M60 machine gun vs RPD machine gun: Specs Compared

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M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

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RPD machine gun

Light machine gun

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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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RPD machine gunLength

1.037 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length

Measured figures

Head to head

32 of 118 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

1.04m

Length+7%

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

1.037 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

M60 machine gun and RPD machine gun configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	RPD machine gun
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	Light machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	1944–1961 (Soviet Union) 1944–present (other nations)^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	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]	See Wars^[source]

Designed	1952–1957^[source]	1943–1944^[source]

Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	DS Arms^[source]RPD full-auto export variant; source also distinguishes civilian semi-auto variant

Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—

Produced	1957–present^[source]	1944–1960^[source]

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

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	7.62×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO (Israeli conversion)^[source]

Action	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]	Gas operated long stroke piston , flapper locking and fires from the open bolt^[source]

Feed system	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]	Non-disintegrating 100-round segmented belt stored in a drum container. Custom 125 round belt (MACVSOG version)^[source]

Sights	Iron sights^[source]	Open-type sights with rear sliding notch and semi-hooded front post, 596.6 mm (23.5 in) sight radius^[source]

Designer	—	Vasily Degtyaryov^[source]

Alternative designation	—	RPD^[source]

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