List of World War II infantry weapons
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This is a list of World War II infantry weapons.
Kingdom of Albania
[edit]In 1939, the Albanian Kingdom was invaded by Italy and became the Italian protectorate of Albania. It participated in the Greco-Italian War in 1940, under Italian command. After the Italian armistice in 1943, German military forces entered Albania and it came under German occupation. Albanian troops were mostly equipped by Italians, and Albanian partisans used weapons from various sources.
Sidearms
[edit]Submachine guns
[edit]- Sten (used by LANÇ)
- Beretta M38 (used by LANÇ)
Rifles
[edit]- Carcano M1891
- M1870 Italian Vetterli (Supplied by Italy along with Carcano rifles during the Interwar period)
- Mannlicher–Schönauer
- Mauser M1893[1]
- Kar98k (used by LANÇ)
Machine guns
[edit]Australia
[edit]The Second Australian Imperial Force that served in Mediterranean and Middle East and Pacific theatre
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Owen_Gun_%28AWM_018320%29.jpg/220px-Owen_Gun_%28AWM_018320%29.jpg)
Sidearms
[edit]Submachine guns
[edit]- Thompson M1928 & M1928A1[3][4][5]
- Austen submachine gun (Withdrawn from combat use in August 1944)[5][6][7]
- Owen gun (Adopted in September 1941. Standard issue SMG of the Australian army in Pacific Theatre)[8][9]
Rifles
[edit]- Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III* (Standard issue rifle)[10]
- Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III* (HT) (Sniper rifle)[11]
- Pattern 1914 Enfield (Used as sniper rifle)[12][13]
Machine guns
[edit]Grenades
[edit]- No.36M Mk.I grenade[17]
- No.69 Mk.I grenade (Concussion hand grenade. Australians made them of red bakelite)[18]
- No.77 grenade (White phosphorus hand grenade)[19]
Flamethrowers
[edit]Mortars
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]Belgium
[edit]Before being conquered by Germany, the Belgian Army used their own equipment up to 1940. Free Belgian forces were equipped by UK, however colonial troops of Force Publique in East Africa had to use outdated weaponry.
Edged weapons
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- Browning Hi-Power (Standard issue sidearm adopted in 1935)[25]
- Browning FN M1910 and M1922
- Nagant M1895
- FN 1900
Submachine guns
[edit]- Mitraillette Modèle 1934 (MP 28/II produced under license at Pieper)[26][27]
- Sten (Used by Free Belgian forces)
Rifles
[edit]- Fusil Modèle 1935 (Standard issue rifle intended to replace older Model 1889)[28]
- Mauser Gewehr 98 & Kar98 AZ (Received from Germany after First World War as compensation)[28]
- Model 1889 & Model 1889/36 (Remained in service. Modernized Model 1889/36 is known as Fusil Modèle 1936)[28]
- Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I (Used by Free Belgian forces)
Light machine guns
[edit]- Lewis machine gun
- FN Mle 1930 - Standard light machine gun adopted in 1930. Copy of Colt R75 (the Browning Automatic Rifle Model 1925 )[29]
- MG 08/15
- Fusil-Mitrailleur 1915-27 (Used by rear-line units)[30]
- Bren light machine gun (used by Free Belgian forces)[31]
Medium machine guns
[edit]- Hotchkiss M1914[32] (used by Chasseur Ardennais)
- Vickers machine gun
Heavy machine guns
[edit]- Browning M1917
- MG 08
- Colt-Browning 1895/14 (used by reserve)
Grenades
[edit]- O.F. grenade
- Mills bomb (used by Free Belgian forces)
Mortars
[edit]- Lance-grenades de 50 mm D.B.T.[33]
- Stokes Mortar (Used by Force Publique)
- Two-inch mortar (used by Free Belgian forces)[34]
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]Brazil
[edit]The Brazilian Expeditionary Force, under US command, served in Italy from 1944.
Sidearms
[edit]Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Springfield M1903 (Standard issue rifle)[36]
- M1 carbine[35]
- M1 Garand (Limited numbers)[35]
- FN M1924 (Home front)
- Vz. 24 (Home front)
- Vz. 33 (Home front)
- Mauser M1908 (Home front)[37]
Light machine guns
[edit]- Browning M1918[35]
- Madsen machine gun (Home front)
- Hotchkiss M1922 (Home front)[37]
Medium machine guns
[edit]Heavy machine guns
[edit]- Browning M1917
- Browning M2
- MG 08 (Home front)
Grenades
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]Kingdom of Bulgaria
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- Luger P08 pistol
- Walther PP
- Tokarev TT-33 (supplies from USSR 1944)
Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 (Standard issue rifle)
- Mosin–Nagant M1891/30
- Mauser Karabiner 98k
Machine guns
[edit]- Maxim M1910 (supplies from USSR 1945)
- ZB vz. 26
- ZB vz. 30
- ZB vz. 53
- Madsen machine gun
- Schwarzlose M1907/12
- MG 08
- MG 30
- MG 34
- MG 42
- Chauchat
- ZB vz. 60
- Dshk (supplies from USSR 1945)
- Degtyaryov DP-27 (supplies from USSR 1945)
Mortars
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]Grenade launcher
[edit]Grenades
[edit]- Stielhandgranate M1924/1943
- Blendkörper 1H & 2H
- Nebelhandgranate 39
- Bulgarian Offensive/Defensive stick grenade (based on Stielhandgranate M1917
State of Burma
[edit]The State of Burma was a puppet government set up by Japanese after they occupied Burma in 1942. It lasted from 1943 to March 1945 when the Burma National Army revolted and joined the allies.
Sidearms
[edit]- Nambu pistol
- Webley Revolver (Captured)
Submachine guns
[edit]- Type 100 submachine gun
- M1 Thompson (Captured)
- Sten (Captured)
Rifles
[edit]- Arisaka Type 30
- Arisaka Type 38
- Lee-Enfield (Captured)
Machine guns
[edit]- Bren light machine gun (Captured)
- Lewis gun (Captured)
- Vickers machine gun (Captured)
- Type 3 heavy machine gun
- Type 11 light machine gun
Canada
[edit]Weaponry used by Canadian Army that fought on the side of the Allies
Sidearms
[edit]- Browning Hi-Power (Canada in 1944 produced Hi-Powers for China but later that year they've developed simplified version and adopted it as Pistol No. 2)[40]
- Enfield No.2 (Approx. 3500 revolvers acquired, some issued to RCAF)[40]
- Colt M1911 (Approx. 4000 Colts acquired. Issued to Airborne troops from 1942)[40]
- Smith & Wesson Military & Police (Main service sidearm during World War 2, many received from Lend-Lease)[40]
Submachine guns
[edit]- Sten submachine gun (Locally produced. Never used in Mediterranean theatre[41])[42][7]
- Thompson submachine gun (Adopted after Fall of France[41])
- Lanchester submachine gun (Used by Royal Canadian Navy)[43]
- Reising M50[44]
Rifles
[edit]- Lee–Enfield No.3 and No.4 Mk I (Locally produced, Standard issue rifle)[45]
- Pattern 1914 Enfield (Used for training and by secondary troops. Used by the snipers)[45][46]
- M1 carbine (Received 230 carbines from Lend-Lease. Limited use)[47]
- M1 Garand (Garands were issued to certain Canadian Army units near the end of World War II)
- Ross rifle (Used for training up to 1943)[45]
- Enfield M1917 (Used for training)[45]
Machine guns
[edit]- Bren machine gun (Standard issue LMG)[48]
- Lewis machine gun (Used for training and as anti-aircraft weapon)[49]
- Johnson M1941 machine gun (Used by First Special Service Force)[50]
- Vickers machine gun[51]
Grenades
[edit]During the Second World War Canada produced grenades types with Numbers 36 and from 67 to 89.[52]
- No.36M grenade (also known as the "Mills bomb")[52]
- No.68 anti-tank grenade (HEAT anti-tank rifle grenade)[53]
- No.69 Mk.I grenade (Concussion hand grenade)[54]
- No.73 anti-tank grenade (Also known as the "Thermos grenade")[52]
- No.74 anti-tank hand grenade (Also known as the "Sticky bomb")[52]
- No.75 anti-tank hand grenade (Also known as the "Hawkins grenade". Most common anti-tank grenade)[55]
- No.76 special incendiary grenade (Phosphorus hand grenade)[52]
- No.77 grenade (White phosphorus hand grenade)[52][19]
- No.82 hand grenade (Also known as the "Gammon bomb")[52]
Flamethrowers
[edit]Mortars
[edit]Anti-tank weapons and explosives
[edit]- Boys anti tank rifle (Locally produced)[59]
- PIAT (Replaced Boys in 1943)[60]
- Bangalore torpedo
- M1 Bazooka (Small amount received from Lend-Lease)[39]
Republic of China
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/KMTcadet.jpg/170px-KMTcadet.jpg)
Weapons used by the National Revolutionary Army, as well as Communist forces and Chinese warlords. Chinese Forces also received a large amount of equipment from Lend-Lease during Burma campaign.
Edged weapons
[edit]- HY1935 bayonet[61]
- Type 30 bayonet (Captured)[62]
- Qiang spear
- Dadao sword
- Miao dao sword
Sidearms
[edit]- Mauser C96 (.45 ACP variant included, locally produced)[63][64]
- Mauser M712 (Fully automatic variant)[64]
- Astra 900[64][65][66][67]
- Browning FN M1900 (Imported and locally produced)
- Browning FN M1922
- Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless (Issued to officers only)
- M1917 revolver (American Lend-Lease)
- Browning Hi-Power (Limited numbers in the Burma Campaign X-Forces and Y-Forces)
- Colt M1911A1 (American Lend-Lease)
- Nambu Type 14 (Captured)
- Type 26 revolver (Captured)
Submachine guns
[edit]- SIG M1920 (Locally produced copy with a downward facing magazine known as the Tsing Dao Submachine Gun)[68]
- MP 34[69]
- PPD-40 (Received as aid from Soviet Union)
- Thompson submachine gun (American Lend-Lease and local production)[70][71]
- M3 submachine gun (Lend-Leased to the National Revolutionary Army, along with the Thompson, to replace the outdated Chinese copies of the MP 18 and MP 28 submachine guns used during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the early years of the Chinese Civil War)
- United Defense M42 (American Lend-Lease and local production)
- Sten submachine gun (Received Canadian Mk II Stens)[7]
Rifles
[edit]- Hanyang Type 88 (Licensed copy of the Gewehr 1888, Standard issue rifle)[61]
- Type 24 rifle (Licensed copy of the Mauser Model 1924, also known as the Chiang Kai-Shek rifle)[61][72][73]
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (Mainly issued to the early German trained divisions)[72]
- FN Model 24 and Model 30[61]
- Vz. 24 (Also used with grenade launcher)[74]
- Carcano rifle
- Mosin–Nagant M1891 and M1891/30
- Type 1 rifle[61]
- Gewehr 98
- Arisaka rifle (Captured)[62]
- ZH-29[75]
- Enfield M1917 (American Lend-Lease)
- Springfield M1903 (American Lend-Lease)
- M1 Carbine (Very small quantity received from OSS)[47]
- Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I (American Lend-Lease, used in training in Burma)
- Xiangying rifle
Light machine guns
[edit]- ZB vz.26 (Imported from Czechoslovakia and locally produced)[76][77]
- Browning FN M1930[29][76][78]
- Madsen machine gun[79][80]
- SIG KE7[81][82]
- Degtyaryov DP-27 (Received as aid from Soviet Union)[78]
- Maxim–Tokarev (supplied to from the Soviet Union between 1938 and 1939 in the Sino-Soviet Aid Program)[83]
- Hotchkiss M1922[84]
- Lewis machine gun
- Lahti-Saloranta M/26 (Very limited numbers)
- Bren machine gun (Both in .303 and 7.92 Mauser)
- Type 11 light machine gun (Captured)[62]
- Type 96 light machine gun (Captured)[85]
Medium machine guns
[edit]- Hotchkiss M1914[32]
- ZB-53[86]
- Browning M1919 (American Lend-Lease in Burma)[69]
Heavy machine guns
[edit]- Type 24 machine gun (Locally produced copy of MG 08 in 7.92 caliber)[87]
- Type 30 (Locally produced copy of Browning M1917 in 7.92 caliber, also known as Type Triple-Ten. Also received from Lend-Lease)[88][89]
- PM M1910[90]
- Type 3 heavy machine gun (Captured)
- Type 92 heavy machine gun (Captured)[91]
Grenades and grenade dischargers
[edit]- Chinese Stielhandgranate[broken anchor][92]
- Type 23 grenade[93]
- Type 89 grenade discharger (Captured)[85]
Flamethrowers
[edit]- M1A1 flamethrower (American Lend-Lease in Burma campaign)[94]
Mortars
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- Boys anti tank rifle[96]
- M1 Bazooka[39]
- Explosive belt (Improvised)
Independent State of Croatia
[edit]Independent State of Croatia was a puppet-state established in 1941 after fall of Yugoslavia. Croatian Legion and Light Transport Brigade served on Eastern Front under German and Italian commands.
