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 FN® M240B is the “go to/can do” medium machine gun for all branches of the U.S. military, offering absolute reliability, extended range, and an exceptional service life. This weapon’s high volume of fire makes it the principal suppressive fire instrument for …

The M240B machine gun is a belt-fed, air-cooled, gas-operated, fully automatic machine gun that fires from the open bolt position. The M240B machine gun is found in the machine gun section of the...

The M240B, known as the “240 Bravo” or just “two-forty”, is a fully-automatic belt-fed machine gun that operates on a long-stroke gas piston and a Browning-inspired locking action that is most easily described as an inverted BAR action.

Mar 27, 2025 · FN AWARDED DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY (DLA) CONTRACT TO SUPPLY M240 AND M249 MACHINE GUN BARRELS McLean, VA — March 27, 2025) FN America, LLC is pleased to announce that the company has been awarded a firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract, valued up to $39,643,953, to supply the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land […]

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...

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.

The FN M240B 7.62mm is the “go-to/can do” medium machine gun for all branches of the U.S. Military, offering absolute reliability, extended range, and exceptional service life. The B’s cold hammer-forged MIL-SPEC barrel has a hard-chromed bore for longer life and improved accuracy.

The FN® M240B is the “go to/can do” medium machine gun for all branches of the U.S. military, offering absolute reliability, extended range, and an exceptional service life.