FN MAG vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

FN MAG

General-purpose machine gun

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FN Herstal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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

FN MAGLength

1.263 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

FN MAGlarger figure on 4 of 6

Length+14%
Mass+12%
Barrel length+13%
Rate of fire+38%

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 6

Range+6%
Muzzle velocity+2%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

43 of 126 rows sourced on both sides

1.26m

1.11m

Length+14%

All recorded figures & sources

1.263 m

Length

Single source

1,263 mm (49.7 in)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

FN MAG and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	FN MAG	M60 machine gun
Type	General-purpose machine gun^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Belgium^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1958–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users^[source]

Wars	Congo Crisis Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation Rhodesian Bush War South African Border War Six-Day War Nigerian Civil War Vietnam War War of Attrition Yom Kippur War The Troubles Falklands War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War Liberian Civil Wars Gulf War Sierra Leone Civil War Burundian Civil War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kivu conflict Libyan Civil War Syrian civil war Spillover in Lebanon 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]

Designer	Dieudonné Saive , Ernest Vervier^[source]	—

Designed	1950^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	FN Herstal Colt Canada Fabricaciones Militares Heckler & Koch U.S. Ordnance Ordnance Factory Board Royal Small Arms Factory Barrett Firearms Manufacturing^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	1958–present^[source]	1957–present^[source]

No. built	200,000+^[source]	—

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

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	Non-disintegrating DM1 or disintegrating M13 linked belt^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	Folding leaf sight with aperture and notch, front blade^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

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