The following is a list of German military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. Following political instability build-up in Europe from 1930, the Germans, which aimed to dominate Europe, attacked Poland on 1 September 1939, marking the start of World War II. The war in Europe ended 8 May 1945 with the unconditional surrender of Germany to the Allied forces. The Germans used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.

Personal arms

Knives and bayonets

Small arms

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

Rifles

Grenades and grenade launchers

* Blendkörper 1H * Blendkörper 2H * Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40 *

Gewehr-Panzergranate The Gewehr-Panzergranate was a shaped charge rifle grenade that was developed by Germany and used by the Wehrmacht during World War II. Design The Gewehr-Panzergranate was launched from a Gewehrgranatengerät or Schiessbecher ("shooting cup") ...

* Gewehr-Sprenggranate *

Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate The Große Gewehr-Panzergranate was a shaped charge rifle grenade that was developed by Germany and used by the Wehrmacht during World War II. Design The Große Gewehr-Panzergranate was launched from a Gewehrgranatengerät or Schiessbecher ...

* Gross Panzergranate 46 & 61 *

Hafthohlladung The ''Hafthohlladung'', also known as the "''Panzerknacker''" ("tank breaker", German connotation "safe cracker"), was a magnetically adhered, shaped charge anti-tank grenade used by German forces in World War II, and was sometimes described ...

Kampfpistole The Kampfpistole or ''"combat pistol"'' in English was a flare gun introduced into German service during 1939 and served throughout World War II. Design The ''Kampfpistole'' was a single shot, break action, flare gun designed and produced by ...

Leuchtpistole 34 The Leuchtpistole 34 or flare gun in English was introduced into German service before World War II and served throughout World War II. Design The Leuchtpistole 34 was a single shot, break action, smoothbore, flare gun designed and produced by ...

Leuchtpistole 42 The Leuchtpistole 42 or flare gun in English was introduced into German service in 1943 and served throughout World War II. Design The Leuchtpistole 42 was a single shot, break action, smoothbore, flare gun that was a successor to the earlier ...

Model 24 grenade ''Stielhandgranate'' is the German term for "stick hand grenade" (translation: "shaft hand grenade") and generally refers to a prominent series of World War I and World War II-era German stick grenade designs, distinguished by their long wood ...

Model 39 grenade The Model 39 "''Eihandgranate",'' M39 or ''Eierhandgranate 39'' ("egg hand grenade") was a German fragmentation hand grenade introduced in 1939 and produced until the end of World War II. Description The ''Eihandgranate'' were issued to the ' ...

* Model 43 grenade *

Molotov cocktail A Molotov cocktail (among several other names – ''see other names'') is a hand thrown incendiary weapon constructed from a frangible container filled with flammable substances equipped with a fuse (typically a glass bottle filled with fla ...

* Panzerwurfkörper 42 *

Panzerwurfmine The ''Panzerwurfmine'' (abbreviated to PWM) was a shaped charge hand-thrown anti-tank grenade used by ''Luftwaffe'' ground troops in World War II. Appearance The ''Panzerwurfmines appearance owed much to the ''Panzerfaust'' (specifically its warh ...

* Propaganda-Gewehrgranate *

Schiessbecher The Schiessbecher (alternatively: ''Schießbecher'') - literally "shooting cup" - was a German grenade launcher of World War II. A ''Gewehrgranatgerät'' ("rifle grenade device") based on rifle grenade launcher models designed during World War ...

Sprengpatrone The Sprengpatrone or ''"explosive cartridge"'' in English was a rifle grenade that was developed by Germany and used by the Wehrmacht during World War II. The Sprengpatrone was designed to be fired from a ''Kampfpistole'' flare gun. Design The S ...

* Sturmpistole * Wurfgranate Patrone 326 * Wurfkorper 361

Mines

Behelfs-Schützenmine S.150 The ''Behelfs-Schützenmine'' S.150 was an anti-personnel mine that was developed by Nazi Germany, Germany and used by the Wehrmacht during World War II. Design The Behelfs-Schützenmine S.150 was designed to be a small, low cost, and easy to ...

Glasmine 43 The Glasmine 43 was an anti-personnel mine with a glass body used by the Nazi Germany during World War II. This mine was an early form of minimum metal mine, designed with the minimum amount of metal to reduce the likelihood of detection by the P ...

* Hohl-Sprung mine 4672 * Holzmine 42 * Panzer stab 43 * Riegel mine 43 *

Schu-mine 42 The Schü-mine 42 (''Schützenmine 42'', "rifleman's mine model of 1942"), was a German anti-personnel mine used during the Second World War. It consisted of a simple wooden box with a hinged lid containing a block of cast TNT and a ZZ-42 type det ...

S-mine The German S-mine (''Schrapnellmine'', ''Springmine'' or ''Splittermine'' in German), also known as the "Bouncing Betty" on the Western Front and "frog-mine" on the Eastern Front, is the best-known version of a class of mines known as bounding ...

Teller mine The Teller mine (german: Tellermine) was a German-made antitank mine common in World War II. With explosives sealed inside a sheet metal casing and fitted with a pressure-actuated fuze, Teller mines had a built-in carrying handle on the side. As t ...

(all models) * Topfmine (all models)

Recoilless rifles

Panzerfaust The ''Panzerfaust'' (, "armour fist" or "tank fist", plural: ''Panzerfäuste'') was a development family of single-shot man-portable anti-tank systems developed by Nazi Germany during World War II. The weapons were the first single-use light an ...

Panzerschreck ''Panzerschreck'' (lit. "tank fright", "tank's fright" or "tank's bane") was the popular name for the ''Raketenpanzerbüchse'' 54 ("Rocket Anti-armor Rifle Model 54", abbreviated to RPzB 54), an 88 mm reusable anti-tank rocket launcher dev ...

* 7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40 * 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40 * 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 42 * – planned anti-tank weapon for aircraft

Flamethrowers

* Einstossflammenwerfer 46 *

Flammenwerfer 35 The ''Flammenwerfer'' 35, or FmW 35 (flame thrower) was a one-man German flamethrower used during World War II to clear out trenches and buildings. It could project fuel up to 25 meters from the user. Description It weighed , and held of flami ...

Flammenwerfer 41 The Flammenwerfer 41, or ''FmW 41'' (literally, "flame thrower") was the standard German flamethrower beginning in 1941 and an upgraded version of the earlier Flammenwerfer 35, whose main issue was its excessive weight of 36kg, with the Flammenwer ...

* Abwehrflammenwerfer 42

Machine guns

Infantry rifles and dual-purpose machine guns

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns

Artillery

Demolition charges

* Stielgranate 41 * Stielgranate 42

Infantry mortars

*Krieghoff Model L * 5 cm Granatwerfer 36 **

M19 Maschinengranatwerfer The M-19 Maschinengranatwerfer is a German 50 mm mortar which was used during World War II. The mortar was developed in 1934 for the purpose of defending permanent military bases. It had a maximum rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute and a r ...

(automatic, bunker version of 5 cm Granatwerfer 36 on fixed mount) **5 cm Granatwerfer 40 – not accepted by army as army has started to retire 50mm mortars *

8 cm Granatwerfer 34 The 8 cm Granatwerfer 34 (8 cm GrW 34) was the standard German infantry mortar throughout World War II. It was noted for its accuracy and rapid rate of fire. History The weapon was of conventional design and broke down into three lo ...

** Kz 8 cm GrW 42 (Kurzer 8 cm Granatwerfer 42) - weight reduction of

**8 cm Granatwerfer 73 (1944) – no data on usage * 8 cm minomet vz. 36 – captured from Czechs *8 cm Granatwerfer 33(ö) *

10 cm Nebelwerfer 35 The 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35 (10 cm NbW 35) was a heavy mortar used by Germany during World War II. Much like the American M2 4.2 inch mortar it was intended to deliver chemical munitions, such as gas and smoke shells. Unlike the Americ ...

* Granatwerfer 42 (12 cm sGrWr 42)

Heavy mortars and rocket launchers

* 8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer (copy of Russian

Katyusha rocket launcher The Katyusha ( rus, Катю́ша, p=kɐˈtʲuʂə, a=Ru-Катюша.ogg) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area ...

