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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, 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    - 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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    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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    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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    Lightweight Small Arms Technologies Lightweight Medium Machine Gun MR-C Heckler & Koch G11 M249 M240 Bruce, Robert. "LSAT The Future of Small Arms Now?"...
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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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  • The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute). It features...
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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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    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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  • ongoing for an M240 machine gun 6.8×51mm conversion kit for the 7.62×51mm NATO-chambered M240B and M240L general-purpose machine guns. "SAAMI .277 SIG...
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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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  • United Kingdom and the United States as M240 machine gun. Minimi: Mini Mitrailleuse, 5.56×45mm NATO light machine gun. In service in over 75 nations and used...
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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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    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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    be evacuated, and instead manned his M240 machine gun (also reported to have been a M2 .50 caliber machine gun) to cover the evacuation of the rest of...
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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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    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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  • 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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    or by remote control, including 5.56 mm, 7.62 mm, and 12.7 mm .50 BMG machine guns, 40 mm automatic grenade launchers, anti-tank missiles and observation...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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