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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[edit] Bayonets, knives, bayonet-knife models

In active service (all branches)

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

Out of service (obsolete)

[edit] Swords (incomplete)

In active service (all branches)

Out of service

  • Model 1832 Foot Artillery Sword
  • Model 1840 Light Artillery Sabre
  • Model 1872 Mounted Artillery Officers' Sabre
  • Model 1840 Army Noncommissioned Officers' Sword
  • Model 1840 Army Musicians' Sword
  • Model 1812/13 Starr Cavalry Sabre
  • Model 1818 Starr Cavalry Sabre
  • Model 1833 Dragoon Sabre
  • Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Sabre
  • Model 1860 Light Cavalry Sabre
  • Model 1872 Light Cavalry Sabre
  • Model 1906 Light Cavalry Sabre
  • Model 1913 "Patton" Cavalry Saber
  • Model 1832 Army Foot Officers' Sword
  • Model 1832 Army General & Staff Officers' Sword
  • Model 1832 Army Medical Staff Officers' Sword
  • Model 1839 Army Topographical Engineer Officers' Sword
  • Model 1840 Army Foot Officers' Sword
  • Model 1840 Army General & Staff Officers' Sword
  • Model 1840 Army Medical Staff Officers' Sword
  • Model 1840 Army Pay Department Officers' Sword
  • Model 1840 Army Engineer Officers' Sword
  • Model 1850 Army Foot Officers' Sword
  • Model 1850 Army Staff & Field Officers' Sword
  • Model 1872 Army Line & Staff Officers' Sword
  • Model 1830 Navy Officers' Sword
  • Model 1841 Navy Officers' Sword
  • Model 1834 Revenue Cutter Service Officers' Sword
  • Model 1870 Revenue Cutter Service Officers' Sword
  • Model 1797 Starr Naval Cutlass
  • Model 1808 Starr Naval Cutlass
  • Mayweg & Nippes "Baltimore" Naval Cutlass, c. 1810
  • Model 1816 Starr Naval Cutlass
  • Model 1826 Starr Naval Cutlass
  • Model 1841 Naval Cutlass
  • Model 1861 Naval Cutlass
  • Model 1917 Naval Cutlass
  • Marine Noncommissioned Officers' Sword, c.1832–1859
  • Marine Officers' Mameluke Sword, 1826–59
  • West Point Cadets' Sword, c. 1850
  • West Point Cadets' Sword, Model 1872

[edit] 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)

  • Ruger Mk II (Integrally Suppressed variant; Automatic Pistol, .22 LR) (Navy SEALs)
  • M15 General Officers (RIA compact conversion of M1911A1; Pistol, .45 ACP)
  • Mk 1 Mod 0 Underwater Defense Gun (Pistol, Mk 59 Mod 0) (Navy SEALs)
  • S&W M15 (K38 Combat Masterpiece; Revolver, .38 Special) (USAF)
  • Mk 22 Mod 0 (Smith & Wesson Model 39; Suppressed Pistol, 9x19mm Parabellum) (special forces)
  • Browning HP (Automatic Pistol, 9x19mm Parabellum) (special forces)
  • Colt M1903 (Colt; Pistol, .32 ACP) (General Officers)
  • Colt M1908 (Colt; Pistol, .380 ACP) (General Officers)
  • M1917 (Colt and Smith & Wesson; Revolver, .45 ACP)
  • M1911 (Colt Model 1911; Pistol, .45 ACP)
  • M1909 Army (Colt; Revolver, .45 Colt ('Long Colt'))
  • M1908 Army (Colt; Revolver, .38 Special)
  • M1905 Marine (Colt; Revolver, .38 Long Colt)
  • M1903 Army (Colt; Revolver, S&W .38 Special/.38 Long Colt)
  • M1899/M1901/M1902 Revolver (Smith & Wesson; Revolver, .38 Long Colt)
  • M1896 Revolver (Colt; Revolver, .38 Long Colt)
  • M1892/M1894 Army (Colt; Revolver, .38 Long Colt)
  • M1889 Navy (Colt; Revolver, .38 Long Colt)
  • M1873 (Colt Single Action Army; Revolver, .45 Colt)
  • M1865/M1867 Navy (Remington; Rolling Block Pistol, .50 cartridge)
  • Smith and Wesson No. 2 (Revolver, .32)
  • Savage Figure Eight (Savage; revolver, .36)
  • Star Model 1863 (Star; Revolver, .44)
  • M1861 Navy Revolver (Colt; Revolver, .36)
  • M1860 Army Revolver (Colt; Revolver, .44)
  • New Model Army (Remington; Revolver, .44)
  • LeMat Revolver (Revolver, .41/.63, .35/.5)
  • Spiller and Burr (Revolver, .36)
  • Remington New Model Revolver (Revolver, .44)
  • Remington Model 1861 ('Old Model'; Revolver, .44)
  • Remington-Beals Revolver (Revolver, .36)
  • M1851 Navy (Colt; Revolver, .36)
  • M1849 Pocket Pistol (Colt; Revolver)
  • Colt Dragoon Revolver (1st/2nd/3rd) (Colt; Revolver, .44)
  • M1847 Pistol (Walker Colt; Revolver, .44)
  • M1842 Navy ('Model 1842 Ames pistol'; Ames/Deringer; Percussion Pistol, .54)
  • M1842 Pistol ('Model 1842 Aston pistol', Aston/Johnson; Percussion Pistol, .54)
  • M1836 flintlock pistol (.54)
  • M1816 flintlock pistol (.54)
  • Harpers Ferry Model 1805 (Flintlock pistol, .54)
  • M1799 flintlock pistol (North & Cheney; .69)

