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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.
In addition to the standard F-864 high-explosive round used by the M240, a number of specialized munitions exist for the 240 mm mortar using 3M15 rocket motors to extend the range to 20 km (12 mi). The variants include: 3F2 Gagara (high explosive shell) 3O8 Nerpa (cluster munition, carries 14 x O-10 HE-FRAG parachute-retarded submunitions) [7]
For example, the US Army and Marines now use the FN MAG (as the M240 machine gun), which is generally called the "M240 medium machine gun". It was originally adopted for vehicle mounting in the late 1970s, but its higher reliability resulted in the infantry adopting it for use over the M60 machine gun , despite it being several pounds heavier.
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The LWMMG has a rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute, an effective range of 1,700 meters (1,900 yards), and a maximum range of 5,642 meters (6,170 yards). It weighs 24 pounds (11 kg), making it only slightly heavier than the M240L, and 3 lb (1.4 kg) lighter than the M240B. The .338NM bullet has over 6,300 J (4,600 ft⋅lb) of muzzle energy and ...
The towed M240, used by artillery regiments of rifle divisions during the 1950s until they were reassigned in the late 1950s to heavy mortar battalions, proved to be rather impractical in combat: the 3OF-864 shell weighted 130 kg (290 lb), which made difficult for crews to load the weapon without the aid of a small crane.
The M1128 mobile gun system (MGS) is an eight-wheeled assault gun of the Stryker family, mounting a 105 mm tank gun, based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored vehicle manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems for the U.S. Army.
At 11.5 lb (5 kg), the M192 is 6.5 lb (3 kg) lighter than its predecessor. [2] Unlike the M122, its rear legs are independently movable and stored in a forward position. Because of this design, there is no need for a locking bar connecting the two legs. [3] Additionally, the M192 features an integrated traversing and elevation (T&E) mechanism.