Recently, from the China National Defense Science and technology information network was informed that the United States Army to the colt defense companies and FN manufacturing order 900 quite M240L caliber machine gun.
M240L machine gun has been used as an alternative to the M240B type and H type machine guns, deployed to the United States special operations forces, Rangers, light infantry and airborne troops to use. The gun uses 7.62 x 51 mm NATO caliber bullets; titanium alloy casing, re design the barrel; titanium alloy provided, the shell of the piston cylinder, the pistol grip and trigger frame is made of a metal / polymer. It is also fitted with a Picatinny rail to install attachments. The gun was also selected for the ten year of the United States Army 2010 invention, the United States Army's first titanium alloy machine gun.
U.S. Army has ordered the 2 batch of M240L machine guns in June 2009 to the FN manufacturing company, respectively, 1530 and 3053 very, the future of the U.S. Army will order 7200 of the machine gun, the value of the contract will reach $77 million 400 thousand.

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