The M240 Machine Gun | Americas Medium Machine Gun
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- The M240 is a US-built version of the Belgian FN MAG, that is one of the most widespread and effective General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs) in the world. Since its introduction in 1957 the FN MAG has dominated the market for Western Block machine guns. It was proposed for the US military. However it was originally rejected in favor of the US-made M60. Ironically 2 decades after the M60 was adopted, it was replaced by a US-built version of the MAG, designated as the M240. It was adopted by the US Army in 1977 and replaced the M73 and M219 machine guns. The M240 has also been adopted by the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. It is also used by the Spanish Army. This weapon is manufactured in the USA by a local division of the Fabrique Nationale. Production of the M240 still continues and improved and updated variants continue to emerge. This weapon was used during various military conflicts, including the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The M240 is used by the infantry, and may be mounted as a fixed weapon on tripods, vehicle mounts, helicopters and watercraft.
The M240 has several design attributes of the World War II-era German MG-42, including its trigger mechanisms, quick-change barrel, and spring-loaded dust cover. But much of the weapon was derived from the basic design formula of the venerable Browning Model 1918 BAR. In fact most of the Belgian FN MAG was created by simply inverting the BAR's receiver, so it could be belt-fed from above rather than magazine-fed from below.
The M240 is gas-operated weapon. Barrel is above and the gas regulator. This machine gun fires from an open bolt.
It is a selective fire weapon, but does not have a single shot capability. The fire selector switches between a rate of fire of 750 rpm, 850 rpm, or 950 rpm. However the firing rate is adjusted only when fouling causes sluggish operation of the weapon and there is no time to clean the weapon properly.
A safety is integral to the design, which disables the sear when set to "safe", but it can only be safed when the weapon is cocked.
Ammunition is fed into the upper left side of the weapon by a belt. The M240 accepts linked belts with disintegrating or non-disintegrating links. These belts are typically 50 to 250 rounds in length, typically in boxes or pouches. Sometimes these are attached to the weapon itself. The 50-round belts are the most widely-used, and can be linked end-to-end.
The M240 is bulkier and heavier than contemporary machine guns. However it proved to be a very reliable weapon. Several sources report that the MAG is the most reliable machine gun in the world. For example, during testing in the 1990s, it was able to fire an astonishing 26 000 rounds between failures. This reliability was further confirmed in a 2013 torture test of the M240B, after which there was no loss of accuracy, despite the weapon firing a total of 15 000 rounds at its cyclical rate of fire. By the end of that 2013 test, it had fired more than 32 000 rounds without ill effect. The barrel is rated for 800 rounds fired before replacement, but the M240 has frequently exceeded this requirement. According to some sources this weapon have been able to fire 8 000 rounds out of individual barrels before requiring a replacement, even when the barrels were heated until they glowed red hot. Barrels with advanced lining materials have even longer life ratings, with Stellite-lined barrels claimed to last for 15 000 rounds.
Most of the components of the M240 are interchangeable with the Belgian FN MAG and its derivatives, such as the British L7A1.
This weapon has quick-change barrels. A carrying handle is attached directly to the top of the barrel. It allows the crew to quickly remove an expended barrel while it is still hot, with no need for insulated gloves to handle it.
The M240 has composite buttstock, foregrip and pistol grip. Early versions of the original FN MAG had wooden furniture, while newer models also employ composite materials.
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MG42 - Hitlers Buzzsaw
M240 - Trumps Chainsaw???....
M249 SAW : but but senpai I'm here I'm the saw (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)
Matsimus Gaming do we even still use the GPMG I know it's still mounted on vehicles but I swear it for replaced with the M249 mini me because while brilliant support weapon it's was heavy.
Matsimus Gaming Barely Trump... Trump didn’t even serve in the military, compared to Hitler.
Samuel You do realise Trump deferred for a ridiculous excuse. Call him a “Patriot”. I call him bullshite.
Napoleon I Bonaparte I wasn't even talking about trump.
The gun everyone loves to shoot but doesnt want to carry 😭😭😭
Hahaha tottaly! You carry her until you realize she's now part of your body. Men and machine. Hooah! 🇧🇷 Greetings from Brazil!
Or clean
I am 5ft 6 had no problem carry this Gun,even in the jungles of Malaya .
Same with the MG3 lol
I carried mine when I was qualifying at the range for two days straight, talk about some serious gains.
Those barrel swaps in the first couple minutes of the video were painful to watch.
FISTER87 lol
FISTER87 later in the video... "barrell changes can be made in less than 3 seconds." Not by these guys! lol. Diss and ass was slow too, reservists perhaps??
