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For decades, the U.S. military’s M240 medium machine gun has proven its worth, but now the Army is looking for something new. The Army’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget includes a project dubbed the ...

Paratroopers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion “Gladius”, 82nd Airborne Division, practice their M240 and M249 ...

A new caliber machine gun under partnered development with both Special Operations Command and the Marine Corps is set to replace the existing M240 machine gun platform for infantry units and, in some ...

U.S. Army maneuver officials are testing a new sound suppressor that can quiet the M240 machine gun enough for gunners to easily hear fire commands. The Maneuver Battle Lab at Fort Benning, Georgia ...

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Here’s What You Need to Know: Studies are now underway. In addition to replacing the 7.62mm M240 medium machine gun, the services are also reportedly seeking to find a replacement for the .50 caliber ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Army is currently conducting a Platoon Arms and Ammunition Configuration Study, which was designed to help determine the small arms requirements for infantry ...

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An M240 in Afghanistan in the 1980s. The Ukrainian army’s giant mortar is something of a mystery. We don’t know where the Ukrainians got their 240-millimeter M240 or M240s. Nor do we know which ...