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Heckler & Koch G95
Measured figures
with adjustable stock
Single source796–878 mm (31.3–34.6 in) with adjustable stock[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Heckler & Koch G95 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Assault rifle[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Germany[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 2017–present (G95) 2025–present (G95A1 and G95KA1)[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | Bundeswehr[source] | See Users |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 2
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]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceEffective; area target
Single sourceEffective; point target
Single source450 m (490 yd) (point target) 700 m (770 yd) (area target)[source]
3,600 m (3,937 yd)[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceEffective; Effective firing range
Single sourceCaliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Heckler & Koch[source] | — |
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| Designed | 2017 (G95) 2021 (G95A1 and G95KA1)[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Heckler & Koch[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | 2017–present[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| No. built | 250,000 (intended)[source] | — |
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| Variants | G95K, G95A1, G95KA1[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 5.56×45mm NATO[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated short-stroke piston , rotating bolt[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 30-round STANAG magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | ELCAN Specter DR 1-4 , flip-up rear rotary diopter sight and front post[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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