The firearms the US has issued has changed greatly over the years, until 1960. The M-16 A2 assault rifle is standard issue for the US Marines, and has been for over 40 years. The US Army uses the M-16 and its variants, including the M-4 in some special forces operations.
Standard issue weapons include:
There'll be various weapons used by select units, as well, such as the Heckler & Koch HK416, FN SCAR, MP5 etc.
Weapons such as the M60 and M240 machine guns are crew served, thus, they are not properly classed as 'small arms', but they can be operated as individual weapons in certain applications.
Special Forces and Delta Force are bound to have other weapons types available to them not listed here.
You mean what is the US Military using? There is a wide variety used by the US military but the most common would be the M-16 or M-4 rifles and the M-9 pistol. There are also several others like the M-240, maybe some M-249s, and a number of special firearms.
The main assault rifle is the m4 or m16 depending on the mission, the main side arm is the m9 handgun, the main sniper rifle is either the m40, m82, or m14 again depending on the mission, the main light machine gun is the m249 or the m240 once again dependent on what the mission calls for, the grenade launcher is the m203 that ussaly mounted underneath the m4 or the m16, the main crew operated machine gun is the browning m2 which is mounted usually on a tripod or an armored vehicle, the anti tank weapon being used is either the LAW used also in Vietnam or the at4.
The standard issue pistol is the Beretta M9, which is a variant of the Beretta 92 series. Other pistols issued to select units for niche role applications include the Sig Sauer P226, Sig Sauer P229, and Heckler & Koch USP45.
The Beretta M9 is standard (itself a variation of the Beretta 92FS). The Sig P229 and Heckler & Koch USP pistols see some use with select units.
The types of rifles currently used by the US military include the M16A2, the M16A4, and the M4 Carbine. Other models used are the M14 SMUD, the SCAR-H Mk 17, and the M24 SWS.
The main caliber for the US military is 5.56mm for rifles and 9mm for handguns.
Yes, and no. The US Military does not sell guns to ANYONE. However, there are FORMER military rifles that are legally sold. This includes rifles used through the 1950s that are not fully automatic (machine guns). My very legal collection includes military rifles from Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Italy, Switzerland, the US, Columbia, Argentina, China and Japan.
Yes, in the early years of the US Civil war the South used hunting rifles such as the Hawken and Kentcuky rifles and shotguns due too the shortage of military rifles, they remained in service until 1863.
Colt's Manufacturing made the majority of the M16 rifles, and all of the M4 rifles, purchased by the US military. Fabrique Nationale would come in second, providing some of the M16 rifles, and all of the M249 and M240 machine guns.
M16A2 & M16A4 rifles and M4 series carbines.
Marlin has manufactured machineguns and submachineguns for the US military, as well as making M1Garand barrels, and parts for M1 Carbines.
This was a term used for certain US military rifles- the bores were checked using a special guage. Rifles that were found to have a high degree of uniformity to the rifling were marked at the muzzle with a star. Today, these might be known as "Match" quality.
By the US military, up thru the 1880s- although some repeater rifles were used in the mid 1860s. The last of the single shot rifles was the Springfield "trap door" rifle in 45-70. It was replaced by the bolt action Krag in 30-40 cailber.
By which side? The US and its allies used 7.62x51 for their sniper rifles. The North Vietnamese typically used 7.62x54R for theirs.
The M14 and M16 were both new rifles which debuted while the US was involved in Vietnam to some extent. The M14 is the battle rifle - the M16 is an assault rifle.
C&R.
Springfield The M1903-A1 and M1903-A4 .30-06 rifles with a variety of scopes were used by most US snipers during WW 2. The Unertl 8X was the scope preferred by the USMC. the military also made limited use of M1 garand sniper rifles.