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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.
Among the new weapons are .50-caliber machine guns, M240 Bravo machine guns firing a 7.62 mm round, Mark 19 grenade launchers firing 40 mm grenade rounds, 5.56 mm squad automatic weapons or SAWs ...
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.
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.
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 ...
Also used are the 5.56 M4 carbine, the 40mm M320 Grenade Launcher Module, the M2 .50cal Machine Gun, the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) or M240B, and the Mossberg 500 shotgun or M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System. MP team leaders are typically assigned an M4 with an M320 attached, drivers are assigned an M249 and gunners are assigned an M4 ...
The Soviet 240 mm mortar M240 is a 240 millimeter (9.4 in) breech loading smoothbore heavy mortar that fires a 130 kilogram (290 lb) projectile. It entered service in 1953. It entered service in 1953.
M240: 7.62×51mm NATO: General purpose, medium machine gun United States: M240B variant is employed aboard surface vessels while the M240H is used aboard the MH-60 Jayhawk and MH-65 Dolphin helicopters. The M240 is also used on land by Port Security Units [35] M249: 5.56×45mm NATO: Light machine gun United States