The M240 has been a staple of U.S. firepower for nearly 50 years. Heavy, rugged, and combat-proven, the belt-fed 7.62x51mm machine gun has been carried by generations of American troops in conflicts ...

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 ...

The Army is preparing to replace its long-serving M240B machine gun, launching a multibillion-dollar program to field a next-generation automatic weapon for frontline troops, according to newly ...

Soldiers with 4th Infantry Division fire the M240 machine gun during a training at Fort Carson, Colo., on April 19, 2023. (Capt. Tobias Cukale/U.S. Army) TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. special operations ...

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, conducted grounded gunnery on Fort Hood, Texas, July 15, 2025. (Sgt. Hayden Epperley/Army) The Army is on the lookout ...