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 M240B is a belt-fed, air-cooled, gas-operated, fully automatic machine gun that fires from the open bolt position. This reliable 7.62mm machine gun delivers more energy to the target than the...

The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), [4] [5] [6] formally the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi, a light machine gun manufactured by FN Herstal (FN).

While the M240B GPMG has an important dual-purpose role, it augments, rather than replaces, the Army’s true heavy machine gun, the Browning M2 .50 caliber, and its true light machine gun and squad automatic weapon, FN’s M249 SAW.

2023年2月2日 · U.S. Ordnance’s newly offered M249 “SAW” machine gun. Standard modern style with magazine well, hydraulic stock, and 20-inch barrel. They’re in full production, and there will be a full mil-spec test coming up in a future issue of SADJ. Actually, the M240 is a squad automatic weapon… from the old school definition.

2022年9月12日 · The M240 is a belt-fed, gas-operated medium machine gun that fires the standard 7.62 x 51 mm NATO round. Its rate of fire can by controlled through three different settings. The first allows the weapon to fire between 650-750 rounds per minute, while the second allows for it to cycle at 750-850.

Made by Fabrique Nationale of Herstal, Beligum, (the same manufacturer of the M249 squad automatic weapon). A European version, called the FN MAG 58, is used by over 100 different nations...

The M-240 is the big brother of the M-249 SAW gun, delivering more energy with a higher caliber bullet to a specific target. It can be mounted on a bipod, tripod, aircraft, or a vehicle. Ammunition is fed into the weapon from a 100-round bandoleer …

Enemy forces in Afghanistan possessing increased firepower and controlling extended ranges forced the replacement of the M249 SAW with the Mk 48 Mod 0 machine gun there by May 2010.

The M240B Machine Gun is a ground-mounted, gas-operated, crew-served machine gun. This reliable 7.62mm machine gun delivers more energy to the target than the smaller caliber M-249 SAW.