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M1919 Browning machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 3
M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
M1919A4
Single sourceM1919A6
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | M1919 Browning machine gun | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Medium machine gun[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1919–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users |
40.734375 in (1,034.65 mm) (M1919A4) 53 in (1,346 mm) (M1919A6)[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Caliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rica Civil War of 1948 Indonesian National Revolution Calderonista Invasion of Costa Rica 1955 1958 Lebanon crisis Cuban Revolution Algerian War Second Taiwan Strait Crisis Greek Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Bay of Pigs Invasion Cambodian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Lebanese Civil War Rhodesian Bush War 1982 Lebanon War South African Border War Iran–Iraq War Iraq War Mexican drug war Militias–Comando Vermelho conflict (2010–present)[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 M. Browning[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1919[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Buffalo Arms Corporation Rock Island Arsenal Saginaw Steering Gear division of General Motors[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | 1919–1945[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| No. built | 438,971[source] | — |
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| Variants | A1; A2; A3; A4; A5; A6; M37; AN/M2[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | .30-06 Springfield 7.62×51mm NATO .303 British 7.92×57mm Mauser 6.5×55mm 7.62×54mmR 8×63mm patron m/32 7.65×53mm Argentine 7.5×54mm French[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Recoil-operated / short-recoil operation, closed bolt[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 250-round cloth or disintegrating belt[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Sights | — | Iron sights[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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