M60 machine gun vs TT pistol: Specs Compared

ASmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

BSmall arms

TT pistol

Semi-automatic pistol

Credit

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

M60 machine gunLength

1.105 m

Length source ↗

TT pistolLength

0.195 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 5 of 5

Length+467%
Mass+1130%
Range+2100%
Barrel length+383%
Muzzle velocity+103%

TT pistollarger figure on 0 of 5

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

24 of 112 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

195mm

Length+467%

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

0.195 m

Length

Single source

195 mm (7.7 in)^[source]

—

134mm

Height

All recorded figures & sources

0.134 m

Height

Single source

134 mm (5.3 in)^[source]

10.5kg

0.85kg

Mass+1130%

All recorded figures & sources

10.5 kg

Mass

Single source

10.5 kg (23.15 lb)^[source]

0.854 kg

Mass

Single source

854 g (30.1 oz)^[source]

1.1kmEffective; Effective firing range

0.1kmEffective; Effective firing range

Range+2100%

All recorded figures & sources

1.1 km

Effective; Effective firing range

Single source

3.724 km

Maximum; Maximum firing range

Single source

1,200 yd (1,100 m)^[source]

4,073 yd (3,724 m)^[source]

0.05 km

Effective; Effective firing range

Single source

50 m (55 yd)^[source]

560mm

116mm

Barrel length+383%

All recorded figures & sources

0.56 m

Barrel length

Single source

560 mm (22.0 in)^[source]

0.116 m

Barrel length

Single source

116 mm (4.6 in)^[source]

7.6mmCaliber

—

Calibre

All recorded figures & sources

7.62 mm

Caliber

Single source

7.62 mm (0.308 in)^[source]

550–650rounds/min

—

Rate of fire

All recorded figures & sources

550–650 rounds/min

Rate of fire

Single source

550–650 rounds/min^[source]

853m/s

420m/s

Muzzle velocity+103%

All recorded figures & sources

853 m/s

Muzzle velocity

Single source

2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)^[source]

420 m/s

Muzzle velocity

Single source

420 m/s (1,378 ft/s)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

M60 machine gun and TT pistol configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	TT pistol
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	Semi-automatic pistol^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	1930–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Users^[source]
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]	1930^[source]
Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	Tula Arms Plant Izhevsk Arsenal Norinco FÉG FB Radom Cugir Arms Factory Chongyul Arms Plant Z111 Factory Zastava Arms^[source]
Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—
Produced	1957–present^[source]	1930–1955 (in Soviet Union)^[source]
Variants	See Variants^[source]	See variants^[source]
Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	7.62×25mm Tokarev 9×19mm Parabellum^[source]
Action	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]	Short recoil actuated , locked breech, single action^[source]
Feed system	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]	8-round detachable box magazine^[source]
Sights	Iron sights^[source]	Front blade, rear notch 156 mm (6.1 in) sight radius^[source]
Designer	—	Fedor Tokarev^[source]
No. built	—	1,653,188^[source]
Reported operators	Reported operator · Algeria Reported operator · Australia Reported operator · Bolivia Reported operator · Bosnia and Herzegovina Reported operator · Brazil Reported operator · Cambodia Reported operator · Chile Reported operator · Colombia Reported operator · Costa Rica Reported operator · Czech Republic Reported operator · Democratic Republic of the Congo Reported operator · Denmark Reported operator · Dominican Republic Reported operator · East Timor Reported operator · El Salvador Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Fiji Reported operator · Ghana Reported operator · Greece Reported operator · Haiti Reported operator · Honduras Reported operator · Italy Reported operator · Indonesia Reported operator · Jordan Reported operator · Kuwait Reported operator · Lebanon Reported operator · Liberia Reported operator · Lithuania Reported operator · Luxembourg Reported operator · Malaysia Reported operator · Mexico Reported operator · Morocco Reported operator · Nicaragua Reported operator · Panama Reported operator · Papua New Guinea Reported operator · Peru Reported operator · Philippines Reported operator · Portugal Reported operator · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Reported operator · Senegal Reported operator · South Korea Reported operator · Spain Reported operator · Sudan Reported operator · Taiwan Reported operator · Thailand Reported operator · Trinidad and Tobago Reported operator · Tunisia Reported operator · Turkey Reported operator · Uganda Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · United Kingdom Reported operator · U.S. Army Reported operator · Venezuela Reported operator · Vietnam	Reported operator · Cambodia Reported operator · Indonesia Reported operator · Lithuania Reported operator · Uganda Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · Vietnam Reported operator · Afghanistan Reported operator · Albania Reported operator · Angola Reported operator · Armenia Reported operator · Azerbaijan Reported operator · Belarus Reported operator · Benin Reported operator · Congo-Brazzaville Reported operator · Equatorial Guinea Reported operator · Georgia Reported operator · Guinea Reported operator · Guinea-Bissau Reported operator · Hungary Reported operator · Iraq Reported operator · Ivory Coast Reported operator · Kazakhstan Reported operator · Kyrgyzstan Reported operator · Laos Reported operator · Libya Reported operator · Madagascar Reported operator · Malta Reported operator · Mauritania Reported operator · Moldova Reported operator · Mongolia Reported operator · Montenegro Reported operator · Mozambique Reported operator · Pakistan Reported operator · Russia Reported operator · Sierra Leone Reported operator · Somalia Reported operator · Sri Lanka Reported operator · Syria Reported operator · Zambia Reported operator · Zimbabwe

