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 …

M240通用机枪是一挺以可散式弹链供弹、气动式操作、气冷式、班组支援及固定顶空的武器。 它具有很高的通用性，包括其直接使用两脚架、装上M122A1三脚架上、装上载具上或是装上飞机上。 除了在某些情况下，M60通用机枪仍作为军用直升机的舱门机枪而被使用。 M240通用机枪在1977年被美国陆军首次采用，并由原来作为一挺炮塔同轴机枪安装在M60巴顿坦克和M1艾布拉姆斯主战坦克上，在1980年代和1990年代之间慢慢地被采用在更多的用途上。 后来，M240 …

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...

在美国海军陆战队的坚决要求并追加了资金的情况下，加装了肩托及其它配件而成为通用机枪，在1991年正式定型为M240G，并于1994～1996年完成全海军陆战队的装备工作。 后来M240G又经过改进，成为M240E4，1995年被陆军定型为M240B并开始装备部队。 美国陆军在1999年继续改进M240B，采用一种液压缓冲器，使弹着散布面减小约40%。 M240在600米射击距离上的弹道相当平直，弹头飞行稳定，据说弹道最高点从来没有超过1.2米。 在平坦地面上射击，1100米距 …

Rugged and highly reliable, this weapon’s high volume of fire makes it the principal suppressive fire instrument for the infantry platoon and company. The FN M240C variant is used by all …

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 …

The weapon can be used with or without the upper hand guard, but if used without it, shooters risk burned hands. 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.