List of currently active United States military land vehicles
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Main Battle Tank

  • M1 Abrams
    M1 Abrams
    The M1 Abrams is a third-generation main battle tank produced in the United States. It is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and Commander of US military forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972. The M1 is a well armed, heavily armored, and highly mobile tank designed for...

     5,970

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

  • M2/M3 Bradley 6,724

Armored Personnel Carriers

  • Stryker
    Stryker
    The IAV Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled, 4-wheel-drive , armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III and produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in use by the United States Army. The vehicle is named for two American servicemen who posthumously received the Medal of Honor:...

     2,988
  • LAV 25
    LAV 25
    The LAV-25 is an eight-wheeled amphibious reconnaissance vehicle used by the United States Marine Corps. It was built by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada and is based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha I 8x8 family of armored fighting vehicles....

     ~1,500
  • M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
    M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
    The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier that has formed the backbone of the United States Army's mechanized infantry units from the time of its first fielding in Vietnam in April 1962. The M113 was the most widely used armored vehicle of the U.S...

     6,000
  • Amphibious Assault Vehicle
    Amphibious Assault Vehicle
    The Assault Amphibious Vehicle —official designation AAV-7A1 is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by U.S. Combat Systems .The AAV-7A1 is the current amphibious troop transport of the United States Marine Corps...

     1,311

Light Armored Vehicles

  • High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
    High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
    The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle , better known as the Humvee, is a military 4WD motor vehicle created by AM General. It has largely supplanted the roles formerly served by smaller Jeeps such as the M151 MUTT, the M561 "Gama Goat", their M718A1 and M792 ambulance versions, the CUCV,...

     (also known as HUMVEE) ~260,000
  • Desert Patrol Vehicle
    Desert Patrol Vehicle
    The Desert Patrol Vehicle , formerly called the Fast Attack Vehicle , is a high-speed, lightly armored sandrail-like vehicle first used in combat during the Gulf War in 1991. Due to their dash speed and off-road mobility, the DPVs were used extensively during Operation Desert Storm. The first U.S...

  • Light Strike Vehicle
    Light Strike Vehicle
    The Light Strike Vehicle is an improved version of the Desert Patrol Vehicle it replaced. Several Light Strike Vehicles exist, including a version by Chenowth, the UK's Longline LSV and the Spider Light Strike Vehicle by Singapore Technologies Engineering...

  • M1117 Armored Security Vehicle
    M1117 Armored Security Vehicle
    The M1117 Guardian Armored Security Vehicle, or ASV, is an internal security vehicle manufactured by Cadillac Gage of Textron for use by the U.S. Army's Military Police Corps...

     1,836
  • Interim Fast Attack Vehicle
    Interim Fast Attack Vehicle
    The Interim Fast Attack Vehicle is a vehicle deployed and used by the United States Marine Force Recon and Marine Expeditionary Units...

  • Armet Armored Vehicles Gurkha

Mine Protected Vehicles

  • RG-31
    RG-31
    The RG-31 Nyala is a 4×4 multi-purpose mine-protected armoured personnel carrier  manufactured in South Africa by Land Systems OMC, a division of BAE Systems. It is based on the Mamba APC of TFM Industries...

     1,963
  • RG-33
    RG-33
    The RG-33 is a mine-resistant light armored vehicle initially designed by BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa a South African subsidiary of BAE Systems. BAE Systems in the US extensively modified it with additional protection, new power train and suspension systems. It was built in a number of...

     1,735
  • Buffalo
    Buffalo (mine protected vehicle)
    The Buffalo mine protected vehicle is a wheeled armored vehicle built by Force Protection Inc. It was designed based on the successful South African Casspir mine-protected vehicle. While the Casspir is a four wheeled vehicle, the Buffalo has six wheels. Buffalo is also fitted with a large...

     200
  • Cougar
    Cougar (vehicle)
    The Cougar is an armored fighting vehicle designed to be resistant to anti-vehicle mines and improvised munitions.It is a family of armored vehicles produced by Force Protection Inc, which manufactures ballistic and mine-protected vehicles. The automotives are integrated by Spartan Motors...

     ~3,500 on order
  • International MaxxPro
    International MaxxPro
    The International MaxxPro MRAP is an armored fighting vehicle designed by American company Navistar International's subsidiary Navistar Defense along with the Israeli Plasan Sasa, who designed and manufactures the vehicle's armor...

