The M240 has been a staple of U.S. firepower for nearly 50 years. Heavy, rugged, and combat-proven, the belt-fed 7.62x51mm machine gun has been carried by generations of American troops in conflicts ...

The Army is preparing to replace its long-serving M240B machine gun, launching a multibillion-dollar program to field a next-generation automatic weapon for frontline troops, according to newly ...

If the M249 SAW was a manic pixie annoyance that required constant reassurance, the M240B was the bipolar relationship you knew you would never leave. It was 27 pounds of dead weight that you carried ...

Paratroopers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion “Gladius”, 82nd Airborne Division, practice their M240 and M249 machine gun proficiency during a daytime qualification at Fort Bragg, ...

The “switch-barrel” conversion kit allows existing M240 machine guns initially chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge to convert to True Velocity’s advanced 6.8TVCM composite-cased cartridge with ...

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The U.S. military stationed in Korea has staged live-fire drills involving a remote weapon station designed to be mounted on ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. – A persistent issue plagues Abrams tank crews during training exercises and at the gunnery range: ammunition jams on the M240 coaxial weapon system. The scenario is all too familiar ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Global firearms manufacturer operating a site in northeast Richland County announces it has been awarded a $6.9 million contract to supply machine gun barrels to the US Department of ...

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fire a M240B machine gun during company attacks at Range 400, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, ...