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Gevarm D4larger figure on 1 of 3
Measured figures
stock extended
Single sourcestock retracted
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Gevarm D4 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Submachine gun[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | France[source] | United States[source] |
| Designed | 1956[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
| Manufacturer | Gevarm[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
782 mm (30.8 in) (stock extended) 535 mm (21.1 in) (stock retracted)[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[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.
| No. built | ~ 3–4,000[source] | — |
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| Cartridge | 9×19mm Parabellum[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Blowback[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 32 round box magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Iron[source] | Iron sights[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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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1957–present[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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