KPV heavy machine gun vs M60 machine gun

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KPV heavy machine gun

Heavy machine gun

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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

KPV heavy machine gunLength

1.98 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

KPV heavy machine gunlarger figure on 6 of 6

Length+79%
Mass+367%
Range+7%
Barrel length+140%
Calibre+90%
Muzzle velocity+18%

M60 machine gun

Measured figures

Head to head

30 of 128 rows sourced on both sides

1.98m

1.11m

Length+79%

All recorded figures & sources

1.98 m

Length

Single source

1,980 mm (78.0 in)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

KPV heavy machine gun and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	KPV heavy machine gun	M60 machine gun
Type	Heavy machine gun^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1949–present^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See operators^[source]	See Users

Wars	Korean War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Rhodesian Bush War Western Sahara War Angolan Civil War South African Border War Soviet–Afghan War Libyan–Chadian conflict Iran–Iraq War Gulf War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Iraq War Lebanese Civil War First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russo-Ukrainian War Second Libyan Civil War Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present)^[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	Semyon Vladimirov^[source]	—

Designed	1944^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Degtyarev Plant^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Produced	1949–present^[source]	1957–present^[source]

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

Cartridge	14.5×114mm^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	40-round belt^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	iron or optical^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

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