Turning Cover Into Concealment: The M240B

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In today’s video we put the legendary M240B through a series of intensive tests and teach you vital techniques. Hope you enjoy
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[@Smokkedandslammed]

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[@mniakan754]

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[@AKGuru4774]

I fucking died when charlie spoke “last time i heard one of these it was in Vegas”

[@kaboom4679]

The 240 does that , anywhere , anyplace , any time , any concert ..

[@Oper8Fur07]

It took me awhile to get that one

[@CenlaSelfDefenseConcepts]

I about died...especially since it's true

[@RubSomefastOnIt]

yup, to those that haven't, go look up the "route 91" doc, somewhere other then here...

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

You almost died? You must've been in Vegas.​@@CenlaSelfDefenseConcepts

[@nickloven6728]

That awkward moment when the "bump stock AR15" the Las Vegas shooter had sounded a lot more like the M240B. Must be a coincidence.

[@JoshRaptor215]

I was a weapons squad leader responsible for 3 240s in the platoon when that happened, needless to say I thought it was weird how the shooting sounded like my guns

[@alecedwards2331]

Been saying this since day one my friend. Psyops make the world go round

[@derangedrebel3898]

@@JoshRaptor215 It's uncanny how much it sounds like a 240 after hearing it I really can't believe the story.

[@code_red7744]

Look over there...Something something Russia...Putin did it

[@1EpicLife1]

I’ve been saying that since the moment I first saw and heard the footage.

[@jacobkilman8444]

When i was a 240 gunner, i carried about 550 rounds on me. I took the army issued buttpack(it's part of the riflemans kit), taped 3 7.62 boxes together, and used that to hold my rounds more organized. Eventually, I made a kydex box for it, and it was lined with neoprene, so the rounds didn't rattle, but that held 300 rounds. Initially, i molled that directly to the rear of my kit, but i found an alice frame with the straps, and i had it on there as a dedicated ammo bag. I also had 100 rounds on my iotv, and another 100 on my belt. Eventually, i just threw all 200 rounds on my belt and made suspenders for my belt set up. We didnt have those nutsucks for our gun teams, so yes, i did have my 50-round starter belt wrapped around my gun. The act of having to unwrap your rounds before firing may seem outlandish, but when you have to set your conditions, by deploying your bipod and undoing your sling, and eventually linking into tripod, its really such a small step its almost negligable. My advice for all machine gunners...stop trying to abandon your barrel bag, it is your friend.

[@Token_Black_Guy]

What about having your ag carry a barrel bag?

[@jacobkilman8444]

@Token_Black_Guy What I meant was that machine gun 'teams' should stop trying to abandon their barrel bag. Yes, an AG should carry the barrel bag. What I've noticed is that a lot of MG teams will try to devise some dumbass plan to have their tripod, spare Barrel, and ammo in an assault pack, but that never works.

[@professorgoat1099]

@@Token_Black_Guy carried 500 rounds on me and another 500 in a backpack with an additional spare barrel in a sling bag. then my alpha would carry a spare ammo container with another 500 links in it. sht was heavy af

[@Slipz2K8]

Why look down and away while loading?

[@fraeyr]

@@Slipz2K8 Rounds can cook off, looking down and away prevents injury

[@griffey11]

Bro john is such a professional. Literally makes the video.

[@wigger99457]

John is my favorite guest. He teaches so much. He's very precise with his words.

[@obnoxiouspriest]

It's true. It almost makes the attempts at edgy humor tolerable. Come at me bros

[@aceman1126]

"Take more pictures with your friends..." Dude has lost some buddies for sure. God bless you man. Thanks for doing the hard jobs

[@ajburnett5640]

Not necessarily lost someone. My military service ended last year and I wish I had more pictures with my friends.

[@artsohc]

I was gonna say, that was a hell of an under-rated dad advice from John.

