Howa Type 96 vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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Howa Type 96 — licensed reference photograph

ASmall arms

Howa Type 96

Automatic grenade launcher

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M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Howa Type 96Length

0.975 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Howa Type 96larger figure on 2 of 6

Mass+133%

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 76 rows sourced on both sides

975mm

1.11m

Length+13%

All recorded figures & sources

0.975 m

Length

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0.975 m

Howa Type 96 · 約 · Approximate (約)

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Configuration

Details

Howa Type 96 and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	Howa Type 96	M60 machine gun
Type	Automatic grenade launcher^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Japan^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1996–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	Japan^[source]	See Users^[source]

Designer	Howa^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Howa^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	1996–present^[source]	1957–present^[source]

Cartridge	40×56mm^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Action	Blow forward^[source]	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system	50-grenades belt^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	Ladder^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

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]

Designed	—	1952–1957^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Variants	—	See Variants^[source]

Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Algeria Reported operator · Australia Reported operator · Bolivia Reported operator · Bosnia and Herzegovina Reported operator · Brazil Reported operator · Cambodia Reported operator · Chile Reported operator · Colombia Reported operator · Costa Rica Reported operator · Czech Republic Reported operator · Democratic Republic of the Congo Reported operator · Denmark Reported operator · Dominican Republic Reported operator · East Timor Reported operator · El Salvador Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Fiji Reported operator · Ghana Reported operator · Greece Reported operator · Haiti Reported operator · Honduras Reported operator · Italy Reported operator · Indonesia Reported operator · Jordan Reported operator · Kuwait Reported operator · Lebanon Reported operator · Liberia Reported operator · Lithuania Reported operator · Luxembourg Reported operator · Malaysia Reported operator · Mexico Reported operator · Morocco Reported operator · Nicaragua Reported operator · Panama Reported operator · Papua New Guinea Reported operator · Peru Reported operator · Philippines Reported operator · Portugal Reported operator · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Reported operator · Senegal Reported operator · South Korea Reported operator · Spain Reported operator · Sudan Reported operator · Taiwan Reported operator · Thailand Reported operator · Trinidad and Tobago Reported operator · Tunisia Reported operator · Turkey Reported operator · Uganda Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · United Kingdom Reported operator · U.S. Army Reported operator · Venezuela Reported operator · Vietnam