M60 machine gun vs SIG Sauer SIG516: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

BSmall arms

SIG Sauer SIG516

Semi-automatic rifle (civilian versions) Assault rifle (SIG516) Battle rifle (SIG716)

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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SIG Sauer SIG516406 mm barrel

0.92–0.947 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gun

Measured figures

Head to head

28 of 85 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

0.92–0.947m406 mm barrel

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

0.92–0.947 m

406 mm barrel

Single source

Configuration

Details

M60 machine gun and SIG Sauer SIG516 configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	SIG Sauer SIG516
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	Semi-automatic rifle (civilian versions) Assault rifle (SIG516) Battle rifle (SIG716)^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	2010–present^[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]	Kurdish-Turkish conflict Russian invasion of Ukraine^[source]

Designed	1952–1957^[source]	2000s^[source]

Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	SIG Sauer^[source]

Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—

Produced	1957–present^[source]	2010–2019 2025–present (SIG516 G3)^[source]

Variants	See Variants^[source]	SIG716^[source]

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	5.56×45mm NATO (SIG516) 7.62×39mm (SIG516) 7.62×51mm NATO (SIG716) 6.5mm Creedmoor (SIG716)^[source]

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

Feed system	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]	10, 20, 30-round detachable magazine^[source]

Sights	Iron sights^[source]	Iron sights or picatinny rail for various optics^[source]

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