M60 machine gun vs SVD (rifle): Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

BSmall arms

SVD (rifle)

Designated marksman rifle Sniper rifle

Credit

Hokos · 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

Length source ↗

SVD (rifle)SVD

1.225 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 1

Range+38%

SVD (rifle)larger figure on 0 of 1

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

32 of 112 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

1.23mSVD

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

1.135 m

stock extended / · source measurement 2

Single source

Configuration

Details

M60 machine gun and SVD (rifle) configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	SVD (rifle)
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	Designated marksman rifle Sniper rifle^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	1963–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]	(see § Conflicts )^[source]

Designed	1952–1957^[source]	1958–1963^[source]

Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	Kalashnikov Concern Norinco^[source]

Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—

Produced	1957–present^[source]	1963–present^[source]

Variants	See Variants^[source]	(see § Variants )^[source]

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	7.62×54mmR^[source]

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

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

Sights	Iron sights^[source]	PSO-1 telescopic sight , 1PN51 / 1PN58 night vision sights and iron sights with an adjustable rear notch sight^[source]

Designer	—	Yevgeny Dragunov^[source]

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