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.

Ammunition

4.6x30mm

5.56×45mm NATO

• M855A1
• Mk 262 Mod 1

7.62x51mm NATO

• M80 Ball
• M118LR

.300 Winchester Magnum

9×19mm Parabellum

.40 S&W

.45 ACP

.50 BMG

• M33 Ball
• M8 Armor Piercing Incediary
• M903 SLAP
• Mk 211 Mod 0

12 Gauge

Weapons

Name	Type	Branches	Quality	Notes	Picture
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, Air Force
M240 MMG	Medium machine gun	all
M2 HMG	Heavy machine gun	all
Vehicle weapons
M61	Six-barrelled Gatling gun	all

Vehicles

Aerospace vehicles

Name	Type	Branches	Quantity	Notes	Picture
Aircraft
A-10 Thunderbolt II	Attack Aircraft	Air Force	245
B-1 Lancer	Strategic bomber	Air Force	66	To be replaced
B-2 Spirit	Strategic bomber	Air Force	20	Stealth Bomber
B-52 Stratofortress	Strategic bomber	Air Force	77
C-5 Galaxy	Cargo Aircraft	Air Force	111
C-17 Globemaster III	Cargo Aircraft	Air Force	190	Total planned 223
C-130 Hercules	Cargo Aircraft	Air Force, Marines	700
Alena C-27J Spartan	Cargo aircraft	Air Force	4	38
F-15 Eagle	Multirole Fighter	Air Force	578	Being partially replaced by the F-22
F-16 Fighting Falcon	Multirole Fighter	Air Force	1135	To be replaced F-35A
F/A-18 Hornet	Multirole Fighter	Marines, Navy	746	To be replaced F-35C
AV-8B Harrier II	V/STOL ground-attack aircraft	Marines	146	To be replaced F-35B
F-22 Raptor	Fighter Aircraft	Air Force	187
KC-135 Stratotanker	Tanker Aircraft	Air Force	419	To be replaced by the KC-46
P-3 Orion	Maritime patrol aircraft	Navy	170	To be replaced P-8 Poseidon
T-1 Jayhawk	Trainer Aircraft	Air Force	179
Pilatus PC-6	STOL Passenger and utility aircraft	Air Force and Army
T-6 Texan II	Trainer Aircraft	Air Force	337
T-34 Mentor	Trainer Aircraft	Navy	230
T-38 Talon	Trainer Aircraft	Air Force	480
T-45 Goshawk	Trainer Aircraft	Navy	218
OA-10 Thunderbolt II	Observation Aircraft	Air Force	110
RQ-7	Surveillance aircraft	Army, Marines	100+
RQ-11 Raven	Surveillance aircraft	Army, Air Force
MQ-1 Predator	Combat aircraft	Air Force	200
UH-60 Black Hawk	Utility helicopter	Army	1350
AH-1	Attack Helicopter	Marines	168	To be replaced AH-1Z Viper
AH-64 Apache	Attack Helicopter	Army	750
UH-72 Lakota	Light utility helicopter	Army	138	345
CH-46 Sea Knight	Cargo Helicopter	Marines	221
CH-47 Chinook	Cargo Helicopter	Army	450	190 on order
CH-53 Sea Stallion	Cargo Helicopter	Marines	175
EH-60	Electronic-Warfare Helicopter	Army	65
HH-60 Pave Hawk	Search and Rescue Helicopter	Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard	190
HH-65 Dolphin	Search and Rescue Helicopter	Coast Guard	100
MH-60	Multi-mission Helicopter	Army, Navy	180
V-22 Osprey	Cargo Helicopter	Marines, Air Force	77
OH-58 Kiowa	Observation Helicopter	Army	700
SH-60 Seahawk	Multi-mission Helicopter	Navy	190
TH-57 Sea Ranger	Training Helicopter	Navy	130
TH-67 Creek	Training Helicopter	Army	200
UH-1 Iroquois	Utility Helicopter	Army, Marines, Air Force	875
Mil Mi-8	Transport helicopter	Air Force	unknown	Training purposes
Spacecraft
Delta IV	Orbital launch vehicle	Irrelevant	Irrelevant
Global Positioning System	Navigation and Timing	All	30

Land vehicles

Name	Type	Branches	Quantity	Notes	Picture
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
M777	Howitzer	Army Marines	283 511
HIMARS	Multiple rocket launcher	Army Marines	380 40
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

Watercraft

Name	Type	Branches	Quantity	Notes	Picture
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

Attire

Main article: Uniforms of the United States Military

See also: List of camouflage patterns#North America N-Z

List of current camouflage patterns and uniforms
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.	and
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.
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.

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