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M60 machine gun vs PK machine gun A Small arms
General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun
B Small arms
General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun
VS At a glance Head to head Details Methodology Length comparison One shared metre scale 0 0.5 1 1.5
Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope. M60 machine gun larger figure on 1 of 5
PK machine gun larger figure on 4 of 5
Length+9% Range+2% Barrel length+8% Rate of fire+17% Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
M60 machine gun PK machine gun
1.11m
1.2m
Length +9%
All recorded figures & sources 1.105 m Length
Single source 1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
1.203 m Length
Single source M60 machine gun and PK machine gun configuration Specification M60 machine gun PK machine gun Type General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source]
General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source]
Place of origin United States[source]
Soviet Union[source]
In service 1960–present[source]
1961–present[source]
Used by See Users[source]
See Users
10.5kg
9kg with integral bipod
Mass
All recorded figures & sources 10.5 kg Mass
Single source 10.5 kg (23.15 lb)[source]
9 kg with integral bipod
Single source 9 kg (19.84 lb) (with integral bipod)[source]
3.7km Maximum; Maximum firing range
3.8km Maximum; Maximum firing range
Range +2%
All recorded figures & sources 1.1 km Effective; Effective firing range
Single source 3.724 km Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single source 1,200 yd (1,100 m)[source]
4,073 yd (3,724 m)[source]
1 km Effective; Effective firing range
Single source 3.8 km Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single source 560mm
605mm
Barrel length +8%
All recorded figures & sources 0.56 m Barrel length
Single source 560 mm (22.0 in)[source]
0.605 m Barrel length
Single source 605 mm (23.8 in)[source]
7.6mm Caliber
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Calibre
All recorded figures & sources 7.62 mm Caliber
Single source 7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
550–650rounds/min
600–800rounds/min
Rate of fire
All recorded figures & sources 550–650 rounds/min Rate of fire
Single source 550–650 rounds/min[source]
600–800 rounds/min Rate of fire
Single source 700–800 rounds/min PKT/PKTM
Single source 600–800 rounds/min 700–800 rounds/min (PKT/PKTM)[source]
853m/s
825m/s
Muzzle velocity +3%
All recorded figures & sources 853 m/s Muzzle velocity
Single source 2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)[source]
825 m/s Muzzle velocity
Single source 825 m/s (2,707 ft/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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]
See Conflicts[source]
Action Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source]
Gas-operated , long-stroke piston , open , rotating bolt[source]
Feed system Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source]
Non-disintegrating metal link belts in 100, 200 or 250-round ammunition boxes[source]
Sights Iron sights[source]
Tangent iron sights and Warsaw Pact rail for optical, night-vision, thermal, and radar sights[source]
Reported operators Reported operator · Algeria Reported operator · Australia Reported operator · Bolivia Reported operator · Bosnia and Herzegovina Reported operator · Brazil Reported operator · Cambodia Reported operator · Chile Reported operator · Colombia Reported operator · Costa Rica Reported operator · Czech Republic Reported operator · Democratic Republic of the Congo Reported operator · Denmark Reported operator · Dominican Republic Reported operator · East Timor Reported operator · El Salvador Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Fiji Reported operator · Ghana Reported operator · Greece Reported operator · Haiti Reported operator · Honduras Reported operator · Italy Reported operator · Indonesia Reported operator · Jordan Reported operator · Kuwait Reported operator · Lebanon Reported operator · Liberia Reported operator · Lithuania Reported operator · Luxembourg Reported operator · Malaysia Reported operator · Mexico Reported operator · Morocco Reported operator · Nicaragua Reported operator · Panama Reported operator · Papua New Guinea Reported operator · Peru Reported operator · Philippines Reported operator · Portugal Reported operator · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Reported operator · Senegal Reported operator · South Korea Reported operator · Spain Reported operator · Sudan Reported operator · Taiwan Reported operator · Thailand Reported operator · Trinidad and Tobago Reported operator · Tunisia Reported operator · Turkey Reported operator · Uganda Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · United Kingdom Reported operator · U.S. Army Reported operator · Venezuela Reported operator · Vietnam Reported operator · Algeria Reported operator · Bosnia and Herzegovina Reported operator · Cambodia Reported operator · Czech Republic Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Fiji Reported operator · Indonesia Reported operator · Philippines Reported operator · Sudan Reported operator · Turkey Reported operator · Uganda Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · Vietnam Reported operator · Afghanistan Reported operator · Armenia Reported operator · Azerbaijan Reported operator · Bangladesh Reported operator · Belarus Reported operator · Bulgaria Reported operator · Burundi Reported operator · Cape Verde Reported operator · Central African Republic Reported operator · Chad Reported operator · China Reported operator · Croatia Reported operator · Cuba Reported operator · Democratic Republic of Congo Reported operator · Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda Reported operator · Eritrea Reported operator · Ethiopia Reported operator · Finland Reported operator · Georgia Reported operator · Guinea Reported operator · Guinea-Bissau Reported operator · Hungary Reported operator · India Reported operator · Iran Reported operator · Iraq Reported operator · Israel Reported operator · Ivory Coast Reported operator · Kazakhstan Reported operator · Kyrgyzstan Reported operator · Laos
0.1–1.5 km Effective; sight adjustments
Single source 1,000 m (1,094 yd) (100–1,500 m sight adjustments)[source]
3,800 m (4,156 yd)[source]
Reported operator · Latvia
Reported operator · Libya
Reported operator · Mali
Reported operator · Moldova
Reported operator · Mongolia
Reported operator · Montenegro
Reported operator · Mozambique
Reported operator · North Korea
Reported operator · North Macedonia
Reported operator · Palestine
Reported operator · Poland
Reported operator · Romania
Reported operator · Russia
Reported operator · Rwanda
Reported operator · São Tomé and Príncipe
Reported operator · Sierra Leone
Reported operator · Serbia
Reported operator · Slovenia
Reported operator · Somalia
Reported operator · Sri Lanka
Reported operator · Syria
Reported operator · Tajikistan
Reported operator · Turkmenistan
Reported operator · Uzbekistan
Reported operator · Zambia
Reported operator · Zimbabwe 
