M60 machine gun vs Makarov pistol: Specs Compared

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M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

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Makarov pistol

Semi-automatic pistol

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First system

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Makarov pistolLength

0.1615 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 5 of 5

Length

Measured figures

Head to head

22 of 109 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

162mm

Length+584%

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

1,105 mm (43.5 in)^[source]

0.1615 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

M60 machine gun and Makarov pistol configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	Makarov pistol
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	Semi-automatic pistol^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	1951–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users^[source]

Wars	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]	First Indochina War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Communist insurgency in Thailand Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War Lebanese Civil War Soviet–Afghan War South African Border War Angolan Civil War Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) Burundian Civil War First Chechen War Second Chechen War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Russo-Georgian War Libyan Civil War Syrian civil war War in Donbas Colombian Conflict Russo-Ukrainian war^[source]

Designed	1952–1957^[source]	1948^[source]

Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (USSR/Russia: 1949–2013) Kalashnikov Concern (Russia: 2013–present) Ernst Thaelmann (Germany) Arsenal AD (Bulgaria) Norinco (China) Factory 626 (China)^[source]

Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—

Produced	1957–present^[source]	1949–present^[source]

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

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	9×18mm Makarov .380 Auto 9x18mm 7N16 (PMM variant)^[source]

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

Feed system	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]	8-round detachable box magazine (10- and 12-round available on the PMM) 80-round drum magazine^[source]

Sights	Iron sights^[source]	Blade front, notch rear (drift adjustable)^[source]

Designer	—	Nikolay Makarov^[source]

No. built	—	5,000,000^[source]

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