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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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