7.62 mm M240 machine gun

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The 7.62 mm M240 machine gun is a belt-fed, gas-operated general-purpose machine gun widely used by U.S. and NATO forces for infantry support and as a mounted weapon on vehicles and aircraft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 7.62 mm machine gun
belt-fed machine gun
gas-operated firearm
general-purpose machine gun
allianceStandard NATO
basedOn FN MAG
cartridge 7.62×51 mm NATO
coolingSystem air-cooled
countryOfOrigin United States
designedFor general-purpose machine gun role
feedSystem disintegrating metallic link belt
firingMode fully automatic
hasVariant M240B
M240C
M240D
M240G
M240H
M240L
inServiceWith U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
introducedAs coaxial machine gun for armored vehicles
manufacturer FN Herstal
U.S. licensees
mountingOptions aircraft mount
bipod
infantry tripod
naval mount
vehicle mount
operation gas-operated
primaryUse sustained automatic fire
role coaxial machine gun
door gun
infantry support weapon
vehicle-mounted weapon
sights iron sights
night-vision sights (optional)
optical sights (optional)
standardCaliber 7.62 mm
typicalEffectiveRange 800–1100 meters
typicalMount M122 tripod
M192 lightweight ground mount
typicalRateOfFire 650–950 rounds per minute
usedAs coaxial machine gun on tanks
door-mounted gun on helicopters
pintle-mounted machine gun on vehicles
usedBy NATO forces
United States Armed Forces

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
M240 ("M240B")
M240 ("M240G")
M240 ("M240L")
M240 ("M240D")
hasVariant
M1 Abrams
M60 Patton
secondaryArmament
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines ("M240 machine gun")
supportWeapon
Australian Army ("MAG 58 machine gun")
usesEquipment

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