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How big are military weapons and vehicles? 124 sizes compared
The biggest thing on this page is a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, about 333 m (1,093 ft) from bow to stern. Beside it, the largest helicopter here, the Mil Mi-26 at about 40 m (131 ft) long, would look small, and the M1A2 Abrams tank, about 9.77 m (32 ft) including its gun, smaller still. The smallest item is the M67 hand grenade, about 9 cm (3.54 in) tall. In between are rifles, tanks, cruise missiles, submarines and battleships, from Roman swords to ships in service today. Each size is for the whole object as its source measures it, such as overall length for a rifle or a ship and height for a helmet, so check what a number measures before you compare two of them.
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Sizes in Military
All 124 military weapons and vehicles on this page, from the smallest to the largest. Each size is in metric units first, with imperial in brackets where it differs.
| Name | Size |
|---|---|
| M67 Hand Grenadeheight | 9 cm (3.54 in) |
| PASGT Combat Helmetheight | 18 cm (7.09 in) |
| Colt M1911 Pistollength | 21.6 cm (8.5 in) |
| Desert Eagle Pistollength | 26.9 cm (10.6 in) |
| Colt Single Action Armylength | 27.9 cm (11 in) |
| M9 Bayonetlength | 30 cm (11.8 in) |
| Roman Gladius Swordlength | 65 cm (2 ft 2 in) |
| Medieval Crossbowwidth | 70 cm (2 ft 4 in) |
| Thompson Submachine Gunlength | 81 cm (2 ft 8 in) |
| MP40 Submachine Gunlength | 83.3 cm (2 ft 9 in) |
| AK-47 Riflelength | 87 cm (2 ft 10 in) |
| Sturmgewehr 44length | 94 cm (3 ft 1 in) |
| RPG-7 Rocket Launcherlength | 95 cm (3 ft 1 in) |
| Winchester Model 1873 Riflelength | 99 cm (3 ft 3 in) |
| Katana Swordlength | 1 m (3 ft 3 in) |
| M16A2 Riflelength | 1 m (3 ft 3 in) |
| Panzerfaustlength | 1.05 m (3 ft 5 in) |
| Maxim Machine Gunlength | 1.07 m (3 ft 6 in) |
| Javelin Anti-Tank Missilelength | 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) |
| M1 Garand Riflelength | 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) |
| Roman Scutum Shieldheight | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
| Medieval Longswordlength | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
| Mosin-Nagant Riflelength | 1.23 m (4 ft) |
| M240 Machine Gunlength | 1.24 m (4 ft 1 in) |
| Barrett M82 Sniper Riflelength | 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in) |
| WWI Trench Mortarheight | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| FIM-92 Stinger Missilelength | 1.52 m (5 ft) |
| M9A1 Bazookalength | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| M2 Browning Machine Gunlength | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Napoleon 12-Pounder Cannonlength | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Suit of Medieval Plate Armorheight | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| English Longbow | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Roman Pilumlength | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| WWII Pillbox Bunker | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Little Boy Atomic Bomblength | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Iron Dome Tamir Interceptorlength | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| AGM-88 HARM Missilelength | 4.1 m (13 ft) |
| M113 Armored Personnel Carrierlength | 4.86 m (16 ft) |
| Tomahawk Cruise Missilelength | 5.56 m (18 ft) |
| MIM-104 Patriot Missilelength | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Char B1 Tanklength | 6.37 m (21 ft) |
| Bradley Fighting Vehiclelength | 6.55 m (21 ft) |
| BM-13 Katyusha Rocket Launcherlength | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
| M270 MLRSlength | 6.97 m (23 ft) |
| Panzer IV Tanklength | 7.02 m (23 ft) |
| Fokker Dr.I Triplanewingspan | 7.19 m (24 ft) |
| Centurion Tanklength | 7.6 m (25 ft) |
| Tiger I Tanklength | 8.45 m (28 ft) |
| Sopwith Camel Biplanewingspan | 8.5 m (28 ft) |
