ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THE SOLDIER DOESNT KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY SHOOT THE WEAPON, HIS WHOLE STANCE IS WRONG, FROM HANDS TO CHEEK WELD, WE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO FM 3-22.68
The M-240B looks like it may have descended from the MG42 which was used so effectively by the German army in WWII. The Bundeswehr converted it to fire the NATO 7.62x51mm round and it was called the MG42/59. It was later redesigned and called the MG3 (maschinengewehr,model #3)and it is in wide use. It is very reliable and has a ROF of about 1200 rnds./minute. Does anyone know the ROF for the M-240B?
Originally posted by sturdley: The M-240B looks like it may have descended from the MG42 which was used so effectively by the German army in WWII. The Bundeswehr converted it to fire the NATO 7.62x51mm round and it was called the MG42/59. It was later redesigned and called the MG3 (maschinengewehr,model #3)and it is in wide use. It is very reliable and has a ROF of about 1200 rnds./minute. Does anyone know the ROF for the M-240B?
sturdley
The M-240 more commoinly known throughout the world as the MAG-58, is supposedly a modification of the BAR. FN turned the action over, and converted it to belt feed.(Small Arms of the World)
When we got our M240s and finally replaced the M73/M219 Coax machineguns (second worst MGs the U.S. Army ever purchased) with the 240 it was a God send...
