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Franchi LF-57larger figure on 0 of 4
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Length
Single source) butt extended
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| Specification | Franchi LF-57 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Submachine gun[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Italy[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1962–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 4 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
butt folded
Single source419 mm (16.50 in) butt folded, 686 mm (27 in.) butt extended[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Congo Crisis Portuguese Colonial War Nigerian 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 | Luigi Franchi[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Franchi[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | 1956 or 1957-c.1980[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| Variants | LF-62[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Action | Blowback[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 20 or 40-round magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Iron sights[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Cartridge | — | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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