List of equipment of the United States Army
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Small Arms
Model | Image | Caliber | Type | Origin | Details | |
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Pistols | ||||||
M9 | ![]() |
9×19mm | Pistol | ![]() |
To be replaced by the Modular Handgun System[1][2] | |
M11 | ![]() |
9×19mm | Pistol | ![]() |
To be replaced through the Modular Handgun System program.[1][2] | |
M1911 | ![]() |
.45 ACP | Pistol | ![]() |
Limited service | |
Submachine Guns | ||||||
MP5 | ![]() |
9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | ![]() |
Used in night operations, close quarters, hostage rescue, and escort | |
Assault Rifles/Carbine | ||||||
M16 | ![]() |
5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | ![]() |
Virtually universally phased out in favor of the M4.[3][4] | |
M4 | ![]() |
5.56×45mm NATO | Carbine | ![]() |
Standard service rifle.[5][6] | |
M231 FPW | ![]() |
5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | ![]() |
Modified M16 for use in the firing ports of the M2 Bradley | |
HK416 | ![]() |
5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | ![]() |
Used by Joint Special Operations Command | |
Shotguns | ||||||
500 MILLS | ![]() |
12-gauge | Shotgun | ![]() |
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M1014 | ![]() |
12-gauge | Shotgun | ![]() |
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M26 MASS | ![]() |
12-gauge | Shotgun | ![]() |
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M870 | ![]() |
12 gauge | Shotgun | ![]() | ||
Machine Guns | ||||||
M249 | ![]() |
5.56×45mm | Light machine gun | ![]() |
Belt-fed, but can be used with STANAG magazines[7][8] | |
M240 | ![]() |
7.62×51mm NATO | General purpose machine gun | ![]() |
Belt-fed[9][10] | |
Browning M2HB | ![]() |
.50 BMG | Heavy machine gun | ![]() |
Mounted on vehicles or tripods.[11] | |
DMRs and Sniper Rifles | ||||||
M14 | ![]() |
7.62×51mm NATO, | Designated marksman rifle | ![]() |
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Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO, | Designated marksman rifle | ![]() |
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M110 | ![]() |
7.62×51mm NATO | Sniper rifle | ![]() |
To be replaced by a version of the Heckler & Koch G28.[12] | |
M2010 | ![]() |
.300 Winchester Magnum | Sniper rifle | ![]() |
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M107 | ![]() |
.50 BMG | Anti-materiel rifle, sniper rifle | ![]() |
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Mk 20 SSR | 7.62×51mm | Sniper rifle | ![]() | |||
Grenade-Based Weapons | ||||||
Mk 19 | ![]() |
40mm | Automatic grenade launcher | ![]() |
Belt-fed.[13][14] | |
M203 | ![]() |
40mm | Grenade launcher | ![]() |
Single-shot underbarrel grenade launcher[15][16] | |
M320 | ![]() |
40mm | Grenade launcher | ![]() |
Single-shot underbarrel or stand-alone grenade launcher | |
M67 | ![]() |
Fragmentation grenade | ![]() |
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M18 | ![]() |
Smoke grenade | ![]() |
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M84 | ![]() |
Flashbang | ![]() |
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Portable Anti-Materiel Weapons | ||||||
AT4 | File:AT-4Launcher.jpeg | 84mm | Anti-tank weapon | ![]() |
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M141 | 83.5mm | Anti-fortification | ![]() |
Single-shot shoulder-launched weapon designed to defeat hardened structures. Based on the SMAW | ||
M72 LAW | 66mm | Anti-tank weapon | ![]() |
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M3 MAAWS[17] | ![]() |
84x246mm R | Anti-tank recoilless rifle | ![]() |
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BGM-71 TOW | ![]() |
Guided anti-tank missile | ![]() |
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FGM-148 Javelin | Fire-and-forget anti-tank missile | ![]() |
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FIM-92 Stinger | ![]() |
Anti-aircraft missile | ![]() |
Artillery
Model | Image | Caliber | Origin | Numbers | Details | |
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Mortars | ||||||
M224[18][19] | ![]() |
60 mm | ![]() |
Unknown | ||
M252[20][21] | ![]() |
81 mm | ![]() |
Unknown | ||
M120[22][23] | ![]() |
120 mm | ![]() |
Unknown | ||
Howitzers | ||||||
M109 | ![]() |
155 mm self-propelled howitzer | ![]() |
950[24] | [25] | |
M198 | ![]() |
155 mm | ![]() |
327 | [citation needed] | |
M777 | ![]() |
155 mm gun-howitzer | ![]() |
~403[26] | ||
M119 | ![]() |
105 mm howitzer | ![]() |
392[citation needed] | ||
Rocket Artillery | ||||||
M270 | File:MLRS 05.jpg | ![]() |
857[27] | Armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher | ||
M142[28] | ![]() |
