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SALW GUIDE
M60
Category: Light Machine Guns
Technical Specification
Operating system:
Cartridge:
Gas operated, belt fed
• 7.62 x 51mm / .308 Winchester
Length:
1105 mm
Weight:
10500 g
Muzzle velocity:
850 m/s
Feeding:
Belt
Magazine capacity:
100 rounds
Rate of fire:
600 rounds/min
Effective range:
800 m
Estimated production count:
-not available-
Description -not available-
Remarks The M60 is a family of American general purpose machine guns firing 7.62x51mm
NATO cartridges from a disintegrating belt of M13 links. There are several types of live ammunition approved for use in the M60, including ball, tracer, and armor-piercing rounds. The
M60 was referred to as “The Pig” during the Vietnam War. The M60’s gas operation is unique,
and drew on technical advances of the period, particularly the White “gas expansion and cutoff”
principle also exploited by the M14 rifle. The M60’s gas system was simpler than other gas
systems and easier to clean.
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Global proliferation
Figure 1: Global proliferation – M60
Country of Origin
• United States (USA)
Licensed production
• Korea, Republic of (KOR)
Proven in-country circulation 1
• Australia (AUS)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
(BIH)
• Bolivia, Plurinational
State of (BOL)
• Chile (CHL)
• Congo, the Democratic
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Republic of the (COD)
Colombia (COL)
Costa Rica (CRI)
Czech Republic (CZE)
Dominican Republic
(DOM)
Egypt (EGY)
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Fiji (FJI)
United Kingdom (GBR)
Greece (GRC)
Honduras (HND)
Haiti (HTI)
Indonesia (IDN)
Jordan (JOR)
includes licit and illicit SALW (both governmental and non-governmental/civilian holdings)
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Cambodia (KHM)
Liberia (LBR)
Morocco (MAR)
Malaysia (MYS)
Nicaragua (NIC)
Panama (PAN)
Peru (PER)
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Philippines (PHL)
Portugal (PRT)
Sudan (SDN)
South Sudan (SSD)
Thailand (THA)
Trinidad and Tobago
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Tunisia (TUN)
Taiwan (TWN)
Uganda (UGA)
Venezuela, Bolivarian
Republic of (VEN)
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Images
All images provided by ZVBw.
M60E3
light
M60
on integral bipod
M60E4 / Mk.43 mod.1
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