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This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces. ... Mk 12 Mod 0/1 Special Purpose Rifle (5.56×45mm NATO) (US Navy, USMC, SOCOM)
The FN SCAR (Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle) [3] is a family of gas-operated short-stroke gas piston [4] automatic rifles developed by Belgian manufacturer FN Herstal (FN) in 2004. [5] It is constructed with modularity for the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to satisfy the requirements of the SCAR competition. [6]
M4A1 currently the standard service rifle of the United States Army. M16A2: Assault rifle: Colt Manufacturing Company: 5.56×45mm NATO: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard: Virtually phased out, still in limited service. M16A3, M16A4: Assault rifle: Colt Manufacturing Company: 5.56×45mm NATO: Army, Marine Corps
The program was an outgrowth of the desire by both US Army and Navy special operations forces for a rifle with greater effective range than an M4 carbine but shorter than an SR-25. The SPR program appears to have grown out of both the SOPMOD Block I program, and the U.S. Navy SEALs Recon Rifle, a 16" flat-topped M16 carbine. Early models ...
The United States Army uses various equipment in the course of their work. Small arms Firearms Model Image Caliber Type Origin Details Pistols SIG Sauer M17 9×19mm NATO Pistol United States SIG Sauer P320 – US Army Standard Issue Sidearm. Winner of the Modular Handgun System competition. Replaced all M9 and M11 pistols in service. Glock 26 9×19mm NATO Pistol Austria Glock 26 – limited ...
United States special operations forces (SOF) are the active and reserve component forces of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force within the US military, as designated by the Secretary of Defense and specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations.
United States Air Force (USAF) F4 Phantom IIs during Operation Desert Shield. USAF F-16s and F-15s over oil fires set by withdrawing Iraqi forces in Kuwait. Helicopters. Bell AH-1F Cobra ; Bell AH-1J SeaCobra (USMC) Bell AH-1T Improved SeaCobra (USMC) Bell AH-1W SuperCobra (United States Marine Corps) Boeing AH-64A Apache (Army) Boeing CH-46D ...
The Special Operations Assault Rifle (SOAR) is an assault rifle manufactured by FERFRANS and designed as an improvement of the M4 carbine. ... United States: Limited ...