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M60 machine gunlarger figure on 2 of 2
Ultimax 100larger figure on 0 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
Mark 2 with buttstock
Single sourceMark 2 w/o buttstock
Single sourceMark 3 with buttstock
Single sourceMark 3 w/o buttstock
Single sourceMark 2: 1,030 mm (40.6 in) with buttstock, 800 mm (31.5 in) w/o buttstock Mark 3: 1,024 mm (40.3 in) with buttstock, 810 mm (31.9 in) w/o buttstock[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | M60 machine gun | Ultimax 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] | Light machine gun , Squad automatic weapon[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Singapore[source] |
| In service | 1960–present[source] | 1982–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] | Sri Lankan Civil War Bougainville conflict Yugoslav Wars Anti-guerrilla operations in Indonesia & the Philippines 2006 Fijian coup d'état Solomon Islands coup War in Afghanistan[source] |
| Designed | 1952–1957[source] | 1978[source] |
| Manufacturer | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] | CIS: 1982–2000 ST Kinetics: 2000–present[source] |
| Unit cost | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] | — |
| Produced | 1957–present[source] | 1982–present[source] |
| Variants | See Variants[source] | See variants[source] |
| Cartridge | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] | 5.56×45mm 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] | 100-round drum magazine or 30-round STANAG M16 box magazine Mark 9: belt-fed or STANAG magazine[source] |
| Sights | Iron sights[source] | Rear aperture sight and front post 472 mm (18.6 in) sight radius[source] |
| Designer | — | L. James Sullivan for Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS, now ST Kinetics )[source] |
| No. built | — | ~80,000[source] |
| Barrels | — | Single barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 6 grooves)[source] |
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