Weapons
| Name | Type | Versions | Ammunition | Used by | Picture | |
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| Aircraft guns | ||||||
| GAU-8 Avenger | Seven-barrelled Gatling gun | 30 mm | A-10/OA-10 Thunderbolt II | |||
| M61 | Six-barrelled Gatling gun | 20 mm | F-15 Eagle F-16 Fighting Falcon F-22 Raptor |
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| GAU-16 | 12.7 mm | UH-1 Iroquois | ||||
| GAU-17 | Six-barrelled gatling gun | 7.62 mm | HH-60 Pave Hawk UH-1 Iroquois |
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| M240 | 7.62 mm | UH-1 Iroquois | ||||
| Small arms | ||||||
| M2 machine gun | .50 BMG | |||||
| M4 carbine | 5.56x45mm NATO | |||||
| MP5 submachine gun | Multiple (9x19mm Parabellum, 10mm Auto MP5/10, or .40 S&W M5/40) | |||||
| Beretta M9 | 9x19mm Parabellum | |||||
| M11 pistol | 9x19mm Parabellum | |||||
| M16A2 rifle | 5.56x45mm NATO | |||||
| M240 machine gun | 7.62x51mm NATO | |||||
| M249 machine gun | 5.56x45mm NATO | |||||
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