[@aceman1126]

@@ajburnett5640 thats fair. Wish I had more pics and videos of my wife. Sucks I finally got her phone back after the police had it for over a year but it's locked and no one can open it. It's full of baby pics and pics/videos of us as a family but I can't get to them. And yeah I've tried everything, the police tired, the TBI tried, and the dea tried. It's locked. At&t galaxy note 5 that's pin locked is pretty damn secure apparently. Still appreciate your service and I'm glad you didn't lose anyone... it sucks and I don't recommend it

[@MisterNi]

That's just good advice in general. You're not allowed to carry cameras on deployment and it's also easy to forget to take pictures even if you do have one. Taking more pictures, especially with friends helps you remember and also is proof that you were somewhere at some time. Especially now that everyone has cellphones. When I was in the Army, I wasn't even allowed to carry a cell phone either or else risk getting in trouble for it.

[@scottireed7747]

That was some real advice

[@notcartel1521]

The Vegas joke caught me off guard, god i love charlie

[@leesamuelson]

I laughed a bit too hard at that one!

[@kannan159]

😂

[@hexcellerateofficial]

That was too good, 😂😂😂

[@brettstaley3730]

It was the George Floyd one for me

[@noone-pg4lr]

Bro that caught me off guard

[@frederickjeremy]

Is it weird that one of my favorite parts of this video is the acknowledgement that dextron mercon transmission fluid is one of the best oils there is to clean and lubricate moving metal parts. I have used it as a detergent in a mechanical setting to free up sludged up cam phasers, stuck lifters, carbon seized piston rings , de-carboning valves in engines. Never would have even thought to apply that to the firearm world. Thank you guys for the knowledge and your time.

[@papabillydeth4723]

If you’re in a really shitty situation and you don’t have proper lubricant then you can squeeze MRE cheese spread into it and make do

[@TheeGlocktopus]

Tend to use penetrating lubes for cleaning and proper greases for operation. Greases stay in place, last longer and survive higher operating temps. Lucas Oil makes an excellent gun grease.

[@nobodyspecial1852]

atf runs out of things for a long time and it's a skin irritant. Amazing in very tiny doses, a real problem otherwise. It's the best for double action revolvers

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

I use 15w40 diesel oil for my AR. Most oils do the job, oils with detergents do better.

[@oldbenkenobi9212]

I use a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone to free stuck bolts and pins at work. Works great.

[@Ao94502]

Man, "Take more pictures with your friends" hit hard. That was advice from experience.

[@tobiasfunke3357]

Former 11B 240B gunner here. That machinegun is a bear to carry, but holy hell, does it cause chaos. Especially when the 2 240s are talking.

[@draza3083]

bro what hahahaha wtf happ to your fake girl profile?

[@ControlledPairsGaming]

Imagine the directors cut version with Charles completely uncensored.

[@microbeguy]

That should be a Rumble channel.

[@Scott_Buchanan]

Chaotic comedy 😂

[@pyeitme508]

Ha 😂

[@0bserver416]

Ha ha/ Iknwo yo

[@TheTerminatorCarrot]

Dude has the comedy chops fr

[@yuniorespinosa9563]

Aight I’ll say it. That slow mo montage of the wall penetration test was better than most movies out in theaters right now. The music was the chefs kiss 🤌🏻

[@lamberts01]

Dude, I was an 0331 for 5 years in a line company. We did competitions for accuracy and I'm telling you the thing was an open bolt fully automatic sniper rifle. I could repeatedly make headshots on man sized steel at 600 off the bipod and made several headshots at 800. This is while single loading one round at a time onto the feed tray, not firing a burst obviously. This was with a Bravo model so I can't speak to the Lima or the modified model being run here, but I agree with John in that the foregrip doesn't make sense and that the OG bipod is king.

[@anchopanchorancho]

Yessir. Its heavy enough that bolt doesn't really affect PoA once you get used to it. Easy out to 700 with the right attitude and a fresh barrel.

[@papabillydeth4723]

It was funny how it would become a bolt action sniper rifle a lot of the time when training with blanks

[@-Zevin-]

My buddy who was a 249 gunner said the same thing, he hated the 249 with a passion, but he qualified on the 240B and loved it, constantly talked about what a excellent machine gun it was, and the incredible accuracy.

