Small arms

Rifles

De Lisle Carbine The De Lisle carbine or De Lisle Commando carbine was a British firearm used during World War II that was designed with an integrated suppressor. That, combined with its use of subsonic ammunition, made it extremely quiet in action, possibly one o ...

- "silenced" design firing subsonic pistol ammunition. Specialist issue, 129 made. * Enfield Pattern 14 (P14) - Used as a marksman weapon until the No. IV Mk. I (T) was introduced, also issued in large number to the

British Home Guard The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was an armed citizen militia supporting the British Army during the Second World War. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard had 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible f ...

. Known as "Rifle No. 3. *

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. ...

- Used 30-06 ammunition. Issued to

. * Lee Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - Lee Enfield rifle in service at the beginning of the war, supplemented and replaced by the No.4 Mk.I by mid-war. * Rifle, No.4 Mk.1 and No.4 Mk.I (T) - Lee Enfield rifle that replaced the No.I Mk.III* in larger numbers mid-war. * Lee Enfield No. 5 Mk. I "Jungle Carbine" - Shorter, lighter development of the Lee-Enfield. Introduced in 1944 to replace the No.1 Mk.III* for service in the jungle.

Submachine guns

Lanchester submachine gun The Lanchester is a submachine gun (SMG) manufactured by the Sterling Armaments Company between 1941 and 1945. It is a copy of the German MP28/II and was manufactured in two versions, Mk.1 and Mk.1*; the latter was a simplified version of the ...

- British submachine gun, developed from the German MP28, used by the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

and the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

. *

Sten The STEN (or Sten gun) is a family of British submachine guns chambered in 9×19mm which were used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War. They had a simple design and very low production cos ...

- simple design, low-cost British submachine gun in service from late 1941 to the end of the war. Around four million produced. *

Thompson submachine gun The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the "Tommy Gun", "Chicago Typewriter", "Chicago Piano", “Trench Sweeper” or "Trench Broom") is a blowback-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed selective-fire submachine gun, invented by United Sta ...

- American submachine gun used in large numbers until the Sten gun was introduced. * Sterling/Patchett Machine Carbine Mark 1- British submachine gun first produced in 1944 but only trialled and used in small numbers during the war.

Machine guns

Bren light machine gun The Bren gun was a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992. While best known for its role as the British and Commonwealth forces' primary infantry LMG in World War II, it was also used ...

- Light machine gun for infantry use introduced in 1930s and used throughout the whole of the war. * Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) - Issued to

Home Guard Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or reserve force raised for local defense. The term "home guard" was first officially used in the American Civil War, starting w ...

* Lewis Gun - In service with some infantry at outbreak of war in small numbers, issued to British Home Guard for the rest of the war. * Vickers "K" machine gun also known as VGO - Fast firing aircraft machine gun, used in specialist roles on

Long Range Desert Group The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Originally called the Long Range Patrol (LRP), the unit was founded in Egypt in June 1940 by Major Ralph Alger Bagnold, acti ...

and Special Air Service vehicles in North Africa, as well as a short-lived infantry machine gun with the

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Vickers machine gun The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army. The gun was operated by a three-man crew but typically required more men to move and o ...

- Standard medium machine gun of the British Army since 1912. * Vickers. 50 - Used as a mounted armament on fighting vehicles, as well as an anti-aircraft weapon by the Royal Navy and other allied ships. *

Browning M1919 The M1919 Browning is a .30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1919 saw service as a light infantry, coaxial, mounted, aircraft, and ...

- Used by multiple countries during the war. *

Browning M2 The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed towards the end of World War I by John Browning. Its design is similar to Browning's earlier M1919 Browning machine gun, ...

- heavy machine gun, mounted on many lend-lease vehicles. *

Besa machine gun The Besa machine gun was a British version of the Czechoslovak ZB-53 air-cooled, belt-fed machine gun (called the TK vz. 37 in the Czechoslovak army"TK" from ''těžký kulomet'' "heavy machine gun"; "vz" from ''vzor'' "Model"). The name came ...

- in 7.92 mm BESA and 15 mm BESA forms used as armament on British-built tanks and armoured cars only. * Vickers-Berthier - Light machine gun adopted by British Indian Army before the war, and used until replaced by Bren guns around 1942. *

Besal The Besal, properly named "Gun, Light, Machine, Faulkner, .303-inch", was a light machine gun of British origin. The weapon was intended as an alternative to the Bren gun as it was lighter, simpler, cheaper and easier to manufacture and therefor ...

