m240 Q&A
The general characteristic of a m240 is? - (correct answer)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? - (correct answer)gun is 27.1
barrel is 6.6
Weight of spare barrel case? - (correct answer)12.9 pounds
What is the length of the machine gun? - (correct answer)49 inches
What is height of of tripod? - (correct answer)17 inches
What is the maximum range? - (correct answer)3,725 meters
what is the maximum effective range to point target? - (correct answer)800 meters
what is maximum effective range at area target? - (correct answer)1800 meters
what is the grazing fire? - (correct answer)600 meters
what is the sustained rate of fire? - (correct answer)100 rounds per min. 4-5 sec pause
between bursts. barrel change every 10 min.
what is the rapid rate of fire? - (correct answer)200 rounds per min 2-3 second pause
between bursts and barrel change every 2 min.
The general characteristic of a m240 is? - (correct answer)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? - (correct answer)gun is 27.1
barrel is 6.6
Weight of spare barrel case? - (correct answer)12.9 pounds
What is the length of the machine gun? - (correct answer)49 inches
What is height of of tripod? - (correct answer)17 inches
What is the maximum range? - (correct answer)3,725 meters
what is the maximum effective range to point target? - (correct answer)800 meters
what is maximum effective range at area target? - (correct answer)1800 meters
what is the grazing fire? - (correct answer)600 meters
what is the sustained rate of fire? - (correct answer)100 rounds per min. 4-5 sec pause
between bursts. barrel change every 10 min.
what is the rapid rate of fire? - (correct answer)200 rounds per min 2-3 second pause
between bursts and barrel change every 2 min.