[@carlvonfuckwits2934]

Similar setup and experience, and I agree.

[@mizzetz5343]

“Do you trust me buddy?!”

[@ryanjones4917]

Charlie's really giving the legal team some job security with these add reads.

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[@Pfletch83]

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The sponsors are really cool about it. They must know they don't have any liability. Props to the legal teams

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@@Pfletch83onlyfans isn't just a p website, its for creators to make content for money

[@ryanjones4917]

@@AllNighterHeider True, the fact that they've stuck around this long speaks to your point.

[@danbeard1283]

I carried a 240B in Ramadi 2005-2006. While she’s a pain to carry in long dismounted patrols, there’s no other gun I would have wanted when we got into contact. I actually kinda miss her.

[@CCM1199]

I was deployed from JAN-DEC 2005 - MND North - FOB Summerall with TF Dragoon. the M240 was my beast when I did dismounted patrols. probably why I got back problems now post med retirement since I was usually lugging the M240 AND 1600 Rounds of ammo in the assault bag....B Co 2-7IN BN, TF 2-7IN. we were with 1-187 from Campbell and we had 10 SFG with us on the base.

[@djzrobzombie2813]

Next time just carry a M249 Saw

[@scout3058]

Why the "look down and away" when opening the feed tray cover?

[@BIGREDTECH]

@@CCM1199my bro in law has major back pain from carrying one.. guna have to get two disc fused from it..

[@michaelkirkland3012]

I miss my pig too

[@Edith_Puthie96]

I was a 13R (Radar nerd for big guns) when I was active. We were given a 240. Shot that thing more than I ever shot my M4 while I was in, loved it every single time. I can't say much about the weight (I rucked with it every Thursday, gotta love 10th Mountain), but it was always in our shelter truck whenever we went out to the field. Very sad day when I realized it wasn't coming on our deployment with us, but late GWOT was too chill for it anyways. Great vid!

[@JasonBrinkley-ef4zg]

Do you miss those yearly 25 mile rucks? I know I don't haha

[@Edith_Puthie96]

@@JasonBrinkley-ef4zg Big outdoors guy, so I only like them when I actually want to do them. Being told to wake up at 2AM to do six laps around a giant circle fuckin sucked though, especially since I was told my POG ass would never leave a truck🤣

[@waynes.1118]

John's familiarity and expertise with the 240 is evident in how he handles it like a lost love.

[@colinmclenaghan515]

M240B turning lumbar discs into jelly

[@gruntgearreview6490]

100%

[@Colskshreds]

“Fax”

[@guns2317]

" Not Service Related "

[@egrootveld]

Turns everything to jelly really.

[@gruntgearreview6490]

@@egrootveld maybe the real 240 was the jellies we made along the way

[@NorthWindAerialImaging]

The M240B was far and away my favorite weapon to clean in the USAF armory, which made my boss love me. Nothing beat a winter day with nobody bothering me, watching minecraft youtube videos, and cleaning a 240 so well you could eat off it.

[@Kaydin910]

Wait USAF has an armory? And wait, yall didnt clean weapons, you had someone else do it for you. No way the Air Force let your hands get that dirty.

[@NorthWindAerialImaging]

It's me, I'm the person that cleaned everyone else's weapons 😅 you can block and inventory your own damn ammo though.

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Now That’s a Vibe and a Half Godbless You

[@crimzonempire4677]

See I enjoyed cleaning my gun But, one day I went to therapy for something completely un-related to self harm and they put me on a no arming list without checking with my therapist /:

[@92naz32]

The USAF has 240's, WTH?!? 😮

[@meanman6992]

Qualified expert with the M240B, and what shocked me was how accurate that beast is when you’re in the prone and really tighten down on it and pull the stock into your shoulder nicely with your non firing hand. She groups tightly!