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Reihenwerfer The Reihenwerfer or Mittler Schützenpanzerwagen S307(f) mit Reihenwerfer was a self-propelled barrage mortar used by the Wehrmacht during World War II. History After the Fall of France in 1940 large amounts of French military hardware fell in ...

10 cm Nebelwerfer 40 The 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40 (10 cm NbW 40) was a heavy mortar used by Germany during the Second World War. Much like the American M2 4.2 inch mortar it was intended to deliver chemical munitions, such as gas and smoke shells, as well as ...

* 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (multiple-rocket launcher) *

Panzerwerfer The German ''Panzerwerfer'' refers to either of two different types of half-tracked multiple rocket launchers employed by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. The two self-propelled artillery vehicles are the ''15 cm Panzerwerfer 4 ...

(self-propelled multiple-rocket launcher with HE warheads) ** Panzerwerfer 42 (also known as 15 cm Do-Gerat 42) * 20 cm leichter Ladungswerfer * 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (multiple-rocket launcher) * 21 cm heavy mortar 69 *

28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41 The 28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (28/32 cm NbW 41) was a German multiple rocket launcher used in the Second World War. It served with units of the so-called ''Nebeltruppen'', the German equivalent of the U.S. Army's ''Chemical Corps' ...

(multiple-rocket launcher) **Schweres Wurfgerät 40/41 (rockets launched directly from crates) ***

Wurfrahmen 40 The ''Wurfrahmen 40'' ("launch frame 40") was a German World War II multiple rocket launcher. It combined a vehicle such as the Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack or captured French Renault UE Chenillette with rocket artillery to form a more mobile and protect ...

(rocket crates carrier/launcher) *

30 cm Nebelwerfer 42 The 30 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (30 cm NbW 42) was a Military of Germany, German multiple rocket launcher used in the Second World War. It served with units of the ''Nebeltruppen'', the German equivalent of the U.S. Army's ''Chemical Corps (Unit ...

(multiple-rocket launcher) *

30 cm Raketenwerfer 56 The 30 cm Raketenwerfer 56 was a German multiple rocket launcher used in the Second World War. It served with units of the ''Nebeltruppen'', the German equivalent of the U.S. Army's ''Chemical Corps''. Just as the ''Chemical Corps'' had respo ...

(multiple-rocket launcher) *

38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer The 38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer (38 cm sLdgW) was a spigot mortar used by Germany 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 ...

Karl-Gerät "''Karl-Gerät''" (040/041) (German literally "Karl-device"), also known as ''Mörser Karl'', was a World War II German self-propelled siege mortar (''Mörser'') designed and built by Rheinmetall. Its heaviest munition was a diameter, shel ...

(Gerät 040 and Gerät 041) - self-propelled 600mm and 540mm mortars family

Field artillery

2 cm KwK 30 The 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 ''(2 cm Kampfwagenkanone 30 L/55)'' was a German 2 cm cannon used as the main armament of the German Sd.Kfz.121 Panzerkampfwagen II light tank and various reconnaissance vehicles. It was used during the Spanish ...

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Panzer II The Panzer II is the common name used for a family of German tanks used in World War II. The official German designation was ''Panzerkampfwagen'' II (abbreviated PzKpfw II). Although the vehicle had originally been designed as a stopgap while l ...

tank gun *

3.7 cm KwK 36 The 3.7 cm KwK 36 L/45 ''(3.7 cm Kampfwagenkanone 36 L/45)'' was a German 3.7 cm cannon used primarily as the main armament of earlier variants of the German Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III medium tank. It was used during the Second W ...

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Panzer III The ''Panzerkampfwagen III'', commonly known as the Panzer III, was a medium tank developed in the 1930s by Germany, and was used extensively in World War II. The official German ordnance designation was Sd.Kfz. 141. It was intended to fight ot ...

tank gun *

Skoda 37 mm A7 Škoda means ''pity'' in the Czech and Slovak languages. It may also refer to: Czech brands and enterprises * Škoda Auto, automobile and previously bicycle manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav ** Škoda Motorsport, the division of Škoda Auto respon ...

5 cm KwK 38 The 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 ''(5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 38 L/42)'' was a German 50 mm calibre cannon used as the main armament of variants of the German Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III medium tank during the Second World War. (The towed an ...

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tank gun ** 5 cm KwK 39 –

tank gun * 7.5 cm FK 16 nA * 7.5 cm FK 18 * 7.5 cm FK 38 * 7.5 cm FK 7M85 (7.5 cm FK 40) – AT gun modified for dual AT/field gun role, 10 built **7.5 cm FK 7M59 – simplified production version * 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 – most common German mountain gun of World War II *

7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 The 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 (7.5 cm IG 37) was an infantry support gun, used by Germany during World War II. The guns were originally designated 7.5 cm PaK 37. The IG 37s were manufactured from carriages of 3.7 cm Pak 36s (an ...

(7.5 cm le.IG 37) * 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 42 (7,5 cm le.IG 42) *

7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 The 7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 (7.5 cm le.IG 18) was an infantry support gun of the German Wehrmacht used during World War II. History Development of the gun began in 1927, by Rheinmetall. The crew was protected by an arm ...

(7,5 cm le.IG 18) * 7.5 cm KwK 37 –

Panzer IV The ''Panzerkampfwagen'' IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV), commonly known as the ''Panzer'' IV, was a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161. The Pan ...

tank gun *

7.5 cm KwK 40 The 7.5 cm KwK 40 ''(7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 40)'' was a German 75 mm Second World War era vehicle-mounted gun, used as the primary armament of the German Panzer IV (F2 model onwards) medium tank and the Sturmgeschütz III (F model ...

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tank gun *

7.5 cm KwK 42 The 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 (from 7.5 cm ''Kampfwagenkanone'' 42 L/70) was a 7.5 cm calibre German tank gun used on German armoured fighting vehicles in the World War II, Second World War. The gun was the armament of the Panther tank, Pa ...

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Panther tank The Panther tank, officially ''Panzerkampfwagen V Panther'' (abbreviated PzKpfw V) with ordnance inventory designation: ''Sd.Kfz.'' 171, is a German medium tank of World War II. It was used on the Eastern and Western Fronts from mid-1943 to ...

gun * Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901 – Anti-tank, field gun and coastal defense *

Obice da 75/18 modello 34 The Obice da 75/18 modello 34 was an Italian artillery piece used during World War II. History The Italian army has always had an interest in mountain artillery due to the mountainous terrain of its borders. By the 1930s much of this artiller ...

(Acquired from the Italians by the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...

and redesignated 7.5 cm LeFH 255(i)) *

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) The 76-mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (russian: 76-мм дивизионная пушка обр. 1942 г. (ЗиС-3)) (GRAU index: 52-P-354U) was a Soviet 76.2 mm divisional field gun used during World War II. ''ZiS'' was a factory design ...

(Captured from Russia by the

and redesignated Pak 36/39 (r)) * 8 cm kanon vz. 30 *

8.8 cm KwK 36 The 8.8 cm KwK 36 (german: 8,8 cm Kampfwagenkanone 36) was an tank gun used by the German Army during World War II. This was the primary armament of the PzKpfw VI Tiger I tank. It was developed and built by Krupp. Design The KwK 36 w ...

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Tiger I The Tiger I () was a German heavy tank of World War II that operated beginning in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions. It gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted ...

tank gun * 8.8 cm KwK 43 –

Tiger II The Tiger II is a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was ''Panzerkampfwagen'' Tiger ''Ausf''. B,''Panzerkampfwagen'' – abbr: ''Pz.'' or ''Pz.Kfw.'' (English: " armoured fighting vehicle"), ''Ausf.' ...

tank gun *

10 cm houfnice vz. 30 (howitzer) The 10 cm houfnice vz. 30 (howitzer model 30) was a Czechoslovak howitzer used in the Second World War. The 158 weapons captured after the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 were taken into Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ...

* 10 cm K 17 *

10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze The 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze was a dual-purpose field and mountain gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. Between the wars it was used by Austria, Italy, and Poland. During World War II it served as the standard medium howitzer of th ...

10 cm schwere Kanone 18 The 10 cm schwere Kanone 18 (10 cm sK 18) was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. The German army wanted a new 10.5 cm gun as well as 15 cm howitzer which were to share the same carriage. Guns are heavier than howi ...

Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider The Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider was a French artillery piece used in World War I and World War II by many European countries. History In the early 1900s, the French company Schneider began a collaboration with the Russian company Putilov. ...

* 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40 * 10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35 *

10.5 cm leFH 16 The 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 (10.5 cm leFH 16) was a field howitzer used by Germany in World War I and World War II. Description The 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 was introduced in 1916 as a successor to 10.5 cm ...

* 10.5 cm leFH 18 (most common German field gun) * 10.5 cm leFH 18/40 * (developed but not accepted by army) * (development incomplete by end of World War II) *

10.5 cm leFH 18M The 10.5 cm leFH 18M (german: leichte Feldhaubitze "light field howitzer") was a German light howitzer used in the Second World War. The gun, less the carriage and shield, was also used as the armament of the Sd.Kfz. 124 Wespe self-propell ...

122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) The 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) (GRAU index: 52-G-463) was a Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer. The weapon was developed by the design bureau of Motovilikha Plants, headed by F. F. Petrov, in the late 1930s, and was in product ...

(Captured from Russia by the

and redesignated 12.2 cm s.F.H.396(r)) * Skoda K-series (among these guns "15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 1937" was most common) * 15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette * 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25 *

15 cm Kanone 18 The 15 cm Kanone 18 (15 cm K 18) was a German heavy gun used in the Second World War. Design and history In 1933 Rheinmetall began development of a new artillery piece to fulfill a German Army requirement for a replacement of the ...

* 15 cm Kanone 39 *

15 cm sFH 13 The 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15 cm sFH 13), was a heavy field howitzer used by Germany in World War I and the beginning of World War II. History The gun was a development of the previous standard howitzer, the 15 cm sFH 02. ...

(obsolete) *

15 cm sFH 18 The 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 18 or sFH 18 (German: "heavy field howitzer, model 18"), nicknamed ''Immergrün'' ("Evergreen"), was the basic German division-level heavy howitzer of 149mm during the Second World War, serving alongside the sma ...

(2nd most common German gun) *

15 cm sIG 33 The 15 cm sIG 33 (''schweres Infanterie Geschütz 33'', lit. "Heavy Infantry Gun") was the standard German heavy infantry gun used in the Second World War. It was the largest weapon ever classified as an infantry gun by any nation.Hogg, p. 2 ...

(heaviest infantry gun) * 152 mm gun M1910/34 – captured from Russian *

152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) 152-mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) (russian: 152-мм гаубица обр. 1938 г. (М-10)) was a Soviet 152.4 mm (6 inch) howitzer of World War II era. It was developed in 1937–1938 at the '' Motovilikha Mechanical Plant'' by a team headed by ...

– captured from Russian *

17 cm Kanone 18 The 17 cm Kanone 18 in Mörserlafette (English: 17 cm Cannon 18 on Mortar Carriage), abbreviated as 17 cm K 18 in MrsLaf was a German heavy gun used during World War II. Design The 17 cm K 18 in MrsLaf was a towed gun with a ...

(heaviest German field artillery piece) ** 15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette (surplus guns on excess carriages of

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203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) (russian: 203-мм гаубица обр. 1931 г. (Б-4), GRAU index 52-G-625) was a 203 mm (8 inch) Soviet high-power heavy howitzer. During the Second World War, it was under the command of the Stavk ...

– captured from Russian * Obice da 210/22 – produced under German control after surrender of Italy *

Canon de 220 L mle 1917 The Canon de 220 L mle 1917 was a French heavy field gun design which served with France, Germany and Italy during World War I and World War II. Description This 220 mm heavy field gun was a state-of-art design for its time, with decent tra ...

– captured from French

Fortress and siege guns

* Rheinbote (rocket artillery) *

V-3 cannon The V-3 (german: Vergeltungswaffe 3, ("Vengeance Weapon 3") was a German World War II large-caliber gun working on the multi-charge principle whereby secondary propellant charges are fired to add velocity to a projectile. The Germans pla ...

* 12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun (coastal defense) * 15 cm K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun) *

17 cm K (E) Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines *Seventeen (American magazine), ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazi ...

(railroad gun) * 15 cm Kanone 16 (coastal defense) *

15 cm SK C/28 The 15 cm SK C/28SK - ''Schnelladekanone '' (quick loading cannon); ''C - Construktionsjahr'' (year of design) was a German medium-caliber naval gun used during the Second World War. It served as the secondary armament for the and s, s and t ...

(coastal defense and 8 made into field guns) * 15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16 (coastal defense and exported) *

Canon de 155mm GPF The Canon de 155 Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) modèle 1917 was a WWI-era French-designed 155 mm gun used by the French Army and the United States Army during the first half of the 20th century in towed and self-propelled mountings. Hist ...

(coastal defense) * 20.3 cm K (E) (railroad gun) * 21 cm K 12 (E) (railroad gun) * 21 cm Mörser 16 *

21 cm Mörser 18 The 21 cm Mörser 18 (21 cm Mrs 18), or 21 cm Mörser M 18/L31, was a German heavy howitzer used in the Second World War by Independent artillery battalions and batteries. A number were also used by coastal artillery units. De ...

* 21 cm Kanone 38 – 1 cannon sent to Japan, 7 used domestically *

21 cm Kanone 39 The 21 cm Kanone 39 (K 39) was a Czech-designed heavy gun used by the Germans in the Second World War. Two were built before the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia in March 1939 and seized the rest of the guns and kept it in production for the ...

* 22-cm-Mörser (p) – captured from Poland and Yugoslavia *

24 cm Haubitze 39 The 24 cm houfnice vz.39 (German designation: 24 cm Haubitze 39) (Howitzer model 39) was a Czechoslovak-designed siege howitzer used in the Second World War. It was kept in production after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in Mar ...

24 cm Kanone 3 The 24-cm-Kanone 3 (24 cm K 3) was a German heavy siege gun used in the Second World War by the first battalion of Artillerie-Regiment 84. Four were in service when Germany invaded Poland, assigned to the first two batteries of I./AR 84, an ...

* (prototype only) * 24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E) (railroad gun) ** 24 cm Theodor Kanone (E) *

24 cm Kanone M. 16 The 24 cm Kanone M. 16 was a super-heavy siege gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I and by Nazi Germany during World War II. Only two were finished during World War I, but the other six were completed in the early twenties and served ...

– bought from Czechs in 1938 * 28 cm Haubitze L/12 *

Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider The Mortier de 280 TR Modèle 1914 Schneider was a French siege howitzer manufactured by the Schneider et Cie company, used during World War I. The howitzer had its origins from a Russian Army policy to upgrade its artillery park after the poor ...

– captured from France * 28 cm schwere Bruno Kanone (E) *

Krupp K5 The Krupp K5 was a heavy railway gun used by Germany throughout World War II. Description Krupp's K5 series were consistent in mounting a long gun barrel in a fixed mounting with only vertical elevation of the weapon. This gondola was then mou ...

(28 cm railroad gun) *

35.5 cm Haubitze M1 The 35.5 cm Haubitze M1 was a German siege howitzer. It was developed by Rheinmetall before World War II to meet the German Army's request for a super-heavy howitzer. Eight were produced between 1939 and 1944. It saw service in the Battle ...

* 38 cm Siegfried K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun) *

38 cm SK C/34 naval gun The 38 cm SK C/34SK – ''Schnelladekanone'' (quick loading cannon); ''C – Construktionsjahr'' (year of design) naval gun was developed by Germany mid to late 1930s. It armed the s and was planned as the armament of the s and the re-armed s ...

(coastal defense) * 40.6 cm SK C/34 gun (coastal defense) *

42 cm Gamma Mörser The 42 cm ''kurze Marinekanone'' L/12, or ''Gamma-Gerät'' ("Gamma Device"), was a German siege gun built by Krupp. The ''Gamma-Gerät''s barrel diameter was , making it one of the largest artillery pieces ever fielded. The ''Gamma-Gerät ...

* 42 cm Haubitze M. 14/16 *

Schwerer Gustav Schwerer Gustav (English: ''Heavy Gustav'') was a German railway gun. It was developed in the late 1930s by Krupp in Rügenwalde as siege artillery for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the French Maginot Line, the strongest ...

(80 cm siege guns)

Anti-tank guns

*25mm Puteaux anti-tank gun model 1937 (captured from French) *

25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...

