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general-purpose light machine gun
Key facts
- Type
- General-purpose machine gun , Medium machine gun
- Place of origin
- United States
- In service
- 1960–present
- Used by
- See Users
- Designed
- 1952–1957
- Manufacturer
- Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance
- Unit cost
- US$6,000 (M60E3)
- Produced
- 1957–present
- Variants
- See Variants
- Mass
- 10.5 kg (23.15 lb)
- Length
- 1,105 mm (43.5 in)
- Barrel length
- 560 mm (22.0 in)
- Cartridge
- 7.62×51mm NATO
- Caliber
- 7.62 mm (0.308 in)
- Action
- Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt
- Rate of fire
- 550–650 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)
- Effective firing range
- 1,200 yd (1,100 m)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- general-purpose machine gun
- Country of origin
- United States
- Manufacturer
- General Dynamics
- Conflict
- Colombian conflict
- Image
- M60 Medium Machine Gun (7414626098).jpg
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- Commons category
- M60 machine gun
- service entry
- 1957-01-01
- ammunition
- 7.62×51mm NATO
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