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Glocklarger figure on 0 of 1
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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | Glock | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Semi-automatic pistol Machine pistol (Glock 18)[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Austria[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1982–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users[source] |
Mass
Single source10.5 kg (23.15 lb)[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.
| Designer | Gaston Glock[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1979–1982[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Glock GmbH[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | 1982–present[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| No. built | 20,000,000 as of 2020[source] | — |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 9×19mm Parabellum 10mm Auto .22 LR .357 SIG .380 ACP .40 S&W .45 ACP .45 GAP[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Short recoil , locked breech, tilting barrel ( straight blowback for Glock 25, 28, and 44)[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 6-, 10-, 13-, 15-, 17-, 19-, 24-, 25-, 31-, 33-, or 40-round detachable box magazine , or 50- or 100-round detachable drum magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Iron sights[source] | Iron sights[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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| Reported operators | — |
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