Experimental

[edit] Shotguns

The Army designated all shotguns they acquired in 1917 as "Trench Gun, Model 1917", regardless of manufacturer or whether they were in trench-, riot-, or training-gun configuration

In active service

Out of service (obsolete)

  • Remington 7188 (Full-auto 12 gauge) (SEAL only)
  • Ithaca M37 (Pump-action 12 gauge)
  • M1917 Trench Gun (Remington Model 10 pump-action 12 gauge)
  • Winchester Model 1912 (Pump-action 12 gauge)
  • Winchester Model 1897 (Pump-action 12 gauge)
  • Springfield Model 1881 Forager (20 gauge)
  • Various Civil War Shotguns

Experimental

[edit] Submachine guns

In active service

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

Out of service (obsolete)

Experimental

  • HK SMG II (9x19mm Parabellum)
  • HK 54A1 (9x19mm Parabellum)
  • HK MP2000 (9x19mm Parabellum)

[edit] Carbines

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

Out of service

Experimental

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)

  • M202/A1 "Flash" (Multi-shot rocket launcher, 66 mm)
  • M1/M2/M9 flame thrower
  • XM148 (Grenade launcher, 40x46mm)
  • M72/A1/A2/A3/A4 LAW (Disposable Rocket Launcher, 66 mm)
  • M67 (Recoilless Rifle, 90 mm)
  • M20 (Recoilless Rifle, 75 mm)
  • M18 (Recoilless Rifle, 57 mm)
  • M20A1/M20A1B1 (recoilless Rocket launcher, 3.5 inch)
  • M9/A1 (recoilless rocket launcher, 2.36 inch)
  • M1/A1 (recoilless rocket launcher, 2.36 inch)

Experimental

[edit] 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

  • XM48/E1/E2/E3
  • XM58
  • EX 1 Mod 0
  • EX 2 Mod 0
  • Model 308-1 (Never standardized)
  • Kilgore/Schermuly Stun
  • T13 Beano Grenade

[edit] Sensors, lasers, designators

Some of these are crew-served

  • AN-PEQ-2/A
  • AN/PEQ-6
  • AN/PAQ-3
  • AN/PAQ-4A/C (Infrared aiming light)
  • AN/PAS-13 (TWS)
  • AN/PVS-10 (SNS)
  • AN/PEM-1 (LBS)
  • AN/PVS-4
  • AN/PVS-5 (NVG)
  • AN/PVS-7B(NVG)
  • AN/TVS-5

[edit] Less-lethal/non-lethal

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

Out of service (obsolete)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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