M240L

Question 1

M240L Description

Answer 1

A belt-fed, air-cooled, gas-operated, fully automatic medium machine gun fired from the open bolt position

Question 2

M240L Rifling

Answer 2

6 uniform grooves 1:12in RH twist

Question 3

M240L Sustained Rate of Fire

Answer 3

100 r/m; 6-9 round burst; 4-5 seconds between bursts
*barrel change every 10 minutes

Question 4

M240L Rapid Rate of Fire

Answer 4

200 r/m; 6-9 round bursts, 2-3 seconds between bursts
*change barrel every 2 minutes

Question 5

M240L Cyclic Rate of Fire

Answer 5

650-950 r/m
*barrel change every 1 min
*gun is not designed to fire at 950 r/m and will cause excessive wear and damage to gun

Question 6

M240L Complete Weight

Answer 6

22.3lbs

Question 7

M240B Complete Weight

Answer 7

27.6 lbs

Question 8

M240L Spare Barrel Weight

Answer 8

6.6lbs

Question 9

M240L Max Effective Range (Point)

Answer 9

Bipod: 600m
Tripod: 800m

Question 10

M240L Max Effective Range (Area)

Answer 10

Bipod: 800m
Tripod: 1100m

Question 11

M240L Overall Weapon Lengths

Answer 11

Overall weapon:
-w/ regular barrel: 49in
-w/ short barrel: 45in

Question 12

M240L Ammunition and colors

Answer 12

7.62mm x 51mm
4:1 ball:tracer
•day tracer: orange tip
•IR Tracer: violet tip
•armor piercing: black tip
•steel tip
•blank

Question 13

M240L Immediate/Remedial Action

Answer 13

•Immediate Action:
-P.O.P.S.
*Pull, Observe, Push, Squeeze
•Remedial Action:
-Look away, open feed tray cover, remove ammo, fix the problem

Question 14

M240L Max Range

Answer 14

3,725m

Question 15

M240L Gas Regulator Setting

Answer 15

1-(650-750 r/m) w/ hydraulic buffer

Question 16

M240L Barrel Lengths

Answer 16

Long barrel:19.75 in
Short barrel: 15.75 in

Question 17

M240L Grazing Fire

Answer 17

600m

Question 18

M240L Suppressive Fire

Answer 18

1800m

Question 19

M240L Tracer Burnout

Answer 19

Day: 900m
IR: 600m