The M240 Machine Gun

Author : Paul Ruffin,Bob Conroy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : M240 machine gun
ISBN : 1937875830

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The M240 Machine Gun by Paul Ruffin,Bob Conroy Pdf

The M240 Machine Gun traces the development of the weapon, currently the primary medium-weight machine gun of our military, through the latest configuration, the M240 SLR, designed and manufactured by Ohio Ordnance. When the United States military determined during the late 1970s that it was time to find a replacement for older machine guns in the services, they initiated an extensive search for a weapon that would fire the 7.62 Nato round and prove economical, adaptable in many configurations, relatively lightweight, accurate, and more reliable than its predecessors. The clear winner was the Belgium-made Fabrique Nationale MAG, later adapted and renamed the M240, a belt-fed 7.62 air-cooled weapon easily adapted for use on ground vehicles, aircraft, and seagoing craft and light enough to be carried and operated by a single soldier. Today the M240 is the primary medium machine gun of our armed forces and of many of our allies across the globe. "Relatively few fully transferable MAGs are in civilian hands, and the cost of a transferable MAG of any sort is upward of $70,000. Ohio Ordnance Works (OOW) is offering a semi-automatic-only version of the M240 as its M240 SLR (for self-loading rifle). The M240 SLR is a mix of original M240 components and parts designed and manufactured by OOW. The right sideplate, which is the receiver according to the BATFE, is thicker than the military M240 and the interior parts have been reduced accordingly to ensure that fully automatic components cannot be inserted. Further, the SLR cannot accept a military trigger group or operating rod."--National Rifle Association Staff

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Machine guns
ISBN : UIUC:30112105106329

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Operator's Manual by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472819697

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The FN MAG Machine Gun by Chris McNab Pdf

For six decades, the 7.62mm FN MAG has been a dominant general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) in worldwide arsenals. Three qualities have guaranteed this enduring status – reliability, ease of operation, and firepower. Several nations have license-produced the weapon as their standard GPMG, including the British (as the L7) and the Americans (M240), and in total more than 80 nations have adopted the FN MAG. The machine gun has also been modified extensively for vehicular, naval, and aircraft platforms, demonstrating versatility in the air, on sea, and on land. In this book, Chris McNab charts the technical evolution of this extraordinary weapon, created by Belgian company Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal. From the jungles of South East Asia, to the deserts of the Middle East, and the icy battlefields of the Falklands, this study explores the origins, development, combat use, and legacy of the FN MAG machine gun, a dominant weapon in its field for more than a half-century.

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472819680

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The FN MAG Machine Gun by Chris McNab Pdf

For six decades, the 7.62mm FN MAG has been a dominant general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) in worldwide arsenals. Three qualities have guaranteed this enduring status – reliability, ease of operation, and firepower. Several nations have license-produced the weapon as their standard GPMG, including the British (as the L7) and the Americans (M240), and in total more than 80 nations have adopted the FN MAG. The machine gun has also been modified extensively for vehicular, naval, and aircraft platforms, demonstrating versatility in the air, on sea, and on land. In this book, Chris McNab charts the technical evolution of this extraordinary weapon, created by Belgian company Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal. From the jungles of South East Asia, to the deserts of the Middle East, and the icy battlefields of the Falklands, this study explores the origins, development, combat use, and legacy of the FN MAG machine gun, a dominant weapon in its field for more than a half-century.

Author : Erik Lawrence
Publisher : Erik Lawrence Publications
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781941998380

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Practical Guide to the Operational Use of the MAG58/M240 Machine Gun by Erik Lawrence Pdf

The most current, up to date, full color manual anywhere on the MAG58/M240 Machine Gun system. Authored by Erik Lawrence, former Special Forces Instructor and owner of one of the most realistic and experienced training companies in the US. 89 pages of great to know information with procedures that have been vetted over time. 90+ color pictures to better explain the listed procedures. Developed for weapons familiarization classes and instructor development...the best Team Room reference library available. The objective of this manual is to allow the reader to be able to use the MAG58/M240Machine Gun system safely and competently. The practical guide will give the reader: * background/specifications of the weapon and its capability * Multiple descriptive photographs * instructions on its operation * disassembly and assembly procedures * demonstrate correct employment of tripod * proper safe firing procedures * malfunction and misfire procedures Operator level maintenance will also be detailed to allow the operator to understand and become competent in the use and maintenance of the MAG58/M240Machine Gun system.

