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FM 24/29 light machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 7
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Length
Single source1,080 mm (42.52 in)[source]
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| Specification | FM 24/29 light machine gun | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Light machine gun[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | France[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | French Army : 1925–1960s Gendarmerie nationale : 1956–2006[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | See § Users[source] |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 6 of 7
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
See Users[source] |
| Wars | List of conflicts Rif War Spanish Civil War World War II First Indochina War 1948 Arab–Israeli War Ifni War Algerian War Suez Crisis 1958 Rif riots Tunisian War of independence Bizerte crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Sand War Western Sahara conflict Tuareg rebellion Chadian Civil War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Cameroon War Portuguese Colonial War Lebanese Civil 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 | Lt col. Reibel assisted by Chief Armorer Chosse[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1920–1924[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | 1925–1960s[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| No. built | 190,400 to 232,942[source] | — |
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| Variants | See § Variants[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 7.5×54mm French[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Barrels | — |
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| Action | Gas-operated Bolt-link[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 25-round detachable box magazine[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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