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M60

general-purpose light machine gun
Class type of: general-purpose machine gun Q494361
M60
US Air Force from USA · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
firearm model
Subclass of
general-purpose machine gun[3]
Ammunition
7.62×51mm NATO[17]
Country of origin
United States[4]
Manufacturer
General Dynamics[2]
P14470
Objects/M60[18]
Participated in conflict
Vietnam War, Laotian Civil War, Cambodian Civil War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Soviet-Afghan War, Gulf War, First Chechen War, Second Chechen War, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), Iraq War, Colombian conflict[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Service entry
1957[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en 7.62 mm machine gun M60 en M60 en M60 machine gun ar إم ٦٠ ar M٦٠ ar إم 60 ar M60 de M60-Maschinengewehr de M60 machine gun de M60 Maschinengewehr es Ametralladora M60 fa مسلسل ام۶۰ fr M 60 fr M60 fr Mitrailleuses anti-aériennes M 60 fr Saco M60 he מקלע M60 id Senapan mesin M60 it M-60 ja M60機関銃
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Fandom article ID
cs.historika:M60_(kulomet)
Freebase ID
/m/02gwdc
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)
3055-1324
KBpedia ID
MachineGun-M60

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🔗 Connections
Participated in conflict 11
Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq War, Soviet-Afghan War, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), First Chechen War, Second Chechen War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War +3 more
← Armament 3
Nakhon Ratchasima shootings, Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, Kaman H-2 Seasprite
Ammunition 1
7.62×51mm NATO
Country of origin 1
United States
Manufacturer 1
General Dynamics
Subclass of 1
general-purpose machine gun
← Item operated 1
Federal Police of Mexico
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Summary

M60 is a firearm model[1].

Related Entities

General Dynamics United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Objects/M60, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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