I'm glad I wasn't the only one cringing.
I think those are SOI boots
Not sure about this but the FN Mag version doesn't have this extra heat protection on the barrel and it seems that this is not helping at all in case of barrel replacement^^
happiness is a belt fed weapon
Dustin Shadle agreed ;-)
Only when your actually able to shoot until then fuck it and the multiple klick movements carrying it.
Debateable... imo, happyness is an indirect fire, variable charge, parabolic trajectory weapon
*Creates a belt-fed hi point just to spite you*
It has feeding problems
The General Purpose Machine Gun and the M2 browning just prove that it if it ain't broke don't fix it. Both are still very similar to the initial model that went into service
Gary Neilson M2 is so complicated. This made up of 5 parts in total. It’s so simple to maintain and take apart and use.
switching some of the parts from metal to polymer wouldn't hurt but other than that they're fine how they are.
I was a machine gunner in the Marine Corps. We started with the M60E3, which I liked. When we got the M240G it was like a dream. Less jamming, faster rate of fire and a lot smoother. A little heavier and a little longer but overall better. I love this weapon.
The US always had polymer sto ks right? Never wood?
@@NovaScotiaNewfie never had wood while I was in. I think wood stocks stopped with the M14 in Vietnam. Replaced by the M16.
The only problem this weapon has is that its heavy. But, its a medium machine gun and isn't meant to be lightweight so that isn't really a problem.
DemonGrenade274 you need the extra material for durability.
not really, most of the weight comes from old Skool manufacturing. The US has been pushing for weight reduction. the Stock M240B is about 27.6 pounds. The In use M240L has a Titanium receiver, bipod and sight knocking it down to 22.3 pounds of course it costs major money. Barrett Rifles came up with an alternative called the 240LW, they reduced the weight to 20 pounds by changing from riveted construction to forgings.
SENPIA LOVES ME!
then you haven't touch PKM yet, lightweight, pack a punch of 7.64x54r can fire for dayy
DemonGrenade274 India has changed the stock to plastic for weight reduction.
In four years of use the only jams I had were with blank ammo. Great weapon.
Timothy Sielbeck So your unit said fuck you to the discriminator as well huh?
A bunch of guys in my unit kept saying it jammed all the time. I asked to see it and found that they had been firing it with the ammo fed upside down the entire time.
My 240 didnt ever jam even with blanks.
Mine ate ammo, maybe they gave you the wrong BFA for the blanks.
@@touko_nanami brass to the grass...
War Crimes lol I think 🤔 if I remember correctly the sayin was “brass to the grass links to the sky”
Remembrance Sunday 2017. Lest we forget.
Good stuff. Remembrance Sunday the 11th of November 2018, will mark 100 years.
I was a medic in weapon squad. M240b really is a fantastic weapon. That sight system is incredibly accurate
This gun is called kulspruta 58 in the Swedish army or Ksp58 for short. funnily kulspruta directly translates into bullet sprayer in English. Submachine gun is kulsprutepistol. the m240 is a good reliable gun and i really think it will be used for a long time still.
I remember the first time i heard the ksp58 up close for the first time. Shivers down my spine like no other.
@@jonasw10 What, were you cleaning it and heard a part disappear into a floor drain?
My first hands on experience of this was a real love/hate scenario. It was December '98 in the Brecon Beacons. New moon, 100% cloud cover in the dead of night, so visibility was zero. It was my first exercise, so like most noobs I was carrying everything including the kitchen sink. There we were moving across a field (I guess it was a field, we could't see sh1t) when the opfor's GPMG opens up on us. We make a 'tactical withdraw from contact' - i.e. we legged it. Until my left foot went down a rabbit (I guess it was a rabbit, we still couldn't see sh1t)) hole and I badly twisted my ankle. It swelled up so much I had to loosen my boot laces and it turned a delightful shade of purple. I was limping for the next three days. After the exercise had finished a few of us were asked if we wanted to use up the last of a GPMG's ammo belt. Of course we agreed. So we merrily squeezed off a burst or so each feeling all manly and chuffed. Then we found out the catch - we then had to strip and clean the bloody thing 😡 To add insult to injury (in my case, literally) we then found out the gun I was tricked into cleaning was the same one that had been shooting at me a few nights previous. Fu€king UOTC man... 😂 a week later I then got my jaw broken in sparing so I had to 'eat' crimbo dinner through a straw. I have had better Christmases 😜
Oh man you definitely were a boot. Lol dont ever ever loosen the boot after you sprain it. Id keep my damn boots on for days after a bad sprain so i could keep the swelling down. 😂😂😂😂 only happened about once a month in boot camp and SOI. Once i hit the fleet and went to Lejeune NC it got better on the flat easy ground.