- Designed as a lighter, simpler, and cheaper to manufacture alternative to the Bren gun, never went into mass production.

Handguns

* Enfield No.2 Mk.1 Revolver *

Webley Revolver The Webley Revolver (also known as the Webley Top-Break Revolver or Webley Self-Extracting Revolver) was, in various designations, a standard issue service pistol for the armed forces of the United Kingdom, and countries of the British Empire a ...

- many marks in .38 and .455 calibres * Browning FN-Inglis "Pistol No.II Mk.I*" *

Colt M1911A1 The M1911 (Colt 1911 or Colt Government) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. The pistol's formal U.S. military designation as of 1940 was ''Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911'' for th ...

* Webley No.I Mk.I - Automatic pistol in .455 inch. Issued to the

Welrod The Welrod is a British bolt action, magazine fed, suppressed pistol devised during the Second World War by Major Hugh Reeves at the Inter-Services Research Bureau (later Station IX). Station IX, being based near Welwyn Garden City, gave the ...

- suppressed pistol *

Smith & Wesson Model 10 The Smith & Wesson Model 10, previously known as the Smith & Wesson .38 Hand Ejector Model of 1899, the Smith & Wesson Military & Police or the Smith & Wesson Victory Model, is a K-frame revolver of worldwide popularity. In production since 1899 ...

Colt New Service The Colt New Service is a large frame, large caliber, double-action revolver made by Colt from 1898 until 1941. Made in various calibers, the .45 Colt version with a 5½" barrel, was adopted by the U.S. Armed Forces as the Model 1909.Murphy (1985 ...

Colt Official Police The Colt Official Police is a medium frame, double-action revolver with a six-round cylinder, primarily chambered for the .38 Special cartridge, and manufactured by the Colt's Manufacturing Company. Released in 1908 as the Colt Army Special, t ...

Grenades

* Grenade, Hand or Rifle, No.36M Mk.I "Mills Bomb" *" Grenade, Rifle No.68 /AT"

high-explosive anti-tank High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. The warhead functions by having an explosive charge collapse a metal liner inside the warhead into a high-velocity ...

(HEAT)

rifle grenade A rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle-based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade were thrown by hand. The practice of projecting grenades with rifle-mounted launchers was first widely used dur ...

* No.69 Mk.I Bakelite Concussion Hand Grenade * No.76, Special Incendiary Phosphorus Hand Grenade * No.73 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade "Thermos Grenade" * Grenade, Hand, No.74 ST "Sticky Bomb" * No.75 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade "Hawkins Grenade"/"Hawkins Mine" * No.77 White Phosphorus Hand Grenade * Grenade, Hand, No. 82 "Gammon Bomb".

Landmines

* A.T. Mine G.S. Mark II * A.T. Mine G.S. Mark III * A.T. Mine G.S. Mark IV * A.T. Mine G.S. Mark V * A.T. Mine E. P. Mark II * A.T. Mine E.P. Mark V * A.T. Mine E.P. Mark VI *

A.P. Shrapnel Mine Mark I and II The A.P. (anti-personnel) Shrapnel Mine is a British bounding mine of World War II. Design Parts The mines have cylindrical outer and inner cases as well as two pistol mechanisms. The cartridge pistol mechanism is for triggering the propel ...

* A.P. Mine No. 3 * A.P. and Anti-Tire Mine * A.P. Mine E.P. No. 4 * A.P. Mine No.5 * Mine A.P. Improvised Type I * Mine A.P. Improvised Type II

Other

* No.II Mk.II Flamethrower "Lifebuoy" *

Lewes bomb The Lewes bomb was a blast-incendiary field expedient explosive device, manufactured by mixing diesel oil and Nobel 808 plastic explosive. It was created by Lieutenant Jock Lewes, one of the original members of L Detachment SAS in 1941. Histor ...

- Used by the SAS *

Land Mattress Mattress was the term applied to ground-based British-devised multiple rocket launchers during World War II. Compared with the German and Soviet counterparts (the ''Nebelwerfer'' and '' Katyusha'' launchers respectively), the western Allies depl ...