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340[citation needed] | M270 pod mounted on a standard Army Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV) truck frame | ||
Air Defense | ||||||
C-RAM | ![]() |
Unknown | Trailer-mounted version of the Phalanx CIWS | |||
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger | ![]() |
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~800[29] | Self-propelled surface-to-air missile system mounted on a HMMWV | ||
MIM-104 | ![]() |
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1,100[30] | Mobile, long-range(by US standards) surface-to-air missile with anti-ballistic missile capability |
Vehicles
Name | Image | Origin | Quantity | Notes | ||
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MWV | ||||||
HMMWV | ![]() |
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160,000 (all services)[31][32] | Around 40% of those remaining in service are armored. The HMMWV is to be replaced by the JLTV | ||
Light Strike Vehicle | ![]() |
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Unknown | |||
Oshkosh L-ATV | ![]() |
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53,582 (procurement objective) | Will part-replace the Humvee. Oshkosh Defense was awarded JLTV contract on 25 August 2015 for up to 16,901 JLTVs. Procurement objective is 53,582, 49,099 for the U.S. Army and 4,483 for the U.S. Marine Corps.[33] | ||
RSOV | ![]() |
60 (delivered) | ||||
Trucks | ||||||
M939 Truck | ![]() |
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25,000[34] | Intention is to replace with the Oshkosh FMTV. Figures include National Guard and Air Force | ||
FMTV | ![]() |
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108,800 (delivered; FMTV trucks and companion trailers) | Oshkosh Defense - >23,400 trucks/>11,400 trailers (current manufacturer). 74,000 trucks and trailers by legacy manufacturers. Figures include National Guard and Air Force[34] | ||
HEMTT | ![]() |
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>27,000 (new build and remanufactured)[35] | Figures include National Guard and Air Force | ||
Oshkosh HET | ![]() |
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4,079 (delivered; not all remain in service)[36] | 2,488 M1070A0 tractors and >2,600 M1000 trailers delivered of which at least 1,009 tractors and >1000 trailers have been Reset. 1,591 M1070A1 delivered. Figures include National Guard and Air Force. | ||
Armoured Vehicles | ||||||
M1 Abrams | ![]() |
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8,848 active service[37] | Main battle tank, 3,500 M1 in storage[38] Total 6331 | ||
M1120 Series | ![]() |
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4,466[39] | Armored personnel carrier | ||
M113 | ![]() |
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1,568 active duty[citation needed] | Armored personnel carrier | ||
M1117 | ![]() |
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2,777[40] | Armored car | ||
M2 Bradley | ![]() |
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1,834 active service[41] | Infantry fighting vehicle | ||
M3 Bradley | ![]() |
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224[42] | Reconnaissance vehicle | ||
M88 Hercules | ![]() |
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748[43] | Armored recovery vehicle | ||
M9 | ![]() |
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~490[44] | Combat engineering vehicle | ||
MRAPs | ||||||
M-ATV | ![]() |
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8,722 (delivered; all services) | Around 7,000 M-ATV are being retained, 5,651 of these (inc. 250 for SOCOM) by the Army. Oshkosh currently has a Reset contract in place[45] | ||
Caiman | ![]() |
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2,868 (delivered)[46] | No Caiman are being retained by the U.S. Army post-Afghanistan/Iraq. Caiman is based on a FMTV chassis. FMTV is now manufactured by Oshkosh[34] | ||
Couger H Couger HE |
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4,400 (est.)[47] | Post-Afghanistan/Iraq the U.S. Army is not retaining any Cougar MRAPs[47] | ||
International MaxxPro | ![]() |
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8,780 (all services)[47] | Army to retain 2,934 MaxxPro post-Afghanistan/Iraq. | ||
RG-31 | ![]() |
2,300 (est.) (all services)[47] | 1,679 under MRAP procurement and 570 ONS Army; at least 894 Mk5E are required for conversion into MMPV Type II by the Army[47] | |||
RG-33 RG-33L |
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2,386 (all services)[47] | 712 will be retained by the Army as MMPV Type 1[47] | ||
Buffalo | ![]() |
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750[48] |
Vehicle-mounted weapons
- The M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles
- The M134 Minigun, fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm.
