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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.
FM 100–5, Operations: 20 August 1982 [19] This publication supersedes FM 100–5, 1 July 1976. Edward C. Meyer: INACTIVE: C1, FM 100–5: FM 100–5, Operations (with included Change No. 1) 29 April 1977 [20] This manual supersedes FM 100–5, 6 September 1968, including all changes. Bernard W. Rogers: INACTIVE: FM 100–5: FM 100–5, Operations
M240B is a modernized derivative of the M240G, which features a perforated hand-guard and heat shroud, a MIL-STD-1913 rail integral with the receiver top cover, which enables the use of optical day and night sights, a new synthetic stock and a new ammunition container.
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 ...
This list contains weapons that are classified as crew-served, as the term is used in the United States military.. While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case of both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles.
M240B – 7.62×51mm medium machine gun used by infantry, and light vehicles and helicopters. Mk48 Mod 1 – 7.62×51mm light machine gun, used by US MARSOC. M249E4 – 5.56×45mm light machine gun, infantry support weapon. Not replaced, but being supplanted by the M27 IAR.
Both AN/PAS-13Bs have programmable reticles, allowing the user to match the reticle to the weapon system the sight will be mounted on. Some reticles included in the sight include those designed for the M16 rifle, M4 carbine, M60 machine gun, M240 machine gun, M249, M2 machine gun, MK19, MK47, M24 sniper weapon system, and the GAU-21. The sight ...
With 7.62×51mm NATO ammunition, which is most commonly used with, for example, the M240 machine gun, the bullet will reach a distance of 600 metres (2,000 ft) traveling at 900 metres per second (3,000 ft/s), before it begins a pronounced downward trajectory to the earth.