Platforms Overview

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U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Platforms and Weapons
Naval Weapons Systems Lt. Dickson, UNL NROTC
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Overview

• Plan of Action for Next Two weeks
• Navy Designations
• Marine Corps Designations
• Examples
• Battlegroup

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Plan of Action

• This week Platforms of the Navy and Marine Corps
• Case study starting Friday
• Case study Monday
• Review / Comp-Day on 22 April
• Exam III on 24 April
• Presentations - Dead Week

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Navy Designations

• Sub-surface
• Surface
• Air

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SUBSURFACE PLATFORMS

• ATTACK SUBMARINES
• SS
• SSGN
• SSN
• BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES
• SSBN

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SURFACE PLATFORMS

• COMBATANTS
• AMPHIBIOUS
• SUPPORT
• COMMAND

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AIRCRAFT

• FIGHTERS F-
• ATTACK A-
• ELECTRONIC SUPPORT E in front of another letter
• ELECTRONIC ATTACK EA-
• EARLY WARNING (EAW) E-2C
• CARGO C-
• UNDERSEA WARFARE S-
• HELICOPTER _H-
• PATROL P-

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Marine Corps Platforms

• Artillery
• Armor
• Helicopters (only one type of fixed wing plane)
• Amphibious Assault Vehicle

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Artillery / Indirect fire weapons

• Designated as either self-propelled or towed
• Designated by barrel diameter
• Mortars
• smaller than artillery
• usually shorter range, higher trajectory

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Artillery / Indirect fire weapons
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Armor

• M-1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank
• LAV
• M-60
• Specialty all start with M-
• mine clearing
• tank retriever

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Armor
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Armor
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Helicopters

• CH- cargo and troops
• AH- attack
• Only one aircraft C-130
• Future
• V-22 Osprey

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Amphibious Vehicles

• AAVP7A1- Amtrac
• LAV
• AAAV

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AAAV