[@nathansnyder763]

Same. Anythings at or nearer than 800m got multiple hits in a short burst. From a tripod its a fucking laser. I was kind of disappointed by the long range portion TBH.

[@wacojones8062]

I love your comedy session like this one. Good solid information. As a 19D4H teaching recruits on the wonders of the M60 and M2HB back in the day I taught a future SGM how to go prone with the M2 HB on the 1,800-meter targets short bursts none of the kneeling in full sight letting the bad guys shoot you I saw one M2 almost melt at Ft. Knox the Active officer who drew the guns did not draw spare barrels lubricant or any of the other goodies we needed on the line of tracks. I had my own gage set and a case extractor which during day fire I had to remove a case from a gun the officer had tampered with a beat-up gage allowing way too much headspace. Night fire was hell 4 totally shot out barrels with tracers hitting the ground 15 feet in front of the Tracks. The receivers were glowing orange at the front. We had two active-duty NCOs injured trying to clear way over heated M60s one took a case into his throat the second took one in his forearm. My reserve unit had three Paramedics on the line that night who took care of the two. I believe the officer was relieved of his command at around 2 am as we were clearing the range. We never saw him again.

[@Brother-Huff]

Was ambushed in good Ole Iraq and 240 did its job but the saw pulled up and it felt like it give motivation. The MG type noise is real nice. These all mounted on humvees .RIP SFC Kennedy and SSG Dill.

[@bubbafett2328]

Charlie should have a KZbin channel with his raw unfiltered takes on everything

[@johndoe-vl3ye]

Yes pls

[@shawn6860]

with new YT it would last all of 5 videos. but they would be Classic gold!

[@evanbrunelle3466]

Or rumble so we could actually watch lol

[@jimrustle643]

​@@evanbrunelle3466rumble would be awesome if they could get their shit together and be able to hold a steady livestream.

[@tomisamish]

Raw and unfiltered sounds more like rumble.

[@MrDinodane]

Loved seeing John go over this gun. Definitely the kind of guy you want with you in the field.

[@BigFiveJack]

I enjoy your work very much! THIS episode is the one I've enjoyed the most, out of all the episodes that I've watched! Keep The Momentum Up!

[@lukekrebs363]

Carried it 25km through a tropical jungle with 100% humidity for training, somehow still love it

[@XneverstopfightingX]

I think after a while you brain just said to itself “Of course I love this thing! Why else would I carry it 25km through a tropical jungle with 100% humidity unless I loved this thing!?”

[@bwatkins1223]

Respect, you has it!

[@mniakan754]

If that’s not true love then I don’t know what is

[@siantan5146]

I always felt really sorry for the guys who had to lug it through the equatorial rainforest with full gear, especially in the mud.

[@nextgen7105]

Bruh it was at 240 likes and you ruined it

[@microchrist6122]

Feds love the “Las Vegas” joke 😅

[@Tyrone_smith806]

Im not American, can you explain the joke please

[@isaacsierhuis6812]

@@Tyrone_smith806we had a horrific shooting at Las Vegas several years ago. The media and investigators blamed bump stocks but the sound signature is identical to a 240

[@zacharywilcox2718]

​@Tyrone_smith806 the vegas concert shoot was said to be done with a bump stock firing 5.56 . But the footage sounds exactly like a 240 bravo full auto

[@AnAgedMan]

@@Tyrone_smith806 The event that kicked off high media coverage of mass shootings was at a concert in las vegas. Guy set up on a high floor of a nearby hotel and fired into a crowd. The videos of the event make the fire rate and sound pretty much identical to a M240 not the bump stock AR-15 the government said. Meaning the joke is a machine gun was supllied to him to encourage the assault weapons ban politically.

[@thejoker9201]

There were a lot of strange anomalies on that event and still cover-ups to this day I realistically will not put it past some shady criminal elements within our government to pull off an operation like that Considering all the other illegal things going on in our government That their corporate controlled Media covers for them. AND if you listen to the sound of the shooting it does sound like a belt fed machine gun reminds me of the sound of the m240 I used in the infantry. Can't prove it but if it is indeed an operation We are dealing with operators that will murder to keep it hidden

[@TheLiveOrDieMan]

That was one of the most amazing slo-mo shots. Where you showed how strep throat affects the larynx. Wow!!!!

