The M240 machine gun, officially the Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240, is the U.S. military designation for the FN MAG, a family of belt-fed, gas-operated medium...
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roles by other designs, most notably the M240 machine gun in U.S. service. The M60 is a belt-fed machine gun that fires the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge (similar...
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Redesignated in 1972 as the M219 M60 machine gun M240 machine gun Citations Gary W. Cooke. "M73, M73A1, M219 7.62mm Tank Machine Guns". Retrieved 29 May 2013. Ezell...
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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...
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with PIP kit, which served alongside its heavier counterpart, the M240 machine gun. Most M249s were given a collapsible buttstock immediately prior to...
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more portable than the heavier M240-based designs used elsewhere in the U.S. military in the infantry medium machine gun role. The M60-based designs have...
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caliber) M240 machine gun or .50 in caliber (12.7 mm) M2 machine gun on the rear loading ramp. A 12.7 mm (.50 in) GAU-19 three-barrel Gatling gun mounted...
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coaxial weapon is an 7.62 mm caliber M240 machine gun. The commander's weapon is a M2 Browning 12.7 mm machine gun or a 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher can...
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coaxial 7.62 mm M240 machine gun and a commander's M240. AAI had originally planned to place a .50 caliber (12.7 mm) heavy machine gun at the commander's...
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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...
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7.62×51mm NATO (section General-purpose machine guns)
rifles/sniper rifles and medium machine guns/general-purpose machine guns (e.g. M24 Sniper Rifle and M240 Medium Machine Gun). The cartridge is also used...
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- Small Arms Review". 26 September 2011. Chapter 16: Revelli Machine Gun The Machine Gun "HK 421 – Heckler & Koch stell neues Maschinengewehr im Kaliber...
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the 7.62mm round in the M240 machine gun. Baca, Nathan (July 18, 2022). "The US Army's new assault rifle coming to local gun stores". WUSA. Retrieved...
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mount either a .50 caliber M2 Browning machine gun, a 40mm MK19 grenade launcher or a 7.62×51mm NATO M240 machine gun. It is also armed with four M6 smoke...
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It can be armed with 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun, 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher or 7.62 mm M240 machine gun. M1126 infantry carrier vehicle DVH-Scout...
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M1 Abrams (section 120 mm gun M1A1)
Kit. The loader's M240 machine gun is aimed either with the built-in iron sights or with a thermal scope mounted on the machine gun.[citation needed]...
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weapons. The M240 is the U.S. Army's standard Medium Machine Gun. The M2 heavy machine gun is generally used as a vehicle-mounted machine gun. In the same...
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manually with gun shield or remotely operated. Manual options include a M240 machine gun, a Mk 19 grenade launcher, an M2 Browning machine gun, a MILAN anti-tank...
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Remote controlled weapon station (redirect from Remote controlled machine gun)
30 (Mk44 Bushmaster II) EM&E: Guardian L-Hit (M230 chain gun) EM&E: Aspis (M240 machine gun) Sweden Saab: Trackfire Turkey Aselsan SMASH: It is a stabilized...
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mount M240 Pecheneg UKM-2000P MK48 MOD 0/1, 7.62mm Lightweight Machine Gun K12 MG5 Latvian soldiers with MG3, FN MAG and HK21 machine guns Light machine gun...
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autoloaded 105 mm M68A1 rifled gun and a coaxial 7.62 mm M240 machine gun. The M68A1 gun was expected to be replaced by the M35 tank gun in production vehicles...
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True Velocity RM338 (redirect from Lightweight Medium Machine Gun)
1,700 m. General Dynamics officials say their machine gun is not meant to be a replacement for the M240, but to give the ability to put effective fire...
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Conspiracy theories say that Stephen Paddock utilized a machine gun, such as a M249 or M240, rather than the AR-15-style rifles discovered by law enforcement...
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FN MAG (redirect from L7 (machine gun))
by U.S. Ordnance in McCarran, Nevada. The M240 is built in several versions: M240 standard coaxial machine gun used in US armored vehicles. It is used in...
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Caiman, and larger MaxxPros will be disposed. The M249 SAW, M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles. BGM-71 TOW mounted on Humvee and...
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Its sights are also recommended by FN Herstal for the M249 SAW and M240 machine gun. The company also manufactures the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System...
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A gun shield is a flat (or sometimes curved) piece of armor designed to be mounted on a crew-served weapon such as a machine gun, automatic grenade launcher...
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on 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2017-05-31. "Georgian Army Picks US-made M240 Machine Guns to Replace Kalashnikov Rifles". "geo-army.ge". www.geo-army.ge. Archived...
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SIG Sauer MG 338 (category Medium machine guns)
(7 November 2020). "The Army is on the hunt for a brand new machine gun to replace the M240". Task & Purpose. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021...
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vz. 59 FN Minimi M2 machine gun M240 machine gun M249 light machine gun PK PM M1910 DShK NSV KPV IWI Negev W85 heavy machine gun Arsenal MG-1M UKM-2000...
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