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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.
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 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 ...
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.
Suppressive fire is provided by the M240B machine gun, at the squad and company levels respectively. In addition, indirect fire is provided by the M320 grenade launcher in fireteams, M224a1 60 mm mortar in companies, and M252 81 mm mortar in battalions.
This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2S4 Tyulpan; ... 240 mm mortar M240; 240 mm trench mortar; 240mm/50 Modèle 1902 gun; C. Canon de 24 C modèle 1864;
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The heat shield on the M240B. A US Marine Corps tripod-mounted M240G. M240L paired with the lighter M192 tripod reducing system weight by 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg). On January 14, 1977, the US Army awarded a contract to FN Herstal for the delivery of a modernized Model 60-40 variant tank machine gun designated the M240. Initially, the firearms were ...