FN FAL vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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FN FAL

Battle rifle

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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

FN FALLength

1.09 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

FN FALlarger figure on 1 of 6

Rate of fire+13%

Measured figures

Head to head

46 of 123 rows sourced on both sides

1.09m

1.11m

Length+1%

All recorded figures & sources

1.09 m

Length

Single source

1,090 mm (43 in)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

FN FAL and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	FN FAL	M60 machine gun
Type	Battle rifle^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Belgium^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1953–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	90+ countries (See Users )^[source]	See Users^[source]

Wars	See Conflicts^[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]

Designer	Dieudonné Saive^[source]	—

Designed	1947–1953^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	FN Herstal IMBEL Fabricaciones Militares Rifle Factory Ishapore^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	1953–1988 (FN Herstal) 1953–present (licensed manufacturers)^[source]	1957–present^[source]

No. built	7,000,000^[source]	—

Variants	See Variants^[source]	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO .280 British^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Action	Short-stroke gas piston , closed tilting breechblock^[source]	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system	20- or 30-round detachable box magazine , 50-round drum magazine .^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	ramped aperture rear sight (adjustable from 200 to 600 m/yd in 100 m/yd increments) post front sight^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

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