M60 machine gun vs SIG SG 540: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

SIG SG 540 — licensed reference photograph

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SIG SG 540

Assault rifle (SG-540, SG-543) Carbine (SG-543) Battle Rifle (SG-542)

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First system

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

Length source ↗

SIG SG 540stock folded SG 542 stock extended /

1 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 0 of 1

Measured figures

Head to head

26 of 94 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

1mstock folded SG 542 stock extended /

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

0.733 m

SG 540 · source measurement 2

Single source

Configuration

Details

M60 machine gun and SIG SG 540 configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	SIG SG 540
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	Assault rifle (SG-540, SG-543) Carbine (SG-543) Battle Rifle (SG-542)^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Switzerland^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	1977–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]	Lebanese Civil War The Troubles Somali Civil War Ivorian Civil Wars Syrian Civil War Militias-Comando Vermelho conflict^[source]

Designed	1952–1957^[source]	1973–1977^[source]

Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	Manurhin ( France ) INDEP ( Portugal ) FAMAE ( Chile )^[source]

Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—

Produced	1957–present^[source]	1977–2002^[source]

Variants	See Variants^[source]	SG 542, SG 543^[source]

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	SG 540, SG 543: 5.56×45mm NATO SG 542: 7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

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

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

Sights	Iron sights^[source]	Rear: rotating diopter drum; front: hooded post^[source]

Designer	—	Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG)^[source]

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