Door gunner
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A door gunner is a crewman tasked with firing and maintaining manually directed armament aboard a military helicopter. The actual role will vary depending on the task given on a particular mission. Fo
A door gunner operating the 7.62 GPMG over Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
A U.S. Army Vietnam-era "free gunner" (c. 1966) is shown manning his duty position on a UH-1B/C helicopter gunship, with a bungee cord securing his M60 machine gun to the aircraft cabin doorway.
Door Gunner, by James Pollock, U. S. Army Vietnam Combat Artists Team IV (CAT IV 1967). Pen and ink drawing of Vietnam era door gunner. Courtesy National Museum of the U. S. Army.
A UH-60 Black Hawk door gunner in Iraq (2005) wearing the HGU-56/P Maxillofacial Shield made by Gentex. The shield improves communication and protects from rotor wash effects.
M240 machine gun
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The M240, officially the Medium Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240, is the U.S. military designation for the FN MAG, a family of belt-fed, gas-operated medium machine guns that chamber the 7.62×51mm NATO cart
M240B equipped with a bipod
M240 coaxial machine gun aboard an M1 Abrams tank
A US Marine inserts an ammunition belt into the feed tray of the M240G
A Marine performs maintenance on a mounted M240 pintle-mounted machine gun on a LAV