M60 machine gun vs UK vz. 59: Specs Compared

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M60 machine gun

General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun

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UK vz. 59

General-purpose machine gun

Credit

Michal Maňas · CC BY 2.5 · Resized · CC BY 2.5 · Source ↗ · Modified

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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UK vz. 59vz. 59

1.215 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M60 machine gunlarger figure on 0 of 1

None

UK vz. 59larger figure on 1 of 1

Rate of fire+25%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

22 of 85 rows sourced on both sides

1.11m

1.22mvz. 59

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.105 m

Length

Single source

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

1.215 m

vz. 59

Single source

Configuration

Details

M60 machine gun and UK vz. 59 configuration
Specification	M60 machine gun	UK vz. 59
Type	General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun^[source]	General-purpose machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Czechoslovakia^[source]
In service	1960–present^[source]	1959–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	Czech Republic Slovakia^[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]	Vietnam War Nigerian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Afghanistan Wars Uganda–Tanzania War Angolan Civil War South African Border War Tajikistani Civil War Mali War Kivu conflict Russo-Georgian War Libyan Civil War Russian invasion of Ukraine^[source]

Designed	1952–1957^[source]	1956-1959^[source]

Manufacturer	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance^[source]	Zbrojovka Vsetín^[source]

Unit cost	US$6,000 (M60E3)^[source]	—

Produced	1957–present^[source]	1959—1990s^[source]

Variants	See Variants^[source]	Vz. 59 L, vz. 59T, vz. 59N, vz. 68, vz. 95, vz. 98^[source]

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

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

Feed system	Disintegrating belt with M13 Links^[source]	Belt-fed 50-round, weight 0.19 kg unloaded or 250 round belt^[source]

Sights	Iron sights^[source]	Hooded front post, folding leaf rear sight, sight radius 353 mm (13.9 in)^[source]

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