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| Specification | L129A1 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Designated marksman rifle[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States United Kingdom[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | October 2009 – present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | British Armed Forces[source] | See Users[source] |
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927 mm (36 in) (stock collapsed) 990 mm (39 in) (stock extended)[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 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.
| Wars | War in Afghanistan[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] |
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| Manufacturer | Lewis Machine & Tool Company[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| No. built | 3,000+[source] | — |
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| Cartridge | 7.62×51mm NATO (L129A1) 6.5mm Creedmoor (L129A2)[source] 7.62x51[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Gas impingement , rotating bolt[source] Direct Impingement[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 20-round detachable SR-25 pattern magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Magazine capacity | 20 Rounds[source] | — |
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| Designed | — | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1957–present[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Sights | — | Iron sights[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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