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KS-1 riflelarger figure on 0 of 3
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Configuration
| Specification | KS-1 rifle | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Assault rifle[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 2023–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | British Armed Forces Republic of Korea Armed Forces[source] | See Users |
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
30.3″ (77cm) to 33.5″ (85.1cm)[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Barrel length
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Single source292.1 mm (11.5 in), 347.98 mm (13.7 in), 368.3 mm (14.5 in), 406.4 mm (16.0 in)[source]
13.7″ (34.8cm)[source]
13.7″ (34.8cm)[source]
Barrel length
Single source560 mm (22.0 in)[source]
Caliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
Rate of fire
Single source550–650 rounds/min[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designed | 2022[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Knight's Armament Company[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | 2022–present[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| Cartridge | 5.56×45mm NATO[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated , closed rotating bolt , Stoner bolt and carrier piston[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | STANAG magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Folding Back-Up Iron Sights[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| Wars | — | 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] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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