LRAC F1 vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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LRAC F1

Shoulder-launched missile weapon

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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

LRAC F1Length

1.17 m

Length source ↗

M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

LRAC F1larger figure on 2 of 5

Length+6%
Calibre

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 93 rows sourced on both sides

1.17m

1.11m

Length+6%

All recorded figures & sources

1.17 m

Length

Single source

1.17 m (1.28 yd)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

LRAC F1 and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	LRAC F1	M60 machine gun
Type	Shoulder-launched missile weapon^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	France^[source]	United States^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users^[source]
Wars	South African Border War Angolan Civil War Lebanese Civil War Operation Serval^[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

Designer	Société technique de recherches en industries mécaniques^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Saint-Etienne the launcher and Luchaire SA the rocket projectile^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Sights	APX M 290 and passive night telescope^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

In service	—	1960–present^[source]

Designed	—	1952–1957^[source]

Unit cost	—	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Produced	—	1957–present^[source]

Variants	—	See Variants^[source]

Cartridge	—	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	—	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

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