Edged weapons
[edit]- Kampfmesser 42 (Bayonet)
- Seitengewehr 98 (Bayonet)
- Srbosjek
Sidearms
[edit]- Luger pistol
- Nagant M1895
- M1910/22
- Walther P38 (Supplied by Germany)[97][better source needed]
Submachine guns
[edit]- Suomi KP/-31
- Erma EMP-35
- MP 34
- MP 40[98]
- PPSh-41 (Captured)
Automatic rifles
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Berthier rifle[citation needed]
- Carcano rifle[99]
- vz. 24
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (Used in large numbers by both Ustaše Militia and Croatian Home Guard)[100]
- Mannlicher M1895
- Lebel Model 1886 rifle
- M1924
Machine guns
[edit]- Chauchat
- Fiat-Revelli M1914
- MG 34[101]
- MG 42
- Lewis gun
- PM M1910
- M26
- M37
- M1909
- Hotchkiss M1914
- MG 35-36A
Grenades
[edit]Mortars
[edit]- Stokes mortar (81 mm)
- Brandt M1927/31 (81 mm)
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
- 12 cm Granatwerfer 42
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]Czechoslovakia
[edit]Weaponry used by Czechoslovak armies in exile that served under British and Soviet commands. For weapons used and produced in interwar period by First and Second Czechoslovak Republic see list below.
Sidearms
[edit]- ČZ vz. 38 (Interwar)[102]
- Pistole vz. 22 (Interwar)[102]
- Pistole vz. 24 (Interwar)[102]
Submachine guns
[edit]- Sten submachine gun (Under British command)
- PPSh-41 (Under Soviet command)[103]
- PPS (Under Soviet command)[104]
Rifles
[edit]- vz. 24 (Interwar)[102]
- Lee–Enfield rifle (Under British command)
- Mosin–Nagant (Under Soviet command)[103]
- SVT-40 (Under Soviet command)[103]
Machine guns
[edit]- ZB vz. 26 (Interwar)[102]
- ZB vz. 30 (Interwar)[102]
- ZB-53 (Interwar as Těžký kulomet vz. 35 & vz. 37)[102]
- Bren machine gun (Under British command)[105]
- Vickers machine gun (Under British command)[106]
- DP-27 (Under Soviet command)[107]
- Maxim M1910 (Under Soviet command)[107]
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]Grenades
[edit]- Granát vz.34 (Interwar)[109]
Mortars
[edit]Denmark
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- Smith & Wesson Model 10
- Danish M1880/85 Army revolver
- Bergmann–Bayard M1910/21[110] (standard issue)
- FN 1910/22 (Danish police)
- Danish revolver M1865/97 (reserve)
Submachine guns
[edit]- BMP-32 (police)
- Sten submachine gun (Used by the Danish resistance movement)[7]
- Lettet-Forsøgs submachine gun[111]
Shotguns
[edit]- Sjögren shotgun (Limited numbers)
Rifles
[edit]- Krag–Jørgensen M1889 (Standard issue rifle)
- Lee–Enfield rifle
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (Danish resistance)
- Swedish Mauser M96 (Danish Brigade)
- Automatgevar M42 (Danish Brigade)
Machine guns
[edit]- Browning M1919
- M29 medium machine gun (Heavy barrel version of the standard M24)
- Madsen Lmg 24 machine gun[112]
Grenades
[edit]- Granatbaeger M/23 51mm (rifle grenade attachment)
- M1937 smoke grenade
- M1932 smoke grenade
- M1923 grenade
- M1923 rifle grenade
Mortars
[edit]Ethiopian Empire
[edit]Ethiopian Empire was defeated by Italy in Second Italo-Ethiopian War and became Italian Ethiopia from 1937. Ethiopians continued a guerrilla war as the Arbegnoch until British forces took Italian Ethiopia in 1941 as part of the East African campaign
Sidearms
[edit]- Beretta M1934 (Captured)
- FN Model 1910
- Mauser C96 (Kebur Zabugna)
Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Beretta M1918[115][116][117]
- Carcano (Captured)
- FN M1924 and M1930
- Mannlicher M1895
- Mauser Standardmodell
- Mosin–Nagant rifle
- M1870 Italian Vetterli (Captured)
- ZH-29
Machine guns
[edit]- Breda 30 (Captured)
- FN M1930 D[29]
- ZB vz. 26
- SIG KE7
Republic of Finland
[edit]Weaponry used by Finnish Defence Forces during Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War.
Edged weapons
[edit]- Puukko knife
Sidearms
[edit]- Browning Hi-Power (Issued to pilots and infantry. Purchased in 1939–1940)[118]
- Browning FN M1903[118]
- Browning FN M1910[118]
- Browning FN M1922[118]
- Colt M1911 (Bought before the war)[119]
- Beretta M1915 and M1915/19[119][unreliable source?]
- Beretta M1934 (Imported in 1942)[120][119]
- Beretta M1935 (Imported in 1942)[119]
- Ruby pistol[118]
- Nagant M1895 (Captured)[121][122]
- Lahti L-35 (Adopted in 1935. Approx. 5700 produced by 1945)[121][123][124]
- Pistole vz. 24[119][unreliable source?]
- Pistole vz. 38[119]
- Luger pistol (The most common Finnish sidearm)[121][123]
- Mauser C96 (614 examples, most of them issued with wooded stock-holster)[122][124]
- Tokarev TT-33 (Captured)[122]
Submachine guns
[edit]- Suomi KP/-31[125][126][127]
- SIG Bergmann (Approx. 1500 were bough in interwar period. Initially used by Civil Guard but they've got issued to infantry at the beginning of Winter War. Remained in service until 1944.)[124][125][126][128]
- Neuhausen MKMS[129]
- Lindelöf submachine gun (SIG Bergmann copy; manufactured in very small numbers)[125]
- MP 28 (171 SMGs bough during Winter War. During Continuation War issued to units in Lapland, home front troops and supply corps.)[129]
- MP 38 & MP 40 (150-160 SMGs delivered with German vehicles during Continuation War)[129]
- PPD-34, PPD-34/38 & PPD-40 (Captured)[129][130]
- PPSh-41 (Captured)[129][130]
- PPS-43 (Captured)[129]
Rifles
[edit]- M/91 Kivääri (Finnish Mosin–Nagant, also known as the Kivääri. The most common Finnish rifle.)[131][132]
- M/27 Pystykorva (Finnish Mosin–Nagant, also known as the Pystykorva)[133][134]
- M/28 & M/28-30 Suojeluskuntain Pystykorva (Finnish Mosin–Nagant, also known as Suojeluskuntain Pystykorva. Issued to White Guard)[134][135]
- M/39 Ukko-Pekka (Finnish Mosin–Nagant, also known as the Ukko-Pekka. Issued during Continuation War)[136][137]
- Winchester M1895 (Mainly issued to second line artillery units and home guard units, no real frontline usage.)
- Mosin–Nagant M1939
- Mauser Gewehr 98
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (600 of them ordered from Germany with grenade launchers, with only 100 of them getting to troops in Finland.)
- Swedish Mauser M96 (Also known as Carl Gustav M/96)[138]
- SVT-38 & SVT-40 (Captured)[139]
Automatic and battle rifles
[edit]- AVS-36 (Captured)[139][140]
- AVT-40 (Captured)
- Fedorov M1916 Avtomat (Captured)
Light Machine guns
[edit]- Lahti-Saloranta M/26 (Main Finnish machine gun of the Winter War and Continuation War, replaced by captured DP-27s.)[124][141][142]
- Degtyaryov DP-27 (Captured and used as a replacement for the Lahti-Saloranta M-26, also captured DT-29 tank machine guns were used as replacement machine guns for Finnish tanks. Finland had more than 9000 DPs in 1944)[124][141]
- FN 1930 D[143]
- Kg m/21[143]
- Chauchat M1915
- Kg M40 light machine gun (Used by Swedish volunteers)
- Lewis machine gun
- Madsen machine gun (Used by Norwegian and Danish volunteers)
Heavy Machine guns
[edit]- Maxim M/09-21 (Finnish modification of Soviet Maxim M1910. Finland also used captured Machine guns)[124][126][144][90]
- Finnish Maxim M32-33[144][126][90]
- MG 08[145]
- Vickers machine gun
- Goryunov SG-43 (Captured)[145]
Grenades
[edit]- Munakäsikranaatti 32 (Most common Finnish grenade)[146][147][109]
- Munakranaatti M41[146][148]
- Sirpalekranaatti M41 & M41/43[146][149][150]
- Varsikranaatti M32 & M41[146][151][109]
- Molotov fire grenade[152]
- Kasapanos (Satchel charge)[152]
- 36M Vécsey (Ordered 300000 grenades from Hungary)[146]
- Fusante No.1 (Ordered in large quantities from France)[146]
- OF1 (Ordered in large quantities from France)[146]
- No. 36M Mk I Mills Bomb (Ordered 50000 grenades from Britain)[146]
- M1924 Stielhandgranate (Received approx. 500000 grenades from Germany in September 1941)[146]
- Eihandgranate 39 (Received approx. 150000 grenades from Germany in August 1944)[146]
- M1914/30 (Captured during Winter War)[146]
- RGD-33 (Captured)[146]
- F-1 grenade (Captured)[146]
Flamethrowers
[edit]- Liekinheitin M/44[153]
- Lanciafiamme M1935
- ROKS-3 (Captured from Russian troops)
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- Boys anti-tank rifle (British Boys anti-tank rifle used as 14 mm Pst Kiv/37. 100 Received in January 1940 and another 100 after Winter War)[152][154]
- Lahti L-39[152]
- Solothurn S-18/100 (Only 12 Solothurn S-18s in Finnish service.)