The M240 might actually be my favorite modern handheld machine gun, it's high power combined with ease of control and portability and reliability are perfectly balanced.
That gun never jammed in Iraq, I loved it.
I loved the 240s on my Abrams. Accurate and so reliable. Coax engagements in gunnery and overseas where my favorite. As a contractor we had MK48s which are about the perfect light machine gun.
I absolutely love the M-240 machine gun we had it on our Tanks and took it in to Combat dismounted and it never let us down thank you for sharing Mat👍
Something that always impresses me is to learn that John Browning has had some much influence in so many of the weapons that we use today. His genius has a long reach.
Got to love the MAG 58. :) Last 30sec sums up US Range Safety.
Yup, we call it the GPMG here in Asia too. It's not light, but definitely agree it is one of the most reliable machine guns out there...
Excellent video of the 240 Bravo. I served in the Marine Corps and we were issued the M60 which had some shortcomings. The M240 was introduced after I was out and was a definite upgrade from the M60, from everything I was told by guys I served with.
Semper Fidelis🇺🇸
do more of these gun ones, i love them!
Sturmgeschütz III will do :-)
Thanks for the video once again.
I think a mix of stats and overview and personal and related anecdotes would be a great format for your series on small arms.
HELL YES! Cadillac smoothness!
Hey Matsimus, you should totally do one on the Lee Enfield/M1911/M2.
113 years, 106 years and 84 years worth of ass kicking to this day
In Flanders Fields we will remember/ a solute from scouts
"They grow not old
As we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
We will remember them."
MG3 / 42 would be interesting.
RPro stay tuned in the future!! :-D
Wow lots of info! Good that you do your research. Love watching your videos. In the canadian forces we call it the C6 GPMG back in the early 90s I did my machine gunner course and it weight 42 pounds back then. I believe they have it down in weight now.
I remember a partucular winter night live fire where we fired 2000 rounds of tracers. They where removed in a live fire in summer where the tracers kept starting bush fires where we had to run down range with shovels to fight them. So the range safety officer made us take all of the tracers out. Firing all tracers is a bad idea as the barrel would get hot way too fast and warped. We ruined 2 barrels that night...But wow the fireworks!
Love it! I was going to do one about the gpmg but might hold out now
Hands down my favorite machine gun, light enough to run around with and packs a mean punch
The version seen shooting is the M240L ( formerly M240E6) This makes changes to the weapon by swapping steel of the Receiver, bipod, front sight, carry handle for Titanium, a reduced length barrel and the collapsing stock. dropping the weight to about 22 pounds.
Leon Cranson Still sucks road marching with it though lol
The L isnt a GPMG though, it cannot be mounted to vehicles and hard points. The titanium shakes itself apart
M2 Browning, still stand strong after 100 years
My dad used the GPMG in Afghan and Iraq and he once was on patrol and sent 500 rounds into a compound at night which was full of talaban soldiers he looked so badass with it
6'6 with the GPMG and belt rounds going round his body while in the paras that's what you call a real terminator
I also fired this gun for in the Marines. When you learn your gun it is fantastic!! Very accurate !!!!
Ah, that clip at the end warms my heart and fuels my soul, 'Merica!
jason1164 I think it was actually supposed to be a good-natured British dig at such 'Murican-ness but whatev's :-)
I love how the Marines rolled over and under each other @ 2:38
Great video, love your reviews about machine guns.
Good vid thanks
great videos, really enjoying them! It would be great if you did some of the Yugoslav weapons such as the m-84 tank and it's later developments such as m-84as and m-95 degman, or ifv bvp m-80, or mrls m-87 orkan... also there are nora b self propelled artillery. The weapons were all used in Yugoslav wars and have interesting history.
