Equipment of the United States Army

Small Arms

Model	Image	Caliber	Type	Origin	Details
Pistols
M9		9×19mm	Pistol	Italy	To be replaced by the Modular Handgun System[1][2]
M11		9×19mm	Pistol	Switzerland	To be replaced through the Modular Handgun System program.[1][2]
M1911		.45 ACP	Pistol	United States	Limited service
Submachine Guns
MP5		9×19mm Parabellum	Submachine gun	Germany	Used in night operations, close quarters, hostage rescue, and escort
Assault Rifles/Carbine
M16		5.56×45mm NATO	Assault rifle	United States	Virtually universally phased out in favor of the M4.[3][4]
M4		5.56×45mm NATO	Carbine	United States	Standard service rifle.[5][6]
M231 FPW		5.56×45mm NATO	Assault rifle	United States	Modified M16 for use in the firing ports of the M2 Bradley
HK416		5.56×45mm NATO	Assault rifle	Germany	Used by Joint Special Operations Command
Shotguns
500 MILLS		12-gauge	Shotgun	United States
M1014		12-gauge	Shotgun	Italy
M26 MASS		12-gauge	Shotgun	United States
M870		12 gauge	Shotgun	United States
Machine Guns
M249		5.56×45mm	Light machine gun	United States	Belt-fed, but can be used with STANAG magazines[7][8]
M240		7.62×51mm NATO	General purpose machine gun	United States	Belt-fed[9][10]
Browning M2HB		.50 BMG	Heavy machine gun	United States	Mounted on vehicles or tripods.[11]
DMRs and Sniper Rifles
M14		7.62×51mm NATO,	Designated marksman rifle	United States
Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle		5.56×45mm NATO,	Designated marksman rifle	United States
M110		7.62×51mm NATO	Sniper rifle	United States	To be replaced by a version of the Heckler & Koch G28.[12]
M2010		.300 Winchester Magnum	Sniper rifle	United States
M107		.50 BMG	Anti-materiel rifle, sniper rifle	United States
Mk 20 SSR		7.62×51mm	Sniper rifle	Belgium  United States
Grenade-Based Weapons
Mk 19		40mm	Automatic grenade launcher	United States	Belt-fed.[13][14]
M203		40mm	Grenade launcher	United States	Single-shot underbarrel grenade launcher[15][16]
M320		40mm	Grenade launcher	Germany	Single-shot underbarrel or stand-alone grenade launcher
M67			Fragmentation grenade	United States
M18			Smoke grenade	United States
M84			Flashbang	United States
Portable Anti-Materiel Weapons
AT4		84mm	Anti-tank weapon	Sweden
M141		83.5mm	Anti-fortification	United States	Single-shot shoulder-launched weapon designed to defeat hardened structures. Based on the SMAW
M72 LAW		66mm	Anti-tank weapon	United States
M3 MAAWS[17]		84x246mm R	Anti-tank recoilless rifle	Sweden
BGM-71 TOW			Guided anti-tank missile	United States
FGM-148 Javelin			Fire-and-forget anti-tank missile	United States
FIM-92 Stinger			Anti-aircraft missile	United States

Artillery

Model	Image	Caliber	Origin	Numbers	Details
Mortars
M224[18][19]		60 mm	United States	Unknown
M252[20][21]		81 mm	United Kingdom	Unknown
M120[22][23]		120 mm	Israel	Unknown
Howitzers
M109		155 mm self-propelled howitzer	United States	950[24]	[25]
M198		155 mm	United States	327
M777		155 mm gun-howitzer	United Kingdom	~403[26]
M119		105 mm howitzer	United Kingdom	392
Rocket Artillery
M270			United States	857[27]	Armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher
M142[28]			United States	340	M270 pod mounted on a standard Army Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV) truck frame
Air Defense
C-RAM			United States	Unknown	Trailer-mounted version of the Phalanx CIWS
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger			United States	~800[29]	Self-propelled surface-to-air missile system mounted on a HMMWV
MIM-104			United States	1,100[30]	Mobile, long-range(by US standards) surface-to-air missile with anti-ballistic missile capability

