Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army is preparing to replace its long-serving M240B machine gun, launching a multibillion-dollar program to field a ...

The M240B is a 7.62mm belt-fed machine gun designed for sustained suppressive fire, delivering reliability, range, and heavy battlefield firepower for infantry units in demanding combat conditions.

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 ...

Sailors assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) fire M240B machine guns during a gun shoot in Arlington’s boat valley Aug. 11, 2021, as part of Large-Scale ...

Shown here is an M240L 7.62 machine gun. The US Army is currently seeking industry input on 6.8 mm calibre conversion kits for its M240B and M240L weapons. ( Janes/Patrick Allen) The US Army is ...

U.S. Army Infantrymen Spc. Morgan Panlilio and Sgt. Zachary Payne, assigned to 10th Mountain Division, Task Force ARMADILLO, collaboratively operate an M240B, in Syria, June 9, 2025. (U.S. Army photo ...