- Panzerfaust (Delivered from Germany.)[155][156]
- Panzerschreck (Delivered from Germany.)[155][156]
French 3rd Republic
[edit]Weaponry used by French Army up to 1940 and by French Liberation Army.
Edged weapons
[edit]- Coup Coup Machete (Used by Senegalese Tirailleurs)
- Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife (Used by the French Resistance, Free French Forces Commandos).
Sidearms
[edit]- Star M1914 (Officer sidearm)[157]
- MAB Model D (Police sidearm)[158]
- MAS M1873 (Police sidearm. Some of the reissued due to lack of weapons)[159][160]
- MAS M1892 (Officer sidearm)[161][162]
- Ruby pistol (Standard issue sidearm)[163][164][165]
- SACM M1935A (Approx. 10000 pistols produced before occupation)[166][167][168]
- Smith & Wesson Model 10
Submachine guns
[edit]- MAS-38 (Standard-issued SMG of the French army. Production began in April 1940. Approx. 2000 SMGs produced before occupation)[169][170][171]
- Erma EMP-35 (Seized from surrendering Republicans after the Spanish civil war)[172]
- Thompson submachine gun (France ordered 3000 Thompsons due to shortages of SMGs during invasion. Used by French Liberation Army)[173][170][169][174][1]
- MP 18 (Some were in inventory in 1939. Limited use)[44]
- Suomi K/P-31 (150 SMGs seized from surrendering Republicans after the Spanish civil war)[175]
- Sten submachine gun (British aid)
Rifles
[edit]- Berthier M1892/16 carbine (Still in service due to shortages of MAS-36 rifles)[176][177][178][179]
- Berthier M1907/15 rifle (Still in service due to shortages of MAS-36 rifles. Some of them converted to 7,5mm cartridge)[180][181][179]
- Lebel M1886/93 (Remained in use until the end of World War II. Mainly used by reservists and for launching VB grenades and as sniper rifle)[182][183][184][179]
- MAS-36 (Adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles)[185]
- RSC M1917 and M1918 (Majority of RSC semi-auto rifles were converted into bolt action rifles in 1935 and issued to reserve troops)[186][187]
- Enfield M1917 (Used by French Liberation Army)[173]
- Springfield M1903 (Used by French Liberation Army, less common than M1917 Enfield. Also used as sniper rifle)[173][184]
- M1 Carbine (Used by French Liberation Army)[173]
- M1 Garand (Used by French Liberation Army)[173]
- Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I (British aid)
Machine guns
[edit]- FM 24/29 light machine gun (Standard issue LMG)[188][189][190]
- Chauchat M1915 (Some remained in use. Replaced by FM 24/29)[191]
- Hotchkiss M1914 (Main Machine gun)[32][192][193]
- MAC M1931 type C & E (Used in vehicles and as stationary gun)[194]
- Browning M1918 (French Liberation Army)[173]
- Browning M1919 (French Liberation Army)[173]
- Lewis machine gun
- Bren machine gun
Grenades
[edit]- F1 grenade[195][196]
- O.F. grenade[196][197]
- Grenade incendiaire et fumigène automatique (Modèle 1916) (Smoke / Incendiary grenade)[196]
- Grenade incendiaire à main. (Modèle 1916.) (Incendiary grenade)[196]
- Mle 1937 offensive[198]
- Mle 1937 defensive[199]
- Tromblon VB grenade launcher[196]
Mortars
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- M1 Bazooka (French Liberation Army)[39]
- PIAT
- Boys anti-tank rifle
German Reich
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-559-1076-29%2C_Russland%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_MG_und_Munitionsgurt.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-559-1076-29%2C_Russland%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_MG_und_Munitionsgurt.jpg)
In addition to the weapons listed here, German armed forces also used a wide variety of weapons captured from defeated enemies.
Edged weapons
[edit]- Kampfmesser 42 (Bayonet)
- Seitengewehr 84/98 III (Bayonet)[203]
- Seitengewehr 98 (Bayonet)[203]
Sidearms
[edit]- Walther P38 (Replacement for Luger P-08, completely overtook Luger production by 1942. And became the standard-issued pistol of the German army)[204][205][206]
- Luger P-08 (Original standard-issue military pistol, was intended to be replaced by the Walther P-38 as it was cheaper to produce, the P08 however was still produced until 1942 because of production movement to different factories.)[206][207][208]
- Mauser C96 (Rarer than the Luger P-08. Not officially distributed)[206]
- M1932/M712 Schnellfeuer (Fully automatic variant, issued to the Waffen-SS with a wooden stock-holster. Not officially distributed)[206][209]
- Mauser HSC (Issued to Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe)[210]
- Sauer 38H (Used by police and officers)[211]
- Walther PP and PPK (German police standard-issued sidearms. Privately purchased by officers)[206][212]
- Astra 300[206][213]
- Astra 400[206][214]
- Astra 600[206][214][215]
- Astra 900[206][64]
- Beretta M1934 (Designated as "Pistole 671(i)")[206]
- Colt M1911A1 (Captured and designated as "Pistole 660(a)")[206]
- FÉG 37M Pistol (Designated as "Pistole 37(u)")[206]
- Star Model B[206][216]
Foreign weapons produced under occupation
[edit]- Pistole 12(ö) (Steyr M1912 pistol)[206][217]
- Pistole 24(t) (Pistole vz. 24)[206]
- Pistole 27(t) (ČZ vz. 27)[206][218]
- Pistole 39(t) (ČZ vz. 38)[206][219]
- Pistole 625(f) (SACM M1935A) (Approx. 24000 pistols produced under occupation, issued to occupation police)[206][166]
- Pistole 640(b) (Browning Hi-Power) (Issued to Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe)[206][25]
- Pistole 641(b) (FN M1910/22)[206]
- Pistole 645(p) / P35(p) (FB Vis)[206][220]
- Pistole 657(n) (Kongsberg Colt) (Issued to AOK Norwegen and Navy)[206][221]
Submachine guns
[edit]- MP 38/MP 40 (Standard-issued SMG of the German army)[27][222][223][224]
- MP 28 (Used by police and occupation forces)[27][44]
- Erma EMP-35 (Mainly issued to Waffen-SS and police. In early war issued to reserve troops to fill shortages of MP38)[27][172][225]
- MP35
- MP41 (Combination of an MP-28 stock and the rest of an MP-40. Used by Waffen-SS and police)[27]
- MP 3008 (Also known as Volks-MP.3008, Gerät Neumünster and Gerät Potsdam. Copies of the Sten, used by the Volkssturm)[27][7]
- Suomi KP/-31 - Finnish produced weapon bought from Finland, some captured from other countries.
- PPD-40 (Captured from Soviets as "MP 715(r)")[27]
- PPSh-41 (Captured from Soviets as "MP 717(r)". Some of them were rebarreled for 9×19mm Parabellum and designated as "MP-41(r)")[27][226][227]
Foreign weapons produced under occupation
- MP 34(ö) (Austrian Steyr-Solothurn S1-100. Adopted by Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS)[27]
- MAS-38 (Designated as "MP 722(f)" issued to local militia and occupying forces)[171]
- Beretta Model 38A & 38/42 (Designated as "MP 738(i)" & "MP 739(i)")[27][228]
- ZK-383[27]
Automatic rifles
[edit]- StG 44 (Assault rifle)[229][230][231][232]
- FG 42 (Battle rifle, issued to Fallschirmjäger units in small numbers and very few given to SS troops because of supply issues and miscommunication.)[72][233][234][235]
Rifles
[edit]- Karabiner 98k (Standard-issued rifle of the German army)[72][236][237][235]
- Gewehr 98/40 (Modification of Hungarian 35M rifle converted to 7.92mm. Ordered from Hungary due to shortages of rifles)[235][238]
- Gewehr/Karabiner 43(Gewehr 43 was the early production name and Karabiner 43 was the later production name. Semi-Auto rifle with 10-feed magazine. Made by Walther)[235][72][230][239][240]
- Volkssturmgewehr (Low cost weapons used to arm the Volkssturm in 1945)[235]
- Mauser Model 1889
- GRC Gewehr 88 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm
- Mauser Gewehr 98 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm
- Winchester M1895 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm
- Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 (Captured from Soviets and designated as "Gewehr 254(r)". Issued due to shortage of rifles in 1944)[235]
- Carcano M91/41 (Designated as "Gewehr 210(i)". Issued due to shortage of rifles in 1944)[235]
- Berthier rifle (Captured from France and designated as "Karabiner 551(f)". Issued due to shortage of rifles in 1944)[235]
- Krag-Jørgensen (Captured from Denmark and designated as "Gewehr 311(d)". Issued due to shortage of rifles in 1944)[235]
Foreign weapons produced under occupation
[edit]- Gewehr 24(t) (vz. 24)[235]
- Gewehr 29/40(ö) and Gewehr 29(p) (Captured and modified versions of Karabinek wz. 1929. Mainly issued to Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS)[235][243]
- Gewehr 33/40(t) (Modified version of vz. 33. Mainly used by Gebirgsjäger troops)[235]
- Gewehr 211(n) (Krag-Jørgensen)
Sniper rifles
[edit]- Kar98k (Scoped with ZF39, ZF41, ZF42 and ZF4 optics)[235][72][244][245]
- Karabiner 43 (Scoped with ZF4 Optics)[72][230][246][239][240]
- Gewehr 98 (Scoped)[247]
Machine guns
[edit]- MG 13 Light machine gun (Fairly limited usage by early war second-line troops, by the Volkssturm, main machine gun of the Pzkpfw I light tank and as anti-aircraft weapon. Replaced by the MG 34. Still used till the end of the war)[248][249]
- MG 34 General-purpose machine gun (German army main fire support weapon until superseded by the MG 42 because of ease of manufacture and high fire rate, still used after.)[248][250][251][252]
- MG 42 General-purpose machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the German army after 1942-1943 after replacing MG 34)[248][250][253][254]
- Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun used by volkssturm
- MG 08 (Limited)
- MG 35-36A "Knorr-Bremse" (Limited usage by Waffen-SS from 1943)[248][255][256]
- Browning wz. 1928 (Captured from Poland and designated as "MG 28(p)")[248]
- Breda M30 (Used by Afrika Korps. Designated as "MG 099(i)")[248]
- Breda M37 (Seized from Italians after Armsitice and used on Italian front. Designated as "MG 259(i)")[248]
- Mitrailleur M.20 (Captured from Netherland, designated as "MG 100(h)")[248]
Foreign weapons produced under occupation
[edit]- Maschinengewehr MG 26(t) (ZB vz.26 Mainly used by Waffen-SS)[248]
- Maschinengewehr MG 30(t) (ZB vz. 30)[248]
- MG37(t) (ZB-53)[248][257]
- Schweres Maschinengewehr 258(d) (Madsen machine gun)