[@kinch613]

Love seeing John again. Great stuff!

[@davewebster5120]

I've never heard a 240 gunner who was deployed ever complain about the weight. They loved that thing. It's a squad's mass-casualty weapon and when you get behind one you understand why.

[@CenlaSelfDefenseConcepts]

Yep it's literally a mass casualty weapon due to it's involvement in the worst mass shooting in us history

[@herbertloper2863]

Dude that thing was a bitch to carry in Afghanistan, bitched carrying it but was all teeth firing it

[@ryantornai945]

@@CenlaSelfDefenseConcepts easily disproven since there weren't hundreds of people with 308 wounds and rounds in them

[@thespectator5259]

@@ryantornai945 Wdym?

[@noonenoesbutme]

I don't know where you served, but I have never not heard a 240 gunner complain about the weight. Every 240 gunner I've ever said this complaints constantly about the weight. It's a great gun but goddamn is she heavy

[@PhatyMattyMcGee]

Charlie saying the quiet part out loud and I’m here for it 😂

[@coletonmarcum8544]

Awesome seeing the 240 getting some love. A topic that was neglected was the barrel changing. We used to train that with the AG blindfolded (your gun team TL in the big army). Barrel changes can be critical. Loved the tid bit about the sling clip. Such an easy detail to forget - unclip 100m out from offense.

[@Anonviewer101]

One piece of kit i have found very useful when running any machine gun (or any gun with an extractor for that matter) is a paint can opener this is used to manually extract a round from the chamber if you have a failure to extract very common on machine guns when that barrel starts to heat up

[@Ty-wz2dq]

Quite late to this video but he mentions in a previous video something similar a screwdriver I think it was, around the time of the xm8 adoption I don’t remember the exact names

[@diegoflores3408]

Mikes prepping us for the UN "peace keepers" loot drops

[@josephk.4200]

Why is there this idea people have that the UN is going to attack the US?

[@axmnstrbnd]

I was wondering if anyone else caught that little gem in the beginning!!

[@hfg8604]

Mmmm is grab that Load out

[@thespartenkid]

I'm with you bro 😂

[@eatingstuff1614]

Im glad you brought John back, dudes a straight up unit

[@adamredmayne1326]

Bro's got that stone cold look, reminds me of Michael Shannon for some reason.

[@WesternMichiganRailway]

I carried the 240 for years. Loved that weapon. Thanks for finally doing a video /k/ommando, brought back fun memories

[@alexanderblackburn4520]

I always loved the m2hb, but the 240b was always my favorite. A night shoot with IR, night vision and tracers was so much fun!

[@knixfilms]

There's only so much Chad energy a person could possibly handle. This goes well over that.

[@therealgooddilly]

Bump stock AR-15s! The M240B in question:

[@spinny2593]

belt fed bump stock ar.

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[@authenticintelligence2882]

Thank you gentlemen for an extremely interesting and very informative video. Respect to John for sharing his knowledge.

[@HessianForHire]

Always stoked to see John back on, guy delivers that info in an easily digestible way.

[@ja1cspikes]

That dad advice is my biggest regret from the airforce. Way to many friends ain't here anymore and all I really have are faded memories.

[@noonenoesbutme]

I lost two friends in the Army to suicide. I only have pictures of one. The other is forever in my memories only. RIP SPC Chavez and PFC Fletcher.

[@joemo1033]

The best medicine for lost friends is making a big family. Find a based blonde chick and make 5-7 children. Build your relationship with Jesus. Focus on career and SMASHING financial goals. After that, life moves too fast for anything else to catch you, and true happiness follows.

