The Army has initiated an expansive study to identify a potential replacement for the M240 machine gun in soldier arsenals, officials announced on Thursday. The Army is currently conducting a ...

U.S. Army maneuver officials are testing a new sound suppressor that can quiet the M240 machine gun enough for gunners to easily hear fire commands. The Maneuver Battle Lab at Fort Benning ...

Though more 100 years old, the M2 is still competitive with today’s machine guns. For instance, the M240 machine gun, the successor to the M1917, has a maximum effective range of 2,000 yards.

Ron Cohen recalls lugging an M240 machine gun around while he served as a young infantryman with the Israel Defense Forces. At 5’9” and about 150 pounds, carrying the 26-pound weapon was a strain.

For more specialized roles, the U.S. Army employs the M240 machine gun. This firearm is chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge and serves as a medium machine gun.

U.S. troops began noticing range limitations in Afghanistan with their M240 machine guns, chambered in 7.62 mm, that reached about 1,500 meters. The M2 .50-caliber machine gun could reach farther ...

The Army secretary has promised to show Congress the analysis behind its transformation plans within the next 10 days.

‘Switch-Barrel’ capability would allow standard M240 machine guns to accommodate True Velocity’s ballistically superior 6.8TVCM cartridgeGARLAND, Texas, May 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE ...

Traditionally speaking, any HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter can carry two guns. They come as any combination between the GAU-2C 7.62 mm minigun, the GAU 18/A .50 caliber machine gun, or the M240 ...