IWI Galil ACE vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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IWI Galil ACE — licensed reference photograph

ASmall arms

IWI Galil ACE

Assault rifle Battle rifle

Credit

IWI - Israel Weapon Industries · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BSmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

IWI Galil ACElarger figure on 1 of 3

Rate of fire+25%

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 3

Range+175%
Muzzle velocity+13%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

27 of 85 rows sourced on both sides

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1.11m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

1,105 mm (43.5 in)^[source]

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10.5kg

Mass

All recorded figures & sources

Configuration

Details

IWI Galil ACE and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	IWI Galil ACE	M60 machine gun
Type	Assault rifle Battle rifle^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Israel^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	2008–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users^[source]

Wars	Colombian conflict Mexican drug war^[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^[source]

Designer	Israel Military Industries^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Israel Weapon Industries (Formerly Israel Military Industries) Also produced under license by: FAMAE (Chile) Indumil ( Colombia ) RPC Fort ( Ukraine ) Z111 Factory ( Vietnam )^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	2008–present^[source]	1957–present^[source]

Variants	See Variants^[source]	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	5.45×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm 7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	Detachable box magazines 35-, 50-round Galil magazines STANAG magazines AKM magazines (ACE 31, ACE 32) 25-round 7.62mm Galil magazines (ACE 52, ACE 53) SR-25 pattern magazines (ACE-N 52) AK-74 magazines (IWI US Galil ACE 5.45×39mm)^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	Tritium front post and rear diopter iron sights , or Picatinny rail for various optical sights^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

Designed	—	1952–1957^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

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