M240 (7.62 mm) - Revision history

U22067555: Added Desert Warrior

2024-06-26T05:29:28Z

Added Desert Warrior

U22067555: Added 120S and Centauro RGO

2024-03-25T16:25:52Z

Added 120S and Centauro RGO

U22067555: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Added M41D

2023-12-17T13:41:08Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Added M41D

U22067555: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Added M1A1 Click-Bait and M1A2 SEP V2

2023-12-17T11:48:21Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Added M1A1 Click-Bait and M1A2 SEP V2

U22067555: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Added KF41

2023-10-28T16:56:48Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Added KF41

U123137325: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */

2023-06-24T19:52:10Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon

U44629479: Edits

2023-02-21T23:11:01Z

Edits

U44629479: /* Available ammunition */ Converted to transclusion

2023-02-21T23:10:19Z

‎Available ammunition: Converted to transclusion

U38088265: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */

2022-11-12T20:50:19Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon

U28580205: Added video

2022-11-07T18:03:53Z

Added video

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-[[File:M240.png|x280px|thumb|right|The M240 on top of the M1 Abrams turret]]
+[[File:M240.png|x250px|thumb|right|The M240 on top of the M1 Abrams turret]]
 == Description ==
 <!-- ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.'' -->
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 {{Main|FN MAG 60-40 (7.62 mm)|M73 (7.62 mm)}}
 [[File:M1A1_Abrams_Interior_Gunner_Position.jpg|x250px|right|thumb|none|A M240 coaxial machine gun to the left of the gunner position in an M1A1 Abrams.]]
-The M240 is an American 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Gun, chambering the 7.62×51mm NATO round, it is an American built copy of the Belgian [[FN MAG 60-40 (7.62 mm)|FN MAG]] GPMG. The history of the M240 began with the failure of the [[M73 (7.62 mm)]] co-axial machine gun being used on American tanks in the 1960s and early 1970s. The despite being designed from the ground up as a tank co-axial machine gun the [[M73 (7.62 mm)|M73]] proved to be very poor at the role due to an extremely high failure and jamming rate. Despite attempts to fix the M73 the issues remained and in 1971 the US Army looked to replace it. A competition was launched to develop a replacement, however this was cut short in 1973 by the Yom Kippur War. The Israelis had used the M73 on their Magach (M60) tanks during the war and its performance had been so dire that they deemed it unfit for purpose and demanded the Americans replace it with something better. The program to develop new machine guns was abandoned and the Army looked to existing machine guns to fill the role. In the end the two final candidates were the [[FN MAG 60-40 (7.62 mm)|FN MAG 60-40]] and [[M60D (7.62 mm)|M60]], with the MAG winning due to better reliability.
+The M240 is an American 7.62 mm General Purpose Machine Gun, chambering the 7.62×51mm NATO round, it is an American built copy of the Belgian [[FN MAG 60-40 (7.62 mm)|FN MAG]] GPMG. The history of the M240 began with the failure of the [[M73 (7.62 mm)]] co-axial machine gun being used on American tanks in the 1960s and early 1970s. The despite being designed from the ground up as a tank co-axial machine gun the [[M73 (7.62 mm)|M73]] proved to be very poor at the role due to an extremely high failure and jamming rate. Despite attempts to fix the M73 the issues remained and in 1971 the US Army looked to replace it. A competition was launched to develop a replacement, however this was cut short in 1973 by the Yom Kippur War. The Israelis had used the M73 on their Magach (M60) tanks during the war and its performance had been so dire that they deemed it unfit for purpose and demanded the Americans replace it with something better. The program to develop new machine guns was abandoned and the Army looked to existing machine guns to fill the role. In the end the two final candidates were the [[FN MAG 60-40 (7.62 mm)|FN MAG 60-40]] and [[M60D (7.62 mm)|M60]], with the MAG winning due to better reliability.
 The FN MAG was adopted as the U.S. Army's standard vehicle machine gun in 1977, replacing the M73 on vehicles. The M240 also proved popular with other section of the US armed forces and as an infantry gun. The M240 slowly replaced other American machine guns such as the [[M60D (7.62 mm)|M60]].
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 ;Images
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+<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="200">
 File:Weapon M240 7.62mm.jpg|<small>The M240 on the M1 Abrams</small>
 </gallery>

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 === Available ammunition ===
 <!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
 The M240 can only be equipped with one ammo belt consisting of one Armour Piercing (AP) bullet, followed by one Tracer (T) bullet. Neither bullet has much penetration (maximum of 13 mm), however the AP bullet performs much better than the tracer bullet.
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+{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|AP, T}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===