List of individual weapons of the U.S. armed forces

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces, sorted by type and current level of use. This list does not include a number of weapons used by Special Operations Forces, as their specific equipment is mostly unknown and some Special Operations Forces weapons are only used by a few operators.

Contents

[edit] Anti-tank/assault

Some of these are crew-served.

In active service
U.S. Army soldiers firing an FGM-148 Javelin.
In active service (some branches or limited roles)
Out of service (obsolete)
Experimental

[edit] Bayonets, knives, bayonet-knife models

In active service (some branches or limited roles)
Out of service (obsolete)

[edit] Grenades

In active service
In active service (some branches or limited roles)
Out of service (obsolete)
Experimental

[edit] Handguns

The M1911A1 and M9 pistol.
In active service
In active service (some branches limited roles)
Out of service (obsolete)/Canceled experiments

[edit] Less-lethal

In active service (some branches or limited roles)
Out of service (obsolete)

[edit] Rifles

Includes muskets, musketoons, etc., as well as rifles

Rifles of the Vietnam era.
In active service
In active service (some branches or limited roles)
Out of service (obsolete)/Canceled experiments

[edit] Carbines

In active service
In active service (some branches or limited roles)
Out of service (obsolete) including canceled experiments
Experimental

[edit] Shotguns

In active service
In active service (some branches or limited roles)
Out of service (obsolete)/Canceled experiments

[edit] Submachine guns

In active service (some branches or limited roles)
Out of service (obsolete)
Experimental

[edit] Swords

Pictured by an unknown photographer, five U.S. Marine Corps privates with fixed bayonets under the command of their noncommissioned officer (NCO), who displays his M1859 Marine NCO sword. Navy Yard, Washington, DC, April 1864. From a collection of photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
In active service
Out of service

[edit] Machine guns and sniper rifles

In Active Service
In Active Service (some branches or limited roles)
Out of Service (obsolete)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Titanium Knives, Military Survival Knives, Scuba Knives". Missionknives.com. http://www.missionknives.com/products/mpk.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 
  2. ^ Bando, Mark (2001). 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy. Zenith Imprint. p. 31. ISBN 9780760308554. http://books.google.com/?id=MdTVVK2J4CMC. 
  3. ^ "LC-14-B Woodman's Pal". Military Tools with an Edge. Olive-Drab. http://www.olive-drab.com/od_edged_weapons_tools_lc14b.php. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
  4. ^ a b Nalty, Bernard C. (1999). War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay: the Story of the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, Featuring Commissioned Photographs of Artifacts from All the Major Combatants. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780806131993. http://books.google.com/?id=Cd3fql_JoO4C. 
  5. ^ "Machetes". Military Tools with an Edge. Olive-Drab. http://www.olive-drab.com/od_edged_weapons_tools_machete.php. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
  6. ^ "USMC Hospital Corpsman Knife". Military Tools with an Edge. Olive-Drab. http://www.olive-drab.com/od_edged_weapons_tools_usmc_hosp.php. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
  7. ^ Levine, Bernard (September 1993). "World War I Bolo". National Knife Magazine. http://pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/bolo.txt. 
  8. ^ "M-1909 Bolo Knife Basic Information". Bolo Knives. The Springfield Edge. http://springfieldedge.com/bolo_knife_m-1909.html. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
  9. ^ "M-1904 Hospital Corps Knife Basic Information". Hospital Corps Bolo Knives. The Springfield Edge. http://springfieldedge.com/hospital_kinfe_m-1887.html. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
  10. ^ "M-1887 Hospital Corps Knife Basic Information". Hospital Corps Bolo Knives. The Springfield Edge. http://springfieldedge.com/hospital_kinfe_m-1887.html. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
  11. ^ Heckler & Koch History
  12. ^ Mid-size Riot Control Disperser (MRCD), XM37
  13. ^ SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS
  14. ^ MOSSBERG 590 SHOTGUN
  15. ^ REMINGTON M870 SHOTGUN
  16. ^ Weapons and Equipment of the Infantry and Special Ops (Page 2)
  17. ^ HECKLER AND KOCH MP5 SMG
  18. ^ US Air Force Material Command. Air Force Instruction 36-2226, Combat Arms Program, Supplement 1. Wright-Patterson AFB: US Air Force Material Command, 2004.
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export