M240 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2026
The general characteristic of a m240 is? - Answers m240 is an air-cooled, belt-fed,
gas operated, crew served, fully automatic weapon that fires from open bolt poistion.
m240 weight of gun and weight of barrel? - Answers gun is 27.1
barrel is 6.6
Weight of spare barrel case? - Answers 12.9 pounds
What is the length of the machine gun? - Answers 49 inches
What is height of of tripod? - Answers 17 inches
What is the maximum range? - Answers 3,725 meters
what is the maximum effective range to point target? - Answers 800 meters
what is maximum effective range at area target? - Answers 1800 meters
what is the grazing fire? - Answers 600 meters
what is the sustained rate of fire? - Answers 100 rounds per min. 4-5 sec pause
between bursts. barrel change every 10 min.
what is the rapid rate of fire? - Answers 200 rounds per min 2-3 second pause
between bursts and barrel change every 2 min.
what is cyclic rate of fire? - Answers 600 to 650 rounds per min. fired in continous
burst with barrel change every min.
what is the muzzle velocity? - Answers 2,800 feet per second
what is rifling? - Answers four grooves with a uniform right hand twist, one trun in
12 inches.
How many assemblies does the m240 have? - Answers 8
What are the names of the m240 assemblies? - Answers barrel assembly, buttstock
and buffer assembly, driving spring rod assembly, bolt and operating rod assembly,
trigger housing assembly, cover assembly, feed tray and receiver assembly.
What is the tracer burnout? - Answers 900 meters
What are the only authorized cleaning materials? - Answers clp, lsa, lsa-t, and law 4
What are the weapons conditions for M240? - Answers condition 4-bolt foward,
chamber empty. safety off. no ammo in feed tray. cover closed.
condition 3-bolt foward, chamber empty. safety off. ammo on feed tray. cover closed.
condition 2-n/a
condition 1- bolt locked to the rear. safety is on. ammo on feed tray. cover closed.
2026
The general characteristic of a m240 is? - Answers m240 is an air-cooled, belt-fed,
gas operated, crew served, fully automatic weapon that fires from open bolt poistion.
m240 weight of gun and weight of barrel? - Answers gun is 27.1
barrel is 6.6
Weight of spare barrel case? - Answers 12.9 pounds
What is the length of the machine gun? - Answers 49 inches
What is height of of tripod? - Answers 17 inches
What is the maximum range? - Answers 3,725 meters
what is the maximum effective range to point target? - Answers 800 meters
what is maximum effective range at area target? - Answers 1800 meters
what is the grazing fire? - Answers 600 meters
what is the sustained rate of fire? - Answers 100 rounds per min. 4-5 sec pause
between bursts. barrel change every 10 min.
what is the rapid rate of fire? - Answers 200 rounds per min 2-3 second pause
between bursts and barrel change every 2 min.
what is cyclic rate of fire? - Answers 600 to 650 rounds per min. fired in continous
burst with barrel change every min.
what is the muzzle velocity? - Answers 2,800 feet per second
what is rifling? - Answers four grooves with a uniform right hand twist, one trun in
12 inches.
How many assemblies does the m240 have? - Answers 8
What are the names of the m240 assemblies? - Answers barrel assembly, buttstock
and buffer assembly, driving spring rod assembly, bolt and operating rod assembly,
trigger housing assembly, cover assembly, feed tray and receiver assembly.
What is the tracer burnout? - Answers 900 meters
What are the only authorized cleaning materials? - Answers clp, lsa, lsa-t, and law 4
What are the weapons conditions for M240? - Answers condition 4-bolt foward,
chamber empty. safety off. no ammo in feed tray. cover closed.
condition 3-bolt foward, chamber empty. safety off. ammo on feed tray. cover closed.
condition 2-n/a
condition 1- bolt locked to the rear. safety is on. ammo on feed tray. cover closed.
