M60 machine gun vs Type 79 submachine gun

ASmall arms

M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

Type 79 submachine gun — licensed reference photograph

BSmall arms

Type 79 submachine gun

Submachine gun

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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 ↗

Type 79 submachine gunstock extended/470mm stock closed

0.74 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 4 of 5

Mass+500%
Range+450%
Barrel length+124%
Muzzle velocity+66%

Type 79 submachine gunlarger figure on 1 of 5

Rate of fire+67%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

19 of 77 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

740mmstock extended/470mm stock closed

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

0.74 m

stock extended/470mm stock closed

Single source

740 mm stock extended/470mm stock closed^[source]

10.5kg

1.75kg

Mass+500%

All recorded figures & sources

10.5 kg

Mass

Single source

10.5 kg (23.15 lb)^[source]

1.75 kg

Mass

Single source

1.75 kg^[source]

1.1kmEffective; Effective firing range

0.2kmEffective; Effective firing range

Range+450%

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]

0.2 km

Effective; Effective firing range

Single source

200 m^[source]

560mm

250mm

Barrel length+124%

All recorded figures & sources

0.56 m

Barrel length

Single source

560 mm (22.0 in)^[source]

0.25 m

Barrel length

Single source

250 mm^[source]

7.6mmCaliber

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Calibre

All recorded figures & sources

7.62 mm

Caliber

Single source

7.62 mm (0.308 in)^[source]

550–650rounds/min

1,000rpm

Rate of fire

All recorded figures & sources

550–650 rounds/min

Rate of fire

Single source

550–650 rounds/min^[source]

1,000 rounds/min

Rate of fire

Single source

1000 rounds/min^[source]

853m/s

515m/s

Muzzle velocity+66%

All recorded figures & sources

853 m/s

Muzzle velocity

Single source

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

515 m/s

Muzzle velocity

Single source

515 m/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 Type 79 submachine gun configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	Type 79 submachine gun
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	Submachine gun^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	China^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	1979–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	People's Republic of China^[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]	Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979-1991)^[source]
Designed	1952–1957^[source]	1970–1979^[source]
Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	China North Industries Corporation and China South^[source]
Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—
Produced	1957–present^[source]	1981–1992^[source]
Variants	See Variants^[source]	See Variants^[source]
Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO^[source]	7.62×25 mm Tokarev^[source]
Action	Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt^[source]	Gas-operated short-stroke piston , closed rotating bolt^[source]
Feed system	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]	20-round box magazine^[source]
Sights	Iron sights^[source]	Rear sight notch^[source]
Designer	—	Liu Zhitong^[source]
No. built	—	at least 200,000^[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	—

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M60 machine gun

Type 79 submachine gun

Type

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

Submachine gun^[source]

Place of origin

United States^[source]

China^[source]

In service

1960–present^[source]

1979–present^[source]

Used by

See Users^[source]

People's Republic of China^[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]

Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979-1991)^[source]

Designed

1952–1957^[source]

1970–1979^[source]

Manufacturer

Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]

China North Industries Corporation and China South^[source]

Unit cost

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

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Produced

1957–present^[source]

1981–1992^[source]

Variants

See Variants^[source]

Cartridge

7.62×51mm NATO^[source]

7.62×25 mm Tokarev^[source]

Action

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

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

Feed system

Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]

20-round box magazine^[source]

Sights

Iron sights^[source]

Rear sight notch^[source]

Designer

—

Liu Zhitong^[source]

No. built

—

at least 200,000^[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

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