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| [[Battlefield 2]] || || M240C, mounted on M1A2 Abrams and M6 Linebacker ||  || 2005
| [[Battlefield 2]] || || M240C, mounted on M1A2 Abrams and M6 Linebacker ||  || 2005
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| [[Project Reality]] || || M240C, mounted on M1A2 Abrams, LAV-25, and M2A2 Bradley ||  || 2005
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| [[Project Reality]] || L37A1 || Mounted on Scimitar light tank ||  || 2005
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| [[Steel Beasts]] || || M240C and M240D, vehicle-mounted ||  || 2000
| [[Steel Beasts]] || || M240C and M240D, vehicle-mounted ||  || 2000

Revision as of 10:40, 22 April 2010

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FN MAG 58 mocked up to resemble an M240, with synthetic buttstock and heatshield added - 7.62x51mm NATO
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Tripod mounted FN MAG-58 machine gun (Independence Day exhibition at Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Latrun, Israel) - 7.62x51mm NATO

The FN MAG is a general purpose Machine gun developed in Belgium during the 1950s and adopted by many countries around the world, including the U.S. The United States Military made some design changes and adopted it currently as the M240, however it is not identical to the FN MAG used in Europe, South America and the Middle East prior to the 1990s. The MAG-58 was the mainstay of foreign armies until the U.S. finally got rid of the M-60 in the early 1990s and adopted their own version of the FN MAG. There are three major incarnations of the FN MAG, in movies.

1) The original MAG-58 (which is the incarnation seen before the early 1990s).

2) The L7 Machine Gun, adopted by Great Britain and used by some former Commonwealth countries

3) U.S. incarnation known as the M240. All major variants of the FN MAG are very similar, except the earlier variants had no heat shields around the barrels and the buttstocks were wood. The newest incarnation, the U.S. M240 added heat shields and synthetic stock, plus a modified flash hider.


The FN MAG machine gun (the most recent version being designated M240 in U.S. military service) has appeared in the following films, television series, and video games being used by the following actors:


FN MAG 58

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FN MAG 58 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

Television

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Mods Notation Release Date
Delta Force: Land Warrior 2000
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger 2002

L7 Machine Gun

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British L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm NATO





Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
xXx Henchman 2002
28 Days Later British Army soldiers Mounted on Land Rover 2002

Television

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Mods Notation Release Date
Project Reality Mounted on Land Rover jeeps 2005

M240 Machine Gun

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M240B 7.62x51mm NATO with newer style lower handguard (designed to attach RIS rails via hex nut)
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M240G 7.62x51mm NATO - USMC style with no heat shield
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M240C 7.62x51mm NATO vehicle coaxial-mount version
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M240D 7.62x51mm NATO vehicle and aircraft-mount version with spade grips

Film

Television

  • Bow-mounted on U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat in CSI: NY

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Mods Notation Release Date
Enter the Matrix 2003
Battlefield 2 M240C, mounted on M1A2 Abrams and M6 Linebacker 2005
Project Reality M240C, mounted on M1A2 Abrams, LAV-25, and M2A2 Bradley 2005
Project Reality L37A1 Mounted on Scimitar light tank 2005
Steel Beasts M240C and M240D, vehicle-mounted 2000
Scarface: The World is Yours SAW w/ M16-style magazine 2006
Combat Mission: Shock Force Vehicle-mounted M240C & M240D, infantry M240B 2008
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down 2003
Modern Warfare 2 2009