The Department of Defense recently announced the following contract award:
FN America LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, was awarded a $49,973,579 firm-fixed-price contract for M240L medium machine guns and titanium receivers. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 27, 2027. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-22-D-0010).
Developed in 2011, the M240L sheds five pounds from the standard model thanks to a Titanium receiver and polymer trigger frame. Additionally, it is equipped with a 4? shorter barrel and a redesigned collapsible buttstock assembly. The M240L variant is equipped with the forward-mounted MIL-STD 1913 rail kit.
Cool beans, I liked the Lima variant a lot.
The problem with the M240L is the lack of optics for it. It’s a very reliable and effective machine gun system, but it lacks in effectiveness because of the optic systems implementation the Army has chosen.
God I miss my 240B .. hope the guys are taking care of my babies lol
You’ve got the B model pictured, not the L.
soooooo no ngsw got ya
NGSW or not, with around 100,000 M240s in US service, they had to let a new contract.
Maybe they can convince the Canadian Army to use the same manufacturing group instead of having worn out MAG58’s breaking down continuously because the current provider has been failing for years.