- Multiple rocket launcher *

Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip. It was developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on ideas that the two men had while se ...

Pattern 1907 bayonet The Pattern 1907 bayonet, officially called the Sword bayonet, pattern 1907 (Mark I), was a British bayonet designed to be used with the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) rifle. The Pattern 1907 bayonet was used by the British and Commonwealth ...

Smatchet A smatchet is a short, heavy fighting knife in overall length (including grip). It was designed by William E. Fairbairn during World War II. Design Though described in the Office of Strategic Services catalogue as a cross between a machete and ...

Kukri The kukri () or khukuri ( ne, खुकुरी, ) is a type of machete with a distinct recurve in its blade. It serves multiple purposes as a melee weapon and also as a regular cutting tool throughout most of South Asia. The ''kukri'', ''kh ...

Infantry anti-tank weapons

Blacker Bombard The Blacker Bombard, also known as the 29-mm Spigot Mortar, was an infantry anti-tank weapon devised by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blacker in the early years of the Second World War. Intended as a means to equip Home Guard units with an anti-tan ...

- spigot mortar firing round. Issued for home defence only * Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55in, Boys "Boys Anti-Tank Rifle" - Infantry anti-tank weapon (prewar - 1943). * Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) - Infantry anti-tank weapon (1943 until end of war).

Artillery

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Anti-tank guns

Ordnance QF 2-pounder The Ordnance QF 2-pounder ( QF denoting "quick firing"), or simply "2 pounder gun", was a British anti-tank gun and vehicle-mounted gun employed in the Second World War. It was the main anti-tank weapon of the artillery units in the Battle o ...

- 40 mm weapon used at start of the war *

Ordnance QF 6-pounder The Ordnance Quick-Firing 6-pounder 7 cwt,British forces traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately . The approximate weight of the gun barrel and breech, "7 cwt" (cwt = hundredwe ...

- 57 mm weapon that replaced 2-pounder in artillery units * Ordnance QF 17-pounder - 76 mm weapon introduced later in war for artillery units

Guns and howitzers

Ordnance QF 25-pounder The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr, was the major British field gun and howitzer during the Second World War. Its calibre is 3.45-inch (87.6 mm). It was introduced into service just before the war started, combin ...

Gun-howitzer *

BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer The Ordnance BL 6 inch 26cwt howitzer was a British howitzer used during World War I and World War II. The qualifier "26cwt" refers to the weight of the barrel and breech together which weighed . History World War I It was developed to ...

* BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun * BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun *

BL 7.2-inch Howitzer Mk.I BL (or similar) may refer to: Arts and entertainment * BL Publishing, a division of the wargames manufacturing company, Games Workshop * '' Boston Legal'', a US legal comedy drama * Boys' love, Japanese term for female-oriented fiction featuring ...

* BL 8-inch Howitzer - siege gun *

BL 60-pounder gun The Ordnance BL 60-pounder was a British 5 inch (127 mm) heavy field gun designed in 1903–05 to provide a new capability that had been partially met by the interim QF 4.7 inch Gun. It was designed for both horse draft and mechanical ...

- 5 inch gun from First World War era, replaced by 4.5 inch gun during war * 75 mm Pack Howitzer M1 and M8 - US supplied portable howitzer for use in mountainous areas *

QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer Ordnance, QF 3.7-inch howitzer is a mountain gun, used by British and Commonwealth armies in the First and Second World Wars, and between the wars. History The British Indian Army first requested a modern mountain gun in 1906 to replace the BL ...

Smith Gun The Smith Gun was an ''ad hoc'' anti-tank artillery piece used by the British Army and Home Guard during the Second World War. With a German invasion of Great Britain seeming likely after the defeat in the Battle of France, most available weap ...

- smoothbore weapon for Home Guard use only *

BL 9.2-inch howitzer The Ordnance BL 9.2-inch howitzer was a heavy siege howitzer that formed the principal counter-battery equipment of British forces in France in World War I. It equipped a substantial number of siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery. It r ...

- WWI era * 75 mm gun M1917 - US supplied, training and home defence after fall of France *

QF 18-pounder gun The Ordnance QF 18-pounder,British military traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War ...

