M60 machine gun vs QJY-88: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

BSmall arms

QJY-88

Light machine gun

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Tyg728 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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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QJY-88Heavy mode

1.321 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 4

Range+22%

QJY-88larger figure on 3 of 4

Barrel length+7%
Rate of fire+13%
Muzzle velocity+5%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 78 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

1.32mHeavy mode

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

1.321 m

Heavy mode

Single source

Configuration

Details

M60 machine gun and QJY-88 configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	QJY-88
Crew	—	2: gunner and ammunition feeder^[source]
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	Light machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	People's Republic of China^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	Late 1990s^[source]
Used by	See Users

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]	—

Designed	1952–1957^[source]	1989^[source]

Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	China North Industries Corporation^[source]

Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—

Produced	1957–present^[source]	—

Variants	See Variants^[source]	Light mode/Heavy mode^[source]

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	5.8×42mm DBP87 "Heavy rounds"^[source]

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

Feed system	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]	Belt, 100 & 200 round cartridge case^[source]

Sights	Iron sights^[source]	Iron sight^[source]

Designer	—	China North Industries Corporation^[source]

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