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The M240 machine gun, officially the Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240, is the U.S. military designation for the FN MAG, [6] a family of belt-fed, gas-operated medium machine guns that chamber the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. [1] The M240 has been used by the United States Armed Forces since the late 1970s.
Typical land speeds are approximately 100 km/h (62.5 mph) in either 4- or 8-wheel drive; however, fuel economy decreases in 8-wheel drive. The vehicles operate on diesel fuel . They are equipped with a 25 mm M242 Bushmaster autocannon, two 7.62 mm M240 machine guns , and two four-barrel smoke grenade launchers located on the forward left and ...
In January 1994, the U.S. Army began the Medium Machine Gun Upgrade Kit program. The only two competitors were M60 and M240 versions. Saco offered an "enhanced" M60E3 with improved parts, and FN offered the M240 variant of its MAG; both weapons were upgrade kits of weapons already in service. Eighteen guns of each were tested until December 1995.
The CROWS system provides an operator with the ability to acquire and engage targets while inside a vehicle, protected by its armor. It is designed to mount on a variety of vehicle platforms and supports the Mk 19 grenade launcher, 12.7 mm M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun, 7.62 mm M240B Machine Gun, and 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. The system ...
A U.S. Army graphic detailing the competitors for the program as of December 2020. The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is a United States military program created in 2017 by the U.S. Army to replace the 5.56mm M4 carbine, the M249 SAW light machine gun, and the 7.62mm M240 machine gun, with a common system of 6.8mm cartridges and to develop small arms fire-control systems for the ...
Sig Sauer MG 6.8 (SiG 6.8 mm Fury hybrid round) General Dynamics RM277 (True Velocity .277 TVCM polimer cased round) Next Generation Squad Weapon - Automatic Rifle; Lightweight Medium Machine Gun (Medium Machine Gun) (.338 Norma Magnum)
M1256A1 ICVVA1: an improved version of the M1126 Stryker ICV, features a Double-V Hull A1 (DVH-A1) design and is equipped with an M153A4 CROWS-J, which can mount an FGM-148 Javelin missile in conjunction with either an M2 .50 caliber machine gun, M240 7.62 mm machine gun, or Mk-19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher.
The MADIS Mk1 is equipped with a Kongsberg Defense Protector RS6 remote weapon station armed with an XM914E1 30 mm chain gun, an M240 7.62 mm MG, and turret-mounted Stinger missiles. It also features Electro Optical Infra-Red (EO/IR) optics and multi-functional electronic warfare (EW) capabilities, allowing it to engage aerial threats.