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The M240B, however, weighs in at a considerable 27.5 lb (12.5 kg) and is about 49 in (120 cm) long with the standard barrel. NAVSPECWAR was reluctant to give up the increased portability of the M60 (which weighed 22.5 lb (10.2 kg) with an overall length of 37.7 in (96 cm) in its shortest configuration) in spite of the M240B's increased reliability.
M240 United States: 7.62×51mm NATO: General-purpose machine gun: Used by special forces units. [29] MG 74 Austria: 7.62×51mm NATO: General-purpose machine gun: Machine gun mounted on tanks SK-105. AA-52 France: 7.62×51mm NATO: General-purpose machine gun: General-purpose machine gun mounted on armoured vehicles. [30] M2 Browning United ...
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles and any other variants.
M240 machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: General-purpose machine gun United States: Used by SF, all variants : MG 3 machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: General-purpose machine gun West Germany: PK machine gun: 7.62×54mmR: General-purpose machine gun Soviet Union: RPK: 7.62×39mm: Light machine gun Soviet Union: no longer in service M60 machine gun: 7.62× ...
The new Infantry OSUT covered the M240 machine gun as well as the M249 squad automatic weapon. [180] The redesigned Infantry OSUT started in 2019. [ 181 ] [ 182 ] Depending on the result of the 2018 pilot, OSUTs could also extend training in other combat arms beyond the infantry. [ 181 ]