List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces

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

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces. While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case for both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles. Within the Table of Organization and Equipment for both the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, these two classes of weapons are considered as crew-served; the operator of the weapon has an assistant who carries additional ammunition and associated equipment, acts as a spotter, and is also fully qualified in the operation of the weapon. These weapons are listed under the List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. armed forces.

Bayonets, knives, and bayonet-knife models

In active service (some branches or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

Grenades

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".

In active service

In active service (some branches or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

Sidearms

File:M1911A1 and M9 DA-SC-91-10188.jpg
The M1911A1 and M9 pistol.

In active service

In active service (some branches or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

File:U.S. Model 1836 Flintlock Pistol.jpg
U.S. Model 1836 flintlock pistol, on display at Sutter's Fort

Canceled experiments and competitions

Less-lethal

In active service (some branches or limited roles)

  • FN 303 semi-automatic less-lethal riot gun
  • M37 MRCD (Mid-size Riot Control Disperser) compressed air weapon[12][13]

Out of service (obsolete)

Rifles

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

File:National Firearms Museum, Vietnam-era rifles.jpg
Weapons from Vietnam and Desert Storm at the National Firearms Museum.[14]

In active service (some branches or limited roles)


Out of service (obsolete)

Semi and fully automatic

Bolt action

Breech loading

Lever action

Rifled muskets

Smoothbore muskets

Experimental

Canceled experiments

  • Textron CT System (Olin Winchester CT 6.8mm polymer-cased telescoped cartridge) (US Army) - not selected for NGSW program.
  • General Dynamics RM277 (True Velocity .277 TVCM polymer-cased cartridge) (US Army) - not selected for NGSW program.
  • Desert Tech MDRx (PCP Ammunition 6.8mm polymer case-metal cartridge) (US Army) - not selected for NGSW program
  • LSAT rifle (not adopted, superseded by NGSW-R).
  • FN-America HAMR (Federal Cartridge Company 6.8mm cartridge) (United States Marine Corps) - not selected for IAR program
  • XM8 rifle - not adopted (5.56×45mm NATO)
  • XM29 (5.56×45mm NATO and 20 mm airburst munition (XM1018)(early)/25 mm airburst munition) - program canceled
  • Advanced Combat Rifle program entries (concluded 1991)
  • Misc. Future Rifle Program entries (canceled)
  • Special Purpose Individual Weapon (SPIW) program entries - concluded/canceled)

Carbines

In active service

In active service (some branches or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

Canceled experiments and competitions

Shotguns

In active service

In active service (some branches or limited roles)

Out of service/Canceled

Experimental

Submachine guns

In active service (some branches or limited roles)

Out of service (obsolete)

Swords

File:Marines01.jpg
Five U.S. Marine Corps privates with fixed bayonets under the command of their noncommissioned officer, who displays his M1859 Marine NCO sword.

In active service

Out of service

  • Model 1832 Foot Artillery Sword
  • Model 1840 Light Artillery Saber
  • Model 1872 Mounted Artillery Officers' Saber
  • Model 1840 Army Musicians' Sword
  • Model 1812/13 Starr Cavalry Saber
  • Model 1818 Starr Cavalry Saber
  • Model 1833 Dragoon Saber
  • Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber
  • Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber
  • Model 1872 Light Cavalry Saber
  • Model 1906 Light Cavalry Saber
  • 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 1860 Army Field & Staff 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, Model 1872
  • West Point Cadets' Sword, c. 1837

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  9. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. https://www.guns.com/news/2023/10/03/geissele-wins-29-million-socom-sniper-rifle-contract Template:Bare URL inline
  17. https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2023/09/05/us-socom-selects-geissele-automatics-mrgg-s/ Template:Bare URL inline
  18. United States Department of Defense
  19. https://www.twz.com/land/new-rifles-chambered-in-6-5mm-creedmoor-heading-to-u-s-special-operations-armories
  20. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. Canfield, Bruce N. American Rifleman (April 2009) p.40
  22. Canfield, Bruce N. American Rifleman (April 2009) pp.56-76
  23. https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2023/01/18/shot-show-2023-fn-americas-new-individual-weapon-system/ Template:Bare URL inline
  24. https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/potd-fn-america-licc-iws-44817088 Template:Bare URL inline
  25. https://soldiersystems.net/2025/06/11/nsns-for-lightweight-intermediate-caliber-carbine/ Template:Bare URL inline
  26. US Air Force Materiel Command. Air Force Instruction 36-2226, Combat Arms Program, Supplement 1. Wright-Patterson AFB: US Air Force Materiel Command, 2004.
  27. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  28. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  29. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:US military navbox Template:ModernUSInfWeaponsNav