Vehicles

Name	Image	Origin	Quantity	Notes
MWV
HMMWV		United States	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		United States	Unknown
Oshkosh L-ATV		United States	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		United Kingdom	60 (delivered)
Trucks
M939 Truck		United States	25,000[34]	Intention is to replace with the Oshkosh FMTV. Figures include National Guard and Air Force
FMTV		United States	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		United States	>27,000 (new build and remanufactured)[35]	Figures include National Guard and Air Force
Oshkosh HET		United States	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		United States	8,848 active service[37]	Main battle tank, 3,500 M1 in storage[38] Total 6331
M1120 Series		United States	4,466[39]	Armored personnel carrier
M113		United States	1,568 active duty	Armored personnel carrier
M1117		United States	2,777[40]	Armored car
M2 Bradley		United States	1,834 active service[41]	Infantry fighting vehicle
M3 Bradley		United States	224[42]	Reconnaissance vehicle
M88 Hercules		United States	748[43]	Armored recovery vehicle
M9		United States	~490[44]	Combat engineering vehicle
MRAPs
M-ATV		United States	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		United States	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		United States	4,400 (est.)[47]	Post-Afghanistan/Iraq the U.S. Army is not retaining any Cougar MRAPs[47]
International MaxxPro		United States	8,780 (all services)[47]	Army to retain 2,934 MaxxPro post-Afghanistan/Iraq.
RG-31		South Africa	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		South Africa	2,386 (all services)[47]	712 will be retained by the Army as MMPV Type 1[47]
Buffalo		United States	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]

Aircraft	Photo	Origin	Role	Version	Quantity	Note
Fixed-wing Aircraft
C-12 Huron		USA	Cargo/Transport	C-12C C-12D C-12F	17 14 17
Gulfstream C-20		USA	Cargo/Transport	C-20C	4
C-26 Metroliner		USA	Cargo/Transport	C-26E	11
C-31 Troopship		Netherlands	Cargo/Transport	C-31A	2
Gulfstream C-37		USA	Cargo/Transport	C-37A C-37B	2 1
EO-5		Canada	Reconnaissance	EO-5C	5[52]	Previously designated as RC-7B
RC-12 Huron		USA	Reconnaissance	RC-12D RC-12H RC-12K	12 6 18
Cessna UC-35		USA	Utility aircraft	UC-35A UC-35B	20 7
Helicopters
AH-6 Little Bird		USA	Attack helicopter	MH/AH-6M	47
AH-64 Apache		USA	Attack helicopter	AH-64D AH-64E	756
CH-47 Chinook		USA	Cargo helicopter	CH-47D CH-47F	394 48
EH-60 Black Hawk		USA	Electronic-warfare helicopter	EH-60A	64
MH-47 Chinook		USA	Multi-mission helicopter	MH-47G	27
MH-60 Black Hawk		USA	Multi-mission helicopter	MH-60K MH-60L	23 35
OH-58 Kiowa		USA	Observation helicopter	OH-58A OH-58C OH-58D OH-58F	60[53]	Two squadrons remain as of April 2016
TH-67 Creek		USA  Canada	Trainer helicopter	TH-67	180
UH-60 Black Hawk		USA	Utility helicopter	UH-60A UH-60L UH-60M	751 592 100[54][55]	1227 planned
UH-72 Lakota		USA  Europe	Utility helicopter	UH-72A	250	345 planned[56]
STOL
DHC-6 Twin Otter		Canada	Utility STOL aircraft	UV-18A	6

Notes

Vessels

The Army still operates several vessels.^[57]

Name	Image	Type	Versions	Quantity
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
Name	Pattern name(s)	Pattern	Image	Notes
Army Combat Uniform (ACU)	Universal Camouflage Pattern or MultiCam			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			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

A Modular Sleep System in use

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

• 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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