M60 machine gun vs SIG SG 510: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

BSmall arms

SIG SG 510

Battle rifle

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 SG 510Stgw. 57

1.1 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 2

Rate of fire

Measured figures

Head to head

22 of 79 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

1.1mStgw. 57

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

1.015 m

SG 510-4

Single source

Configuration

Details

M60 machine gun and SIG SG 510 configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	SIG SG 510
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	Battle rifle^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Switzerland^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	1957–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]	The Troubles For the SG 510-4: 1973 Chilean coup d'état Armed conflict for control of the favelas^[source]

Designed	1952–1957^[source]	1950s^[source]

Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) Waffenfabrik Bern Swiss subcontractors^[source]

Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—

Produced	1957–present^[source]	1957–1985^[source]

Variants	See Variants^[source]	SG 510-1, SG 510-2, SG 510-3, SG 510-4, SG 510-5, SG 510-6, SG 510-7 T (SIG-AMT), PE-Stgw. 57^[source]

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	7.5×55mm GP 11 (Stgw. 57) 7.62×51mm NATO (SG 510-4)^[source]

Action	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]	Roller-delayed blowback using stepped & fluted chamber^[source]

Feed system	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]	6-, 20-, or 24-round detachable box magazine^[source]

Sights	Iron sights^[source]	Front post, rear aperture^[source]

Designer	—	Rudolf Amsler^[source]

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