Talk:List of equipment of the United States Army/Archive 1

Mark 23 Mod 0 Pistol
"Other, less commonly issued sidearms include the M11, used by Special Agents of the CID,[7][8][9] and the MK23, used by some Army Special Forces units.[10]"

Okay, I read all of source #10 and nothing states that "some Army Special Forces units" use it. In fact, it states seemingly the opposite, that "The SOCOM pistol reportedly met with less than complete enthusiasm on the part of operators, due to its massive size". Spartan198 (talk) 23:57, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Adding weapons/ammunition
Please follow the already-established format for the addition of weapons and ammunition.

That is to say:


 * Designate all ammunition as it is designated by the United States (U.S.) Army (7.62x51mm NATO, NOT .308 Winchester).
 * Designate all weapons as they are designated by the U.S. Army (Mk15 Sniper Rifle, NOT MacMillan Tac-50).
 * In the weapons section, list some vital facts of the weapon (rate-of-fire, range, magazine, related weapons, etc.), don't just state things.
 * Cite your source (just copy the code from the original article if you're lazy).
 * Remember that this is U.S. Army (NOT "military" weapons, NOT Navy, NOT Marines, NOT Air Force).
 * Remember that this page is basically a meta-list, an overview of equipment and some important facts, consistent with a quick fact-sheet. If the reader needs more information, they shall click the link. --Nutarama (talk) 23:51, 10 February 2010 (UTC)


 * "In the weapons section, list some vital facts of the weapon (rate-of-fire, range, magazine, related weapons, etc.), don't just state things." Since the weapons section has been redesigned, this is no longer necessary. Stick to the table columns. Stratocaster27''t@lk 06:43, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Cheytac Intervention
There is no proof that the Army or any US force besides in testing stages with the Delta regiment of the Army the Cheytac Intervention rifle and was probably just put here by someone who saw it in the popular video Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.89.216 (talk) 05:36, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

M1 tanks in inventory quantities.
Ok several things here.

1) Used here data is not correct, nor backed up by official sources and literature on the subject.

Richard Hunnicutt in his Abrams : A History Of The American Main Battle Tank gives such numbers:

2374 M1 tanks, 894 M1IP tanks. Steven Zaloga in his book M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank 1982-1992 have the same numbers. Zaloga also gives information that by April 1993 there was 4802 M1A1's manufactured for US Armed Forces. This gives a total of 8070 M1, M1IP and M1A1/A1HA tanks manufactured up to 1993. Around 400 M1A1HA/HC tanks were manufactured for USMC + unknown numbers of M1A1HC tanks for US.Army. But with 77 originally manufactured for US Armed Forces M1A2 tanks the total manufactured for US M1 tanks is: 8547 (without unknown numbers of M1A1HC tanks manufactured for US.Army.

UN armament registry gives a number of 6,242 tank in active service.

Carl Schulze in his book Iraq Insurgency - US Armored Vehicles in Action Part 2, gives such numbers : Between 1985-1988 there were 2,388 M1A1 tanks manufactured and from 1988 to 1993 a total of 2164 M1A1HA and M1A1HA+ tanks were manufactured for US Armed forces, this gives a total 4552 of M1A1 tanks manufactured for US Armed Forces.

2) We know that all tanks for Egypt were not from stocks of US.Army but from new build kits in US and then transported to Egypt for assembly there. We know that Kuwaiti M1A2's were new builds not from US stocks, same with allmost all M1A2's for Saudi Arabia. The only exported tanks from US stocks were for Iraq and Australia.

So the numbers are just incorrect.

True that currently US.Army have in active service only around 2000 M1 tanks + USMC 400 + some active within ARNG, rest are stored somewhere in US and some in POMCUS sites.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod101/sys/land/wsh2011/16.pdf US goverment also give numbers of completely lost tanks in ODS and OIF, still these numbers are around only 100 tanks.

So why earlier there was serious underestimation with US.Army tanks in inventory? Especially that no official source says that tanks are sold off from stocks are going to be scrapped.

So can I please that someone will keep an eye on the correct numbers and will read serious sources.