Love the look of this gun
It's nice that the US got the message in the end. My childhood friends carried these in the Paras in the late 70s, Pete and Mick were out by 1980 when I started college. Another friend's brother in law was a sergeant on South Georgia when the Argentinians attacked and his people took out an Argentinian helicopter with these and SLRs. They put a hole in a destroyer with a Charlie G too. To be fair the Argentinians showed great restraint in not killing them all at that time, despite their losses. My experience of GPMGs was only at ROF, developing the blank fire projector, and not the one SAAB eventually used... ours was better but we were subcontracted to them. We were heat soak testing the hardware, to do that we were belting up 2500 rounds and firing them in one burst with this and the Chaingun. These never had a stoppage. The chaingun used to break off tiny fragments of its action and get jammed up so you had to take the breach mechanism to pieces and clean out whatever tiny fragment had come off a sharp edge. Not me, our armorer, Steve. The LSW was envisaged as replacing the GMPG while using the shitty 5.56 NATO, it just doesn't do the same job. We didn't have to worry about heat soak on the LSW The generation of LSW I saw was crap, split groups, jamming after a few hundred rounds, bipod falling down and twisting the receiver. We tested live and blank, for accuracy and effect comparison, with the SA80 and Accuracy International AW. The GPMG was built like a hammer, it just kept going with minimal maintenance. The chaingun was unreliable with very careful maintenance at that time.
I remember being asked by an American officer why our British M240's didn't have hand guards on the barrels and gas tubes. what was to stop our troops burning their hands on them my reply was "Common sense"
Friend of mine served recently in FDF with new Leo2A6NLs. They had those on commander's hatch for AA use (lol).
"The beautiful M-60"-haha! I hope that was sarcasm! I served in the US army in the late 90s. The M-60 was a worn out shot out piece of shit left over from the Vietnam days. The barrel change was awkward since the barrels had the bipods and gas blocks attached to them, but the carry handle was attached to the receiver. I was glad to be assigned the M249 in my unit. We had one M-60 in our platoon that would jam every round or two-it was just worn the fuck out. The army switched over to the M-240B when I was in, and the weapon squads were really happy to be rid of the M-60 once and for all.
I was in an airborne unit and had to jump with one of these in Alaska. Couldnt untie the release cord so I had to ride in with that thing still stuck to my side. The butt came up and popped me in the chin when I landed. Rung my bell pretty goddamn hard
It was really nice of those gentlemen to share that gun.
Americans were the last to adopt this Machine Gun.
Us in Australia were using it when the Americans were still using the M60. We knew it was a superior Machine gun. It Goes by a few names now, we called it the MAG 58..Anericans have it hanging off everything now, jeeps and small armoured vehicles..
Hey Matsimus, I love what you are doing! I have a few suggestions for future videos: the czech Vz 58 assault rifle and the vz 59 machine gun, the german Mg42/3 and the russian Rpd machine gun.
I have all these guns but they are deactivated because of the gun law (I actually don't mind it, I can play around with these guns quite safely which is good in my opinion)
Nice to see small arms here, Mat. Will you be doing more vids on small arms in the future?
JSolars indeed I will be :-)
Damn good machine gun. I had great memories carrying and shooting this beauty.
Loved my time on the SAW and the 240.
LOVED LOVED LOVED running this gun!
That last clip is truly American
NeverlostatBSgaming haha glad someone saw it!! Lol
hope you do one for its rival from the other side of the iron curtain the PKM
interesting fact about the paratroopers in the falklands war never knew that
Stephen Paddock’s favorite gun
The comment I was looking for
Great video, as always.
I was just thinking it would be dope if you did a video on the MBDA Meteor missile. It's so cool and people don't know much about it. Way cooler than AIM-120D's.
You think you might do one sometime soon?
I much preferred the M240 when retrofitted to our M60A1 to M60A3 tanks as a coax weapon instead of the problematic M219 which gave many stoppages during Gunnery practice.
Thanks for the video and bringing back some interesting memories.
Overnout.
Interesting factoid, all UK L7 GPMG were made by the British company Manroy Engineering. The MOD decided to cease their contract with Manroy and shift it to Heckler and Koch. All recent UK L7 GPMG are made by H&K. In the meantime Manroy engineering were taken over by FN, the company that developed the MAG that was the basis for the L7 GPMG. Manroy now a subsidary of FN still produce and refurbish Browning M2HB for the British army.
www.hkpro.com/forum/hk-talk/112676-7-62mm-hk-l7a2-gpmg.html
This was my primary weapon over seas during my Navy days, side arm was a M9 beretta.
Pro Tip for future infantryman Use the Sling for the 60mm m225 Mortar instead of the m240 sling when carrying this makes it much better and tie it as tight and high as possible with 550 cord it helps so much its not as uncomfortable
I used this gun back in the day when I did a tour in CS:go. Would recommend this to my brothers who in the armed services today! 💪
simon A lol
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet or maybe it’s just because I’m commenting on this almost a year later but the Marine Corps has used the 240B since the early/mid 2000s. Our 240B’s have just received upgrade packages involving the Lima short barrels with the new vortex pattern flash hiders, collapsible stocks, adjustable bipeds, and newer aluminum M125 tripods (which suck). The M240E6 became the M240L/Lima a while ago in the Army and has all those upgrades including the titanium receiver you mentioned.
