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How long is an M240 machine gun?

An M240 machine gun is about 1.24 m (4 ft 1 in) long.

What is measured: US general-purpose machine gun, barrel to stock length

M240 Machine Gun (1.24 m) drawn to scale beside a bowling pin (38.1 cm) and an adult person (1.7 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Bowling pin (38.1 cm), M240 Machine Gun (1.24 m) and Adult person (1.7 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 73% of the height of an adult person
  • About 4 would fit end to end along a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 62% of the height of a doorway
  • About 9 would fit end to end along a city bus
  • About 3.3× the height of a bowling pin

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Facts about M240 Machine Gun

The M240 fires 7.62mm rounds at up to 950 rounds per minute and has been a US military mainstay since the 1990s.

Source: US Army Fact File: M240B Machine Gun

Military

NameSizeCompared with M240 Machine Gun
Panzerfaust1.05 m (3 ft 5 in)0.85×
Maxim Machine Gun1.07 m (3 ft 6 in)0.86×
Javelin Anti-Tank Missile1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)0.89×
M1 Garand Rifle1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)0.89×
Roman Scutum Shield1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)0.97×
Medieval Longsword1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)0.97×
Mosin-Nagant Rifle1.23 m (4 ft)0.99×
M240 Machine Gun1.24 m (4 ft 1 in)this page
Barrett M82 Sniper Rifle1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)1.2×
WWI Trench Mortar1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)1.2×

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Which is bigger: M240 Machine Gun or WWI Trench Mortar?

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