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Beretta M9 (9×19mm) SIG Sauer M11 (P228) (9×19mm) SIG Sauer M17 Modular Handgun System (P320 Full-Size) (9×19mm) – Was selected by the US Army to replace the M9 after winning the XM17 Modular Handgun System competition. SIG Sauer M18 Modular Handgun System (P320 Carry) (9×19mm) – Was selected by the US Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force ...
As of January 2014, the U.S. military operates a large number of unmanned aerial systems: 7,362 RQ-11 Ravens; 990 AeroVironment Wasp IIIs; 1,137 AeroVironment RQ-20 Pumas; and 306 RQ-16 T-Hawk small UAS systems and 246 Predators and MQ-1C Gray Eagles; 126 MQ-9 Reapers; 491 RQ-7 Shadows; and 33 RQ-4 Global Hawk large systems.
A British MQ-9A Reaper operating over Afghanistan in 2009. An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, fighter drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance and carries aircraft ordnance such as missiles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), and/or bombs in hardpoints ...
The M249 SAW, M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles. BGM-71 TOW mounted on Humvee and JLTV variants, as well as M2 and M3 Bradley. The M134 Minigun fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm. The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee.
7.62×51mm NATO (.308 Winchester) (Postwar use by U.S. Navy) Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard. Mostly ceremonial. M4 carbine / M4A1. Assault rifle, Carbine. Colt Manufacturing Company. 5.56×45mm NATO. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, USSOCOM. M4A1 currently the standard service rifle of the United States Army.
Teledyne Ryan BQM-145 Peregrine, reconnaissance (1992) Teledyne Ryan Scarab. Temco XKDT Teal, target (1957) Unmanned Aeronautics GhostRay, reconnaissance (2016) [342] Unmanned Aeronautics XRay, (2016) [343] Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA) V-BAT. Vector P [344] Vera Tech Phantom Sentinel.
The following list of modern armament manufacturers presents major companies producing modern weapons and munitions for military, paramilitary, government agency and civilian use. The companies are listed by their full name followed by the short form, or common acronym, if any, in parentheses. The country the company is based in, if the ...
General Atomics Mojave. The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, one component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF).