World Guns FN Guns

FN MAG / M240 (USA)     caliber: 7,62mm NATO weigth: 10,85 kg on bipod, 21 kg on tripod Length: 1260 mm Length of barrel: 545 mm feeding: belt 50 rounds rate of fire: 600 rounds/min standart V0: 840 m/s MAG = Mitrailleuse d'Appui General (Belgian) = General Purpose Machinegun (GPMG) MAG, designed in 1950's in Belgium by famous Fabrique Nationale (FN), Herstal, is adopted by more than 20 countries, including USA (under designation M240), UK (L7 GPMG), Israel, India, Sweden.   M240 After extensive operational and technical tests, the US Army type classified the Fabrique Nationale MAG as the M240B 7.62mm medium machine gun as a replacement for the M60 series machine guns. A similar version of the M240, the M240G, is the standard U.S. Marine Corps medium machine gun. The M240 has a firing rate of 700-1000 spm.