[source]
Caliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Vietnam War Yom Kippur War Communist insurgency in Thailand Sino-Vietnamese wars Israeli-Arab wars Iran–Iraq War Sri Lankan Civil War Gulf War Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War[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 | Piotr Wilniewczyc[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1950s[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | FB Radom[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | 1965–1977[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| No. built | Approx. 80,000[source] | — |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 9×18mm Makarov[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Straight blowback[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 15 or 25-round box magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Flip rear sight, front blade 153 mm (6.0 in) sight radius[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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