[@jonathantorresdesign]

2:54 You can tell Mikes saying "Charles" in the disappointed father tone

[@islesfan186]

I’m so glad Charlie is back. His delivery is always great

[@latigomorgan]

Thanks for the lesson! I was an M60 gunner in Reagan's Army. We had 1 per squad and 2 M249's per squad. Never had any of the problems with that system that folks like to complain about. It had its own hacks that were a bit different than the M240 hacks you all showed.

[@raymondjallen]

I just graduated from Sonoran Desert Institute yesterday with a Certificate in Firearms Technology and Gunsmithing. I will graduate from Sonoran Desert Institute with an Associate’s of Science Degree in Firearms Technology next year.

[@thespartenkid]

Soon enough I'll be able to thank you for your service in the civil armoury 2024-2035 🫡

[@jimmyrustler8983]

Congrats! 👍

[@JadedJet]

Ahahaha fool

[@rdf4315]

Congrats

[@japanesecar1501]

Where do they teach you the desert snoring part?

[@ajcsonsforge6370]

❤ as a veteran that was a 240 gunner and weapons squad team leader I can't love this video enough. Also we carried 500 rounds as the gunner and the AG carried 800 with extra barrel.

[@Sikdomeshot]

John is a total expert at what he does... you can tell. Dude did a fantastic job presenting this gun.

[@schragdawg9727]

Really enjoying this series, these past two episodes are amazing.

[@ggmanatee]

Father has blessed us with a video today.

[@ehd1990]

Daddy*

[@hussainukhpersia6376]

our future President of USA

[@indigenius9877]

Thank you Jesus.

[@user-hh6ro3ez6z]

"mater has given Dobby a glock"

[@javiermartinezjr8849]

Flannel daddy became father?I'm glad he finally chose the family life instead of PEDs and big booty latinas,in proud of you garand

[@CatEatingMushrooms]

"I have a cat, too!" at 0:35 absolutely floored me.

[@TheAnytony]

😴

[@RP-ks6ly]

Guns bring me to the videos, Charlie makes me stay until the end....

[@SnakeyRaptor]

Катя, кошка, same difference if you know her 😂

[@user-tm3sj6rn4f]

John is an awesome addition to this channel. Have him on whenever possible.

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

Us Brits used to call our version the 'Jimpy' back in the day, it was still used at the section or squad level for the 1st 6 years of my service, we always appreciated how effective it could do the business as not much was small enough to hide from it, not even in a building... my favourite bit was every other mucker in the section cleaned a piece of it... :P We were taught a very slick quick and fool proof way to load these things with the flick of the wrist back in the day, but I dont want to ramble too much BTW there were no optics or lasers back then for us Brit grunts, but tracers were still effective in 'full fun mode!'

[@ussnavillus2986]

Operated one for four years. Line company. It’s such a great platform!

[@lukasBe77]

26:24 He turned his face away. Muscle memory kicked in hahaha😂🫡❤️

[@Slipz2K8]

I was confused about that. Why was it?

[@lukasBe77]

@@Slipz2K8 they can explode. Heat and cold air cools it down fast.. dangerous

[@thepresentfathers]

I used the 240B so much on deployment. This thing is my baby. Love it.

[@thetrevorthejew]

THIS IS MY MOST FAV MG IN BOTH IRL AND VIDEO GAMES! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO! YOU ARE A HANDSOME MAN WITH AN AMAZING HAIRLINE!

[@matthewyackel7932]

Carried one in Afghanistan in 2010, still my favorite weapon.

[@hansblitz7770]

How is your back and knees?

[@matthewyackel7932]

Not the best 😂

[@herbertloper2863]

​@@hansblitz7770they're shit. Lumbar disks, they haven't left the chat, are all fucked up now

[@perryrhodan1936]

Was a machine gunner on the MG3, also work with the MG5. Best job I have ever had.

[@lardomcfarty9866]

Were you in the Bundeswehr? Isn't the mg3 basically a 7.62 nato mg42?

[@perryrhodan1936]

@@lardomcfarty9866 - Yes and yes.

