FB VIS 100 vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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FB VIS 100 — licensed reference photograph

ASmall arms

FB VIS 100

Semi-automatic pistol

Credit

SPawelo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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

FB VIS 100Length

0.197 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

FB VIS 100larger figure on 0 of 3

None

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 80 rows sourced on both sides

197mm

1.11m

Length+461%

All recorded figures & sources

0.197 m

Length

Single source

197 mm (7.8 in)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

FB VIS 100 and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	FB VIS 100	M60 machine gun
Type	Semi-automatic pistol^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Poland^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	2019^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Designer	Piotr Dygas Paweł Madej Marian Gryszkiewicz^[source]	—
Designed

Manufacturer	FB "Łucznik" Radom^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	2018^[source]	1957–present^[source]

No. built	20,000 ordered^[source]	—

Cartridge	9×19mm Parabellum^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Action	Short recoil , DA/SA^[source]	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system	15-round box magazine^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	Removable. Sight radius ~180mm.^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

Used by	—	See Users^[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]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Variants	—	See Variants^[source]

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