List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
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Individual weapons by type and current level of use. The list is weighted towards 20th and 21st century army weapons and is not complete. Furthermore, this does not include non-standard issue weapons used by United States Special Operations Forces in the course of their operations.

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Bayonets, knives, bayonet-knife models

In active service (all branches)

In active service (some branches, secondary or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

Swords

In active service (all branches)

Out of service

Sidearms

In active service (all branches)

  • M9 (Beretta 92F/FS; Pistol ('Personal Defense Weapon'), 9x19mm Parabellum)
  • M11 (SIG Sauer P228; Pistol, 9x19mm NATO)

In active service (some branches, secondary or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

Experimental

Shotguns

In active service

Out of service (obsolete)

Experimental

Submachine guns

In active service

In active service (some branches, secondary or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

Experimental

Carbines

In active service (some branches, secondary or limited roles)

Out of service

Experimental

Rifles

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

In active service (all branches)

In active service (some branches, secondary or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

Experimental

Squad assault weapon/automatic rifle and sniper/marksman rifles

While some machine guns like the M249 SAW have over time been individually used in infantry crew-served weapons, modern ones are classified as crew-served only and normally used as such. The same is true for sniper rifles. In both cases, some have been used as the reverse of official classifications, and for many, there is no historical classification.

Anti-tank/assault

Some of these are crew-served.

In active service

  • M3 MAAWS (Recoilless rifle, 84 mm)
  • M136 (Bofors AT4; Disposable recoilless rifle, 84 mm)
  • M141 SMAW-D (Disposable rocket launcher, 83 mm)
  • M203A1/A2 (Grenade launcher, 40x46mm)
  • Mk 153 Mod 0 SMAW (Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon; rocket launcher, 83 mm)
  • Mk 40 Mod 0 SRAW "Predator" (Short Range Assault Weapon; missile launcher)
  • FGM148 "Javelin" (127mm Infrared Guided Shoulder Launched Anti-tank/Emplacement Missile)

In active service (some branches, secondary or limited roles)

  • M32 MGL (Multiple-Shot Grenade Launcher, 40x46mm)
  • M79 (Grenade Launcher, 40x46mm)
  • M72A5/A6/A7 LAW (Disposable Rocket Launcher, 66 mm)

Out of service (obsolete)

Experimental

Grenades

See also: United States hand grenades and United States 40 mm grenades

In active service

In active service (some branches, secondary or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

  • M25/A1
  • M7/A1/A2
  • M6/A1
  • Mk 1 Mod 0/1/2/3
  • M34
  • M16
  • M15
  • M8
  • M33
  • M61
  • M26/A1
  • Mk III/IIIA1/IIIA2 (aka Mk 3/A1/A2)
  • Mk II/IIA1 (aka Mk 2/2A1) (Frag)
  • M1 Frangible
  • Ketchum Grenade (Civil War era)

Experimental

Sensors, lasers, designators

Some of these are crew-served

Less-lethal/non-lethal

In active service (some branches, secondary or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Titanium Knives, Military Survival Knives, Scuba Knives". Missionknives.com. Retrieved on 2008-09-08.

External links

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