Also I wan't to point out that total numbers of M2 IFV's and M3 CFV's are also low and incorrect. I will search in books about total numbers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DamianPL (talk • contribs) 17:34, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Page Cleanup
This page needs some serious clean up in the Aircraft area, but I have no clue how to fix it, can anyone who does fix this please? -Mance1462 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.35.96.173 (talk) 02:18, 16 August 2013 (UTC)


 * The aircraft section need to be repaired but I'm not sure how to do it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.98.243.204 (talk) 22:04, 18 August 2013 (UTC)


 * There seems to be a lot of problems and disagreements with the aircraft section. This is especially true with the List of active United States military aircraft page having a more complete aircraft section.  Except for the UAVs, I don't see why this page needs an aircraft section and propose removing it. America789 (talk) 18:31, 10 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Since the Army still actively operates transport/recon aircraft and helicopters, there's no need to remove them from this page. Probaby a lot of people visiting this page wouldn't learn that otherwise.Stratocaster27''t@lk 06:43, 25 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I've done a lot of page cleanup recently. Most of my edits were to get the page comparable to similar articles- tables, images, info, etc. It was in pretty haphazard shape; I think its pretty decent now. Stratocaster27''t@lk 06:43, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Field Equipement
Everything in this section seems to be unsourced or copy/pasted from the only source. it also seems to have been deleted previously - hence why someone has included a dirct address not delete it in the text. that dosn't seem good. should it all go? Archon1212 (talk) 10:13, 1 August 2016 (UTC)


 * It reads like an ad. It needs to be cleaned up and watched. --2602:304:68B0:9D70:7021:6D74:8436:B4A6 (talk) 20:39, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Sig Sauer, Inc.
Since 1990 when Sig Sauer began production in New Hampshire all new designs have been USA designs which are primarily made in the USA. Some models are exported to Sig Sauer, GMBH for sale in Europe, but not all. Sig Sauer, Inc. is a USA company. Sig Sauer is a US based company unless it is Sig Sauer GMBH. Sig Sauer had NO Swiss based factories. SIG has NO firearms business whatever (they do food processing equipment, only) Digitallymade (talk) 14:35, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Incorrect Model designations, incorrect pistol calibers
Many of the model numbers are incorrect having only the base number and neglecting the revision number.

Several of the pistol calibers are incorrect. There are many 9 x 19mm calibers. The US Army uses 9 x 19mm NATO

Where is the Ammunition? Where are the gunsights? Where are the Tripods? Where are the equipment webs and vests? Laser Designators, Bomb Suits, Combat eye protection, Soldier Protection system, Advanced Combat helmet, Lightweight Advanced Combat Helmet,Pelvic Protection System, FoCBA, Gen II ACH, Enhanced Combat Helmet, Gen II Helmet Sensor, Blast Gauge, CBA and many items are missing. M992A2, M160, IRB, BEB, Rapidly Emplaced Bridge, Asault Breacher Vehicle, AVLB, M104 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge, Stryker Launched Assault Bridge, HMEE-I, M1231 Husky, M1151A2, M1165A1, M7, M7E1, AN-M14, M136A1

Some model numbers for 2016/7

Digitallymade (talk) 12:50, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Beretta M9
The Beretta M9 was designed by Beretta for the M9 program and was made in Accokeek, MD.

The Beretta factory is now in Tennessee. but corporate offices are still in MD. Digitallymade (talk) 13:10, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

What caliber are the Shotgun?
Are the 12 ga 2 3/4, 3, 3 1/2?

Parts-of-a-Shotshell-and-Gauge

Digitallymade (talk) 13:30, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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Mines
Where are the land mines e.g. claymore Oscarm18 (talk) 23:24, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

M17 Country of Origin Correction
The M17 is manufactured by SIG SAUER, Inc in Newington, New Hampshire. The country attribution given to the gun on this page is incorrect. The gun is made in the United States, not Germany. Can this please be updated? 74.220.232.10 (talk) 13:10, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Jack Morris, Web Marketing Manager, SIG SAUER, Inc