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M60 machine gun

TT pistol

Type

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]

Semi-automatic pistol^[source]

Place of origin

United States^[source]

Soviet Union^[source]

In service

1960–present^[source]

1930–present^[source]

Used by

See Users^[source]

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]

1930^[source]

Manufacturer

Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

Tula Arms Plant Izhevsk Arsenal Norinco FÉG FB Radom Cugir Arms Factory Chongyul Arms Plant Z111 Factory Zastava Arms^[source]

Unit cost

US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]

—

Produced

1957–present^[source]

1930–1955 (in Soviet Union)^[source]

Variants

See Variants^[source]

See variants^[source]

Cartridge

7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

7.62×25mm Tokarev 9×19mm Parabellum^[source]

Action

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

Short recoil actuated , locked breech, single action^[source]

Feed system

Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

8-round detachable box magazine^[source]

Sights

Iron sights^[source]

Front blade, rear notch 156 mm (6.1 in) sight radius^[source]

Designer

—

Fedor Tokarev^[source]

No. built

—

1,653,188^[source]

Reported operators

Reported operator · Algeria
Reported operator · Australia
Reported operator · Bolivia
Reported operator · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Reported operator · Brazil
Reported operator · Cambodia
Reported operator · Chile
Reported operator · Colombia
Reported operator · Costa Rica
Reported operator · Czech Republic
Reported operator · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reported operator · Denmark
Reported operator · Dominican Republic
Reported operator · East Timor
Reported operator · El Salvador
Reported operator · Egypt
Reported operator · Fiji
Reported operator · Ghana
Reported operator · Greece
Reported operator · Haiti
Reported operator · Honduras
Reported operator · Italy
Reported operator · Indonesia
Reported operator · Jordan
Reported operator · Kuwait
Reported operator · Lebanon
Reported operator · Liberia
Reported operator · Lithuania
Reported operator · Luxembourg
Reported operator · Malaysia
Reported operator · Mexico
Reported operator · Morocco
Reported operator · Nicaragua
Reported operator · Panama
Reported operator · Papua New Guinea
Reported operator · Peru
Reported operator · Philippines
Reported operator · Portugal
Reported operator · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Reported operator · Senegal
Reported operator · South Korea
Reported operator · Spain
Reported operator · Sudan
Reported operator · Taiwan
Reported operator · Thailand
Reported operator · Trinidad and Tobago
Reported operator · Tunisia
Reported operator · Turkey
Reported operator · Uganda
Reported operator · Ukraine
Reported operator · United Kingdom
Reported operator · U.S. Army
Reported operator · Venezuela
Reported operator · Vietnam

Reported operator · Cambodia
Reported operator · Indonesia
Reported operator · Lithuania
Reported operator · Uganda
Reported operator · Ukraine
Reported operator · Vietnam
Reported operator · Afghanistan
Reported operator · Albania
Reported operator · Angola
Reported operator · Armenia
Reported operator · Azerbaijan
Reported operator · Belarus
Reported operator · Benin
Reported operator · Congo-Brazzaville
Reported operator · Equatorial Guinea
Reported operator · Georgia
Reported operator · Guinea
Reported operator · Guinea-Bissau
Reported operator · Hungary
Reported operator · Iraq
Reported operator · Ivory Coast
Reported operator · Kazakhstan
Reported operator · Kyrgyzstan
Reported operator · Laos
Reported operator · Libya
Reported operator · Madagascar
Reported operator · Malta
Reported operator · Mauritania
Reported operator · Moldova
Reported operator · Mongolia
Reported operator · Montenegro
Reported operator · Mozambique
Reported operator · Pakistan
Reported operator · Russia
Reported operator · Sierra Leone
Reported operator · Somalia
Reported operator · Sri Lanka
Reported operator · Syria
Reported operator · Zambia
Reported operator · Zimbabwe