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CODE – 04-132-957
NAME – M60 Light Machine Gun
NAME (NATIVE) – Machinegun 7.62mm M60
COMMON NAMES – “60,” The Pig
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1957
CALIBER – 7.62x51mm
OVERALL LENGTH – 110.5 cm (43.5 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 55.9 cm (22 in)
BARREL LENGTH (OVERALL) – 65.2 cm (25.67 in) including breech socket and flash suppressor
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 29.2 cm (11.5 in)
LOAD – M59 Ball Spitzer-pointed full metal jacket
BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 9.75 g (150.5 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 855 m/s (2805 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3565 j (2630 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 10.51 kg (23 lb 3 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 13.62 kg (30 lb) loaded with 100 rd M13 link belt of M59 ball in M4 bandoleer
WEIGHT (MOUNTED & LOADED) – 22.47 kg (49 lb 9 oz) on M122 tripod with T&E and platform pintle, loaded with 100 rd M13 link belt of M59 ball in M4 bandoleer
TYPE OF MOUNT – Attached folding bipod
TYPE OF MOUNT – M122 tripod with Platform pintle and T&E Gear
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 8.85kg (19 lb 8 oz) w/platform pintle, T&E mechanism
WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL ASSEMBLY – 3.74 kg (8 lb 4 oz) including bipod and gas cylinder
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight-Blade, Rear sight – Folding leaf with square notch, adjustable for windage, adjustable for range from 200 to 1,200 meters in 100 meter increments (219 to 1,312 yards in 109 yards increments)
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 800 meters (875 yards) from bipod, 1,100 meters (1,203 yards) from tripod
OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt
TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 125-150 rpm
CYCLIC ROF – 500 – 650 rpm
FEED DEVICE – 100-round belt M13 disintegrating metallic links, in an M4 bandoleer
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.43 kg (15 oz) 100 empty M13 links.
M4 Bandoleer (EMPTY) – 0.13 kg (5 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 2.98 kg (6 lb 9 oz) 100 rds M59 Ball linked in M13 links
M4 Bandoleer (LOADED) – 3.11 kg (6 lb 14 oz) with 100 rds M59 Ball linked in M13 links
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Six-100 rd belts in bandoleers (600 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 18.66 kg (41 lb 2 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, Maremont Co, Saco, Maine, Saco Defense Co., Saco, Maine, US Ordnance Inc., Reno, Nevada
STATUS – Still in US secondary service
SERVICE – US Military, Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, Columbia, commercial sales
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