- WWI era, replaced by 25 pdr ;Coast defence guns * QF 6-pounder 10 cwt * QF 12-pounder * QF 4.7-inch Mk I–IV * BL 6-inch Mk VII & Mk XXIV * BL 7.5-inch Mk VI * BL 8-inch Mk VIII * BL 9.2-inch Mk X * BL 14-inch Mk VII * BL 15-inch Mk I ;Railway guns * BL 9.2-inch Mk XIII railway gun * BL 12-inch Mk V railway howitzer * BL 13.5-inch Mk V railway gun *

BL 18-inch railway howitzer The BL 18-inch railway howitzer (formally Ordnance BL 18-inch Mk I howitzer on truck, railway) was a British railway gun developed during World War I. Part of the progression of ever-larger howitzers on the Western Front, it did not enter servic ...

Anti-aircraft artillery

Royal Artillery 40mm Bofors guns being assembled on their arrival in Greece, 25 November 1940

QF 3-inch 20 cwt The QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun became the standard anti-aircraft gun used in the home defence of the United Kingdom against German airships and bombers and on the Western Front in World War I. It was also common on British warships i ...

Oerlikon 20 mm cannon The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models em ...

-light anti-aircraft gun * 20 mm Polsten - lower cost development of Oerlikon *

40 mm Bofors Bofors 40 mm gun is a name or designation given to two models of 40 mm calibre anti-aircraft guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: *Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - developed in the 1930s, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s ...

QF 3.7 inch AA gun The QF 3.7-inch AA was Britain's primary heavy anti-aircraft gun during World War II. It was roughly the equivalent of the German Flak 8.8 cm and American 90 mm, but with a slightly larger calibre of 3.7 inches, approximately 94 mm. ...

* QF 4.5-inch Mark I to Mark V * QF 5.25-inch gun *

Z Battery A Z Battery was a short range anti-aircraft weapon system, launching diameter rockets from ground-based single and multiple launchers, for the air defence of Great Britain in the Second World War. The rocket motors were later adapted with a ...

Unrotated Projectile The Unrotated Projectile (UP) was a British anti-aircraft and ground-bombardment rocket of the Second World War. A 7-inch version was developed for the Royal Navy by Alwyn Crow of the Projectile Development Establishment of the Ministry of Supp ...

Holman Projector The Holman Projector was an anti-aircraft weapon used by the Royal Navy during World War II, primarily between early 1940 and late 1941. The weapon was proposed and designed by Holmans, a machine tool manufacturer based at Camborne, Cornwall. A ...

Mortars

* SBML 2-inch Mortar * Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar * Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar *

Northover projector The Projector, 2.5 inch—more commonly known as the Northover Projector—was an ''ad hoc'' anti-tank weapon used by the British Army and Home Guard during the Second World War. With a German invasion of Great Britain seeming likely after ...

- Home Guard use.

Vehicles

Light tanks

Light Tank Mk VI The Tank, Light, Mk VI was a British light tank, produced by Vickers-Armstrongs in the late 1930s, which saw service during the Second World War. Development history The Tank, Light, Mk VI was the sixth in the line of light tanks built by Vi ...

- The main British light tank during the opening years of the war * Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch - British produced light tank, most of which did not see service. A small number were supplied via lend-lease to the Soviet Union, and a small number were delivered by glider into Normandy to support British airborne forces. * M3 and M5 Light Tanks - US supplied tank, called the 'Stuart' in British service. Despite the 'official' name of Stuart applied, most British primary sources refer to the tank as the 'Honey'. * Light Tank (Airborne), M22 -US supplied light tank called the 'Locust', was used in small numbers in 1945. * Light Tank, M24 - US supplied tank, called the 'Chaffee' in British service, named after General Adna R. Chaffee Jr.

Medium tanks

M4 Sherman tank at the Imperial War Museum

* Tank, Medium, Mk.II - Dug into ground with turret protruding for defence, in North Africa, & Great Britain. *

Medium Tank M3 The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II. The turret was produced in two forms, one for US needs and one modified to British requirements to place the radio next to the commander. In British Co ...

- An American tank provided following purchase and later lend-lease. Standard production models were called the 'Lee', after Robert E. Lee. Tanks produced with a modified turret to British specification were called the 'Grant', after Ulysses S. Grant. * Medium Tank M4 - An American tank provided under Lend-Lease, named Sherman by the British **

Sherman Firefly The Sherman Firefly was a tank used by the United Kingdom and some armoured formations of other Allies in the Second World War. It was based on the US M4 Sherman, but was fitted with the more powerful 3-inch (76.2 mm) calibre British 17- ...