(captured from British) *

2.8 cm sPzB 41 2.8 cm ''schwere Panzerbüchse'' 41 (sPzB 41) or "Panzerbüchse 41" was a German anti-tank weapon working on the squeeze bore principle. Officially classified as a heavy anti-tank rifle (German: ''schwere Panzerbüchse''), it would be better ...

PaK 36 The Pak 36 (''Panzerabwehrkanone 36'') is a 3.7 cm / 37mm caliber German anti-tank gun used during the Second World War. It was the main anti-tank weapon of Wehrmacht ''Panzerjäger'' units until 1942. Developed by '' Rheinmetall'' in 19 ...

(37mm) * 3.7 cm kanon PÚV vz. 34 *

Bofors 37 mm The Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun was an anti-tank gun designed by Swedish manufacturer Bofors in the early 1930s originally for Swedish use. It was exported to several countries during the 1930s of which several bought licences to produce it ...

(M1934/36) – captured from Danish, Polish and British forcers *

4.2 cm Pak 41 The 4.2 cm Pak 41 (Panzerabwehrkanone —"anti-tank gun") was a light anti-tank gun issued to German airborne units in World War II. This gun was externally similar to the 3.7 cm Pak 36, using a modified version of the latter's ca ...

45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) The 45 mm anti-tank gun model 1937 (factory designation 53-K, GRAU index 52-P-243-PP-1), nicknamed the Sorokapyatka (from Russian сорокапятка, or "little forty-five"), was a light quick-firing anti-tank gun used in the first stage ...

(Captured from Russia by

and redesignated Pak 184(r)) * 47 mm APX anti-tank gun (captured from French) *47mm Schneider anti-tank gun model 1936 (captured from French) * M35 Bohler and Breda 47mm guns of unclear origin *Austrian 4.7 cm IG 35/36 * 47 mm kanon P.U.V. vz. 36 (German designation 4.7 cm Pak(t)) *

Cannone da 47/32 The Cannone da 47/32 mod. 1935 was an Italian artillery piece that saw service during World War II. It was originally designed by Austrian firm Böhler, and produced in Italy under license. The ''Cannone da 47/32'' was used both as an infantry ...

(German designation Pak 35/36(ö)) *

45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) The 45 mm anti-tank gun model 1932 (factory designation 19-K and GRAU index 52-P-243A) was a light quick-firing anti-tank gun used in the interwar period and in the first stage of the German-Soviet War. It was created by factory No. 8 whic ...

– (German designation 4.5 cm Pak 184(r) and 4.5 cm Pak 184/6(r)) * 5 cm Pak 38 *

57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) The ZiS-2 (russian: ЗиС-2) ( GRAU index: 52-P-271) is a Soviet 57 mm anti-tank gun used during World War II. The ZiS-4 is a version of the gun that was meant to be installed in tanks. ''ZiS'' stands for ''Zavod imeni Stalina'' (Russian ''З ...

(Captured from Russia by

and redesignated Pak 208(r)) *

7.5 cm Pak 39 7.5 cm Pak 39 (L/48) ''(7.5 cm Panzerjägerkanone 39)'' was a 7.5 cm German Second World War era Anti-tank warfare#Anti-tank guns, anti-tank gun. The gun was used to equip Jagdpanzer IV, Jagdpanzer IV/48 and Hetzer, Jagdpanzer 38 ta ...

7.5 cm Pak 40 The 7.5 cm Pak 40 (''7,5 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 40 -'' "7.5cm armour defence cannon 90") was a German 75 millimetre anti-tank gun of the Second World War. The gun was developed in 1939–1941 and entered service in 1942. With 23,303 ex ...

7.5 cm Pak 41 The 7.5 cm Pak 41 was one of the last Nazi Germany, German anti-tank guns brought into service and used in World War II and notable for being one of the largest anti-tank guns to rely on the Squeeze bore, Gerlich principle (pioneered by the G ...

* 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 (also known as PaK 97/38) – modernized French gun of 1897 * 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) (conversion of Russian

76 mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22) The 76-mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22) was a Soviet divisional semi-universal gun, adopted for Red Army service in 1936. This gun was used in conflicts between the USSR and Japan on the Far East, in the Winter War and in World War II. Many F-22s we ...

) * 8 cm PAW 600 ** Panzerwurfkanone 10H64 *Thor's Hammer/Panzertod (105mm recoilless gun firing 81.4mm subcaliber projectile)Panzerabwehrkanonen
/ref> * 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 (rocket artillery, also known as "Püppchen") * 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun **

8.8 cm Pak 43 The Pak 43 (''Panzerabwehrkanone 43'' and ''Panzerjägerkanone 43'') was a Nazi Germany, German 88 mm anti-tank gun developed by Krupp in competition with the Rheinmetall 8.8 cm Flak 41 anti-aircraft gun and used during World War II. The P ...

– most-produced heavy ATG *

Cannone da 90/53 The Cannone da 90/53 was an Italian-designed cannon used both in an anti-aircraft role and as an anti-tank gun during World War II. It was one of the most successful anti-aircraft guns to see service during the conflict. The designation "90/53" ...

AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy) * 12.8 cm Pak 44

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle The Model 35 antitank rifle (''Karabin przeciwpancerny wzór 35'', abbreviated "''kb ppanc wz. 35''") was a Polish 7.9 mm anti-tank rifle used by the Polish Army during the 1939 Invasion of Poland. It was designated model 35 for its desi ...

(PzB 35) – captured from Poland *

Panzerbüchse 39 The ''Panzerbüchse'' 39, abbreviated PzB 39, (German: "tank hunting rifle model 39") was a Nazi Germany, German anti-tank rifle used in World War II. It was an improvement of the ''Panzerbüchse'' 38 (PzB 38) rifle. Development PzB 38 German an ...

(PzB 38/39) ** Granatbüchse 39 *

(also known as Raketenpanzerbüchse 43/54) *

Solothurn S-18/1000 The Solothurn S18-1000 20 mm was a Swiss anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It was a variant of the earlier S-18/100 with modifications for a higher muzzle velocity, as well as a larger cartridge size. The more powerful am ...

Solothurn S-18/1100 The Solothurn S-18/1100 was a Swiss 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War by a number of combatants. History As a result of the defeat of the central-powers during World War I and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles, Germ ...

anti-tank recoilless grenade launcher

Anti-aircraft weapons

Light anti-aircraft guns

Fliegerfaust The ''Fliegerfaust'' (lit. "pilot fist","plane fist", or "aviator fist"), also known as the "''Luftfaust''" (lit. "air fist"), was a German prototype of an unguided, man-portable, multi-barreled ground-to-air rocket launcher, designed to destro ...

hand-held anti-air rocket launcher *

2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling The Flak 30 (''Flugzeugabwehrkanone 30'') and improved Flak 38 were 20 mm anti-aircraft guns used by various German forces throughout World War II. It was not only the primary German light anti-aircraft gun but by far the most numerously prod ...

– the most produced German artillery piece of World War II, based on Russian 2-K AA gun design which was too complex to mass-produce in USSR **

Gebirgsflak 38 The Gebirgsflak 38 was a German anti-aircraft weapon of 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 World War II by country, v ...

– reduced-weight version of

Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77 (Scotti) The Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77 (Scotti) was a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun produced by the Scotti company in Italy, used in World War II, firing a 20x138mmB cartridge. History The Italian army had two standard 20 mm anti-aircraft wea ...

25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun The Hotchkiss 25 mm anti-aircraft gun was an anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the French firm of Hotchkiss. It served in World War II with French, Japanese and other nations' forces. Other than the designer company and the calibre, th ...

(captured from French) * 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43 * 3.7 cm SK C/30 – naval AA gun ** 3.7 cm FlaK 43 *

37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) The 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) (russian: 37-мм автоматическая зенитная пушка образца 1939 года (61-К)) is a Soviet 37 mm calibre anti-aircraft gun developed during the late 19 ...

(captured from Russia by

and redesignated 3.7 cm M39(r)) * 5 cm FlaK 41 *

Schräge Musik ''Schräge Musik'', which may also be spelled ''Schraege Musik'', was a common name for the fitting of an upward-firing autocannon or machine gun, to an interceptor aircraft, such as a night fighter. The term was introduced by the German ''L ...