Grenades and grenade launchers
[edit]- M1939 Eierhandgranate (The most common German Grenade)[258][259][260][261][109]
- M1924 Stielhandgranate (Stick grendade)[258][262][263][264][109]
- M1943 Stielhandgranate (Stick grendade)[258][265]
- Splitterring & Splittermantel (Fragmentation ring for the M1924 Stielhandgranate, M1943 Stielhandgranate and Eihandgranate 39)[258][266][267]
- Shaving Stick Grenade[268][269]
- Volkshandgranate 45 (Concrete grenade used in the last year of the war)[258][270]
- Blendkörper 1H (Smoke grenade)[258][271][272]
- Blendkörper 2H (Smoke grenade)[258][273][274]
- Nebelhandgranate 39 (Smoke grenade)[258][275][276]
- Nebelhandgranate 41 (Smoke grenade)[258][277][278]
- NebelEihandgranate 42 (Smoke grenade)[258][279]
- Nebelkerze 39 (Smoke candle)[258][280]
- Brandflasche (German Molotov cocktail)[258][281]
- Geballte Ladung (Improvised Satchel charge made of Stick grenades)[282][283][284][109]
- Panzehandmine (Sticky anti-tank grenade)[109][285]
- PanzerHandmine 3 (Magnetic anti-tank charge)[258][286]
- Hafthohlladung (Also known as Panzerknacker. Magnetic anti-tank charge)[287][288][109]
- Panzerwurfmine (Anti-tank grenade used by Luftwaffe ground troops)[258][289][290][109]
- Schiessbecher (Rifle grenade launcher attached on Mauser Karabiner 98k)[291][72][292][293]
- Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40 (Rifle grenade)[291][294][295]
- Gewehr-Sprenggranate (Rifle Grenade)[291][296][297]
- Gewehr-Panzergranate (Anti-tank Rifle Grenade)[291][298][299]
- Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate (Anti-tank Rifle Grenade)[291][300][301]
- Gross Panzergranate 46 & 61 (Anti-tank Rifle Grenade)[291]
- Sturmpistole (Modified Flare pistol into multi-purpose grenade launcher)[302]
- Panzerwurfkörper 42 (Anti-tank grenade for Sturmpistole)[302]
- Wurfgranate Patrone 326 (Grenade for Sturmpistole)[302]
- Wurfkörper 361 (Grenade for Sturmpistole)[302]
Flamethrowers
[edit]- Flammenwerfer 35[303]
- Flammenwerfer 41[303]
- Einstossflammenwerfer 46, single shot, disposable flamethrower
Mortars
[edit]- 5 cm leicht Granatwerfer 36[304][305]
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 34[304][306]
- 8 cm kurz Granatwerfer 42[304]
- 12 cm Granatwerfer 42[304][307]
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- Panzerbüchse 38 and Panzerbüchse 39[308][309]
- Granatbüchse GrB-39 (Modified version of the Panzerbüchse 39)[308][310]
- Schwere Panzerbüchse 41 (Heavy anti-tank rifle)[308]
- Panzerfaust (Disposable AT weapon, cannot be reloaded, first serviced in 1943)[311]
- Panzerschreck (Approximately 290,000 produced, first serviced in 1944)[311][312]
- Model SS41 (Czech design. Used by SS troops mainly on Eastern front in early stages of war.)[313]
- PTRD-41 (Captured from Soviets and designated as "Panzerabwehrbüchse 783(r)")[308]
- PTRS-41 (Captured from Soviets and designated as "Selbstlade-Panzerabwehrbüchse 784(r)")[308]
- Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (Captured from Poland and designated as "Panzerbüchse 35(p)". Used in early years of war on Western front. Then transferred to Italians in 1941)[308][314]
Anti-aircraft rocket launcher
[edit]- Fliegerfaust (Prototypes/trials only)[315]
Guided explosive weapons
[edit]- Leichtes Ladungsträger Sd.Kfz.302 "Goliath" (Electrical engined remote controlled explosive machine)
- Leichtes Ladungsträger Sd.Kfz.303A and B "Goliath" (Petrol engined remote controlled explosive machine)
Kingdom of Greece
[edit]Weaponry used by Hellenic Army during World War II. After World War I Greece received a large quantities of French weaponry. After fall of Greece elements of the Greek Armed Forces that managed to escape to the British-controlled Middle East formed Greek Armed Forces in the Middle East, these forces were reequipped by UK. Partisans and resistance movement used weapons from various sources but mainly used captured Italian and German weapons from Greco-Italian War and German invasion of Greece, they were also supplied by UK and OSS.
Edged weapons
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- Browning FN M1910/22[318]
- Colt M1927 Official Police[318][319]
- Nagant M1895[318][319]
- Ruby M1914[318][319]
- Steyr M1912[318]
- Webley revolver[319]
- Beretta M1934 (Captured from the Italians)[320]
- Luger pistol (Captured from the Germans)[320]
- Walther P38 (Captured from the Germans)[320]
Submachine guns
[edit]- MP 34 (Used by gendarmerie and police forces)[318][320]
- Thompson M1928 and M1A1 (Used by Greek Armed Forces in the Middle East)[320]
- Sten submachine gun (Used by partisans)[320]
- United Defense M42 (Used by partisans. Received from OSS)[320]
- Beretta M1938 (Captured from the Italians)[320]
- MP 40 & MP 41 (Captured from the Germans)[320]
- Makrykano M1943 (Used by partisans)
Rifles
[edit]- Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903, M1903/14, M1903/27 and M1903/30 (Standard issue rifle)[316][321][322]
- Mauser FN M1930 (Bought between 1930 and 1939 to supplement the lack of rifles in interwar period)[321]
- Mannlicher M1895 (Used by reserve units and for training)[321]
- Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 (Received in large quantities from France after WWI)[321]
- Lebel M1886/93 (Received in large quantities from France after WWI, mainly used with VB Grenade launcher)[321]
- Gras M1874 and M1874/14 (Used by reserve units, police and partisans)[321]
- Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III* (Used by Greek Armed Forces in the Middle East)[320]
- Carcano rifle (Captured from the Italians, main partisan rifle)[320]
- Kar98k (Captured from the Germans)[320]
- Vz.24 (Captured from the Germans)[320]
Light machine guns
[edit]- Hotchkiss Μ1922/26 (Standard light machine gun)[318][319]
- Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun (Remained in service after World War I)[318][319]
- Chauchat M1915 (Remained in service after World War I)[318][319]
- EPK M1939 (Prototype only)
- Bren machine gun (Used by Greek Armed Forces in the Middle East, replaced Lewis Gun)[320]
- Lewis machine gun (Used by Greek Armed Forces in the Middle East)[320]
- Breda M1930 (Captured from the Italians)[320]
- MG 34 (Captured from the Germans)[320]
- MG 42 (Captured from the Germans)[320]
- ZB vz. 26 (Captured from the Germans)[320]
Medium machine guns
[edit]Heavy machine guns
[edit]- Schwarzlose M1907/12 (Limited use)[319]
Grenades
[edit]- F1 grenade[citation needed]
- Churnat (used by partisans)
- VB rifle grenade[321]
Mortars
[edit]- Brandt M1927/31[324]
- Brixia M1935 (Captured from the Italians)[318]
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- Boys anti-tank rifle (Ordered 1786 rifles, 122 reached Greece[citation needed])[325][154]
- PIAT (Used by Greek Armed Forces in the Middle East)
Kingdom of Hungary
[edit]Weaponry used by Royal Hungarian Army that fought on the side of the Axis powers
Edged Weapons
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- Pisztoly 19M (Also known as Frommer Stop. Remained in service until 1945)[327]
- FÉG 29M[328]
- FÉG 37M Pistol[329][330]
- Frommer Lilliput
- Walther P38 (Supplied by Germany. Limited use)[97][better source needed]
Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- 31M rifle (Some of the reissued in during the war. Replaced by 35M Rifle)[335]
- 35M rifle (Standard issue rifle)[336]
- 43M rifle (Modification of 35M rifle converted to 7.92mm cartridge. Also known as G98/40)[337]
- 95M Mannlicher[citation needed]
Machine guns
[edit]- Madsen machine gun (Madsen golyószóró M.24. Reissued in 1943, mostly with anti-aircraft mounts)[338]
- Solothurn 31M & 43M light machine guns[339][340]
- 34M Stange (MG 34 supplied by Germany)
- 42M Grunov (MG 42 supplied by Germany)
- Schwarzlose M1907/31M heavy machine gun[341][342]
Grenades
[edit]- 31M Vesiczky[343]
- 36M Vécsey[344][345]
- 37M Demeter[346]
- 39A/M (Molotov fire grenade)[347][348]
- 42M Vecsey (Issued to soldiers in 1944)[349][350]
- 43 M. vakító kézigránát (Smoke grenade)[351]
- M1924 & M1943 Stielhandgranate (Supplied by Germany)[352]
- Eihandgranate Model 39 (Supplied by Germany)[353]
- Schiessbecher (German grenade launcher mounted on 43M Rifle)[326]
Mortars
[edit]- 5 cm Granatwerfer 36 (Supplied by Germany)
- 39 M. 5 cm gránátvető (5 cm 39.M grenade launcher)[354]
- 36 M. és 36/39 M. 8 cm aknavető (Hungarian 81 mm 36.M & 36/39M medium mortars)[354]
- 43 M. 12cm aknavető (Hungarian 120 mm 43.M mortar based on captured Soviet M1943 Mortar)[354]
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- Solothurn 36M 20mm anti-tank rifle (S-18/100) (Introduced in 1936 and produced under license up to 1943. Also used in armored vehicles)[355]
- 43M & 44M kézi páncéltörő vető (Hungarian hybrid of bazooka and panzerschreck)[155]
- Faustpatrone & Panzerfaust 30 (Supplied by Germany in 1944. Also known as Kis Páncélököl and Nagy Páncélököl)[356][357]
- Panzerschreck (Supplied by Germany)[155]
British Raj
[edit]The British Indian Army under UK command.
Sidearms
[edit]Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III* (Standard issue rifle)[358]
- Pattern 1914 Enfield[359]
Machine guns
[edit]Grenades
[edit]Imperial State of Iran
[edit]Weapons used by Imperial State of Iran during Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941
Sidearms
[edit]- Browning 1910
- Luger pistol[362]
- Mauser C96
- Modèle 1892 revolver
- Walther P38[citation needed]
- Webley Revolver
- Walther PP
Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Iranian Mauser 98/29 (Standard issue rifle)
- Iranian Mauser 98/29 carbine
- vz. 24
Machine guns
[edit]- Lewis gun
- Maxim gun
- Vickers machine gun
- ZB vz. 26 (6000 ZB-26 received in 1934)
- ZB vz. 30 (Produced under license)
- ZB-53[86]
Kingdom of Iraq
[edit]Weapons used by Kingdom of Iraq during Anglo-Iraqi War in 1941
Sidearms
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Karabiner 98k
- SMLE Mk III* (Standard issue rifle)
- P14 Enfield
Machine guns
[edit]Kingdom of Italy
[edit]Weaponry of Royal Italian Army up to 1943 and National Republican Army from 1943.