Author : Kevin Dockery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782003267

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The M60 Machine Gun by Kevin Dockery Pdf

The US M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, known as “the Pig,” was developed in the years after World War II from two revolutionary German designs. Adopted in 1957, the M60 came into its own in the jungles, hamlets, and city streets of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. “Humping the Pig” became common in US military squads, with at least one soldier equipped with an M60 and every squad member carrying ammunition for it. The M60 design transformed infantry tactics as squads took advantage of the immediate volume of fire offered by the design. Although it has now been replaced by the M240 series of weapons in US infantry and mechanized units, the M60 is still in common use with the US armed forces. Meanwhile, its iconic status has been assured by its frequent appearance in many popular films and television shows, from Full Metal Jacket to The A Team. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this is the full story of the M60, the innovative squad base-of-fire weapon that has equipped the US military from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Machine guns
ISBN : UVA:X004331090

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Organizational and Direct Support Maintenance Manual for Machine Gun, 7.62MM, M240 (1005-01-025-8095) and Machine Gun, 7.62MM, M240C (1005-01-085-4758). by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Machine guns
ISBN : OCLC:25595948

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Operator's Manual by Anonim Pdf

Author : Erik Lawrence
Publisher : Erik Lawrence
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1941998372

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Practical Guide to the Operational Use of the M240/MAG58 Machine Gun by Erik Lawrence Pdf

The objective of this manual is to allow the reader to be able to use the M240/MAG58 and tripod mount system competently. The manual will give the reader background/specifications of the weapon; instruct on its operation, disassembly and assembly, demonstrate correct usage of tripod; detail proper firing procedure; and identify malfunction/misfire procedures. Operator-level maintenance will also be detailed to allow the reader to understand fully and become competent in the use and maintenance of the M240/MAG58 general-purpose machine gun.

Author : George Morgan Chinn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Machine guns
ISBN : UIUC:30112008345032

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The Machine Gun by George Morgan Chinn Pdf

Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Mechanics (Persons)
ISBN : IND:30000090267372

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Heavy Wheel Vehicle Mechanic by United States. Department of the Army Pdf

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472816238

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The FN Minimi Light Machine Gun by Chris McNab Pdf

In 1974, renowned Belgian arms company Fabrique Nationale brought out a ground-breaking new light machine gun, the Minimi. Its success has been meteoric, arming more than 45 countries around the world. The Minimi offers the ultimate in portable firepower. Firing the high-velocity 5.56×45mm round, the Minimi is a gas-operated, lightweight, belt- or magazine-fed weapon, able to burn through cartridges at a cyclical rate of up to 1,150 rounds per minute, making it the weapon of choice for fire support at squad level. This study uses gripping first-hand accounts and striking combat photographs, following the Minimi to war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan. It tracks its design and development, as well as investigating what has made it so compelling a choice for armed forces around the world for more than 40 years.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849086578

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Browning .50-caliber Machine Guns by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

The Browning “50-cal” has become the longest serving weapon in the US inventory. The “fifty” has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun. It is considered such an effective and reliable weapon that few countries ever attempted to develop an equivalent weapon. Even the Japanese created a copy of it during World War II when the US was producing literally thousands every month to use in every theater. This is a history of the development of this famous weapon, its most critical operational use and the variants that have been produced to keep it at the forefront of the action.

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782003090

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MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns by Chris McNab Pdf

With the MG 34, the German Wehrmacht introduced an entirely new concept in automatic firepower – the general-purpose machine gun (GPMG). In itself the MG 34 was an excellent weapon: an air-cooled, recoil-operated machine gun that could deliver killing firepower at ranges of more than 1,000m. Yet simply by changing its mount and feed mechanism, the operator could radically transform its function. On its standard bipod it was a light machine gun, ideal for infantry assaults; on a tripod it could serve as a sustained-fire medium machine gun. During World War II, the MG 34 was superseded by a new GPMG – the MG 42. More efficient to manufacture and more robust, it had a blistering 1,200rpm rate of fire. Nicknamed 'Hitler's buzzsaw' by Allied troops, it was arguably the finest all-round GPMG ever produced, and alongside the MG 34 it inflicted heavy casualties. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and drawing upon numerous technical manuals and first-hand accounts, this study explores the technological development, varied roles and lasting influence of the revolutionary MG 34 and MG 42 machine guns and their postwar successors.

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472842374

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Soviet Machine Guns of World War II by Chris McNab Pdf

This study looks at how the Soviet armed forces developed and deployed a range of machine guns that fitted with their offensive and defensive infantry tactics across six years of total war. In 1939, three machine guns dominated the Red Army's front-line infantry firepower – the DShK 1938 heavy machine gun, the PM M1910 medium/heavy machine gun and the Degtyaryov DP-27, a lighter, bipod-mounted support weapon. Confronted by cutting-edge German technology during the Great Patriotic War (1941–45), the Soviets responded with the development of new weaponry, including the RPD light machine gun, the 7.62×54mmR SG43 medium machine gun and the improved version of the DP-27, the DPM. Taken together, all these weapons gave the Red Army a more practical range of support weapons, better able to challenge the Germans for fire superiority on the battlefield. Fully illustrated, this study explains the technology and the tactics of these machine guns. Noted authority Chris McNab sets out how these machine guns were distributed and tactically applied and provides numerous examples of the weapons in action, from assault teams on the streets of Stalingrad to tank crews struggling for survival at Kursk. The book also reflects upon the weapons' post-war service; many of the machine guns remain in front-line use today. Illustrated with high-quality photographs and specially commissioned artwork, this is a deep analysis of these essential tools of warfare within the Soviet forces.