[@lardomcfarty9866]

@@perryrhodan1936 nice

[@richardfoshee3244]

Videos like this and others that do these distance and penetration tests are the tl;dr of military training. There’s SO MUCH valuable information to be learned from watching Mike shoot a cement wall.

[@GirthBrooks1050]

This is an awesome video Flannel Father. I love to the car testing. I’d love to see something similar down the road, maybe even a little re-creation of the Bonnie and Clyde ambush?

[@gianlc]

Great reference from Las Vegas 🚩

[@davidflores2773]

I had one of these assigned to me during the Surge from JAN2007 to MAR2008. Great gun, never let us down. Had two for the air guards on my Stryker from JUL2010 to JUL2011. Every chance I had, I would get an unassigned M240 from the arms room assigned to my section. One of the best machine guns ever made.

[@JUNIsLuke]

“WHOS GOT ALL THE M240s”” “Uh ohh…”

[@davidflores2773]

@@JUNIsLuke guilty... ✋️

[@krisgarcia4452]

You ever get 240C? I remember seeing them make it out to the field.

[@davidflores2773]

@@krisgarcia4452 240C's are the coaxial mounted variant. Those are generally only used in tanks and APCs or IFVs. We had 240B's and 240L's.

[@Mrfrerob]

John is awesome and clearly knows his shit. Thank you for having him on another amazing video!!!

[@brothersinarms5524]

Take more pictures with your friends!! That’s great advice!

[@charleshetrick3152]

Side note for you reloaders re the Ohio Ordnance semi auto fires from a closed but unlocked bolt so the primer pockets expand beyond usability after the first reload. So feed it new ammo only and the use the brass for your bolt gun loads. Also U.S. Optics makes a 3-12 short enough to allow proper feed tray cover operation and the semi auto rate of fire I’ve held 3.5 MOA at 600 meters

[@thejoker9201]

We used The M240 Bravo in the Army I was Infantry Had it mounted on most our gun trucks In Iraq was always a good solid weapon never really had issues Like we did with the m249 and even our worn out M16A4s we were still using had lot's of problems The 240 was solid But got pretty heavy if you had to carry dismounted for long periods of time I think it was partly responsibil for giving me a hernia and back issues

[@scottgray823]

Damn at 17:32 john is giving off heavy "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." Vibes

[@keithcordes4430]

Bro 9:53 so satisfying. You hear the chuggachuggachugg….a delay and then the dingydingyding of those impacts.

[@jonahsutton6775]

I tried to go see one in Las Vegas, but I couldn't get the concert tickets in time😢

[@anaugle2484]

Really enjoy having John on. Seems like a good dude.

[@zippy6667]

That music with the slo mo 308 wall pen. What a cut. 😱👌🏻

[@MA-ho5hd]

John’s great. Hope to see more of him on the channel.

[@AspenSavage]

I really appreciate learning how to use something I'll never see or come across under any circumstance

[@FrankHaul]

You never know

[@AspenSavage]

@@FrankHaul 😉

[@elietaylor4858]

Are you sure?

[@AspenSavage]

@@elietaylor4858 Sarcasm

[@Babybeamergirl]

Ditto 😉😉

[@mattp7828]

Carried the British version the GPMG in the 1st Gulf War, awesome piece of kit, heavy but incredibly reliable and effective.

[@bway1983]

thank you again sir... the quality of ur videos should be on regular tv. i love everything about the channel you guys are awosome

[@Christoph-sd3zi]

This is better than 99.9% of the junk on TV

[@spartacus1577]

Was really expecting the intro to end by panning over to the targets in a different vehicle beside the one that got shot up, missed opportunity boys 😂 great stuff as always!!

[@jonbarker2769]

Was hoping for a Vegas mention and Charles did not disappoint.

[@ValidSurvival]

Absolutely love seeing the M240B in action! Solid breakdown of techniques for utilizing cover effectively

[@codyzimmerman6831]

Honestly, never been in the military myself, but have some marine buddies who were machine gunners. I remember them talking about their absolute love for the 240 in combat. Myself thought the 249 was the obvious choice. Love how you brought them both out the show the pro's and cons of both as well as John's expertise.

