The U.S. Army spends a sizable portion of its military budget to maintain a diverse inventory of vehicles.

The Army's most common vehicle is the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), commonly called the Humvee, which is capable of serving as a cargo/troop carrier, weapons platform, and ambulance, among many other roles. While they operate a wide variety of combat support vehicles, one of the most common types centers on the family of HEMTT vehicles. The M1A2 Abrams is the Army's primary main battle tank, while the M2A3 Bradley is the standard infantry fighting vehicle. Other vehicles include the M3A3 cavalry fighting vehicle, the Stryker, and the M113 armored personnel carrier, and multiple types of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles.

The U.S. Army's principal artillery weapons are the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer and the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), both mounted on tracked platforms and assigned to heavy mechanized units.

While the U.S. Army operates a few fixed-wing aircraft, it mainly operates several types of rotary-wing aircraft. These include the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior armed reconnaissance/light attack helicopter, the UH-60 Black Hawk utility tactical transport helicopter, and the CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopter.

US Army Land vehicles

Name Type Quantity Notes Picture
US Army Land vehicles
Humvee Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle 151,000
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M939 Truck Truck 28,000 To be replaced FMTV
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FMTV Truck 44,000 Planned 76,000
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HEMTT Truck 27,400
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HETS Truck 2,400
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M9 Combat engineering 447
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M113 Armored personnel carrier 13,700 6,700 active duty
M113IraqiFreedom.jpg
M1 Abrams Main battle tank 5970 M1A1/A2, 3200 M1/M1IP Most of M1A1/A2's active, M1/M1IP's kept in storage and in ARNG service.
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M2 Bradley Infantry fighting vehicle 8,153 Many of them kept in storage or used by ARNG.
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M3 Bradley Reconnaissance vehicle 1,200 Many of them kept in storage or used by ARNG.
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M88 Hercules Armored recovery vehicle 2,400 676 Active Duty
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M109 Self-propelled howitzer 950
Spanish M109A5 howitzer Bright Star 2001.jpg
M119 Howitzer 500
M119A1-howitzer-afghanistan-20041023.jpg
M198 Howitzer 653
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M777 Howitzer 360
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HIMARS Multiple rocket launcher 340
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M270 Multiple rocket launcher 990
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Stryker Armored personnel carrier 3,000 Planned 3,998
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Avenger Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon 1,000
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Patriot Surface-to-air missile 1,106
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US Army Helicopters and Aircraft

The U.S. Army operates some fixed-wing aircraft and many helicopters.
Aircraft Origin Type Versions Q Notes
Fixed-wing Aircraft
C-12 Huron United States Cargo/Transport Aircraft C-12C
C-12D
C-12F
17
14
17

C-23 Sherpa United States Cargo/Transport Aircraft C-23 56 To be replaced by 147 Alenia C-27J
C-26 Metroliner United States Cargo/Transport Aircraft C-26B 11
RC-12 Huron United States Reconnaissance Aircraft RC-12D
RC-12H
RC-12K
12
6
18

Cessna UC-35 United States Utility Aircraft UC-35A
UC-35B
20
7

US Army Helicopters
AH-6 Little Bird United States Attack Helicopter AH-6A 20
AH-64 Apache United States Attack Helicopter AH-64A
AH-64D
116
665

CH-47 Chinook United States Cargo Helicopter CH-47D
CH-47F
217
218
191 new CH-47F to be delivered, plus 24 options
EH-60 Black Hawk United States Electronic-Warfare Helicopter EH-60A 64
MH-47 Chinook United States Multi-Mission Helicopter MH-47D
MH-47E
MH-47G
11
23
27

MH-60 Black Hawk United States Multi-Mission Helicopter MH-60K
MH-60L
23
35

OH-58 Kiowa United States Observation Helicopter OH-58A
OH-58C
OH-58D
196
254
368
Under replacement by UH-72 and XM157 Class IV UAV
TH-67 Creek United States Training Helicopter TH-67 172
UH-1 Iroquois United States Utility Helicopter UH-1H 547 To be replaced by UH-72
UH-60 Black Hawk United States Utility Helicopter UH-60A
UH-60L
UH-60M
751
967
165

UH-72 Lakota United States Utility Helicopter UH-72A 13 456 Planned
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
MQ-1C Warrior United States Extended-Range Multi-Purpose (ERMP) UAV MQ-1C 132

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