IWI Dan vs Type 80 machine gun: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

IWI Dan

Sniper rifle

Credit

Mztourist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 80 machine gun — licensed reference photograph

BSmall arms

Type 80 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun

Credit

National Ground Intelligence Center · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

IWI DanLength

1.28 m

Length source ↗

Type 80 machine gunLength

1.192 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

IWI Danlarger figure on 3 of 5

Length+7%
Barrel length+12%
Muzzle velocity+5%

Type 80 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 5

Mass+114%
Range+25%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 33 rows sourced on both sides

1.28m

1.19m

Length+7%

All recorded figures & sources

1.28 m

Length

Single source

1.03 m

stock folded

Single source

Configuration

Details

IWI Dan and Type 80 machine gun configuration
Specification	IWI Dan	Type 80 machine gun
Type	Sniper rifle^[source]	General-purpose machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Israel^[source]	China^[source]
Designer	Nehemia Sirkis^[source]	Mikhail Kalashnikov^[source]
Manufacturer	Israel Weapon Industries^[source]	Norinco Changfeng Machinery (For CS/LM4 variant) Military Industry Corporation

Unit cost	$9,000^[source]	—

Produced	2014–present^[source]	1983–present^[source]

Cartridge	.338 Lapua Magnum^[source]	7.62×54mmR 7.62×51 NATO (For CF 06 version)^[source]

Action	Bolt-action^[source]	Gas-operated , open bolt^[source]

Feed system	10-round detachable box magazine^[source]	Belts in 100/200/250 round boxes^[source]

Sights	day or night optical sights back-up iron sights^[source]	Open sights. Optical/Night vision scope can be outfitted.^[source]

In service	—	1983–present^[source]

Used by	—	See Users^[source]

Wars	—	Lebanese Civil War Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency Second Sudanese Civil War War in Darfur Sri Lankan Civil War Somali civil war (2009–present) South Sudanese ethnic violence Sudanese conflict Syrian Civil War Boko Haram insurgency Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)^[source]

Designed	—	1980^[source]

Variants	—	See Variants^[source]

Rate of fire	—	700–800 round/min^[source]

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