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M1911 pistollarger figure on 0 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source8.5 in (216 mm)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | M1911 pistol | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Semi-automatic pistol[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1911–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users[source] |
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.
1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Caliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
Rate of fire
Single source550–650 rounds/min[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | As standard U.S. service pistol : Philippine-American War World War I Banana Wars World War II Korean War Vietnam War In non-US standard use: Finnish Civil War Chaco War Constitutionalist Revolution Chinese Civil War Spanish Civil War First Indochina War 1948 Palestine war Indonesian National Revolution Algerian War Laotian Civil War Cuban Revolution Bay of Pigs Invasion The Troubles Basque conflict Rhodesian Bush War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Iran–Iraq War Falklands War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian 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] |
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| Designer | John Browning[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1911 (Model 1911) 1924 (Model 1911A1)[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Colt Manufacturing Company , Smith & Wesson , Norinco , other companies[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Unit cost | $26.38 (1938), equal to $603 now[source] | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Produced | 1911–present[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| No. built | 2,734,345 (produced by Colt) 4,294,345 (total including licensed copies)[source] | — |
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| Variants | M1911A1 M1911A2 FN Grand Browning RIA Officers Kongsberg Colt MEU(SOC) pistol[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | .45 ACP , .455 Webley Auto (British Contract), .38 Super , 9x19mm Parabellum , 7.65mm Parabellum , 9mm Steyr , .400 Corbon , others[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Short recoil operation[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 7-, 8-, 9-, 10- or 12-round box magazines[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | — | Iron sights[source] |
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