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 medium machine gun (see diagram below) is a result of a Marine Corps search for a weapon that could fire at an extended range with greater dependability and accuracy than the M60E3.

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...

Sep 12, 2022 · 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.

Development of the GPMG, resulting in today’s state-of-the-art M240B used by the Army, was a logical solution to a problem encountered in World War I. During that war, machine guns were the most important infantry weapon and most prolific killer.

The M240 is a medium machine gun that is found throughout the US military including Special Operations Forces. Firing 7.62mmx51mm NATO rounds from a disinegrating belt, the M240 series of machine guns has a reputation for stopping power and reliabilty.

The 7.62mm NATO M240B/General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) is a very reliable, fully-automatic, gas-operated, disintegrating link, belt fed, air-cooled, crew-served weapon. It fires from an open bolt and features a quick change barrel with fixed headspace.

The M240 machine gun has cemented itself as one of the most reliable and effective general-purpose machine guns (GPMG) in modern military history. Developed as the FN MAG in the 1950s and later adopted by the United States military, it has …

Mar 27, 2025 · The M240 general purpose machine gun, derived from the FN MAG 58, was adopted by the U.S. military in the late 1970s and has been in continual service since being introduced. FN has created multiple variants of the M240, including the M240 coaxial, the M240B, M240L, M240D and M240H models.