Galil Córdova vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

Galil Córdova

Assault rifle

BSmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Galil Córdovalarger figure on 1 of 1

Rate of fire+8%

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 0 of 1

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

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 77 rows sourced on both sides

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1.11m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

1,105 mm (43.5 in)^[source]

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10.5kg

Mass

All recorded figures & sources

Configuration

Details

Galil Córdova and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	Galil Córdova	M60 machine gun
Type	Assault rifle^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Colombia^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	2015–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Wars	Colombian conflict^[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

Designer	Indumil^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Indumil^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	2015^[source]	1957–present^[source]

Variants	Córdova 8 Córdova 13 Córdova 18 Galil-C Pistol^[source]	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	5.56×45mm NATO^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	35-round Galil box magazine^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Used by	—	See Users^[source]

Designed	—	1952–1957^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Sights	—	Iron sights^[source]

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