Is there life after M240G?

[RangerCharlie]

Is there a replacement on the horizon for this GPMG?

[kalashnikov]

I'm not too familiar with the suffixes, but if the "G" is the infantry version, I doubt it will be replaced any time soon, because I think it was introduced pretty recently.

[baboon]

Well since nobody's come up with anything better in the last forty years, I reckon the MAG will be in service for another forty ( in some places at least ). BTW when did it enter service with US forces?- I thought it was pretty recently but a photo in the Gulf War section of this site shows SF guys with an infantry version.

[Rigger]

The 240G entered Marine Corps service in mid 1995. My company at MCT was the first to shoot the 240 instead of the m-60. I think most of the fleet got theirs in late '95 to early '96.

[1026]

Rigger- May have run into you aboard USS Shreveport. Got the lowdown on the M240 from Marines who did the testing; they were aboard in early '96.

[baboon]

What has the general reaction been in the States to the M240/MAG as opposed to the M60.

[Rigger]

1026, you must be thinking about someone else ,since I've never been aboard the Shreveport.

[1026]

Thanks, Rigger, just wondering.