This is a list of Norwegian weapons of World War II. This list will consist of weapons employed by the

Norwegian army The Norwegian Army ( no, Hæren) is the land warfare service branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway ...

during the Norwegian campaign or the invasion of Norway by

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

Norwegian resistance The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: ''Motstandsbevegelsen'') to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms: *Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled government, ...

weapons have been put in a separate category to avoid confusion with those used by the Norwegian army during the Norwegian campaign.

Small arms

Sidearms

* Colt Kongsberg M1914 ''Norwegian licensed production of the American

Colt M1911 The M1911 (Colt 1911 or Colt Government) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge (firearms), cartridge. The pistol's formal U.S. military designation as of 1940 was ''Automatic Pistol, Calibe ...

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Walther P38 The Walther P38 (originally written Walther P.38) is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Carl Walther GmbH as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. It was intended to replace the costly Luger P08, ...

''Norwegian resistance''

Rifles

* Krag–Jørgensen M1894 * Krag-Petersson ''reserves'' * Kammerlader M1860/67 ''reserves'' *

Jarmann M1884 The Jarmann M1884 is a Norwegian bolt-action repeating rifle designed in 1878 adopted in 1884. The Jarmann's adoption, and subsequent modifications, turned the Norwegian Army from a fighting force armed with single-shot black-powder weapons int ...

''reserves'' *

Remington M1867 The Remington M1867 was a rolling-block rifle, the first rifle using metallic cartridges to be adopted by the Norwegian and Swedish armies. Nominally it had a caliber of 4 decimal lines, but the actual caliber was 3.88 Norwegian decimal lines or ...

''reserves'' *

Mauser Karabiner 98k The Karabiner 98 kurz (; "carbine 98 short"), often abbreviated Karabiner 98k, Kar98k or K98k and also sometimes incorrectly referred to as a K98 (a K98 is a Polish carbine and copy of the Kar98a), is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57 ...

''Norwegian resistance'' * Lee-Enfield ''Norwegian resistance'' *

M1 Carbine The M1 carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that was a standard firearm for the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The M1 carbine was produced ...

''Norwegian resistance'' *

M1917 Enfield The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield", formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. ...

''Norwegian resistance'' *

M1 Garand The M1 Garand or M1 rifleOfficially designated as U.S. rifle, caliber .30, M1, later simply called Rifle, Caliber .30, M1, also called US Rifle, Cal. .30, M1 is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S Army during World War ...

''Norwegian resistance''

Submachine guns

* Sten Mk 2 ''Norwegian resistance'' *

Suomi KP/-31 The Suomi KP/-31 ( or "Finland-submachine gun mod. 1931") is a submachine gun (SMG) of Finnish design that was mainly used during World War II. It is a descendant of the M-22 prototype and the KP/-26 production model, which was revealed to the p ...

''used by volunteers in Finland'' * MP 38 and MP 40 ''Norwegian resistance''

Machine guns

* Madsen M14 and M29 *

Colt M/29 The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew-served, belt-fed, water-cooled ma ...

''Norwegian licensed production of the American

Browning M1917 The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the Military of the United States, United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew-se ...

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Hotchkiss M1914 The Mle 1914 Hotchkiss machine gun chambered for the 8mm Lebel cartridge became the standard machine gun of the French Army during the latter half of World War I. It was manufactured by the French arms company Hotchkiss et Cie, which had been es ...

* Browning M1918A2 ''Norwegian resistance'' * KG m/40 *

MG 13 The MG 13 (shortened from German Maschinengewehr 13) is a German light machine gun developed by converting the Dreyse Model 1918 heavy water-cooled machine gun into an air-cooled version. History Dreyse Model 1918 Machinegun: In 1907 Louis Schmeis ...

Eriksen M/25 The Eriksen M/25 was a prototype light machine gun designed and built by the Norwegian gunsmith Johan Emil Barbat Eriksen in 1925. A single prototype of the weapon was manufactured and saw service with the Norwegian Army during the Norwegian Ca ...

MG 34 The MG 34 (shortened from German: ''Maschinengewehr 34'', or "machine gun 34") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun, first tested in 1929, introduced in 1934, and issued to units in 1936. It introduced an entirely ne ...

''Norwegian resistance'' * Bren Mk II ''Norwegian resistance''

Artillery

Field artillery

Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901 The Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901 (Also known as the 7.5 cm feltkanon m/01 or the M/01 7.5cm (2.95 in) field gun) was a field gun designed and built by the German company '' Rheinische Metallwaren- und Maschinenfabrik'' and sold to Norway in 1 ...

Heavy Artillery

* Rheinmetall 12 cm leFH 08 * 12 cm felthaubits/m32

Mountain artillery

* 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone Model 1911 * M.27 (mountain gun)

Anti-Aircraft weapons

* 7.5 cm L/45 M/16 anti aircraft gun * 7.5 cm L/45 M/32 anti aircraft gun

Armoured fighting vehicles

* Rikstanken(Landsverk L-120 only 1) * Panserbil M-23 Armored Cars (3)

Norwegian resistance small arms

Rifles

* SMLE

SMG

* Sten MK2 And MK5

References

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