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M60 machine gunlarger figure on 4 of 5
Measured figures
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | M60 machine gun | PPSh-41 |
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| Type | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] | Submachine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1960–present[source] | 1941–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users[source] |
PPSh-41larger figure on 1 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
843 mm (33.2 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 | 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] | World War II First Indochina War Malayan Emergency Korean War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Portuguese Colonial War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Rhodesian Bush War Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Somali Civil War Yugoslav Wars Iraq War Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
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| Designed | 1952–1957[source] | 1941[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] | Numerous[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1957–present[source] | 1941–1947 (USSR) Mid 1940s–present (Other countries)[source] |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] | 7.62×25mm Tokarev 7.63×25mm Mauser 9×19mm Parabellum (captured German versions)[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] | Blowback , open bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] | 35-round box magazine or 71-round drum magazine 32-round box magazine (captured German versions)[source] |
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| Sights | Iron sights[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| Designer | — | Georgy Shpagin[source] |
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| No. built | — | Approx. 6,000,000[source] |
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