M1 Garand vs M60 machine gun: Specs Compared

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M1 Garand — licensed reference photograph

ASmall arms

M1 Garand

Semi-automatic rifle

Credit

Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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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

M1 GarandLength

1.1 m

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M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M1 Garandlarger figure on 1 of 5

Barrel length+9%

Measured figures

Head to head

26 of 81 rows sourced on both sides

1.1m

1.11m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.1 m

Length

Single source

43.5 in (1,100 mm)^[source]

1.105 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

M1 Garand and M60 machine gun configuration
Specification	M1 Garand	M60 machine gun
Type	Semi-automatic rifle^[source]	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1936–1957 (as the standard U.S. service rifle) 1940s–present (other countries)^[source]	1960–present^[source]
Used by	See § Users^[source]	See Users

Wars	List of conflicts World War II Chinese Civil War Indonesian National Revolution Korean War 1948 Arab–Israeli War Hukbalahap Rebellion Indo-Pakistani Wars First Indochina War Algerian War Suez Crisis Second Taiwan Strait Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Cuban Revolution Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Laotian Civil War 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War Dominican Civil War Six-Day War Football War Cambodian Civil War Black September Sandinista Revolution Angolan Civil War Lebanese Civil War Iran–Iraq War First Liberian Civil War Gulf War The Troubles Operation Uphold Democracy Maluku sectarian conflict War in Afghanistan Iraq War Syrian civil war Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon Islamic State insurgency in the Philippines Twelve-Day 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	John C. Garand^[source]	—

Designed	1928^[source]	1952–1957^[source]

Manufacturer	Military Springfield Armory Winchester Harrington & Richardson International Harvester Beretta Breda F.M.A.P. Civilian Springfield Armory, Inc. McCann Industries^[source]	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Unit cost	About $85 during World War II (equivalent to $1,580 in 2025)^[source]	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

Produced	1934–1957^[source]	1957–present^[source]

No. built	5,468,772^[source]	—

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

Cartridge	.30-06 Springfield 7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	8-round en bloc clip , internal box magazine^[source]	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

Sights	Rear : Adjustable aperture Front : Wing protected post^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

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