I have to say out of the machine guns I have experience with, those being the Mk-43, Mk-48, and M-240B. I prefer the Mk-48 I feel it is a much more versatile weapon for the individual user. That being said they are all very good weapon systems, and it came down to a personal preference. Excellent video thank you for producing it.
make an mini series about infantry weapons..start with the G11 or G36 :3
I'm sure it's nothing compared to the real deal, but the 240 bravo was my LMG of choice in Battlefield 3.
Great video, good sir, and thanks!
Very uncomfortable to carry
Loved the M60! Weight didn't really bother me ( I ACTUALLY liked the additional weight/ better control when firing).
We were considering so many other options when this video was made and now we got the XM-250. Curious to see how the new caliber plays out. I hear it’s an amazing weapon for the operator safety wise, firepower, and convenience.
A great video
John Browning would be proud! It seems like everything he touched became gold!
Hell yes, do machine guns, kord vs m2, or all hmgs, or autocannons, shielka..
Luv yah Matt
WollongongWacko thanks man :-)
Cool to see a poppy in your video. Cheers from a Canadian infantryman!
SakuKoivuRocks anytime man. Thanks
Great video!
I know you have done a lot of 8 x 8s but could you do one on the Stryker?
Loved the FN C6
Fantastic machinegun indeed!!!
I used the M240B, M240D, M240G which is used in the Marine Corps, & even the Butterfly trigger M240E since I was in LAR.
Max please do a review of this WW2 armoured car: Borris C8
Swedish variant is really nickpicky about weather. Snow/rain will do nicely, but if its dusty, belt feeding system will jam up. Atleast with thosw KSP-58b I worked with were like that.
Greetings from Baltics.
You should do one on the British army's guns Matsimus
>channel is named "Matsimus Gaming"
>I have not watched a single gaming video on said channel
Bad Sniper and yet you’re here watching the video. Your point?
Matsimus Gaming Dude..he's givin you credit!!
Matsimus Gaming gaming stuffs OK ..but your professional approach to reviews is where you really shine
Bad Sniper weapons are his game
Matsimus He said his point already
proud that my country invented this weapon (Belgium)
good vid thx ,will you talk about russain PKM next time
Cheeki Chan I could indeed! Stay tuned man!
i served in SF platoon we fired 400rounds per barrel change with 200round bursts. Accuracy was not an issue considering you could be fireing out as far as 1200metrs in a beaten zone.
Love this machine gun. Though the biggest surprise for me when training with it was that it was much easier hitting things when hip firning the thing thing then I ever thought. Though I did enter with very low expectations when it came to that part of the training.
plz tell us what you think of the M60 your a great job :)
The Saw was already replaced, but the Pig is at its 6th generation of upgrades
the pig isnt going anywhere
Make a video about camo patterns please, Matsimus! Cadpat, Marpat, the classic woodland, Multicam etc..
Mat will you do a video covering the leo2a4 evolution AMAP armor package
The M-240 came out in 1978, and was shipped to our tank Battalions in Germany to replace the awful M-219 coax machine gun.......Amazing improvement, and long over-due........There are approx 16 of these guns on the ATF/NFA register, in private hands.......In 2008, the price of one of these 16 transferable was 80k, now who knows!
Any old m60 tankers out there that remember mounting this beside the 105 main gun? No! Damn I'm old.
Another nice video! Clips of the gun used by Commonwealth forces would have been welcome. BTW, the M240E6 has been adopted as the M240L, presumably for 'lightweight'.
I loved this weapon. I was a surgeon with this thing.
This was my favourite weapon down range
America: hey Belgium can you help me with my homework.
Belgium: sure just dont copy my lmg design please.
America: look at the m249
Augmented Pepe LOL!! :-D
Guy, FN Herstal never copy, he invents the M249 is the FN Minimi 5.56 or 7.62, you confuse with H & K who copies all the weapons.
Can you make a video on m60e6 that is used by the Danes it's the newest vision of the m60
Sick
Wow nice
Matsimus!! Great video, great machine gun. Could you do a video about face armor? And give us your opinion about it
emaxx hidalgo face armour??
Matsimus Gaming sorry, english is not my first language. Im speaking about maxillofacial armor. Like the Batlskin or the Ops Core visors.
Do the mv 22 osprey next very interesting aircraft
I used this gun for years. My favorite. I can change that barrel with one hand.
This was the weapon I carried in Afghanistan and it definitely can reach out and touch someone.