Edged weapons
[edit]- M1891 sciabola baionetta (Sword bayonet)[364]
- M1891/38 pugnale baionetta (Dagger bayonet)
- M1939 pugnale (Dagger)
Sidearms
[edit]- Beretta M1923[citation needed]
- Beretta M1934 (Standard issue sidearm adopted in 1935)[120]
- Beretta M1935 (Issued to Regia Marina and Regia Aeronautica)[120]
- Bodeo M1889 (Remained in service of both armies until the end of the war. Issued to officers)[365][366]
- Glisenti M1910 (Used by Carabinieri and rear-line units)[367]
- Roth–Steyr M1907 (Received as reparations after World War I. Some of them were reissued to republican forces in final years of war due to shortages of sidearms)[368]
- Steyr M1912[citation needed]
- Mauser C96
- Walther P38 (Supplied by Germany. Limited use)[97][better source needed]
Submachine guns
[edit]- Thompson M1A1 (Captured examples used by the Italian Army prior to 8 September 1943)
- Beretta M1938A & M1938/42[228]
- FNAB-43 (Used by Italian Social Republic)[369]
- TZ-45 (Last ditch weapon issued by the end of war to Republican forces)[370]
- OVP 1918 (Limited use)[371][372]
Rifles
[edit]- Carcano M1891, M1938 and M1941 (Standard issue rifle)[373]
- M1870/87/15 Vetterli-Vitali (Used by second-line troops in North Africa and colonial troops in Italian East Africa)[374][375]
- Armaguerra Mod. 39 rifle (Limited use)[376]
- Revelli-Beretta M1915 (Semi-automatic carbine erroneously called as submachine gun)[377]
- Beretta M1918/30 (Semi-automatic carbine erroneously called as submachine gun)[378]
- Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 (Received as reparations after World War 1. Used by colonial troops in East Africa)[379]
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (Used as sniper rifle.[380] After armistice used by Italian Social Republic)
- Gewehr 41 (used by Italian Social Republic)[241]
Light machine guns
[edit]- Breda Mod. 5C
- Breda M1930 (Standard issue LMG, adopted in 1930)[381]
- MG 42 (Used by Italian Social Republic)
Medium machine guns
[edit]- Breda Mod. 5G
- Breda M1938 (Tank machine gun adapted for infantry use)[382]
- Fiat–Revelli M1914 (Used by colonial troops in Italian East Africa)[383]
- Fiat–Revelli M1935 (Fully replaced Fiat–Revelli M1914 in 1940)[383]
Heavy machine guns
[edit]- Breda M1937 (Standard HMG adopted in 1937)[384]
Grenades
[edit]- Breda M1935[385][109]
- Breda M1942[385]
- OTO L[386]
- OTO M1935[387][109]
- OTO M1942[387]
- Passaglia grenade[388]
- SRCM M1935[389][390]
Flamethrowers
[edit]- Lanciafiamme M1935 (Mainly used on Eastern Front)[391]
- Lanciafiamme Modello 40
- Lanciafiamme Mod. 41 d'assalto
Mortars
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- Boys anti-tank rifle (Captured in the North African campaign)
- Kb ppanc wz.35 (Ex-Polish)[394][395][396]
- Solothurn S-18/1000[397]
- Solothurn S-18/1100
- Panzerfaust 30 (used by Italian Social Republic)
- Panzerschreck (used by Italian Social Republic)[155]
Japanese Empire
[edit]Weaponry used by Imperial Japanese Armed Forces during World War II. Japan officially joined the conflict in 1941 but was still involved in Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Edged weapons
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- Browning FN M1910
- Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless
- Hamada Type pistol
- Inagaki pistol (Produced in very small quantities)[400]
- Nambu Type 14[401]
- Nambu Type 94[401]
- Sugiura pistol (Produced in very small quantities)[400]
- Type 26 revolver[401][402][403]
- Astra 900 (Captured from Chinese)
- Mauser C96 (Captured from Chinese. Issued to collaborationist Chinese and Manchurian forces)
- Luger P08 (Captured from Dutch Forces)[404]
Submachine guns
[edit]- Type 100[405][406]
- Type Be (SIG Bergmann adopted by the SNLF. It wasn't issued to troops fighting on the Pacific Front)[401][68]
- Type Su (Steyr-Solothurn S1-100)[401]
- Thompson (Captured Chinese copies, unofficial issue)
Semi-automatic rifles
[edit]- Pedersen rifle (Estimated use in the Philippines at the end of war. Purchased during the 30s)[407]
Rifles
[edit]- Arisaka Type I rifle (Used for training, issued to Naval guard and some garrison units)[408]
- Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Standard issue rifle, also produced in shortened version)[398][401]
- Arisaka Type 44 carbine (Used by cavalry)[398][401]
- Arisaka Type 97 sniper rifle[398][401]
- Arisaka Type 99 rifle (Standard issue rifle, partially replaced Type 38 rifle)[398][401]
- Arisaka Type 99 sniper rifle[398]
- TERA Type 2 (Used by Teishin Shudan at later stages of the war)[409]
Light Machine guns
[edit]- Type 92 machine gun (Copy of the Lewis machine gun. Mainly used as aircraft gun)[401][410][411]
- Type 11 light machine gun[401][412]
- Type 96 light machine gun[401][413]
- Type 99 light machine gun[401][414]
- FN Model 30 (Captured from Chinese forces)
- ZB vz. 26 (Captured from Chinese forces. Mainly issued to Chinese collaborationist forces)[77]
Heavy Machine guns
[edit]- Type 1 heavy machine gun (Limited use)[415]
- Type 3 heavy machine gun[416]
- Type 92 heavy machine gun (Standard HMG)[401][417][418]
- Type 97 heavy tank machine gun (Tank machine gun, less common as infantry gun due to its weight)
Grenades
[edit]- Type 3 grenade[419]
- Type 4 grenade[420]
- Type 23 grenade (Chinese grenade)[401][93][421]
- Type 91 fragmentation discharger/hand grenade[401][422]
- Type 91 Incendiary[423][109]
- Type 97 fragmentation hand grenade[401][424][109]
- Type 98 stick grenade[401][425][109]
- Type 99 rifle/hand fragmentation grenade[401][426]
- Type 99 Hako-Baku-Rai (Magnetic charge that could be used either as grenade or mine)[427]
- Incendiary stick grenade[401][428]
- Molotov cocktail[401]
Grenade dischargers
[edit]- Type 2 rifle grenade launcher[401]
- Type 10 grenade discharger[401]
- Type 89 grenade discharger[401]
- Type 100 grenade discharger[401]
Flamethrowers
[edit]Mortars
[edit]- Type 2 12 cm mortar
- Type 11 70 mm infantry mortar[401]
- Type 90 light mortar
- Type 93 150 mm infantry mortar[401]
- Type 94 90 mm infantry mortar[401]
- Type 96 150 mm infantry mortar
- Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar[401]
- Type 97 90 mm infantry mortar[430]
- Type 97 150 mm infantry mortar[430]
- Type 98 50 mm mortar[401]
- Type 99 81 mm mortar[401]
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]Guided explosive weapons
[edit]- I-Go (Remote-controlled explosive machine)
Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- Browning Hi-Power (Brigade Piron)[citation needed]
- Webley revolver (Brigade Piron)
- FN M1900
- FN 1910
- Nagant 1884 revolver with bayonet other variants (Gendarmerie)
Submachine guns
[edit]- MP 18
- Pieper Bayard Mi34 (MP-28/II variant)
Rifles
[edit]- Enfield Pattern P1914
- Lee–Enfield rifle
- Ross rifle
- Mauser Gewehr 98 (Army)
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (Luxembourgish resistance)
- Mauser 1900 (derived from Swedish Mauser 1896) (Gendarmerie)
- FN 1924/30 carbine
Machine guns
[edit]- Browning M1918 (Brigade Piron)
- Bren machine gun (Brigade Piron)
- Vickers machine gun (Brigade Piron)
- MG 08
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- Boys anti-tank rifle
- PIAT (Brigade Piron)
Manchukuo
[edit]The Manchukuo Imperial Army served under Japanese Command in Second Sino-Japanese War and during Invasion of Manchuria in 1945.
Sidearms
[edit]- Astra Model 900
- FN M1900
- FN M1910
- Luger P08
- Nambu pistol
- Mauser C96
- Type 26 revolver
- Type 94 Nambu pistol
Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Arisaka Type 30
- Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Standard issue rifle)
- Arisaka Type 99 rifle
- Type 44 carbine (Used by Elite Cavalry units)
- Hanyang Type 88 (Used by second-line units)
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (Captured)
Light Machine guns
[edit]Heavy Machine guns
[edit]- Nambu Type 3 heavy machine gun
- Nambu Type 92 heavy machine gun (Intended to replace the Type 3 heavy machine gun but not provided in sufficient numbers)[431]
Grenade dischargers
[edit]Mengjiang
[edit]The Inner Mongolian Army served under Japanese Command in Second Sino-Japanese War and during Invasion of Manchuria in 1945.
Sidearms
[edit]Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]Machine guns
[edit]Mongolian People's Republic
[edit]The Mongolian People's Army, under Soviet Command, served in Manchuria in 1945 and in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol in 1939
Sidearms
[edit]Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]Machine guns
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]The weaponry used by Royal Netherlands Army up to 1940 and colonial troops of Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) up 1942. After occupation Dutch government continued in exile. Free Dutch Forces were equipped by Western Allies - Mainly British Commonwealth.
