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GSh-18larger figure on 0 of 5
Measured figures
Length
Single source184 mm (7.2 in)[source]
Length
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| Specification | GSh-18 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Semi-automatic pistol[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Russia[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 2000–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Wars | Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian 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 |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 5 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Caliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
Rate of fire
Single source550–650 rounds/min[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | V.P. Gryazev A.G. Shipunov[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1998–2000[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Unit cost | 14,810 roubles (2008) 23,314.44 roubles (2012)[source] | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Produced | 2001 –present[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| Variants | various civilian versions[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 9×19mm Parabellum 9×19mm 7N21 +P+ 9×19mm 7N31 +P+[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Short recoil, rotating barrel striker fired[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 18-round detachable box magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Fixed; front blade and rear notch[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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