– also independently developed by

Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service The was the air arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The organization was responsible for the operation of naval aircraft and the conduct of aerial warfare in the Pacific War. The Japanese military acquired their first aircraft in 1910 a ...

(both in use by May 1943) **

Jagdfaust The ''Sondergerät'' SG 500 Jagdfaust ("hunting fist") or Jägerfaust ("hunter's fist") was an experimental airborne anti-bomber recoilless rifle designed for use in the Me 163 ''Komet'' rocket plane by the German ''Luftwaffe'' during World War ...

– air-to-air vertical-fire automated cannon ** *

Henschel Hs 297 The Henschel Hs 297 Föhn or 7.3 cm Raketen Sprenggranate was a small German surface-to-air rocket of the Second World War. The associated multiple rocket launcher was known as the 7.3 cm Föhn-Gerät. Design The Henschel Hs 297 Föhn (The Fo ...

– launch 35 73mm-caliber short-range rockets *

Solothurn ST-5 The Solothurn ST-5 is a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun designed by Solothurn in Switzerland which ultimately was the design basis for the highly successful 2 cm FlaK 30 series of guns used by Germany in World War II. Solothurn was owned by the Ger ...

caliber 20 mm (.79 in)

Heavy anti-aircraft guns

Rheintochter ''Rheintochter'' was a German surface-to-air missile developed by Rheinmetall-Borsig during World War II. Its name comes from the mythical ''Rheintöchter'' (Rhinemaidens) of Richard Wagner's opera series ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. The miss ...

(surface-to-air rocket) * Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 (acquired from Italy) *

76 mm air defense gun M1938 76 or Seventy-Six may refer to: Common uses * 76 (number) * One of the years 76 BC, AD 76, 1776, 1876, 1976, 2076 Places * Seventy Six, Kentucky * Seventy-Six, Missouri * Seventy-Six Township, Iowa (disambiguation), several places Arts, entert ...

(captured from Russia by

and redesignated Flak 38(r)) *

85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) The 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) (russian: 85-мм зенитная пушка обр. 1939 г. (52-К)) was an Soviet anti-aircraft gun, developed under guidance of leading Soviet designers M. N. Loginov and G. D. Dorokhin. This ...

(captured from Russia by

and redesignated 8.5 cm Flak 39(r)) * 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun *

AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy) *

10.5 cm FlaK 38 The 10.5 cm FlaK 38 was a German anti-aircraft gun used during World War II by the Luftwaffe. An improved version was introduced as the 10.5 cm FlaK 39.Bishop, Chris. The encyclopedia of weapons of world War II. Sterling Publishing Comp ...

* 12.8 cm FlaK 40 *

Vehicles

Nazi Germany had captured many models of foreign equipment. In the list below, only most prominent captured models are listed. For full listing of captured vehicles see

List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II Many foreign vehicles were used by the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. The German terms '' Beutepanzer'' (Loot Tank) and ''Beutefahrzeug'' (Loot Vehicle) were a general application for those vehicles. Whilst the majority were capt ...

Tankette

AMR 35 The Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance Renault Modèle 35 Type ZT (AMR 35 or Renault ZT) was a French light tank developed during the Interbellum and used in the Second World War. It was not intended to reconnoitre and report as its name suggest ...

– captured from French, some converted to mortar carrier

Tanks

* Stridsvagn L-5 (incomplete prototype) *

Leichttraktor The ''Leichttraktor'' (Vs.Kfz.31) was a German experimental tank designed during the Interwar Period. History After the end of World War I, Germany was restricted in military development by the Treaty of Versailles. However, a secret program ...

* Grosstraktor *

Panzer I The Panzer I was a light tank produced in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Its name is short for ( German for " armored fighting vehicle mark I"), abbreviated as . The tank's official German ordnance inventory designation was '' Sd.Kfz. 10 ...

* Skoda T-15 – Slovakian alternative to

, 5 built *Panzerkampfwagen II mit Schwimmkörper (

with floats) * Light Tank VK 1602 "Leopard" * Neubaufahrzeug (also known as Nb.Fz) - 5 built *

Panzer 35(t) The Panzerkampfwagen 35(t), commonly shortened to Panzer 35(t) or abbreviated as Pz.Kpfw. 35(t), was a Czechoslovak-designed light tank used mainly by Nazi Germany during World War II. The letter (t) stood for ''tschechisch'' (German for "Czech ...

Panzer 38(t) The 38(t), originally known as the ČKD LT vz. 38, was a tank designed during the 1930s, which saw extensive service during World War II. Developed in Czechoslovakia by ČKD, the type was adopted by Nazi Germany following the annexation of Cz ...

* Sd.Kfz. 140/1 Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) mit 2 cm KwK 38 * Sd.Kfz. 140/1 Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) mit 7.5 cm KwK37 L/24 *

* Panzerbeobachtungswagen III * Tauchpanzer III – amphibious (snorkel-fitted)

*Panzerbeobachtungswagen IV (Pz. Beob. Wg. IV) – artillery observer * Panzerkampfwagen V Panther *Beobachtungspanzer Panther – artillery observer *

(also known as Königstiger or King Tiger) * Panzer VII Löwe – development halted *

Panzer VIII Maus ''Panzerkampfwagen'' VIII ''Maus'' (English: 'mouse') was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever built. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turre ...

Entwicklung series The ''Entwicklung'' series (from German ''Entwicklung'', "development"), more commonly known as the E-Series, was a late-World War II attempt by Nazi Germany to produce a standardised series of tank designs. There were to be standard designs in ...

**E-5 **E-10 **E-25 **E-50 **E-75 **

Panzerkampfwagen E-100 The ''Panzerkampfwagen'' E-100 (Gerät 383) (TG-01) was a German super-heavy tank design developed towards the end of World War II. The largest of the ''Entwicklung'' series of tank designs intended to improve German armored vehicle production ...

Self-propelled guns

Tank-based

Anti-aircraft *

Flakpanzer I The 2 cm ''Flak 38 auf Panzer'' I ''Ausführung'' A, commonly known as the ''Flakpanzer'' I, was a rare self-propelled anti-aircraft gun conversion of the Panzer I in use by the military of Nazi Germany during World War II. Development The ...

Flakpanzer 38(t) The ''Flakpanzer'' 38(t), officially named ''Flakpanzer 38(t) auf Selbstfahrlafette 38(t) Ausf M ( Sd.Kfz. 140)'', was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun used in World War II. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Gepard, which ...

Möbelwagen The 3.7 cm ''Flak auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen'' IV (sf) (''Sd.Kfz. 161/3''), nicknamed ''Möbelwagen'' ("Moving Van") because of its boxy shape, was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun built from the chassis of the Panzer IV tank. It w ...

Wirbelwind The ''Flakpanzer'' IV "''Wirbelwind''" (Whirlwind in English) was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the Panzer IV tank. It was developed in 1944 as a successor to the earlier ''Möbelwagen'' self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. In ...

Ostwind The ''Flakpanzer IV "Ostwind"'' (East Wind in English) was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the Panzer IV tank. It was developed in 1944 as a successor to the earlier ''Flakpanzer IV/2 cm Vierling'' '' Wirbelwind''. The ...

*Flakpanzer IV mit 3 cm FlaK Vierling (official designator for Zerstörer 45) * Kugelblitz *

Flakpanzer Coelian The 3.7 cm Flakzwilling auf Panther Fahrgestell or Flakpanzer 341 was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun designed by Rheinmetall during World War II. It was intended to be armed with two 3.7 cm Flak 341 gun in a fully enclosed, rotating t ...

(dual 5.5 cm autocannons) Anti-tank *

Panzerjäger I The Panzerjäger I ("English: tank hunter number 1") was the first German ''panzerjäger'' (a self-propelled anti-tank gun, or "tank destroyer") to see service in the Second World War. All mounted the Czech Škoda-built 4.7 cm KPÚV vz. 38 (Ge ...

* 5 cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II * 7.62 cm PaK 36(r) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. D/E (Sd.Kfz. 132) * Marder I (Sd.Kfz. 135) *

Marder II The ''Marder'' II ("marten" in English) was a German tank destroyer of World War II based on the Panzer II chassis. There were two versions, the first mounted a modified Soviet 7.62 cm gun firing German ammunition, while the other mounted the ...