Sidearms
[edit]- Browning FN M1910/22 (Standard issue sidearm both in 7.65 and 9mm calibers. Designated as Pistool M.25)[434][435]
- Revolver M1873[434][436]
- Borchardt-Luger pistol (Used by KNIL and by Navy. Designated as M.11 Pistool)[434][437]
- Browning FN M1903 (Used by Navy)[434]
- Sauer M1930 (Used by Navy)[434]
- Mauser C96 (Used by the KNIL)[438]
Submachine guns
[edit]- MP 28 (Used by the KNIL. Bought 150 submachine guns before war)[434][437]
- Thompson M1928 (Used by the KNIL. Bought 2000 submachine guns before war. Also used by Free Dutch Forces)[434][439]
- Sten submachine gun (Used by Free Dutch Forces)
- Owen submachine gun (Used by Free Dutch Forces on Pacific)
Rifles
[edit]- Geweer M.95 (Standard issue rifle by both Army and KNIL. Also known as Dutch Mannlicher M1895. Produced also in various carbine models)[434][437]
- Johnson M1941 rifle (Used by the KNIL. Bought 1999 Rifles before war)[437][440]
- Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III and No.4 Mk I (Used by Free Dutch Forces)[441][442]
- Pattern 1914 Enfield (Used by Free Dutch Forces on Pacific)[441]
Light Machine guns
[edit]- Lewis machine gun (Main light machine gun adopted by Army as Mitrailleur M.20 using 97-round magazines[443])[440]
- Madsen machine gun (Used by the KNIL as Karabijnmitrailleur with shortened barrel)[444][437]
- Breda M30 (Limited use by KNIL. Received captured examples by British forces in East Africa)[440]
- Bren machine gun (Used by Free Dutch Forces)[445]
Medium Machine guns
[edit]- Schwarzlose M.08 (Main machine gun used by Army)[440][446]
Heavy Machine guns
[edit]- Spandau M.25 (Dutch variant of MG 08. Mainly used in anti-aircraft platoons)[440]
- Vickers machine gun (Adopted by Army as M.18. and by KNIL as M.23)[440][437][447]
- M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun (Used by KNIL as anti-aircraft machine gun)[440][437]
Grenades
[edit]- Eihandgranaat No.1[448][449]
- Eihandgranaat No.3[448][450]
- Hexiet Rookhandgranaat (Smoke grenade)[451][452]
- Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade (Used by the KNIL)[453]
- Offensieve handgranaat No.2 1928 (Used by the KNIL)[454]
- Offensieve Handgranaat No.3 1941 (Used by the KNIL. Construction based on MK3 grenade delivered in 1941-1942)[453]
Mortars
[edit]- Brandt Mle 27/31 (Mortier van 8 Brandt or M.27/31. Used by both Army and KNIL)[437]
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- Solothurn S-18/1000 (125 rifles delivered to Royal Netherlands Army and 72 to KNIL)[397][437]
- Boys anti-tank rifle (Used by Free Dutch Forces from 1943)[455]
- PIAT (Used by Free Dutch Forces from 1943)[456]
New Zealand
[edit]The 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force that served in Africa, Mediterranean and Pacific theatre
Sidearms
[edit]Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III* (Standard issue rifle)
- Charlton automatic rifle (Used by Home Guard)[458][459]
- Pattern 1914 Enfield
Machine guns
[edit]Grenades
[edit]- No.36M grenade (Also known as the "Mills bomb")
Mortars
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]Norway
[edit]Weapons used by Norwegian Army during the Norwegian campaign in 1940. Norwegian resistance movement used weapons from various sources, Commandos primarily used British equipment. Norwegian police troops in Sweden were recruited from refugees and trained in secret camps by Swedish military and used Swedish equipment, they originally intended to help maintain order in a post-war Norway however they partially participated in Liberation of Finnmark
Edged weapons
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- Colt Kongsberg M1914 (Licensed copy of the Colt M1911, standard issue for the Norwegian Army until 1940)[221]
- Nagant M1893 (Earlier service revolver that preceded the Colt Kongsberg M1914 in service and was still in use by 1940)[461]
- Smith & Wesson Military & Police (Used by the Norwegian armed forces in exile)[461]
- Webley revolver (Used by the Norwegian armed forces in exile)[461]
- Lahti Husqvarna m/40 (Used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden)[461][462][463]
Submachine guns
[edit]- M3 submachine gun (Used by the Norwegian Resistance)
- Sten submachine gun (Used by the Norwegian armed forces in exile and by the Norwegian Resistance)[463][7]
- Thompson submachine gun (Used by Commandos)[464][463]
- Kulsprutepistol m/37-39 (Used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden)[463]
Rifles
[edit]- Krag-Jørgensen M1894 (Standard service rifle of the Norwegian forces until 1940, carbines and sniper versions were also used)[465][466]
- Lee–Enfield rifle (Norwegian Resistance and Commandos)[467][463]
- Pattern 1914 Enfield (Used by the Norwegian armed forces in exile)[463]
- M1 Carbine (Used by Commandos)[463]
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (Norwegian Resistance)
- Swedish Mauser M/96 and M/38 (Used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden)[463]
- Automatgevär M42 (Used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden)
Machine guns
[edit]- Madsen M14 and M22 (Standard light machine gun)[468][469]
- Colt M/29 (Standard heavy machine gun and anti-aircraft defense)[470][471]
- Hotchkiss M1898 (Had been replaced by the Colt M29 by 1940, but was still part of the armament of several fortifications)[469][32]
- Bren machine gun (Norwegian Resistance and Commandos)[472][463]
- Kg m/21 (Used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden)[463]
Commonwealth of the Philippines
[edit]Weaponry used by Philippine Army in Commonwealth period. Philippine Army mainly used the old American equipment from Philippine–American War. In 1941 Philippine Army was placed under command of USAFFE.
Edged weapons
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- Colt M1911[473]
- M1917 revolver
- Webley Revolver
- Nambu pistol (Captured)
- Type 26 revolver(Captured)
Submachine guns
[edit]Shotguns
[edit]- Browning Auto-5
- Winchester Model 1897 (Purchased for Philippine Scouts and Philippine Constabulary)[474]
- Winchester M1912
Rifles
[edit]- M1 carbine (Used by guerrillas)[473]
- M1 Garand
- Springfield M1903 (Main rifle at the beginning of the war)[475]
- Enfield M1917 (Main rifle at the beginning of the war)[475][476]
- Constabulary M1899
- Arisaka Type 38 (Captured, used by guerrillas)[473]
- Arisaka Type 99 (Captured, used by guerrillas)[473]
Machine guns
[edit]- Browning M1918[473]
- Colt-Browning M1895
- Browning M1917A1[477]
- Browning M1919A4
- Browning M2
- Lewis Gun[478]
- Type 3 heavy machine gun (Captured)
- Type 11 light machine gun (Captured)
- Type 92 heavy machine gun (Captured)
- Type 99 light machine gun (Captured)
Grenades
[edit]- Mk2 grenade
- Type 97 Grenade (Captured)
- Molotov Fire Grenade
Anti-tank weapon
[edit]- Boys anti-tank rifle (Delivered to resistance against Japanese occupation)[154]
Flamethrowers
[edit]2nd Polish Republic
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Polish_infantry_marching_-2_1939.jpg/170px-Polish_infantry_marching_-2_1939.jpg)
Before Germany conquered Poland the Polish army was chiefly equipped with weapons of its own making. After the German and Soviet occupation, the Polish government continued in exile. Polish armed forces in the West were equipped by the Western Allies, principally the UK and those formed in the East under the USSR were equipped with Soviet equipment, Polish Army in France was equipped with French equipment. Within occupied Poland the Polish resistance forces were equipped with weapons from many sources.
Edged weapons
[edit]- Bagnet wz.1898/05 (Bayonet acquired by Poland after WWI, used on Kb.wz.98)
- Bagnet karabinowy wz.24 & wz.27 (Bayonet for all Polish Mauser Rifles and Carbines and modified Mosin Carbine)
- Bagnet karabinowy wz.28 & wz.29 (Bayonet for Kb.wz.98 and Kbk.wz.29)
Sidearms
[edit]- Radom Pistolet wz.35 Vis (Standard service sidearm in 1939)[479][480]
- Nagant wz. 30 (Polish derivative of Nagant M1895. Used by State Police)
- Ruby M1914 (Used by Polish Army in France)
- SACM M1935A (Used by Polish Army in France)[481][page needed]
- Star M1914 (Used by Polish Army in France)[481][page needed]
- Colt M1911 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[481][page needed]
- M1917 Revolver (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[482]
- Enfield No.2 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[481][page needed]
- Tokarev TT-33 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[483]
Submachine gun
[edit]- Mors wz. 39 (Prototype only. Prototypes issued to the 3rd Rifle Battalion and the 39th Infantry Division)[484]
- Thompson submachine gun (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[485][486]
- Sten submachine gun (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West and locally produced by resistance movement)[482][7]
- Błyskawica submachine gun (Used by the resistance movement)[487]
- PPS submachine gun (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[488][483]
- PPSh-41 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[488][483]
- MP 40 (Used by the resistance movement)[489]
Rifles
[edit]- Karabin wz.98 (Main service rifle in 1939, also used by the resistance movement. Polish copy of Mauser Gewehr 98)[490][491]
- Karabin wz.98a (Derivative of kb. wz.98)[490][491]
- Karabinek wz.29 (Main service rifle in 1939, based on the Karabin wz.98a)[492]
- Karabinek wz.98 (Based on Kar 98AZ, used by Polish cavalry and horse artillery)[491][493][494]
- Karabinek wz. 91/98/25 (Based on Mosin–Nagant rifle. Limited use by National Defense)[491]
- Lebel M1886/93 (Used by some units of National Defense in 1939)[491]
- Berthier M1907/15 rifle (Used by second-line troops in 1939 and by Polish Army in France)[495][496]
- MAS-36 (Used by Polish Army in France)[497]
- Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III and No.4 Mk I (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[482][486]
- Mosin–Nagant rifle (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[483][498]
- SVT-40 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[498]
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (Used by the resistance movement)[236]
Machine guns
[edit]- Browning wz.1928 (Standard light machine gun variant of the Browning M1918)[499][500]
- Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun (Limited use by some units of National Defense)[501]
- Chauchat 1915/27 (Converted to Mauser 7.92×57mm. Limited use by some units of National Defense)[502][503]
- Ckm wz.30 (Polish standard heavy machine gun variant of the Browning M1917A1)[504][505]
- MG 08/15 (Mainly used as anti-aircraft weapon Used by artillery, sappers and National Defense)[506]
- Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss (Hotchkiss M1914 converted to 7.92×57mm Mauser. Limited use by second-line units and by Polish Border Guards. Mainly used in armored vehicles)[507][508][32]
- FM 24/29 light machine gun (Used by Polish Army in France)[509]
- Bren machine gun (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[510][511]
- Browning M1919 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[512]
- Vickers machine gun (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[513]
- Degtyaryov machine gun (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[488][514]
- Maxim wz. 1910 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[514][515]
- MG 34 (Used by the resistance movement)[516]
- ZB vz. 26 (Used by the resistance movement)[517]
Grenades
[edit]- Defensive grenade wz. 33[518][109]
- Offensive grenade wz. 33[519][109]
- Defensive grenade wz. 24[520][521]
- Offensive grenade wz. 24[521]
- ET wz.40 (also known as ET-40 "Filipinka". Grenade based on ET-38 anti-tank grenade. Used by Polish resistance)[522]
- R wz.42 (also known as "Sidolówka". Used by Polish resistance)[522]
- Granat "Karbidówka" (Used by Polish resistance)[523][524]
- M1924 Stielhandgranate (Used by the resistance movement)[525]
Grenade launchers
[edit]Mortars
[edit]- wz.18 mortar (Stokes mortar)[526]
- wz.18/31 mortar (Brandt Mle 27/31 produced under license)[526]
- wz.28 mortar (Polish produced Stokes mortar)[526]
- wz.31 mortar (Brandt Mle 27/31 produced under license)[526]
- SBML 2-inch mortar (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- Kb ppanc wz.35[396][527]
- Boys anti-tank rifle (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[528]
- PIAT (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West, Used during the Warsaw Uprising[529][530])
- PTRD-41 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)
- PTRS-41 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)
- Panzerfaust (Used by the resistance movement)
Kingdom of Romania
[edit]Romania joined the Axis Powers in 1940 and the Romanian Royal Army fought on that side until August 1944. After a coup d'état in August 1944 Romania fought alongside the USSR against Germany and Hungary.
