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| Specification | Fort-600 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Grenade launcher[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Ukraine[source] | United States[source] |
| Designer | RPC Fort[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | RPC Fort[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
| Variants |
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Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
580 mm (23 in) stock extended 365 mm (14.4 in) stock collapsed[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
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Single sourcestock extended
Single source54 mm (2.1 in) stock extended 87 mm (3.4 in) stock collapsed[source]
Caliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
Rate of fire
Single source550–650 rounds/min[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Fort-600A[source]
See Variants[source] |
| Cartridge | 40×46mm grenade[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Break action[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | Breech-loaded, single-shot[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| In service | — | 1960–present[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| 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] |
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| Designed | — | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1957–present[source] |
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| Sights | — | Iron sights[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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