The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms. The USMC has around 182,000 active duty members and some 38,500 personnel in reserve.
Portable Weapons
Pistol Beretta M9 & M9A1
(To be replaced by the M17)
Pistol Glock 19M
Used by Special Operations Forces
Pistol M45A1 CQBP
Used by Special Operations Forces
Submachine gun Heckler & Koch MP5
Used by Special Operations Forces
Assault Rifle FN SCAR
Assaukt Rifle FN SCAR-L (Mk16)
Battle Rifle FN SCAR-H (Mk17)
Used by MARSOC
Combat Vehicles
Armoured fighting vehicle AAV7A1
1311 AAV7A1
Armoured fighting vehicle LAV-25
772 LAV-25
Tactical Vehicle RG-33
950 RG-33L
Tactical Vehicle RG-31 Nyala
1395 RG-31 Mk5E
Artillery
Aircrafts
Combat aircraft, or “Warplanes”, are divided broadly into multi-role, fighters, bombers, attackers, and electronic warfare support.
187 F-18 Hornet (multirole)
Being replaced by F-35 Lightning II
97 AV-8B Harrier II+ (multirole)
Being replaced by F-35 Lightning II
57 F-35B Lightning II (multirole)
12 F-35C Lightning II (multirole)
353 F-35Bs and 67 F-35Cs planned
Military transport aircraft or military cargo aircraft are used to airlift troops, weapons and other military equipment to support military operations. Transport aircraft can be used for both strategic and tactical missions, and are often diverted to civil emergency relief missions.
4 C-12F Huron (utility)
2 C-12M Huron (utility)
12 C-12W Huron (utility)
2 C-20G (VIP)
Aerial refueling is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one military aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) during flight. The two main refueling systems are probe-and-drogue, which is simpler to adapt to existing aircraft.
Helicopters
171 UH-1Y Venom (utility)
55 AH-1W Supercobra (attack)
90 AH-1Z Viper (attack)
277 MV-22B Osprey (multi-mission)
141 CH-53E Super Stallion (transport)
Being replaced by Ch-53K King Stallion
5 CH-53K King Stallion (transport)
