Equipment of the United States Armed Forces
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The Equipment of the United States Armed Forces can be subdivided into: ammunition, weapons, vehicles and attire.
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[edit] Ammunition
- M855A1
- Mk 262 Mod 1
- M80 Ball
- M118LR
- M33 Ball
- M8 Armor Piercing Incediary
- M903 SLAP
- Mk 211 Mod 0
[edit] Weapons
| Name | Type | Branches | Quality | Notes | Picture | |
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| Individual weapons | ||||||
| M16 rifle | Assault rifle | all | ||||
| M4 carbine | Assault rifle | all | ||||
| M9 pistol | Semi-automatic pistol | all | ||||
| M249 LMG | Light machine gun | Army, Marines | ||||
| M240 MMG | Medium machine gun | all | ||||
| M2 HMG | Heavy machine gun | all | ||||
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| M61 | Six-barrelled Gatling gun | all | ||||
[edit] Vehicles
[edit] Aerospace vehicles
[edit] Land vehicles
| Name | Type | Branches | Quantity | Notes | Picture | |
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| Land vehicles | ||||||
| Humvee | Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle | all | 160,000 | |||
| Growler | Light Utility Vehicle | United States Marine Corps | 93 | 183 planned | ||
| M939 Truck | Truck | Army | 28,000 | |||
| FMTV | Truck | Army | 56,000 | Planned 76,000 | ||
| MTVR | Truck | Marines | 10,796 | |||
| HEMTT | Truck | Army | 13,000 | |||
| HETS | Truck | Army | 2,500 | |||
| M113 | Armored personnel carrier | Army | 13,943 | 6,700 Active Duty | ||
| M1 Abrams | Main battle tank | Army, Marines | 8,725 | ~2,338 active, ~6,387 in storage | ||
| M2/M3 Bradley | Infantry fighting vehicle | Army | 7,652 | ~2,000 active, ~5652 in storage. | ||
| M88 Hercules | Armored recovery vehicle | Army, Marines | 2,400 | 676 Active Duty | ||
| M109 | Self-propelled artillery | Army | 950 | |||
| M119 | Howitzer | Army | 498 | |||
| M198 | Howitzer | Army Marines |
653 550 |
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| M777 | Howitzer | Army Marines |
283 511 |
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| HIMARS | Multiple rocket launcher | Army Marines |
380 40 |
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| M270 | Multiple rocket launcher | Army | 990 | |||
| AAV | Amphibious assault vehicle | Marines | 1,311 | |||
| LAV-25 | Armored personnel carrier | Marines | 1,500 | |||
| Stryker | Armored personnel carrier | Army | 2,988 | Planned 3,998 | ||
| Avenger | Air defense | Army, Marines | 1,004 | |||
| Patriot | Surface-to-air missile | Army | 1,106 | |||
[edit] Watercraft
| Name | Type | Branches | Quantity | Notes | Picture | |
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| Watercraft | ||||||
| CVN Nimitz class | Aircraft carrier | Navy | 10 | |||
| USS Enterprise (CVN-65) | Aircraft carrier | Navy | 1 | |||
| LHA Tarawa Class | Amphibious assault ship | Navy | 1 | |||
| LHD Wasp Class | Amphibious assault ship | Navy | 8 | |||
| LPD Austin Class | Amphibious transport dock | Navy | 2 | |||
| LPD San Antonio Class | Amphibious transport dock | Navy | 10 | |||
| LSD Whidbey Island Class | Dock landing ship | Navy | 8 | |||
| LSD Harpers Ferry Class | Dock landing ship | Navy | 4 | |||
| DDG Arleigh Burke Class | Destroyer | Navy | 61 active | |||
| FFG Oliver Hazard Perry Class | Frigate | Navy | 23 | |||
| SSN Los Angeles Class | Attack submarine | Navy | 43 | |||
| SSN Seawolf Class | Attack submarine | Navy | 3 | |||
| SSN Virginia Class | Attack submarine | Navy | 7 active | |||
| SSBN Ohio Class | Ballistic missile submarine | Navy | 14 | |||
| SSBN Ohio Class | Guided missile submarine | Navy | 4 | |||
| Ticonderoga class cruiser | Aegis Missile Cruiser | Navy | 22 | |||
| Avenger class mine countermeasures ship | Mine countermeasures vessel | Navy | 14 | |||
[edit] Attire
Main article: Uniforms of the United States Military
| List of current camouflage patterns and uniforms | |||||
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| Branch | Camouflage pattern | Image | Picture | ||
Army |
Universal Camouflage Pattern, used for the Army Combat Uniform (ACU). Units deployed in Afghanistan are being issued MultiCam instead of standard UCP. Pattern is known as OCP - OEF Camouflage Pattern. |
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Marine Corps |
MARPAT pattern, used for the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU) in two variants, woodland and desert. | ||||
Navy |
Navy Working Uniform (NWU). Comes in three variants - standard blue-grey for shipboard and garrison use, woodland, and desert. | ||||
Air Force |
Digitalized tigerstripe, used for the Airman Battle Uniform (ABU). Some deployed ground units in Afghanistan use MultiCam. |
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Coast Guard |
Operational Dress Uniform (ODU). | ||||
SOCOM |
Common uniform for the SOCOM is still in development. Currently, MultiCam is widely used, replacing old BDU's. | ||||
[edit] See also
- United States armed forces
- Equipment of the United States Air Force
- Equipment of the United States Army
- Equipment of the United States Navy
- Equipment of the United States Coast Guard
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[edit] References
- ^ Aviation Week & Space Technology 2009, 26 JAN 2009 240. Web.28 Aug 2009. <http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/sourcebook/content.jsp?channelName=pro&story=xml/sourcebook_xml/2009/01/26/AW_01_26_2009_p0240-112924-158.xml&headline=World%20Military%20Aircraft%20Inventory%20-%20United+States>.
- ^ GPS Wing Reaches GPS III IBR Milestone in InsideGNSS November 10, 2008