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M60 machine gun vs Uzi A Small arms
General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun
B Small arms
Submachine gun
VS At a glance Head to head Details Methodology Length comparison One shared metre scale 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2
Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope. M60 machine gun larger figure on 3 of 3
M60 machine gun Uzi
1.11m
640mm folding stock extended
Length
All recorded figures & sources 1.105 m Length
Single source 1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
0.47 m folding stock collapsed
Single source
+200%
Range+450%
Barrel length+115% Uzi larger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
0.64 m folding stock extended
Single source 0.445 m stockless
Single source
445 mm (17.5 in) stockless 470 mm (18.5 in) folding stock collapsed 640 mm (25 in) folding stock extended[source]
10.5kg
3.5kg
Mass +200%
All recorded figures & sources 10.5 kg Mass
Single source 10.5 kg (23.15 lb)[source]
3.5 kg Mass
Single source 3.5 kg (7.72 lb)[source]
1.1km Effective; Effective firing range
0.2km Effective; 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
260mm
Barrel length +115%
All recorded figures & sources 0.56 m Barrel length
Single source 560 mm (22.0 in)[source]
0.26 m Barrel length
Single source 260 mm (10.2 in)[source]
7.6mm Caliber
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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
600rpm
Rate of fire
All recorded figures & sources 550–650 rounds/min Rate of fire
Single source 550–650 rounds/min[source]
600 rounds/min Rate of fire
Single source 1,200–1,500 rounds/min Micro Uzi
Single source 950 rounds/min Mini Uzi
Single source 600 rounds/min 950 rounds/min Mini Uzi 1200–1500 rounds/min Micro Uzi[source]
853m/s
400m/s 9mm
Muzzle velocity
All recorded figures & sources 853 m/s Muzzle velocity
Single source 2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)[source]
400 m/s 9mm
Single source 400 m/s (1,300 ft/s ) (9mm)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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]
1950s Suez Crisis Basque conflict 1960s Guatemalan Civil War Portuguese Colonial War The troubles West New Guinea dispute Communist insurgency in Thailand Six-Day War Vietnam War Ñancahuazú Guerrilla War of Attrition 1970s Yom Kippur War Internal conflict in Colombia Internal conflict in Peru Angolan Civil War Shaba II Rhodesian Bush War Nicaraguan Revolution 1980s Salvadoran Civil War Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan Falklands War Sri Lankan Civil War Invasion of Grenada Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon war South African Border War Thai–Laotian Border War 1990s Persian Gulf War Yugoslav Wars Somali Civil War Sierra Leone Civil War Burundian Civil War First Congo War 2000s War in Darfur Mexican drug war Kivu conflict First Ivorian Civil War 2010s Syrian Civil War 2020s Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) Myanmar Civil War Gaza war[source]
Manufacturer Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source]
Israel Military Industries Israel Weapon Industries Copies or variants made by: FN Herstal Norinco Z111 Factory Lyttleton Engineering Works (under Vektor Arms) RH-ALAN Group Industries[source]
Cartridge 7.62×51mm NATO[source]
.22 LR .41 AE .45 ACP 9×19mm Parabellum 9×21mm IMI[source]
Action Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source]
Blowback , open bolt[source]
Feed system Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source]
10-round box magazine (.22 and .41 AE) 12-, 16-, or 22-round box (.45 ACP) 20-, 25-, 32-, 40-, or 50-round box (9×19mm Parabellum)[source]
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