- The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee and OH-58D Kiowa helicopter.
- The GAU-19, a rotary gun that fires .50 caliber ammunition. Mounted on Humvees and helicopters.
- The M230 Autocannon fires 30×113mm ammunition at a rate of 625 rounds per minute. It is mounted on the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk Direct Action Penetrator helicopters.[49]
- The M242 Autocannon fires 25×137mm ammunition at a rate of 200 rounds per minute. It is one of the primary armaments of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and is one of a variety of anti-air and anti-surface naval armaments.[50]
Aircraft
The U.S. Army operates some fixed-wing aircraft and many helicopters.[51]
Notes
Vessels
The Army still operates several vessels.[57]
Name | Image | Type | Versions | Quantity | ||
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Watercraft | ||||||
General Frank S. Besson Class | ![]() |
Logistics Support Vessel | 2 | 8 | ||
Stalwart Class | ![]() |
Ocean Surveillance Ship | 1 | |||
Runnymede Class | Landing Craft Utility | 35 | ||||
MGen. Nathanael Greene Class | Large Tug | 6 |
Attire
Current attire | |||||
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Name | Pattern name(s) | Pattern | Image | Notes | |
Army Combat Uniform (ACU) | Universal Camouflage Pattern or MultiCam |
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The ACU uses a new military camouflage pattern called the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP), which blends green, tan, and gray to work effectively in desert, woodland, and urban environments. The color scheme of the Army Combat Uniform is composed of a slate gray, desert sand and foliage green pixel pattern, which becomes darker or lighter depending on exposure to sunlight.
Soldiers operating in Afghanistan are issued an ACU with the more appropriate "MultiCam" pattern.[58] | |
Army Aircrew Combat Uniform (A2CU) | Universal Camouflage Pattern | ![]() ![]() |
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A2CU replaces the Improved Aviation Battle Dress Uniform | |
Physical Fitness Uniform | ![]() |
The standard garrison service uniform is known as "Army Greens" or "Class-As".The "Army Blue" uniform, is currently the Army's formal dress uniform, but in 2009, it will replace the Army Green and the Army White uniforms (a uniform similar to the Army Green uniform, but worn in tropical postings) and will become the new Army Service Uniform, which will function as both a garrison uniform (when worn with a white shirt and necktie) and a dress uniform (when worn with a white shirt and either a necktie for parades or a bow tie for "after six" or "black tie" events). The Patrol Cap is worn with the ACU for garrison duty; and the beret with the Army Service Uniform for non-ceremonial functions. The Army Blue Service Cap, is allowed for wear by any soldier ranked CPL or above at the discretion of the commander.
Body armor in all units is the Improved Outer Tactical Vest , which is now being supplemented with the lightweight Modular Body Armor Vest and Soldier Plate Carrier System. Head protection is provided by the Advanced Combat Helmet and Modular Integrated Communications Helmet, which are being replaced in deployed units by the Enhanced Combat Helmet.
Field equipment
Modular sleep system
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mod.SleepSystem.jpg/220px-Mod.SleepSystem.jpg)
The Modular Sleep System (MSS) is a sleeping bag kit used by the United States Army and manufactured by Tennier Industries. It consists of a camouflaged, waterproof, breathable bivy cover, a lightweight patrol sleeping bag, and an intermediate cold-weather sleeping bag (note that the color differs depending on the vintage of the gear). Compression sacks are included to store and carry the system. The MSS is available in a variety of camouflage patterns. The patrol bag provides weather protection from 35 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The intermediate bag provides cold weather protection from minus 5 to 35 degrees Fahrenheit. Combining the patrol bag and intermediate bags provides extreme cold weather protection in temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit. The bivy cover can be used with each of three MSS configurations (patrol, intermediate, or combined) to provide environmental protection from wind and water. The sleeping bags are made of ripstop nylon fabrics and continuous-filament polyester insulation; the camouflage bivy cover is made with waterproof, breathable, coated or laminated nylon fabric; the compression sacks are made with water-resistant and durable nylon fabrics.[59]
This section incorporates work from https://peosoldier.army.mil/newpeo/Equipment/Temp.asp?id=CIE_SS, which is in the public domain as it is a work of the United States Military.
See also
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- United States Air Force
- Equipment of the United States Armed Forces
- Equipment of the United States Navy
- Equipment of the United States Air Force
- Equipment of the United States Coast Guard
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