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Machine guns provide the suppressive fire that enables maneuver. A 0331 pair with an M240B can suppress a platoon-sized element at 800 meters — creating the conditions that allow their riflemen to assault through.
Marine machine gunners are cross-trained on the M240B, M249 SAW, and M2 .50-cal — three distinct weapons with different ballistics, maintenance, and employment doctrine. A single M2 HB costs $14,000; a crew fires it at 450 rounds per minute.
- ·M240B GPMG ($6,600)
- ·M249 SAW ($4,000)
- ·M2 HB .50 Cal ($14,000)
- ·M4A1 Carbine
- ·PVS-14 NVG
Cost estimates derived from DoD Comptroller per-soldier analysis, RAND Corporation military personnel studies, CBO military compensation reports, service-specific training cost testimony, and published equipment unit costs. Error margin ±15%. Individual costs vary by duty station, assignment, and deployment tempo. This is Phase 3 of the Honest MOS DoD Budget Intelligence Roadmap.