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IWI Danlarger figure on 2 of 3
M1919 Browning machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single sourcestock folded
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | IWI Dan | M1919 Browning machine gun |
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| Type | Sniper rifle[source] | Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Israel[source] | United States[source] |
| Designer | Nehemia Sirkis[source] | John M. Browning[source] |
| Manufacturer | Israel Weapon Industries[source] | Buffalo Arms Corporation Rock Island Arsenal Saginaw Steering Gear division of General Motors |
1,280 mm (50.4 in) 1,030 mm (40.6 in) stock folded[source]
M1919A4
Single sourceM1919A6
Single source40.734375 in (1,034.65 mm) (M1919A4) 53 in (1,346 mm) (M1919A6)[source]
for AN/M2 variant
Single sourceRate of fire
Single source400–600 rounds/min (1200–1500 rounds/min for AN/M2 variant)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Unit cost | $9,000[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2014–present[source] | 1919–1945[source] |
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| Cartridge | .338 Lapua Magnum[source] | .30-06 Springfield 7.62×51mm NATO .303 British 7.92×57mm Mauser 6.5×55mm 7.62×54mmR 8×63mm patron m/32 7.65×53mm Argentine 7.5×54mm French[source] |
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| Action | Bolt-action[source] | Recoil-operated / short-recoil operation, closed bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 10-round detachable box magazine[source] | 250-round cloth or disintegrating belt[source] |
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| Sights | day or night optical sights back-up iron sights[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 1919–present[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| Wars | — | World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rica Civil War of 1948 Indonesian National Revolution Calderonista Invasion of Costa Rica 1955 1958 Lebanon crisis Cuban Revolution Algerian War Second Taiwan Strait Crisis Greek Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Bay of Pigs Invasion Cambodian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Lebanese Civil War Rhodesian Bush War 1982 Lebanon War South African Border War Iran–Iraq War Iraq War Mexican drug war Militias–Comando Vermelho conflict (2010–present)[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1919[source] |
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| No. built | — | 438,971[source] |
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| Variants | — | A1; A2; A3; A4; A5; A6; M37; AN/M2[source] |
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