- For a similarly named weapon, see M249 SAW.
The M240 is a light machine gun featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Call of Duty Online. It also appears as a mounted weapon in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Ghosts. It was also cut from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare[]
The M240 is a mounted machine gun that can be seen on top of any M1 Abrams tank next to the M2 Browning Machine Gun. It is unavailable to the player and simply serves the purpose of being decoration to add atmosphere to the level.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2[]
Campaign[]
- "Keep hitting 'em with the Two Forty Bravos! Get more men moving on the left flank!"
- — Colonel Marshall in "Whiskey Hotel"
The M240 "Bravo" (identified as such by Col. Marshall) is first seen used by American forces in liberating an Afghan city, and then by Makarov's terrorists during the attack on Zakhaev International Airport. The purpose for using Western firearms is apparently to divert suspicion from the Ultranationalists to a western perpetrator. It is also used by Ranger LMG gunners with various attachments such as the Red Dot Sight, ACOG Scope, or without attachments. In comparison to the MG4, the M240 has a much larger ammo capacity as well as the commonality of mounted optics, although it has a little more recoil.
Special Ops[]
Juggernauts will always use this weapon in Special Ops, carrying it as though they had a Foregrip attached. However, one will have no such attachment: players usually find the gun with optical attachments like a Red Dot Sight, ACOG Scope, or Holographic Sight. The M240 also appears as a starting weapon for Armor Piercing. It is an alternate weapon in Bomb Squad, Homeland Security, Overwatch, Snatch & Grab, Sniper Fi, Body Count and Terminal. When used against Juggernauts, the M240 is very effective, capable of killing one with about a third of a magazine.
Multiplayer[]
The M240 is unlocked at level 52.
The M240 will deal thirty damage per bullet, needing four shots to kill. A headshot does 42 damage. If a single headshot is acquired among the first three bullets to hit the target, the enemy will be killed in three shots instead. The M240 is a one shot kill at all ranges in Hardcore against standard enemies. The M240 has high penetration power. When using Stopping Power, the M240 does 42 damage per bullet, needing just three shots to kill. A headshot does 58 damage, so two shot kills are possible with just a single headshot.
The M240 fires fully automatically, with a rate of fire of 937 RPM.
The M240 has recoil values of 70 to the left, 70 to the right, 60 upwards, and 40 downwards. The M240 has a centerspeed value of 1700.
The M240 will restrict the user to 87.5% of the base movement speed, or strafe at 35% of the base movement speed. The M240 allows users to aim down the sights in 350 milliseconds, and the hip-fire spread is large. The M240's reload animation is 7.8 seconds long, but the user can Reload Cancel after five seconds.
As is standard for an LMG, the M240 has a 100 round belt, and one belt in reserve, to give a starting ammo loadout of 200 rounds.
The M240 has the standard assortment of LMG attachments available to choose from. However, both the Silencer and FMJ do not work correctly on the M240. The Silencer will not prevent the M240 user from appearing on radar when firing the M240, and FMJ does not confer additional penetration power.
Weapon Attachments[]
- Grip
- Red Dot Sight
- Silencer
- ACOG Scope
- FMJ
- Holographic Sight
- Heartbeat Sensor
- Thermal Scope
- Extended Mags
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- For attachment images, see M240/Attachments.
- For camouflage images, see M240/Camouflage.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3[]
Campaign[]
The M240 can be found and used in the Wii version during the mission "Goalpost", and is visually identical to its Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 predecessor. In other platforms, it is only seen in the mission "Blood Brothers" during the "No Russian" flashback, merely as a set-piece weapon that is not obtainable by the player (like the M1911), in the hands of Joseph Allen and Lev.
It can also be found on DLC Special Ops mission "Special Delivery" used by Juggernauts, more especially fired by the Modern Warfare 2 models. However if they are killed, they will not drop the weapon, and it'll disappear instead, similar to the workers who use the Vector at the beginning of the mission.
Attachments[]
Multiplayer[]
The M240 was available in at least one build of the game, and can be seen in early screenshots of the game, however was cut from the final version for unknown reasons.
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Call of Duty Online[]
The M240 returns in Call of Duty Online as the M260B.
Attachments[]
- Reflex Sight
- Suppressor
- Quickdraw Handle
- Foregrip
- Angled Grip
- Fast Mag
- Flash Suppressor
- COS Scope
- Bipod Grip
- Adjustable Stock
- FMJ
- Heartbeat Sensor
- Holographic Sight
- Thermal Scope
- ORS Red Dot Sight
- Extended Mags
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Call of Duty: Ghosts[]
The M240 appears in Call of Duty: Ghosts as a mounted weapon on the M1 Abrams tanks. It can be used while controlling Badger-Two in the tank in "Severed Ties".
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered[]
The M240 was cut from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered[1]. The weapon is usable and complete, indicating it was cut fairly late in development.
Trivia[]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2[]
- On Infinity Ward's website, the M240 was voted the favorite light machine gun in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
- Juggernauts may drop an M240 with a Holographic Sight and the original iron sights. The iron sights are overlooked and the player looks through the Holographic Sight.
- When the player reloads the M240 with the Heartbeat Sensor, the character will fold the sensor while reloading and will unfold it when done reloading.
- If seen from the side in third person, the M240 is labeled the M240B, the Bravo variant.
- Also, Colonel Marshall shouts "Keep hittin' em' with the Two-Forty Bravos!" in "Whiskey Hotel", further suggesting that this is the M240B variant.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3[]
- When picked up in the campaign in the Wii version of the game, sometimes it will spawn with no iron sights at all, making aiming difficult. Despite this, it will still be aimed as if it had a optic on it, making it nearly impossible to shoot it at farther ranges.
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