M60 machine gun vs Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle

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M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

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Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle

Designated marksman rifle Chassis base variant of M14 Battle rifle

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

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Mk 14 Enhanced Battle RifleLength

0.889 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 3 of 4

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 80 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

889mm

Length+24%

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

0.889 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

M60 machine gun and Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	Designated marksman rifle Chassis base variant of M14 Battle rifle^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	2002–present^[source]
Used by	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]	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]

Designed	1952–1957^[source]	2001^[source]

Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division Smith Enterprise Inc. Sage International^[source]

Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—

Produced	1957–present^[source]	—

Variants	See Variants^[source]	—

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

Feed system	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]	10- or 20-round detachable box magazine^[source]

Sights	Iron sights^[source]	Modified M14 iron sights , normally used with a magnifying scope^[source]

Designer	—	Mike Rock and Jim Ribordy (Original) Smith Enterprise, Inc. (Current)^[source]

Role	—	American military designated marksman rifle and a modernized/tactical chassis-based variant of the select-fire M14 battle rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge ,^[source]

Source measurement	—	In 2003, Ron Smith and Smith Enterprise, Inc. created their own version of the M14 EBR (MK14 SEI), which used a medium heavy weight 457 mm (18.0") barrel and was more widely favored than the rifle made by Rock and Ribordy. The Smith Enterprise-based MK14 was then used as a basis for the Mk 14 MOD 0 with Springfield Armory, Inc. being tasked to supply the necessary machinery needed to create the rifle in cooperation with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division .^[source]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle · History; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage In early 2017, the Army began writing a new requirement for an SDM rifle (SDMR) for combat platoons and squads. Although the Army has been using the M14 EBR since 2009, they had to be turned in when returning from theater, and it was heavy, almost 15 lb (6.8 kg) unloaded. A new marksman rifle will equip each combat arms squad weighing about 11 lb (5.0 kg) firing standard M80A1 7.62 mm rounds fitted with a rifle optic rather than a telescopic sight. In March 2018, the Army announced that a version of the HK G28 , which had already been selected to replace the M110 SASS , would be issued as the service's standard SDMR. Issuing a 7.62 mm SDMR is meant to increase individual squads' ability to defeat enemy body armor that standard 5.56×45mm rounds cannot penetrate. Fielding was planned to start in late 2018.^[source]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle · History; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage This rifle upgrades the standard M14 action and replaces the standard 22.0-inch (560 mm) barrel with an 18.0-inch (460 mm) barrel bolted onto a telescoping chassis stock system with a pistol grip, a different front sight, Harris bipod , four Picatinny accessory rails (which surround the barrel), and a more effective flash hider in place of the standard lugged USGI flash suppressor. A paddle-type bolt stop similar to that of the M4 carbine is used on the rifle. The EBR chassis system stock is made up entirely of lightweight aircraft alloy.^[source]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle · Design details; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Sage International had some involvement in the decision of whether to invest approximately $120,000 in an injection mold incorporating rail attachments into the design or machine the replacement stock from a solid billet of aluminum. The latter option was selected, which was then shown at the SHOT Show in Orlando in 2003.^[source]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle · Design details; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The Mk 14 has been criticised for being too heavy, at 14 pounds (6.4 kg) when loaded with a 20-round magazine, with most of this weight being at the front of the rifle, making it difficult to aim.^[source]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle · Design details; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Source measurement

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In 2003, Ron Smith and Smith Enterprise, Inc. created their own version of the M14 EBR (MK14 SEI), which used a medium heavy weight 457 mm (18.0") barrel and was more widely favored than the rifle made by Rock and Ribordy. The Smith Enterprise-based MK14 was then used as a basis for the Mk 14 MOD 0 with Springfield Armory, Inc. being tasked to supply the necessary machinery needed to create the rifle in cooperation with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division .^[source]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle · History; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

In early 2017, the Army began writing a new requirement for an SDM rifle (SDMR) for combat platoons and squads. Although the Army has been using the M14 EBR since 2009, they had to be turned in when returning from theater, and it was heavy, almost 15 lb (6.8 kg) unloaded. A new marksman rifle will equip each combat arms squad weighing about 11 lb (5.0 kg) firing standard M80A1 7.62 mm rounds fitted with a rifle optic rather than a telescopic sight. In March 2018, the Army announced that a version of the HK G28 , which had already been selected to replace the M110 SASS , would be issued as the service's standard SDMR. Issuing a 7.62 mm SDMR is meant to increase individual squads' ability to defeat enemy body armor that standard 5.56×45mm rounds cannot penetrate. Fielding was planned to start in late 2018.^[source]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle · History; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

This rifle upgrades the standard M14 action and replaces the standard 22.0-inch (560 mm) barrel with an 18.0-inch (460 mm) barrel bolted onto a telescoping chassis stock system with a pistol grip, a different front sight, Harris bipod , four Picatinny accessory rails (which surround the barrel), and a more effective flash hider in place of the standard lugged USGI flash suppressor. A paddle-type bolt stop similar to that of the M4 carbine is used on the rifle. The EBR chassis system stock is made up entirely of lightweight aircraft alloy.^[source]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle · Design details; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Sage International had some involvement in the decision of whether to invest approximately $120,000 in an injection mold incorporating rail attachments into the design or machine the replacement stock from a solid billet of aluminum. The latter option was selected, which was then shown at the SHOT Show in Orlando in 2003.^[source]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle · Design details; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The Mk 14 has been criticised for being too heavy, at 14 pounds (6.4 kg) when loaded with a 20-round magazine, with most of this weight being at the front of the rifle, making it difficult to aim.^[source]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle · Design details; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

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