Sidearms
[edit]- Beretta M1934 (Approx. 40000 pistols imported in 1941. Standard issue officer pistol)[120][531]
- Steyr M1912 (Standard issue sidearm of machine gunners)[531][532][533]
- Ruby M1914
- Nagant M1895 (Captured)
- Tokarev TT-33 (Captured)
Submachine guns
[edit]- PM Orița Md. 1941 (Entered service in 1943)[531][534]
- PM Beretta (Between 1941 and 1942 Romania imported 5000 MAB 38A and 38/42 models)[531][534][228]
- PM Mauser (Used by paratroopers until replaced with MP40)[535]
- PM Schmeisser Md. 18 I
- PM Schmeisser Md. 28 II (Issued to Iron Guard)[531][536]
- PM Md. 1940 (Used by paratroopers)[531][535][534]
- PM Md. 1941[534][537]
- PM Rus (Captured)[534]
Rifles
[edit]- vz.24 (Standard infantry rifle, adopted in 1938. Also used as a sniper rifle)[531][532][538][539]
- Mannlicher M1893 (Also known as the M93. Used by some units at the beginning of the war and Naval infantry. Replaced by Vz.24 rifle)[531][540]
- Mannlicher M1895 (Used by reserve units)[532]
- Mosin–Nagant rifle (Captured and used by snipers)[532][538]
- Gewehr 43 (Very small numbers supplied by Nazi Germany)[541]
- StG 44 (Very small numbers supplied by Nazi Germany)[541][542]
Machine guns
[edit]- ZB vz. 30 (Standard light machine gun. Imported and locally produced under license)[531][532][538][543]
- ZB-53 (Main heavy machine gun)[531][532][544]
- MG 34[531][532][542]
- MG 42[537][542]
- Schwarzlose M1907/12 (Converted to Mauser 7.92×57mm)[532][545][546]
- Hotchkiss M1914[32]
- Ckm wz.30 (Imported from Poland in interwar period)[505]
- PM M1910 (Captured)[547][548]
Grenades
[edit]- MAN 1939 (Polish wz.33 offensive and defensive grenades produced under a license)[531][532][549]
- Granát vz.34 (Impact grenade Kyser)[531][532]
- Geballte Ladung (Satchel charge made of German stick grenades)[531]
- CIAG smoke grenade[531]
- Unknown Romanian grenade [109]
Flamethrowers
[edit]- Pignone flamethrower model 1937[534][550]
- Flammenwerfer 35[531]
- Lanciafiamme Modello 35[531]
- ROKS flamethrowers (Captured)[531]
Mortars
[edit]- Brandt Mle 1935[531][532][534]
- Brandt Mle 27/31[531][532][534]
- M1938 mortar (Captured and copied as Reșița Model 1942)[532][542]
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- Panzerfaust[531][532]
- Panzerschreck[155]
- PTRD-41 (Captured)[532][551]
- PTRS-41 (Captured)[551]
First Slovak Republic
[edit]Weaponry of First Slovak Republic participating in the conflict from 1939 to 1944 on the side of Axis powers.
Edged weapons
[edit]- Bodák vz. 24 (Bayonet for Vz.24 rifle)[102][552]
Sidearms
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- ZB vz. 24 (Standard issue rifle)[102][554][553]
- Mauser Karabiner 98k
Submachine guns
[edit]- MP 40[554]
- PPD-40 (Captured)[554]
- ZK-383 (In total 190 submachine guns were delivered at the beginning of 1943)[555]
Light machine guns
[edit]Heavy machine guns
[edit]- Schwarzlose M1907/12 (As Kulomet vz. 24)[102][554][556]
Grenades
[edit]Mortars
[edit]- 8 cm minomet vz. 36 (Modified variant of Brandt Mle 27/31)[102][553]
Union of South Africa
[edit]The Union of South Africa serving under UK command. Served in Africa and Italy.
Sidearms
[edit]Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III* and No.4 Mk I (Standard issue rifle)
Machine guns
[edit]Mortars
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- M1 Bazooka (Also known as 3.5-inch rocket launcher)
- PIAT
Soviet Union
[edit]Weaponry used by Red Army during World War II.
Edged weapons
[edit]- M1927 Shashka (Cossack cavalry sword)[558]
- NR-40 knife
- AVS-36 bayonet
- Mosin-Nagant 1891/30 bayonet[559]
- SVT-40 M1940 bayonet[559]
- S84/98 III bayonet (Captured)
Handguns
[edit]- Tokarev TT-33 (Standard issued pistol of the Red Army)[560]
- Nagant M1895[561]
- Mauser C96 (Captured from WW1 and issued during WW2)
- Colt M1911A1 (American Lend-Lease)
Submachine guns
[edit]- PPSh-41 (Standard issued SMG of the Red Army)[226][562]
- PPS-42/PPS-43 (2nd most preferred SMG of the Red Army)[563]
- PPD-34/38[564]
- PPD-40[564][565]
- MP 40 (Captured/ Grass Is Greener syndrome.)
- Thompson submachine gun (American Lend-Lease)
- Reising M50 (American Lend-Lease)[44]
Automatic rifles
[edit]- AVS-36 (Used during Winter War)[140]
- AVT-40[566]
- Fedorov Avtomat (Reissued during Winter War)[567][568][569]
Rifles
[edit]- Mosin–Nagant M1891/1930 (Standard-issued rifle of the Red Army)[570]
- Mosin–Nagant M1938 carbine[571]
- Mosin–Nagant M1944 carbine[572]
- SVT-38 and SVT-40 (Some of them used as sniper rifle)[566][573]
- Kar98k (Captured from the Germans)
- Winchester M1895
Machine guns
[edit]- DP-27 (Erroneously called DP-28 in the west, standard issued LMG of the Red Army)[574][575]
- Maxim M1910 (Main fire support weapon of the Red Army)[90]
- Goryunov SG-43[576]
- DShK machine gun (Main heavy machine gun of the Red Army as a base anti-air defense weapon never issued to front line troops, Mounted as a top-mounted machine gun for the IS-2)[577][578]
- DS-39 (Production discontinued after the German invasion)[579]
- Bren light machine gun (British Lend-Lease)[580]
- MG 34 (Captured from the Germans)
Grenades
[edit]- RGD-33[581][109]
- F1 grenade (Also known as "limonka". World War 2 F1 grenades were painted dark olive)[109][582][583]
- M1914/30[584][109]
- RG-41[109]
- RG-42[109]
- RGU hand grenade[109][585]
- RPG-6[109][586]
- RPG-40 (Anti-tank grenade)[109]
- RPG-41 (Anti-tank grenade)[109]
- RPG-43 (Anti-tank grenade)[109][586][587]
- M1924 Stielhandgranate (Captured from the Germans)
- Panzerwurfmine (Captured from Germans)[588]
- Molotov fire grenade[109]
Grenade launchers
[edit]- Dyakonoff grenade launcher (Attachment on the M91/30 rifle only)
- VPGS-41 Rifle Grenade (Rifle Grenade mounted on Mosin Nagant Model 1891/30)
- Schiessbecher (Captured from Germans. Rifle Grenade mounted on Kar98k)[588]
Flamethrowers
[edit]Mortars
[edit]- 37mm spade mortar[589]
- 50mm RM-38, RM-39 & RM-40[589]
- 82-BM-36 (or M-36)[590]
- 82-BM-37 (or M-37)[590]
- 82-PM-41 (or M-41)[591]
- 107mm M1938 mortar (or 107-PBHM 38)[591]
- M1938 mortar (or 120-PM-38)[592]
- 120-PM-43 mortar (or M1943 Mortar)
- 160 mm Mortar M1943[592]
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle (Dyegtyaryov M1941)[593][594]
- PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle (Simonov M1941)[595]
- Ampulomet
- M1 Bazooka (American Lend-Lease)[39]
- Boys anti-tank rifle (British Lend-Lease)[580]
- PIAT (British Lend-Lease)[580]
- Granatbüchse GrB-39 (Captured from Germans)[588]
- Panzerschreck (Captured from Germans)[588][155]
- Panzerfaust (Captured from Germans)[588][155]
Thailand
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- Astra 300
- Browning FN M1900
- Colt M1911
- Nambu Type 14
- Type 78 Luger pistol[596]
- Type 79 Colt Super[597]
- Type 80 Star[598]
- Type 82 Colt Police Positive[599]
Submachine guns
[edit]Rifles
[edit]- Siamese Types 46, 46/66, 47, 47/66 and 66 Mauser rifle (Standard issue rifle)
- Type 83 Arisaka rifle (Japanese type 38 rifle in Thai service. Supplied by Japan)
- Type 83 Arisaka carbine[601]
- Lee Enfield Mk III "Wild Tiger" rifle (Used by Royal Thai Police.[602] Adopted in 1919, as issue rifle for the Wild Tiger Corps.)[603]
- ZH-29[604]
Machine guns
[edit]- Type 66 Browning M1917
- Type 66 Madsen machine gun[605]
- Type 92 heavy machine gun
- Vickers machine gun
Grenades
[edit]Grenade dischargers
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]United Kingdom (including colonies)
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/9_Div_Tobruk%28AWM_020779%29.jpg/220px-9_Div_Tobruk%28AWM_020779%29.jpg)
Edged weapons
[edit]- BC-41 dagger
- Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
- Kris dagger (British Malaya)
- Kukri machete (Used by Gurkha regiments)
- Parang knife (British Malaya)
- Smatchet knife sword. And a sword
Sidearms
[edit]- Webley Mk.IV (.38/200) and Mk.VI (.455) (Mk.IV was adopted in 1942. Mk.VI was WWI era revolver that still remained in use due to shortages of sidearms)[606]
- Enfield No.2 (Standard issue sidearm adopted in 1932)[607]
- M1917 revolver (Issued to the Home Guard)
- FN/Inglis Browning Hi-Power (As Pistol No.2 Mk.I. Plausible use from late 1944)[25]
- Colt M1911 (M1911A1s supplied through lend-lease with some configured to fire the .455 cartridge. Mainly issued to Commando units)[608]
- Colt M1927 Official Police
- Smith & Wesson Victory (Received in large quantities from Lend-Lease to fill shortages of handguns)[2]
- Nambu Type 14 (British Malaya)
- Luger P-08 (British Malaya)
Submachine guns
[edit]- Thompson submachine gun (M1928, M1928A1 and M1A1 variants)[457][608]
- Sten submachine gun (About 4 million produced from all sources)[609][610][7]
- Sterling submachine gun (A few prototypes used in trials)
- Lanchester submachine gun (Copy of the German MP 28/II, used by the Royal Navy, RAF and some commando units)[611][612]
Rifles
[edit]- Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III and No.4 Mk I (Standard issue rifle)[613][614][page needed]
- Lee–Enfield No.5 Mk I "jungle carbine"[615]
- Enfield Pattern P1914 (Used by Home Guard)[616]
- M1 Carbine (Received approx 25,000 carbines from Lend-Lease)[47]
- M1 Garand (Received 38,000 as Lend-Lease)
- Enfield M1917 (Main rifle used by Home Guard)[616]
- Springfield M1903 (Used by Home Guard)[616]
- Ross rifle (Supplied by Canada. Used by the Home Guard)[616]
- De Lisle carbine (Limited numbers, used by special forces such as Commandos)
- Arisaka Type 38 (British Malaya)
- Arisaka Type 99 (British Malaya)
Sniper rifles
[edit]Machine guns
[edit]- Bren Mk1 & Mk2[608][619][620][621]
- Lewis machine gun (Reissued after Fall of France when British Army lost most of their equipment at Dunkirk)[622][623][624]
- Browning M1917 (Used by the Home Guard)
- Browning M1919
- Colt–Browning M1895 (Used by the Home Guard)
- Vickers K machine gun (Limited use - LRDG in North Africa, some reconnaissance units in 1944/45)
- Vickers machine gun (Main Heavy Machine Gun of British Army)[625][626]
- Vickers-Berthier machine gun (Indian Army use)[361]
Grenades
[edit]- No.1 Mk.I Cup Discharger (Rifle grenade launcher for No.1 Mk III rifle)[627]
- Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade (British Malaya)
- No.36M Mk.I grenade (Fragmentation rifle, hand grenade, also known as the "Mills bomb")[628]
- No.68 anti-tank grenade (HEAT anti-tank rifle grenade)
- No.69 Mk.I grenade (Concussion hand grenade)[18]
- No.73 anti-tank grenade (Also known as the "Thermos grenade")
- No.74 anti-tank hand grenade (Also known as the "Sticky bomb")
- No.75 anti-tank hand grenade (Also known as the "Hawkins grenade")
- No.76 special incendiary grenade (Phosphorus hand grenade)
- No.77 grenade (White phosphorus hand grenade)[19]
- No.82 hand grenade (Also known as the "Gammon bomb")[629]
- Type 97 grenade (British Malaya)
- Molotov fire grenade (improvised weapon, British Malaya)
Obstacle clearing explosive charges
[edit]- McClintock Bangalore torpedo
Flamethrowers
[edit]- Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 "Lifebuoy"
Mortars
[edit]- SBML 2-inch mortar (Light mortar)[430][630]
- ML 3-inch mortar (Main mortar)[631]
Anti-tank weapons
[edit]United States of America
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Carbine-iwo-jima-194502.jpg/220px-Carbine-iwo-jima-194502.jpg)
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Blade weapons
[edit]- Ka-Bar knife
- M1 bayonet[635][636]
- M3 fighting knife
- M4 bayonet[636]
- M1905 bayonet[635][636]
- M1917 bayonet
- M1942 bayonet[636]
- Mark I trench knife
- United States Marine Raider stiletto
- Bowie knife
Sidearms
[edit]- Colt M1911A1 (Standard-issued pistol of the US army)[635][637][638]
- Browning High-Power (Produced by Remington Arms and John Inglis from design plans from escaped Belgian workers, not very commonly issued to frontline troops.)
