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Howa Type 20larger figure on 1 of 5
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| Specification | Howa Type 20 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Assault rifle[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Japan[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 2019–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force[source] | See Users[source] |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 4 of 5
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780 mm (31 in) (stock collapsed) 850 mm (33 in) (stock extended)[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Caliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
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| Designer | Harada Toshihiko (Original design) Kei Koyama (Original design) Koji Iwata (Original & current design) Kazuhiro Kuroda (Original & current design)[source] | — |
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| Designed | 2015[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Howa[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Unit cost | $2,600[source] | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Produced | 2020–present[source] | 1957–present[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[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 30 round 5.56x45mm STANAG magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Iron sights Optical sights can be mounted on rail[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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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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