(LaS 762) * Marder III (Sd.Kfz. 138) *

Marder III ''Marder'' III was the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers. They mounted either the modified ex-Soviet 76.2 mm F-22 Model 1936 divisional field gun, or the German 7.5 cm PaK 40, in an open-topped fighting compartment on ...

(Sd.Kfz. 139) * Jagdpanzer 38(t) (Hetzer) *

Jagdpanzer IV The ''Jagdpanzer'' IV, Sd.Kfz. 162, was a German tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV chassis and built in three main variants. As one of the casemate-style turretless Jagdpanzer (tank destroyer, literally "hunting tank") designs, it was develop ...

*Panzer IV/70 –

-based SPG armed with 75mm gun from Panther tank *

Jagdpanther The ''Jagdpanther'' (German: "hunting Panther"), Sd.Kfz. 173, was a tank destroyer ('' Jagdpanzer'', a self-propelled anti-tank gun) built by Germany during World War II. The ''Jagdpanther'' combined the 8.8 cm Pak 43 anti-tank gun, similar to t ...

(Sd.Kfz. 173) *

Nashorn ''Nashorn'' (, German for "rhinoceros"), initially known as ''Hornisse'' ( German "hornet"), was a German ''Panzerjäger'' ("tank hunter") of World War II. It was developed as an interim solution in 1942 by equipping a light turretless chassi ...

(Hornisse) *

Jagdtiger The ''Jagdtiger'' ("Hunting Tiger"; officially designated ''Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B'') is a German casemate-type heavy tank destroyer (''Jagdpanzer'') of World War II. It was built upon the slightly lengthened chassis of a Tiger II. Its or ...

(Sd.Kfz. 186) *

Elefant The ''Elefant'' (German for "elephant") was a heavy tank destroyer used by German Wehrmacht Panzerjäger during World War II. Ninety-one units were built in 1943 under the name Ferdinand, after its designer Ferdinand Porsche, using VK 45.01 (P ...

also known as Ferdinand (Sd.Kfz. 184)) Assault & infantry guns *

Sturmpanzer I The 15 cm sIG 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf B, sometimes referred to (unofficially) as the Sturmpanzer I Bison, was a German self-propelled gun used during World War II. Development and history The Invasion of Poland had shown that t ...

(Bison) *

Sturmgeschütz III The ''Sturmgeschütz III'' (StuG III) assault gun was Germany's most-produced fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle during World War II, and second-most produced German armored combat vehicle of any type after the Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track. It ...

(StuG III or StuH 42, StuG III most-produced German AFV) *

Sturmgeschütz IV The Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV) (Sd.Kfz. 167) was a German assault gun variant of the Panzer IV used in the latter part of the Second World War. It was identical in role and concept to the highly successful StuG III assault gun variant of the Pan ...

(StuG IV) * Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B * Brummbär also known as Sturmpanzer, Sturmpanzer 43 (Sd.Kfz. 166) * Grille (Sd.Kfz. 138/1) *

15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf) The 15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf), sometimes referred to as the Sturmpanzer II Bison, was a German assault gun used during World War II. The dozen vehicles produced were assigned to the 90th Light Infantry Division ( ...

Sturmtiger () was a World War II German assault gun built on the Tiger I chassis and armed with a 380mm rocket-propelled mortar. The official German designation was ''Sturmmörserwagen 606/4 mit 38 cm RW 61''. Its primary task was to provide heavy f ...

Self propelled artillery *

Wespe The Sd.Kfz. 124 ''Wespe'' (German for "wasp"), also known as ''Leichte Feldhaubitze 18/2 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf.)'' ("Light field howitzer 18 on Panzer II chassis (self-propelled)"), is a German self-propelled gun developed and ...

* Hummel * Heuschrecke 10 also known as "Waffenträger Geschützwagen IV") * 10.5 cm K (gp.Sfl.) (Dicker Max) * Sturer Emil (2 built)

Other

* – 37mm gun on Hanomag chassis *7.7 cm FK WD Schlepper 50PS – 77mm gun on Hanomag chassis *''Pz.Sph. 204(f) mit KwK'' 42 – gun on French

Panhard 178 The Panhard 178 (officially designated as ''Automitrailleuse de Découverte Panhard modèle 1935'', 178 being the internal project number at Panhard) or "Pan-Pan" was an advanced French reconnaissance 4x4 armoured car that was designed for the ...

armoured car *8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 12 – AA gun in field gun mount on Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track chassis *8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 18 – AA gun in field gun mount on

Sd.Kfz. 9 The Sd.Kfz. 9 (also known as "Famo" ) was a German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II, and the heaviest half-track vehicle of any type built in quantity in Nazi Germany during the war years. Its main roles were as a prime mover f ...

half-track chassis *''Mittler Schutzenpanzerwagen'' S307(f) ''mit''

– mortar on French

SOMUA MCG Somua, an acronym for ''Société d'outillage mécanique et d'usinage d'artillerie'', was a French company that manufactured machinery and vehicles. A subsidiary of Schneider-Creusot, Somua was based in Saint-Ouen, a suburb of Paris. Overview ...

half-track truck chassis

Armored cars

* Panzerspähwagen Kfz 13 *

Leichter Panzerspähwagen The ''Leichter Panzerspähwagen'' (German: "light armoured reconnaissance vehicle") was a series of light four-wheel drive armoured cars produced by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1944. Development history The Sd.Kfz. 221 was the first in a series o ...

(light armored cars) ** Sd.Kfz. 221 ** Sd.Kfz. 222 ** Sd.Kfz. 223 ** Sd.Kfz. 231 ** Sd.Kfz. 260 (light armored radio car) ** Sd.Kfz. 261 (light armored radio car) *

Schwerer Panzerspähwagen The term (German for 'heavy armoured reconnaissance vehicle'), covers the six- and eight-wheeled armoured cars Germany used during the Second World War. In the German Army, armoured cars were intended for the traditional cavalry missions of r ...

(heavy armored cars) ** Sd.Kfz. 232 ** Sd.Kfz. 233 ** Sd.Kfz. 263 (heavy armored radio car) *

Sd.Kfz. 234 The Sd.Kfz. 234 ('' Sonderkraftfahrzeug 234'', Special Purpose Vehicle 234), was a family of armoured cars designed and built in Germany during World War II. The vehicles were lightly armoured, armed with a 20, 50 or 75 mm main gun, and po ...

– 8 wheeled armored car (also known as Puma or Stummel) *

Sd.Kfz. 250 The Sd.Kfz. 250 (German: ''Sonderkraftfahrzeug'' 250; 'special motor vehicle') was a light armoured half-track, very similar in appearance to the larger Hanomag-designed Sd.Kfz. 251, and built by the DEMAG firm, for use by Nazi Germany in Worl ...

half-track (machine gun and mortar versions) *

Sd.Kfz. 251 The Sd.Kfz. 251 (''Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251'') half-track was a World War II German armored personnel carrier designed by the Hanomag company, based on its earlier, unarmored Sd.Kfz. 11 vehicle. The Sd.Kfz. 251 was designed to transport the ''Panz ...

half-track (machine gun and mortar versions) *Panzerwagen

ADGZ The Steyr ADGZ was an Austrian-German heavy armored car used during World War II. It was originally designed for the Austrian Army (its designation was "M35 Mittlerer Panzerwagen") from 1934, and delivered in 1935–1937. History The Austrian a ...

M39 Pantserwagen The ''Pantserwagen'' M39 or DAF ''Pantrado'' 3 was a Dutch 6×4 armoured car produced in the late thirties for the Royal Dutch Army. From 1935 the DAF automobile company designed several armoured fighting vehicles based on its innovative ''Trad ...

(captured from Dutch) *

(captured from French)

Armored carriers

*Sd.Kfz. 3 (early) – unarmed personnel carrier of the 1920s *French

Somua MCG Somua, an acronym for ''Société d'outillage mécanique et d'usinage d'artillerie'', was a French company that manufactured machinery and vehicles. A subsidiary of Schneider-Creusot, Somua was based in Saint-Ouen, a suburb of Paris. Overview ...