| MD/AH-6 Little Birdlength | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
| M1A2 Abrams Tanklength | 9.77 m (32 ft) |
| F-16 Fighting Falconwingspan | 9.96 m (33 ft) |
| Leopard 2 Tanklength | 9.97 m (33 ft) |
| Messerschmitt Bf 109wingspan | 9.97 m (33 ft) |
| MiG-15 Fighterlength | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
| M777 Howitzerlength | 10.7 m (35 ft) |
| Supermarine Spitfirewingspan | 11.2 m (37 ft) |
| Scud-B Ballistic Missileheight | 11.3 m (37 ft) |
| P-51 Mustangwingspan | 11.3 m (37 ft) |
| Mil Mi-2length | 11.4 m (37 ft) |
| Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazellelength | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Kawasaki OH-1 Ninjalength | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Westland Wasplength | 12.3 m (40 ft) |
| Aérospatiale Alouette IIIlength | 12.8 m (42 ft) |
| Bell OH-58 Kiowalength | 12.8 m (42 ft) |
| Westland Whirlwindlength | 13 m (43 ft) |
| F-22 Raptorwingspan | 13.6 m (44 ft) |
| Trident II D5 Missileheight | 13.6 m (45 ft) |
| Junkers Ju 87 Stukawingspan | 13.8 m (45 ft) |
| Fairey Swordfishwingspan | 13.9 m (46 ft) |
| V-2 Rocketheight | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Eurocopter Tigerlength | 14.1 m (46 ft) |
| Agusta A129 Mangustalength | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
| Su-27 Flanker Fighterwingspan | 14.7 m (48 ft) |
| Westland Lynxlength | 15.2 m (50 ft) |
| Kaman K-MAXlength | 15.8 m (52 ft) |
| Kamov Ka-52 Alligatorlength | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Kamov Ka-50 Black Sharklength | 16 m (52 ft) |
| NHIndustries NH90length | 16.1 m (53 ft) |
| Bell AH-1 Cobralength | 16.2 m (53 ft) |
| Airbus H225M Caracallength | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Mil Mi-28 Havoclength | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Bell UH-1 Iroquoislength | 17.4 m (57 ft) |
| Mil Mi-24 Hindlength | 17.5 m (57 ft) |
| Sikorsky S-92length | 17.6 m (58 ft) |
| Bell UH-1Y Venomlength | 17.6 m (58 ft) |
| Bell AH-1Z Viperlength | 17.7 m (58 ft) |
| AH-64 Apachelength | 17.7 m (58 ft) |
| Mil Mi-8 Hiplength | 18.2 m (60 ft) |
| Minuteman III ICBMheight | 18.2 m (60 ft) |
| Denel AH-2 Rooivalklength | 18.7 m (61 ft) |
| F-4 Phantom IIlength | 19.2 m (63 ft) |
| UH-60 Black Hawklength | 19.8 m (65 ft) |
| Mil Mi-35length | 21.5 m (71 ft) |
| Westland Sea Kinglength | 22.1 m (73 ft) |
| Sikorsky SH-3 Sea Kinglength | 22.1 m (73 ft) |
| Mil Mi-14 Hazelength | 25.3 m (83 ft) |
| Boeing CH-46 Sea Knightlength | 25.4 m (83 ft) |
| Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhelength | 27 m (88 ft) |
| Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallionlength | 27 m (88 ft) |
| CH-47 Chinooklength | 30.1 m (99 ft) |
| CH-53E Super Stallionlength | 30.2 m (99 ft) |
| Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallionlength | 30.2 m (99 ft) |
| Avro Lancaster Bomberwingspan | 31.1 m (102 ft) |
| SR-71 Blackbirdlength | 32.7 m (107 ft) |
| Mil Mi-6 Hooklength | 33.2 m (109 ft) |
| Ancient Greek Triremelength | 37 m (121 ft) |
| Mil Mi-26length | 40 m (131 ft) |
| USS Monitorlength | 52 m (171 ft) |
| B-52 Stratofortresswingspan | 56.4 m (185 ft) |
| USS Constitutionlength | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Type VII U-boatlength | 67 m (220 ft) |
| HMS Victorylength | 69 m (226 ft) |
| Type XXI U-boatlength | 76.7 m (252 ft) |
| Akula-Class Submarinelength | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Virginia-Class Submarinelength | 115 m (377 ft) |
| HMS Dreadnought Battleshiplength | 161 m (527 ft) |
| Ohio-Class Submarinelength | 170 m (558 ft) |
| USS Arizona Battleshiplength | 185 m (607 ft) |
| Zumwalt-Class Destroyerlength | 190 m (623 ft) |
| Bismarck-Class Battleshiplength | 251 m (823 ft) |
| Yamato-Class Battleshiplength | 263 m (863 ft) |
| Iowa-Class Battleshiplength | 270 m (886 ft) |
| Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrierlength | 333 m (1,093 ft) |
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