     5,250 on order
  • BAE Caiman
    BAE Caiman
    The Caiman is an armored vehicle with a V-hull design based on the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles and Low Signature Armored Cab , initially developed by Stewart & Stevenson. Stewart & Stevenson was later acquired by Armor Holdings in 2005 who developed the Caiman from the FMTV and LSAC designs...

     2,800 on order
  • Oshkosh M-ATV
    Oshkosh M-ATV
    The Oshkosh M-ATV is an MRAP vehicle developed by the Oshkosh Corporation of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It is designed to provide the same levels of protection as the larger and heavier previous MRAPs but with improved mobility and it is intended to replace M1114 HMMWVs.-Features:The M-ATV utilizes the...

     8,108 on order

Combat engineering vehicles

  • M9 Armored Combat Earthmover
    M9 Armored Combat Earthmover
    The M9 Armored Combat Earthmover is a highly mobile armored tracked vehicle that provides combat engineer support to front-line forces. Its tasks include eliminating enemy obstacles, maintenance and repair of roads and supply routes, and construction of fighting positions.-History:The M9 is a...

  • M60A1 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge
  • M88 Recovery Vehicle 698
  • M104 Wolverine
    M104 Wolverine
    The M104 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge is an armored combat engineering vehicle designed to provide deployable bridge capability for units engaged in military operations.-Background:...

  • Grader
    Grader
    A grader, also commonly referred to as a road grader, a blade, a maintainer, or a motor grader, is a construction machine with a long blade used to create a flat surface. Typical models have three axles, with the engine and cab situated above the rear axles at one end of the vehicle and a third...

  • Wheel tractor-scraper
    Wheel tractor-scraper
    In civil engineering, a wheel tractor-scraper is a piece of heavy equipment used for earthmoving.The rear part has a vertically moveable hopper with a sharp horizontal front edge. The hopper can be hydraulically lowered and raised. When the hopper is lowered, the front edge cuts into the soil or...

  • Backhoe
    Backhoe
    A backhoe, also called a rear actor or back actor, is a piece of excavating equipment or digger consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. They are typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader...

  • Caterpillar D7
    Caterpillar D7
    The Caterpillar D7 is a medium bulldozer manufactured by Caterpillar Inc.. The first D7 appeared in 1938. The D7C came next in 1955. The D7D came in 1959. The 160hp D7E in 1961...

  • Caterpillar D9
    Caterpillar D9
    Caterpillar D9 - General Characteristics Engineering Role: Heavy bulldozer Propulsion: Caterpillar tracks Engine model:CAT C18 ACERT 3408 HEUI Gross power: 464 hp D9T 474 hp D9R...

  • M816 Wrecker
    M816 Wrecker
    The M816 Medium Wrecker is part of the M-800 series of 5-ton 6x6 military trucks. It was made by AM General starting in 1970. It has a revolving hydraulic crane with an extending boom that can extend from 10-18 ft with a maximum lift capacity of 20,000 lb with outriggers and boom jacks to the ground...


Self-Propelled artillery and Anti-Air

  • Stryker Mobile Gun System
    Stryker Mobile Gun System
    The Stryker Mobile Gun System is an eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicle mounting a 105 mm tank gun, based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored vehicle. It is in service with the United States and was also being considered for adoption by several other countries, including Canada.- Design...

  • M109A6 Paladin
    M109 howitzer
    The M109 is an American-made self-propelled 155 mm howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s. It was upgraded a number of times to today's M109A6 Paladin...

     (155 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage; Full-Track) 850
  • Dragon Fire
    Dragon Fire (mortar)
    The Dragon Fire 120 mm heavy mortar was a private venture by TDA Armaments that was picked up by the US Marine Corps for its EFSS requirement. It is a fully automated mortar capable of using rifled or smoothbore 120 mm ammunition. Like all mortars it is a high-angle-of-fire weapon used for...

     (Self-Propelled Mortar)
  • M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
    M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
    The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System is an armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher; a type of rocket artillery.Since the first M270s were delivered to the U.S. Army in 1983, the MLRS has been adopted by several NATO countries. Some 1,300 M270 systems have been manufactured in the...

     991
  • High Mobility Artillery rocket system
    High Mobility Artillery rocket system
    The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is a U.S. light multiple rocket launcher mounted on a truck.The HIMARS carries six rockets or one Army Tactical Missile System missile on the U.S. Army's new Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles five-ton truck, and can launch the entire M270 Multiple...