/MCL mittlerer gepanzerter Zugkraftwagen S307/303(f) *French Unic P107 leichter Zugkraftwagen U304(f)) * Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen 'Kätzchen' – 2 built *Munitions Selbstfahrlafette auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (

chassis as ammunition carrier) *Munitionspanzer 38(t) (sf) Ausf.K (Sd.Kfz..138/1) * Sd.Kfz. 252 half-track ammunition carrier * Borgward B III – armoured ammunition carrier

Engineering and command

* Springer vehicle (demolition vehicle) * Borgward IV (demolition vehicle) *

Goliath tracked mine The Goliath tracked mine (German: ''Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath,'' "Goliath Light Charge Carrier") was a series of two unmanned ground vehicles used by the German Army as disposable demolition vehicles during World War II. These were the e ...

* (mine clearance vehicle, prototype only) *Brückenleger auf Panzerkampfwagen II (bridge layer on

chassis) * Minenräumer III (also known as Minenräumpanzer III) – mine-clearing vehicle on

chassis *Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen (command version of

) * Panzerbefehlswagen III (command version of

) *Panzerbefehlswagen IV (Pz. Bef. Wg. IV) (command version of

) *Befehlspanzer Panther (command version of Panther tank) *

Kugelpanzer The ''Kugelpanzer'' ("ball tank") is a one-man armoured vehicle built by Nazi Germany during World War II. The history of the vehicle is practically unknown other than the fact that at least one example was exported to the Empire of Japan and ...

– cable-laying vehicle, supplied to Japan * Sd.Kfz. 247 – armored command car * Sd.Kfz. 253 half-track artillery observer *Infanterie Sturmsteg auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV (infantry assault bridge version of the Panzer IV) *Instandsetzungskraftwagen I (maintenance vehicle version of the Panzer I) * – tank-lifting maintenance crane

Trucks

Opel Blitz Opel Blitz (''Blitz'' being German for "lightning") was the name given to various light and middle-weight trucks built by the German Opel automobile manufacturer between 1930 and 1975. The original logo for this truck, two stripes arranged loo ...

(also

Maultier Maultier (English: "mule") or Sd.Kfz. 3 is the name given to series of half-track trucks used by Germany during World War II. They were based on Opel, Mercedes-Benz, Alfa-Romeo or Ford trucks. History Soon after invading the USSR, German troo ...

(late Sd.Kfz. 3) half-track versions) * Mercedes-Benz L3000 *

Krupp Protze The Krupp ''Protze'' (officially ''L 2 H 43'' and ''L 2 H 143'') was a six-wheeled 6x4 Germany, German truck and artillery tractor produced between 1934 and 1941 and heavily used in World War II. It was powered by a 4-cylinder, 55 hp or, from ...

**Kfz.19 – Telephone truck **Kfz.21 – Staff car **Kfz.68 – Radio mast carrier **Kfz.69 – Standard configuration for towing the 3,7 cm PaK 36 **Kfz.70 – Standard configuration for personnel carrying **Kfz.81 – Ammo carrier conversion for 2 cm FlaK gun, usually towed **Kfz.83 – Generator carrier for anti-aircraft spotlight, usually towed * Borgward B 3000 * Sd.Kfz. 4 half-track * * * * Polski Fiat 621- Captured from Polish * Tatra 111 *

Zis-5 The 76 mm tank gun M1940 F-34 (''76-мм танковая пушка обр. 1940 г. Ф-34'') was a 76.2 mm Soviet tank gun used on the T-34/76 tank. A modified version of the gun, the 76 mm tank gun M1941 ZiS-5 (''76-мм т� ...

- Captured from Soviets

Passenger cars

Volkswagen Kübelwagen The Volkswagen Type 82 ''Kübelwagen'' (), or simply ''Kübel'', contractions of the original German word ''Kübelsitzwagen'' (translated: 'bucket-seat car' — but when the contractions are translated literally a back-formation of 'bucket' or ' ...

* Volkswagen Schwimmwagen – amphibious car *

Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht ''Einheits-Pkw der Wehrmacht'' – ''literally: "standard passenger motor-car of the Wehrmacht"'' – was the Nazi German plan for a new, multi-purpose fleet of four-wheel drive, off-road capable cars and light trucks, based on just three unifo ...

** (lightweight class) ** (medium weight class) * * * * Mercedes-Benz W31 * * Trippel SG6 amphibious car

Motorcycles

Motorcycles were often paired with a sidecar as a . * BMW R75 * Zündapp KS 750 * * * * Zündapp KS 600 * Zündapp K 800 *NSU * DKW NZ 350 *

Nimbus (motorcycle) The Nimbus was a Danish motorcycle produced from 1919 to 1960 by Fisker and Nielsen of Copenhagen, Denmark, also manufacturers of " Nilfisk" brand vacuum cleaners (now Nilfisk). Two basic models were produced, both with a 750 cc four-cyl ...

– Denmark-built

Tractors and prime movers

Landwasserschlepper ''Landwasserschlepper'' (LWS) was an unarmed amphibious tractor produced in Germany during World War II. Origins and development Ordered by the ''Heereswaffenamt'' in 1935 for use by German Army engineers, the ''Landwasserschlepper'' (or LWS) was ...

(also known as Land-Wasser-Schlepper) amphibious tractor *

Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper The ''Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper'' (sWS; "Heavy Military Tractor") was a German World War II half-track vehicle used in various roles between 1943 and 1945. The unarmored models were used as supply vehicles and as tractors to haul artillery. Armo ...

, also AA and multiple-rocket launcher versions do exist. *

Sd.Kfz. 2 The (german: Sonderkraftfahrzeug 2) is a half-track motorcycle with a single front wheel, better known as the (), shortened to (pl. ). It was used by the military of Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Design The started its life as ...

(HK 101) – lightest German tractor of World War II (half-track and motorcycle hybrid) *

half-truck * Sd.Kfz. 4 half-track *

Sd.Kfz. 6 The Sd.Kfz. 6 ('' Sonderkraftfahrzeug'' 6) was a half-track military vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War. It was designed to be used as the main towing vehicle for the 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzer. Development Develop ...

half-track * Sd.Kfz. 7 half-track * Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track *

half-track *

Sd.Kfz. 10 The Sd.Kfz. 10 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug – special motorized vehicle) was a German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II. Its main role was as a prime mover for small towed guns, such as the 2 cm Flak 30, the 7.5 cm leIG, or the 3.7 ...

light half-track *

Sd.Kfz. 11 The Sd.Kfz. 11 (''Sonderkraftfahrzeug'' – special motor vehicle) was a German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II. Its main role was as a prime mover for medium towed guns ranging from the 3.7 cm FlaK 43 anti-aircraft gun up t ...

half-track * Bergepanzer III –

PzKpfw III The ''Panzerkampfwagen III'', commonly known as the Panzer III, was a medium tank developed in the 1930s by Germany, and was used extensively in World War II. The official German ordnance designation was Sd.Kfz. 141. It was intended to fight oth ...

chassis * Bergepanzer IV –

PzKpfw IV The ''Panzerkampfwagen'' IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV), commonly known as the ''Panzer'' IV, was a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161. The Panz ...

chassis *Bergepanther (Sd.Kfz. 179) – PzKpfw V Panther chassis 347 produced (1943–1945) *'' Bergetiger'' – PzKpfw VI Tiger I chassis *''Bergepanzer 38(t)'' – Jagdpanzer 38 chassis, 170 produced (1944–1945) *''Bergepanzer T-34'' – Captured

T-34 The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank introduced in 1940. When introduced its 76.2 mm (3 in) tank gun was less powerful than its contemporaries while its 60-degree sloped armour provided good protection against anti-tank weapons. The C ...

chassis * Sd.Kfz. 254 tracked artillery tractor * Raupenschlepper, Ost (also known as RSO) – advanced tracked tractor * Saurer RR-7

Miscellaneous vehicles

* – Army trailer * – Infantry trailers * – Infantry cart IF8 *

Meillerwagen The ''Meillerwagen'' ( en, Meiller vehicle) was a German World War II trailer used to transport a V-2 rocket from the 'transloading point' of the Technical Troop Area to the launching point, to erect the missile on the ''Brennstand'' ( en, firing ...

– V-2 rocket transporter * – Trailer attachment hook *

Railroad plough A railroad plough is a rail vehicle which supports an immensely strong, hook-shaped plough. It is used for destruction of sleepers in warfare, as part of a scorched earth policy, so that the track becomes unusable for the enemy. In use, the plo ...

