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Heckler & Koch HK69A1larger figure on 0 of 3
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| Specification | Heckler & Koch HK69A1 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Grenade launcher[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | West Germany[source] | United States[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users[source] |
| Wars | Turkish-Kurdish conflict Nicaraguan Revolution Sri Lankan Civil War United States invasion of Panama[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 |
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Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
683 mm (26.9 in) stock extended 463 mm (18.2 in) stock collapsed[source]
Length
Single source1,105 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 | Heckler & Koch[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1960s[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Heckler & Koch[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Variants | MZP-1, HK79, HK79A1, GL-40/90[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 40×46mm grenade[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Break-action[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | Breech-loaded, single-shot[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Aperture flip short range sights (50 to 100 m), folding ladder sight graduated from 150 to 350 m[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| In service | — | 1960–present[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1957–present[source] |
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