     500
  • M901 Improved Tow Vehicle
    M901 ITV
    The M901 ITV is a United States Army armored vehicle designed to carry a dual M220 TOW launcher. It is based on the ubiquitous M113 Armored Personnel Carrier chassis.- Equipment :...

  • M1097 Avenger
    M1097 Avenger
    The Avenger Air Defense System, designated AN/TWQ-1 under the Joint Electronics Type Designation System, is a missile system which provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, low-flying fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters...

  • MIM-104 Patriot
    MIM-104 Patriot
    The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. It is manufactured by the Raytheon Company of the United States. The Patriot System replaced the Nike Hercules system as the U.S. Army's primary High to Medium...

  • Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
    Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
    Terminal High Altitude Area Defense , formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is a United States Army system to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate ballistic missiles in their terminal phase using a hit-to-kill approach. The missile carries no warhead but relies on the kinetic energy...


Prime Movers and Trucks

  • Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement
    Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement
    Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement or 7-Ton, is a six-wheel drive all-terrain vehicle used by the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy....

     7,500
  • LARC-V
    LARC-V
    LARC-V , is an aluminium-hulled amphibious cargo vehicle capable of transporting 5 tons. It was developed in the United States during the 1950s, and is used in a variety of auxiliary roles to this day....

  • Heavy Equipment Transport System
  • M35 2½ ton cargo truck
  • M939 Truck
    M939 Truck
    The M939 series 5-ton 6x6 truck is a family of United States military logistical transportation trucks which was designed in the late 1980s and has been in service ever since. About 32,000 M939 series trucks are in service...

     32,000
  • M970
    M970
    The M-970 Semi-Trailer Refueler is a fuel dispensing tanker designed for under/overwing refueling of aircraft. It is equipped with a filter/separator, recirculation system and two refueling systems, one for underwing and one for overwing servicing. The tanker is designed to be towed by a 5 ton,...

  • Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles 80,000
  • Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck
    Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck
    The Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck series is a range of eight-wheel drive diesel-powered off-road capable trucks, used by the US military. Formally described as "Truck, Cargo: 10-Ton, 8x8", it has been nicknamed the "Dragon Wagon". HEMTT trucks first went into service with the U.S...

     13,000
  • Logistics Vehicle System
    Logistics Vehicle System
    The Logistics Vehicle System , is a modular assortment of eight-wheel drive all-terrain vehicles used by the United States Marine Corps....

  • JERRVs
    JERRVs
    Joint EOD Rapid Response Vehicles or Joint Engineering Rapid Response Vehicles are vehicles that United States Joint Service Engineers and Explosive Ordnance Disposal units use in war zones, such as Iraq.-EOD application:...

  • Palletized Load System
    Palletized load system
    The Palletized Load System is a logistics supply program that entered service in the United States Army in 1993. It performs line haul , local haul , unit resupply, and other missions in the tactical environment to support modernized and highly mobile combat units...

  • Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
    Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
    The Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle or CUCV Program was instituted to provide the United States military with a cheaper Light Utility Vehicle to augment the purpose-built, but expensive, Gama Goats and M151 series "Jeeps" approaching the end of their service life. It initially provided Dodge D...

  • R-11 Refueler
    R-11 Refueler
    The R-11 Refueler replaced the R-9 Refueler as the primary mobile refueling vehicle for The United States Air Force. There are currently three models of the R-11. The first generation was delivered in 1989 to the Air Force by the Oshkosh Truck Corporation and is designated the Oshkosh R-11. The Air...

  • Gun Truck
    Gun truck
    A military gun truck is an improvised fighting vehicle used by units of regular armies or other official government armed forces, based on a conventional cargo truck, that is able to carry a large weight of weapons and armor...


Miscellaneous

  • John Deere Gator
    John Deere Gator
    The John Deere Gator is a family of small all-terrain utility vehicles produced by the John Deere Corporation. They typically feature a box bed, similar in function to a pickup truck, and have been made in a variety of configurations, ranging from 4 to 6 wheels. The Gator line of vehicles are...

  • Bandvagn 206
    Bandvagn 206
    Bandvagn 206 is a tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier developed by Hägglunds for the Swedish Army. It consists of two units, with all four tracks powered...

  • M1030M1 Motorcycle
  • M93 Fox
    M93 Fox
    The Fox vehicle is a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear reconnaissance vehicle. This vehicle is a variant of the German TPz1 Fuchs manufactured by Rheinmetall to survive and provide reconnaissance on a CBRN-affected battlefield...