- High Standard HDM (Used by OSS agents)[639]
- Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless (Used by Police and OSS)[640]
- Colt M1917[635]
- Colt M1927 Official Police (Also known as Colt M1927 Commando)[641]
- Smith & Wesson Military & Police[635]
Shotguns
[edit]Commonly used by the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific theater, limited use in Europe.
- Winchester M1912 (Also used to the Western Front, standard-issued shotgun of the US Army)[642][643][644]
- Winchester M1897 (2nd most preferred shotgun of US Marines, This weapon is the standard issued of the US army in WWI. After WWI this weapon is superseded by the M1912 and large number sold it to the US law enforcement became the standard issued shotgun of the US police. Some of it still use in WW2)[642][644][645]
- Browning Auto-5 & Remington Model 11 & Savage Model 720 (The Model 11 is the Remington manufactured A5 shotgun with short barrel. Issued only as emergency weapon)[642]
- Remington M10-A
- Stevens M520-30 and M620
- Ithaca 37[642]
Submachine guns
[edit]- Thompson submachine gun (Standard-issued SMG of the US army, various variants used by Army and Marine Corps)[457][635]
- M3 'Grease Gun' (M3 variant was the main variant used during the war. Introduced as low cost replacement for Thompson, but never completely replaced it.)[635]
- M50/M55 Reising (Used used by USMC 1941–1943 in the Pacific, and supplied as Lend-Lease to USSR and other countries)[44]
- United Defense M42 (supplied to resistance and partisan groups, also issued to some OSS members, but not in great quantities.)
Automatic Rifles
[edit]- M2 Carbine (Only used in the final battle of Okinawa in the pacific)[646]
Rifles
[edit]- M1 Garand (Standard issue rifle)[635][647]
- Springfield M1903A1 (Original model manufactured by Springfield)[635]
- M1 Carbine[635]
- M1A1 Carbine (Paratrooper version of the M1 Carbine with folding stock)[635]
- Remington M1903A3 (Remington manufactured Springfield M1903 rifle used by Marines early in the pacific, phased out by M1 Carbine and M1 Garand)[635]
- Enfield M1917 (Used in Ceremonial and training use.)
- Johnson M1941 rifle (Used mainly by the Marine Raiders and Paramarines)[648][649]
Sniper rifles
[edit]- M1C Garand (Adopted in 1944. Plausible very limited use on Pacific. Never recorded any combat use in Europe)[650][651][652]
- Springfield M1903A1 (With Unertl 7.8x Scope, USMC variants had a 8.0x scope)[653]
- Remington M1903A4 (Remington manufactured Springfield M1903 rifle with M84 or M73B1 Scope)[653]
- Winchester Model 70 (Very limited and unofficial use on the Pacific)[654]
Machine guns
[edit]- Browning Automatic Rifle M1918 & M1918A2 (Light machine gun. Standard-issued LMG of the US army as the squad automatic weapon)[635][655][656]
- Browning M1919A4 & A6 (Medium machine gun. US army main fire support weapon)[657]
- Browning M2HB (Heavy machine gun)[658]
- Browning M1917A1 Heavy machine gun (Commonly used by USMC)[659][660][661][662]
- M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun (Issued to FSSF and Paramarines)[663]
- M2 Stinger (Used only in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Very limited use)[664][665]
Grenades
[edit]- Frangible Grenade M1 (Molotov cocktail)[666][667]
- Mk II & Mk2A1 Hand Grenades (Early war grenades were painted yellow)[666][668][669]
- MK3 grenade[666][670]
- AN-M8 smoke grenade[666][671]
- AN-M14 Incendiary[666][672]
- M15 Smoke WP[666][673][674]
- M18 Smoke Grenade[666][675]
Grenade launchers
[edit]- M1 grenade adapter[666][676]
- M7 grenade launcher (M1 Garand attachment)[666]
- M8 grenade launcher (M1 Carbine grenade launcher)[666]
- M9 rifle grenade (Anti-tank rifle grenade)[666][677]
- M17 rifle grenade[666][678]
Obstacle clearing explosive charges
[edit]Flamethrowers
[edit]- M1 & M1A1 flamethrowers (First combat use in January 1943)[679]
- M2 flamethrower (Introduced in summer 1944)[679]
Mortars
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- M1A1 and M9 Bazooka rocket launcher[666][685]
- M18 recoilless rifle (Extremely limited usage possibly in Europe to fight against Panthers and other AFVs)
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]- M1895 Nagant Revolver
- M1910/22 (Main pistol. Designated as M.22)[686]
- Modèle 1892 revolver (Provided by France after WW1)[686]
- Ruby pistol (Provided by France after WW1)[686]
- Rast-Gasser M1893 (WW1 stockpiles)
- Steyr M1912 (WW1 stockpiles)
- Beretta M1934 (Captured)[686]
- Luger P08 (Captured)[686]
- Walther P38 (Captured)[686]
- Tokarev TT-33 (Soviet aid)
Submachine guns
[edit]- Thompson submachine gun (American aid)
- United Defense M42 (American aid. Supplied by OSS)[686]
- Sten submachine gun (British aid)[686]
- Beretta M1938 (Captured)[686]
- Danuvia 39M (Captured)
- ZK-383 (Captured)
- Erma EMP-35[172][686]
- Steyr-Solothurn MP 34 (Captured)[686]
- MP 35 (Captured)[686]
- MP 38 (Captured)
- MP 40 (Captured)[686]
- MP 41[686]
- PPSh-41 (Soviet aid)
- PPS-43 (Soviet aid)
- PPD-40 (Soviet aid)
Automatic rifles
[edit]- Sturmgewehr 44 (Captured)
Rifles
[edit]- Mauser-Koka
- Berthier rifle
- M1 Carbine (American aid)
- Lee–Enfield rifle (British aid)[686]
- Lebel Model 1886/93 rifle
- Carcano rifle (Captured & WW1 stockpiles)[686]
- Serbian Mauser M1899 (derived from Mauser M1895) (shortened & rechambered to 7.92×57mm during interwar)
- Serbian Mauser M1899/07(08) carbine
- Serbian Mauser M1910 (derived from Gewehr 98)
- Yugo Mauser FN M1924 (standard rifle)
- Četnik carbine M1924 (in use for Četnik Assaulters)
- Kbk wz. 1929[687]
- Steyr-Mannlicher M1895/24 (converted to Yugo FN Mauser 1924 standard)
- vz. 24
- Gewehr 41 (Captured)
- Gewehr 43 (Captured)
- Mauser Gewehr 98 (Captured)
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (Captured)[686]
- Mosin-Nagant
Light Machine guns
[edit]- ZB vz. 26 (Bought 1500 light machine guns)[688]
- ZB vz. 30J (Standard LMG. Produced under license and bought in 1936)[688][689]
- Chauchat M1915/26 (chambered in 7.9×57mm m1888)[690]
- Madsen machine gun
- Breda M1930 (Captured)[686]
- MG 34 (Captured)[686]
- MG 42 (Captured)[686]
- Bren machine gun (British aid)
Medium Machine guns
[edit]- Hotchkiss M1914[32]
- Schwarzlose 1912/26 mg (chambered in 7.92)
- ZB-53[86]
Heavy Machine guns
[edit]- PM M1910
- ZB 60 HMG
- Breda M1937 (Captured)
- DShK (Soviet aid)
Grenades
[edit]- Vasić M12
- M38 offensive/defensive grenade
- M35 offensive/defensive grenade
- M1924 Stielhandgranate (Captured)
- M1939 Eierhandgranate (Captured)
Mortars
[edit]Flamethrowers
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]- M1 Bazooka (American aid)
- PIAT (British aid)
- Boys anti-tank rifle (British aid)
- Panzerfaust (Captured)
- Panzerschreck (Captured)
- M1933 anti-tank rifle
See also
[edit]- German designations of foreign artillery in World War II
- German designations of foreign firearms in World War II
- List of World War II firearms of Germany
- List of World War II weapons
- Lists of World War II military equipment
- Specifications for World War II infantry weapons
- List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons
- List of prototype World War II infantry weapons
Notes
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