Although M240 entered the US Army in 1977 as a co-axial tank gun, it slowly found more applications in the 1980s and 1990s as it has also been adopted by the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

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 ...

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The .338 Norma Magnum round can hit targets out to ranges of 1,500 meters, compared to the M240 machine gun in 7.62 x 51mm, which has an effective range out to approximately 800 meters.

SIG engineers had set up a selection for comparison, including the M4 and M249, the M7 and M250, as well as the classic M240 7.62-millimeter machine gun and SIG Sauer’s MHS military pistol.

Consisting of a 7.62-mm M240 machine gun mounted on a specially designed rotating turret outfitted with an electro-optical sensor, proprietary AI, and computer vision software, the Bullfrog was ...

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 soldiers of the Zaporizhia brigade of the Territorial Defense Forcesare also armed with the American M240 machine gun. Its aiming range is 1.5 kilometers [1 mile].