     123
  • Jaguar 2
    Jaguar 2
    The Raketenjagdpanzer 4 Jaguar 2 was a German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. It was only operated by the Bundeswehr. The vehicle is being used by United States Army as the Badger, and it is fitted with a large articulated arm in digging up IED's or any buried device and was...

     (a.k.a the Badger)
  • Counter-RAM
    Counter-RAM
    Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar, abbreviated C-RAM or Counter-RAM, is a system used to detect and/or destroyincoming artillery, rockets and mortar rounds in the air before they hit their ground targets, or simply provide early warning....

  • Forklift truck
    Forklift truck
    A forklift is a powered industrial truck used to lift and transport materials. The modern forklift was developed in the 1920s by various companies including the transmission manufacturing company Clark and the hoist company Yale & Towne Manufacturing...

  • Oshkosh Striker
    Oshkosh Striker
    The Oshkosh Striker is a specialized Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting vehicle built by Oshkosh Corporation at the Pierce Mfg. facilities Appleton, Wisconsin. There are three models of the Striker: 1500, 3000, 4500...

  • Bison armoured personnel carrier 12
  • Pandur I 50
  • Wiesel 1 7
  • Rhino Runner
    Rhino Runner
    The Rhino Runner is a type of armored bus used extensively in Iraq, especially on the infamous Route Irish between Baghdad International Airport and The Green Zone. It is a customized vehicle created by Labock Technologies, which was purchased in 2008 by another company called Advanced Blast...

  • Mamba APC
    Mamba APC
    The Mamba is a South African armoured personnel carrier that offers protection against small arms fire and land mines. The vehicle, which uses a Unimog chassis and is powered by a Mercedes Benz engine, is suited for rough terrain and can carry up to 10 passengers plus the driver...

  • Armet Armored Vehicles Gurkha

Unmanned Combat Vehicles

  • Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle
    Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle
    The Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle was a remotely operated unmanned ground vehicle employed by the United States Marine Corps. It is described as the world's first multipurpose combat robot....

  • Foster-Miller TALON
    Foster-Miller TALON
    The Foster-Miller TALON robot is a small, tracked military robot designed for missions ranging from reconnaissance to combat. Over 3000 TALON robots have been deployed to combat theaters. -Overview:...

  • Dragon Runner
    Dragon Runner
    Dragon Runner is a military robot built for urban combat. At 9 pounds it is light enough to be carried in a Marine's backpack. The original project was funded by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University...

  • Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment
    Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment
    The Multi-Mission Unmanned Ground Vehicle, previously known as the Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment vehicle , was an autonomous unmanned ground combat vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control for the United States Army's Future Combat Systems and BCT Modernization...

     (MULE)
  • Armed Robotic Vehicle
    Armed Robotic Vehicle
    The XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle was an unmanned ground combat vehicle based on the MULE Platform. The ARV-A-L MULE Vehicle would feature integrated anti-tank and anti-personnel and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition systems remotely operated by network linked soldiers...


Experimental Vehicles

  • ULTRA AP
    ULTRA AP
    The ULTRA AP is a concept combat vehicle that was unveiled in September 2005 by the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology, under contract from the Office of Naval Research...

     (experimental)
  • Marine Personnel Carrier
    Marine Personnel Carrier
    The Marine Personnel Carrier is a wheeled armored personnel carrier under development for acquisition by the United States Marine Corps.-Role:...

  • Grizzly APC
    Grizzly APC
    This article refers to the experimental APC being developed in the United States. For the AVGP of the Canadian Forces that is also referred to as a Grizzly, go to AVGP....

     (experimental)
  • GCV Infantry Fighting Vehicle
    GCV Infantry Fighting Vehicle
    The Ground Combat Vehicle Infantry Fighting Vehicle is an infantry fighting vehicle being developed for the U.S. Army. The program originated as the lead vehicle of the U.S. Army's Ground Combat Vehicle program coordinated by TACOM and spawned a parallel program coordinated by DARPA...

  • Black Knight (Unmanned Combat Vehicle)
    Black Knight (Unmanned Combat Vehicle)
    The Black Knight is a prototype Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle designed by BAE Systems. Similar in size and appearance to a tank, it is armed with a turret-mounted 30mm gun and a coaxial machine gun...

     prototype only

See also

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