[@sieve5]

John that was great dad advice!!!

[@1slowis155]

“He’s behind the wall!” 50 rounds later… “What wall?”

[@efoxneo]

Carried the C6 GPMG in Trashcanistan. Also jumped it a few times, and had it as a Coax in the LAV III and mounted on the turret. My favorite to shoot, not carry. 26-ish LBS unloaded, then carrying 440 rounds of linked 7.62x51. Plus a PEQ 2A and a Thermal on the feed tray.

[@Midwestprpr]

It definitely does that! Especially with M80A1

[@JediKnight-404]

I started watching more of your old videos and the science with dr garand thumb intro is funny.

[@RAIDER8388]

I have a buddy who carried the 240B for 8 years. He said there's no way Paddock had a bunch of bump stock ARs.

[@M240D]

Every 240 gunner ever (myself included), immediately thought the story was bs.

[@RAIDER8388]

@M240D Real. We'll never know the truth.

[@claytonjohnston6916]

Charlie was on point with this one, lol.

[@FloppaAppreciator]

Rocking that sick Arktis Arid camouflage.

[@stevenamador965]

Wealth of information, thanks John!

[@levievans7568]

I'm currently a marine in the IMC. 2 weeks away from graduating. If my instructors caught me sending the bolt home on an empty chamber without riding it with the charging handle, like done in this video, I would get kicked in the teeth. It scared me to watch that 😂

[@hammer8771]

Yep it's a little nauseating

[@tomkeehn]

Not a marine, but if they caught us hot loading it like that and not aircraft loading we'd be in a world of pain as well

[@Gorlami90]

It’s not a Wilson 1911, it can handle it

[@fematrailer]

Yeah, but it is being done for purposes of demonstration for a general/civilian audience. He's demonstrating how an open-bolt system works; that's likely not necessary for an actual training evolution in the military. Although, there is one course where such a demonstration would be pertinent. In setting up in the ambush, the general rule of thumb is to not kick off the ambush with an open-bolt gun (or a grenade launcher) because of how loud a misfire can be. Send the bolt home on an empty chamber would demonstrate that in a practical way. But yeah, don't do that lol.

[@Ben-it4kq]

That hot load made me cringe a little bit. That's considered a huge safety infraction in the canukistani defence force. Different unit, different TTPs I guess? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@puma51921]

John did a great job. Thank you all.

[@operator1192]

Love the Westworld style music especially with the frontier looking surroundings.

[@user-oy4tt4xm8d]

I lugged an M60 in it's early 90's forms. It's legacy is a great one. I love the cyclic rate on the 240B. I didn't get much time on the M240B. Great demo of what supossed cover really is for our opponents. Never got a good AG, I complained enough to get ammo bearers 😂

[@ericbergfield6451]

Thanks for the return video John

[@ericsfishingadventures4433]

I don't know how they get anything filmed with Charlie around the dude cracks me up just watching 😂

[@LobsterDado]

6:00 the audible *chonk* of the bolt was so satisfying

[@GOTHAM21]

Your best production to date!!!

[@chrism4008]

I love that Dad advice! It's something i regret not doing, and something i would tell my own son

[@CCM1199]

The M240B was my mounted weapon of choice over the .50 CAL when I was deployed. I would take my loader's M240 and use the M240B conversion kit that each tank had and would use that M240 for when our section ( i was the PSG's gunner) rotated with Alpha section. most of the deployments we ran 4 tanks, however later in the deployments we did 2/2 combination (2 tanks/2 HMMWV M1165's). I sure do miss being on the tank and definitely shooting the PIG when I was in. Max effective range/Tracer burnout of the M240 is 900M. Max range of the M240B: 1800M. Yeah, its still embedded in my brain when it came to the M240 as our tank carried 2 of them. Hell, I even used an AN/PAS-13 thermal sight on it on two of my four deployments.

[@olegsafronov9936]

Oh.... That's satisfyingly good intro. Thank you!