This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use. It includes small arms, combat vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, artillery and transport vehicles. The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces. Since the end of the Cold War, the British Army has been deployed to a number of conflict zones, often as part of an expeditionary force, a coalition force or part of a United Nations peacekeeping operation. To meet its commitments, the equipment of the Army is periodically updated and modified. Programs exist to ensure the Army is suitably equipped for both current conflicts and expected future conflicts, with any shortcomings in equipment addressed as Urgent Operational Requirements (UOR), which supplements planned equipment programmes. Infantry section equipment The British infantry section consists of eight soldiers who are normally organised into two four-soldier infantry fireteams. While equipment formations can be tailored as required by section and platoon commanders, infantry sections are usually issued with the following: Weapons Six L85A2/A3 rifles, two of which are usually equipped with an L123A2/A3 underslung grenade launcher (UGL) One L129A1 sharpshooter rifle One L7A2 general purpose machine gun (can be replaced by an additional L85A2/A3 rifle at commanding officer's discretion for a total of seven L85A2/A3 rifles) L3A1 bayonet; one for each L85A2/A3 and L129A1 rifles in the section. One L128A1 combat shotgun for use by the section point soldier (point position is subject to rotation between individual members of the section) Two NLAW anti-tank weapons L72A9 or L2A1 anti-structure munitions L109A2 high explosive grenades L132A1 smoke grenades and/or L84A3 red phosphorus smoke grenades Vision systems Sight Unit Small Arms, Trilux (SUSAT) or SpecterOS Lightweight Day Sights (LDS) Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) to be used with the L129A1 rifle Image intensified Common Weapon Sights Laser Light Module Vario Ray Adaptive Target Acquisition Modules TAM-14 small Thermal Imaging System Head mounted Night Vision System (HNVS), based on the American AN/PVS-14. VIPIR-2+ thermal imaging weapon sights Commander's target locating systems (CTLS) Communications equipment Personal Role Radio (PRR) – one issued to each member. Bowman secure VHF radio Weapons Pistols Infantry rifles Bayonet Long range rifles Submachine guns Machine guns Shotguns Grenade launchers Explosives Indirect fire weapons Portable anti-material weapons Personal equipment Protective equipment Helmet Many soldiers are now equipped with the new Virtus helmet (Revision Batlskin Cobra Plus) which provides increased blunt impact