List of land vehicles of the United States Armed Forces explained

Land vehicles by type and current level of use.

Light tanks

Out of service

• • M1917 M1 combat car
• Light tank M2
• Light tank M3/M5
• Light tank (airborne) M22
• Light tank M24
• M41/A1/A2/A3 Walker Bulldog
• M551/A1 Sheridan (armored reconnaissance airborne assault vehicle)
• T7 combat car

Experimental (suspended/cancelled/completed)

• XM8 Armored Gun System
• T92

Medium tanks

Out of service

• M2 medium tank
• Medium tank M3 Lee/Grant (all models)
• Medium tank M4 Sherman (all models)
• M46 Patton
• M47 Patton
• M48A1/A2/A3/A5 Patton
• M48A4

Experimental

• T20 medium tank
• T22 medium tank
• T23 medium tank

Heavy tanks

Out of service

• Heavy tank M26 Pershing
• Heavy tank M103

Experimental (Cancelled)

• Heavy tank T1/M6
• Super-heavy tank T28 (T95 GMC)

Main battle tanks

In active service

• M1A1D/M1A2/M1A2 SEP Abrams
• M1A1HA Abrams

Out of service

• M60A1/A3 TTS Patton Tank (including RISE and RISE Passive vehicles)
• M1/IPM1/M1A1 Abrams (M1A1 used for reserve training)

Experimental (suspended/cancelled/completed)

• M60A1E1/E2/A2
• XM1202 MCS
• MBT-70

Armored cars

Out of service

• Jeffery armored car
• M1 armored car
• M3 scout car
• M8 Greyhound
• M38 Wolfhound
• T7 armored car
• XM706 (wheeled)
• XM706E1/M706 (wheeled)
• XM706E2 (wheeled)

In service

• M1117 armored security vehicle
• MRAP

Experimental (active)

• ULTRA AP

Experimental (suspended/cancelled/completed)

• XM800 armored reconnaissance scout vehicle

Armored personnel carriers, reconnaissance and fighting vehicles

Out of service

• M2 half-track car
• M3 half-track
• M5 half-track
• M9 half-track
• M59 (APC)
• M75 (APC)
• M114/A1 (full-track)

In active service

• M113 armored personnel carrier
• M2 Bradley (infantry fighting vehicle)
• Stryker interim armored (fighting) vehicle
• LAV-25 armored reconnaissance vehicle

Landing vehicles, tracked

• LVT(1) (G-156)
• LVT(2) (G-167)
• LVT(A)(1) (G-214) (Armored with 37 mm gun)
• LVT(A)(2) (G-168) (Armored)
• LVT(A)(4) (Armored with 75 mm howitzer)
• LVT(A)(5) (Armored with 75 mm howitzer)
• LVTP5
• LVTH6 (with 105 mm howitzer)
• LVTR1 (recovery vehicle)
• LVTE1 (engineer vehicle)
• LVTP7 (later AAV7)

Dedicated anti-armor vehicles

Out of service

• • 75 mm Gun Motor Carriage M3 (T12) M6 Fargo
• M10 tank destroyer
• M18 Hellcat
• M36 (tank destroyer)
• T48 Gun Motor Carriage
• M901 Improved Tow Vehicle

Specialist armored vehicles

In active service

• M104 Wolverine (Armored Bridge Layer)
• M9 Armored Combat Earthmover
• M60A1 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB)
• M88 Recovery Vehicle
• M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle (CEV)
• M981 FISTV
• M93 Fox NBCRS (Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance System)

Utility Vehicles

Out of service

• FWD Model B
• Gama Goat
• GMC CCKW
• Jeffery Quad
• M29 Weasel
• M39 Truck
• M151
• Mack AC
• Willys MB
• Willys M38
• Ford GTB
• Dodge M37
• M520 Goer
• M25 tank transporter
• Interim Fast Attack Vehicle

In active service

• M939 Truck
• HMMWV
• FMTV
• MTVR
• L-ATV (Oshkosh Defense's JLTV winner (August 2015);^[1] manufactured unarmoured; Long Term Armor Strategy (LTAS) complaint (A-kit/B-kit))

Experimental

• FMC XR311 (also known as GI Hotrod)

Self-propelled guns and artillery

In active service

• M109A6/A7 Paladin (155 mm howitzer motor carriage; full-track)
• M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
• High Mobility Artillery rocket system

Out of service

• M109/A1/A2/A3/A4/A5 (155 mm howitzer motor carriage; Full-Track); (M109A5 used for reserve training)
• M108 (105 mm howitzer)
• M107 (175 mm howitzer)
• M110/A1/A2 (203 mm howitzer)
• 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M10 (3"/76 mm gun motor carriage; full-track)
• 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 Hellcat (76 mm gun motor carriage; full-track)
• 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage M36 Jackson (90 mm gun motor carriage; full-track)
• Landing Vehicle Tracked (armored) (LVT(A))1/2/4/5 (amphibious full-track)
  • 81 mm mortar carrier M4/A1 M21 mortar motor carriage
• T19 howitzer motor carriage
• T30 howitzer motor carriage

Experimental

• XM2001 Crusader self-propelled howitzer

Mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP)

• M1117 Armored Security Vehicle
• Buffalo
• Caiman
• Cougar
• M-ATV (MRAP all-terrain vehicle)
• MaxxPro
• RG-31
• RG-33

Specialized vehicles

• LSV (Light Strike Vehicle)
• ATV (MV700, MV850)
• Desert Patrol Vehicle (still in use in small numbers by Navy SEALs)

See also

• Vehicle registration plates of the United States Army in Germany
• Tank classification
• List of "M" series military vehicles
• List of currently active United States military land vehicles
• List of crew served weapons of the US Armed Forces
• List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps
• List of weapons of the U.S. Marine Corps
• G-numbers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Breaking Defense. Oshkosh Beats Lockheed, AM General For Historic JLTV Win . August 26, 2015.