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M60E6 vs FN MAG / M240: how to tell them apart

Two machine guns that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.

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M60E6

Machine gun, USA. In service since 2015

What gives it away

7.62 mm belt-fed gun with an offset carrying handle on the barrel, a forward pistol grip under the handguard and a bipod mounted on the receiver.

Used by

Denmark, Colombia, Indonesia and others

FN MAG / M240, machine gun from Belgium

FN MAG / M240

Machine gun, Belgium. In service since 1958

What gives it away

Heavy 7.62 mm belt-fed gun with a tall box receiver, a carrying handle on the barrel, a bipod under the gas tube and a solid stock.

Used by

Over 80 countries incl. USA, United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway

Photo: FN Herstal, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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