Ithaca 37 vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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Ithaca 37 — licensed reference photograph

ASmall arms

Ithaca 37

Shotgun

Credit

Dennis Yang · CC BY 2.0 · Resized · CC BY 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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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

Ithaca 37Length

0.76–1.01 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ithaca 37larger figure on 0 of 2

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 80 rows sourced on both sides

0.76–1.01m

1.11m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

0.76–1.01 m

Length

Single source

29.9 to 39.6 inches (760 to 1,010 mm)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ithaca 37 and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	Ithaca 37	M60 machine gun
Type	Shotgun^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	United States^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users^[source]
Wars	World War II Korean War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Rhodesian Bush War 1989 attack on La Tablada barracks 1992 Los Angeles riots^[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

Designer	John Browning , Harry Howland^[source]	—

Designed	1933^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Ithaca Gun Company Industrias Marcati^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	1937–present^[source]	1957–present^[source]

Variants	Bataan Modelo 71 Ithaca Model 87^[source]	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	12, 16, 20, or 28 gauge^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

Action	Manually operated, pump-action^[source]	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system	4, 5, or 7-round tubular magazine ( riot , standard, and extended tube versions)^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

In service	—	1960–present^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Sights	—	Iron sights^[source]

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