Navy ships and war vessels

Siebel ferry The Siebel ferry (''Siebelfähre'') was a shallow-draft catamaran landing craft operated by Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. It served a variety of roles (transport, flak ship, gunboat, convoy escort, minelayer) in the Mediterranean, Balt ...

– main Wehrmacht landing craft

Aircraft

Secret weapons

V-1 flying bomb The V-1 flying bomb (german: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile. Its official Ministry of Aviation (Nazi Germany), Reich Aviation Ministry () designation was Fi 103. It was also known to the Allies as the buz ...

V-2 The V-2 (german: Vergeltungswaffe 2, lit=Retaliation Weapon 2), with the technical name ''Aggregat 4'' (A-4), was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was develope ...

* V3 cannon *

Radars

Freya radar Freya was an early warning radar deployed by Germany during World War II; it was named after the Norse goddess Freyja. During the war, over a thousand stations were built. A naval version operating on a slightly different wavelength was also d ...

* *

Würzburg radar The low-UHF band Würzburg radar was the primary ground-based tracking radar for the Wehrmacht's Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Initial development took place before the war and the apparatus entered service in 1940 ...

FuG 25a Erstling FuG 25a ''Erstling'' (German: ''"Firstborn"'', ''"Debut"'', sometimes FuGe) was an identification friend or foe (IFF) transponder installed in ''Luftwaffe'' aircraft starting in 1941 in order to allow German Freya radar stations to identify them ...

Seetakt radar Seetakt was a shipborne radar developed in the 1930s and used by Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. Development In Germany during the late 1920s, Hans Hollmann began working in the field of microwaves, which were to later becom ...

* Flensburg radar detector

Missiles and bombs

*Anti-tank bombs ** SD 4 HL ** SD 4/HL RS ** SD 9/HL *Armor-piercing bombs ** SC 10 ** SC 10 DW ** PC 500 'Pauline' **

PC 1000 The PC 1000 (Panzersprengbombe Cylindrisch) or ''cylindrical armor-piercing explosive bomb'' in English was an armor-piercing bomb used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. History The PC series of bombs differed from the SC series because the ...

'Pol' **

PC 1600 The PC 1600 (Panzersprengbombe Cylindrisch) or ''cylindrical armor-piercing explosive bomb'' in English was an armor-piercing bomb used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. History The PC series of bombs differed from the SC series because the ...

** PC 500 RS ** PC 1000 RS ** PC 1800 RS ** PD 500 ** PD 1000 *Cluster bombs **

AB 23 The AB 23 (Abwurfbehälter) was a cluster bomb used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Design The body of the AB 23 was constructed of mild sheet steel with four fins welded to the rear of the container. The AB 23 was composed of two long ...

** AB 250-2 **

AB 250-3 The AB 250-3 (Abwurfbehälter) was an anti-personnel cluster bomb used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. AB 250-3 The AB 250-3 could be suspended horizontally within a bomb bay or fuselage or wing hardpoint. It also had trunnions s ...

AB 500-1 The AB 500-1 (Abwurfbehälter) was a Cluster munition, cluster bomb used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. AB 500-1 The body of the AB 500-1 was constructed of mild sheet steel and was of clamshell construction and hinged at the tail. It w ...

** AB 500-1B ** AB 500-3A **

AB 70-D1 The AB 70-D1 (Abwurfbehälter) was a cluster bomb dispenser used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Design Weapons container The AB 70-D1 contained fifty high-explosive fragmentation sub-munitions, was cylindrical in shape and was made o ...

BDC 10 The BDC 10 was a cluster bomb used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Design BDC 10 The BDC 10 was a cluster bomb unit which held five bombs horizontally together by a metallic band wide, and by a double spider mechanism at the front of ...

*High explosive bombs **

SB 1000 The SB 1000 (Spezialbombe) was a luftmine (aerial mine) used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. History The SB series of bombs were high-capacity bombs intended to create the largest lateral blast effect, in contrast to most oth ...

SB 1800 SB or Sb may refer to: Places * Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code SB) * Santa Barbara, California, US * San Bernardino, California, US * Solomon Islands (ISO 3166 country code SB) * South Burlington, Vermont * Sibiu County, ...

SB 2500 The SB 2500 (Spezialbombe) was a luftmine or aerial mine in English used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. History The SB series of bombs were designed to be high-capacity bombs that were intended to create the largest lateral blast ef ...

** SC 50 ** SC 250 ** SC 500 ** SC 1000 "Hermann" ** SC 1200 ** SC 1800 "Satan" ** SC 2000 ** SC 2500 "Max" *Shrapnel bombs ** SD 1 ** SD 1 FRZ ** SD 2 ** SD 10 A ** SD 10 FRZ ** SD 10 C ** SD 15 **

SBe 50 The SBe 50 (Splitter Beton) or ''concrete fragmentation'' in English was a family of fragmentation bombs used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. History The SBe series of bombs were designed to be semi-armor piercing fragmentation bombs that ...

SD 50 South Dakota Highway 50 (SD 50) is a state route serving south central and southeast South Dakota. The current alignment begins at the junction of South Dakota Highway 34 at "Lee's Corner" east of Fort Thompson, and ends at the Iowa border near ...

** SD 70 ** SBe 250 **

SD 250 The SD 250 (Sprengbombe Dickwandig 250) or ''thick walled explosive bomb'' in English was a fragmentation bomb used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. History The second most used category of bombs was the SD series which were high-explosiv ...

** SD 500 ** SD 1400 "Esau" ** SD 1700 "Sigismund" *Rockets and Missiles **

R4M R4M, abbreviation for ''Rakete, 4 kilogramm, Minenkopf'' ( en, Rocket, 4 kilogram, Mine-head), also known by the nickname ''Orkan'' ( en, Hurricane) due to its distinctive smoke trail when fired, was a folding-fin air-to-air rocket used by the ...

(AA/AT rocket) **

Werfer-Granate 21 The ''Werfer-Granate 21'' rocket launcher, also known as the BR 21 (the "BR" standing for ''Bordrakete'') in official Luftwaffe manuals, was a weapon used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and was the first on-board rocket placed into ...

(air-to-air rocket) ** Blohm & Voss L 10 unmanned torpedo glider **

Fritz X Fritz X was the most common name for a German guided anti-ship glide bomb used during World War II. ''Fritz X'' was the world's first precision guided weapon deployed in combat and the first to sink a ship in combat. ''Fritz X'' was a nickname us ...

anti-ship guided bomb (also known as PC 1400) ** Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship guided bomb **

Henschel Hs 294 The Henschel Hs 294 was a guided Anti-surface warfare, air-to-sea missile developed by Henschel & Son, Henschel Flugzeug-Werke AG in Nazi Germany, Germany during World War II. Design The Hs 294 was a further development of the Henschel Hs 293, b ...

anti-ship guided bomb ** Henschel Hs 298 radio-guided air-to-air missile **

Ruhrstahl X-4 The Ruhrstahl Ru 344 X-4 or Ruhrstahl-Kramer RK 344 was a wire-guided air-to-air missile designed by Germany during World War II. The X-4 did not see operational service and thus was not proven in combat but inspired considerable post-war work ...

wire-guided air-to-air missile ** Kramer Rk 344, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)

Cartridges and shells

Panzergranate 39 The Panzergranate 39 or Pzgr. 39 was a German armor-piercing shell used during World War II. It was manufactured in various calibers and was the most common anti-tank shell used in German tank (German: ''Kampfwagenkanone''; shorted to ''KwK'') an ...

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German Weapons During WW2 (Rifles, Guns, Mines, Vehicles)

Personal arms

Knives and bayonets

Small arms

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

Rifles

Grenades and grenade launchers

Mines

Recoilless rifles

Flamethrowers

Machine guns

Infantry rifles and dual-purpose machine guns

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns

Artillery

Demolition charges

Infantry mortars

Heavy mortars and rocket launchers

Field artillery

Fortress and siege guns

Anti-tank guns

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

Anti-aircraft weapons

Light anti-aircraft guns

Heavy anti-aircraft guns

Vehicles

Tankette

Tanks

Self-propelled guns

Tank-based

Other

Armored cars

Armored carriers

Engineering and command

Trucks

Passenger cars

Motorcycles

Tractors and prime movers

Miscellaneous vehicles

Navy ships and war vessels

Aircraft

Secret weapons

Radars

Missiles and bombs

Cartridges and shells

See also

References

Further reading

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