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Assault rifle / Carbine Squad automatic weapon Designated marksman rifle (M38 DMR)
At a glance
Measured figures
with adjustable stock
Single source36.9 to 33 in (940 to 840 mm) with adjustable stock[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Assault rifle / Carbine Squad automatic weapon Designated marksman rifle (M38 DMR)[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Germany / United States[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 2010–present[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | United States Marine Corps[source] |
M27 Infantry Automatic Riflelarger 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.
1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceEffective; area target
Single sourceEffective; point target
Single source550 m (600 yd) (point target) 700 m (770 yd) (area target)[source]
3,938 yd (3,601 m)[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceEffective; Effective firing range
Single sourceCaliber
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.
See Users[source] |
| Wars | War in Afghanistan Syrian Civil War Operation Inherent Resolve[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 | Heckler & Koch[source] | — |
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| Designed | 2008[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Heckler & Koch[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$1,300[source] | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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| Produced | 2010–present[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| No. built | 14,100[source] | — |
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| Cartridge | 5.56×45mm NATO[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated short-stroke piston , rotating bolt[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 30-round STANAG magazine[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Typically Trijicon ACOG , flip-up rear rotary diopter sight and front post[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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