- A Sherman rearmed with a British 17-pounder anti-tank gun, in addition to accompanying turret modifications.

Cruiser tanks

A Crusader tank of 4th Light Armoured Brigade in the Western Desert, 20 September 1942

* Tank, Cruiser, Mk.I (A9) * Tank, Cruiser, Mk.II (A10) * Tank, Cruiser, Mk.III (A13) * Tank, Cruiser, Mk.IV (A13 Mk.II) * Tank, Cruiser, Mk.V, Covenanter (A13 Mk.III) - training use only * Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VI, Crusader (A15) - Entered service in 1941, replacing earlier models in combat formations * Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VII, Cavalier (A24) - Not used as a gun tank in war. Used for training and as an observation post for artillery officers, and as an armoured recovery vehicle. * Tank, Cruiser Mk.VIII, Centaur (A27L) - Initial models were only used for training use. Latter models, equipped with howitzers, were used for close support with only the

Royal Marines Armoured Support Group The current Royal Marines Armoured Support Group (RMASG) is an element of the Royal Marines that operates the Viking BvS 10 All Terrain Vehicle. It is based at Bovington in Dorset. The original RMASG was formed in the Second World War to give Bri ...

. * Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Cromwell (A27M) - First saw combat in 1944, and only used in North West Europe. The 7th Armoured Division was the only formation completely equipped with the Cromwell as its main tank. In the remaining British armoured divisions in France, it was used to only equip the armoured reconnaissance regiment. * Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger (A30) - Derived from Cromwell, enlarged chassis to carry a turret equipped with a 17-pounder anti-tank gun. * Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) - Entered service in early 1945 * Tank, Cruiser, Centurion I (A41) - Entered service too late to see combat service.

Infantry tanks

* Tank, Infantry, Mk.I, Matilda I * Tank, Infantry, Mk.II, Matilda II * Tank, Infantry, Mk.III Valentine * Tank, Infantry, Mk.IV, Churchill * Tank, Infantry, Valiant - prototype only. * Infantry Tank Black Prince - prototype only.

Other tanks

* "Tank, Heavy Assault, A33 (Excelsior)" - prototype only *

Tortoise heavy assault tank The Tortoise heavy assault tank (A39) was a British heavy assault gun design developed during the Second World War, but never put into mass production. It was developed for the task of clearing heavily fortified areas such as the Siegfried Li ...

- prototype only * Tank, Heavy TOG 1 - prototype only * Tank, Heavy TOG 2 - prototype only

Self-propelled guns

* 25-pdr SP, tracked, Sexton * Self Propelled 17pdr, Valentine, Mk I, Archer * 3inch Self Propelled M10 - Gun Motor Carriage M10, provided under Lend-Lease from America. ** 17pdr Self propelled M10C - M10 rearmed with 17-pdr gun * AEC Mk I Gun Carrier "Deacon" - 6pdr on armoured wheeled chassis * Carrier, Valentine, 25-pdr gun, Mk.I, Bishop - interim design for 25 pdr on tank chassis * SP 17-pdr, A30 (Avenger) - variant of Cruiser Challenger tank, not delivered to army until post-war. * 105 mm SP, Priest - 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7, provided under Lend-Lease from America. *

M3 Gun Motor Carriage The M3 Gun Motor Carriage (GMC) was a United States Army tank destroyer equipped with a 75 mm M1897A4 gun, which was built by the Autocar Company during World War II. After observing the new and often decisive, uses of armored vehicles ...

- Provided under Lend-Lease from America. In British service designated "75 mm SP, Autocar". *

T48 Gun Motor Carriage The T48 57 mm Gun Motor Carriage was a self-propelled anti-tank gun produced by the Diamond T company in 1943 for the United States. The design incorporated a 57 mm gun M1, a US production of the British Ordnance QF 6 pounder, mounted on an ...

- 680 provided by Lend-Lease from America. Many had gun removed to convert them back to armoured personnel carriers. *M14 and M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage - Provided by Lend-Lease from America. Many had guns removed to convert them back to armoured personnel carriers.

Other armoured fighting vehicles

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Universal Carrier The Universal Carrier, also known as the Bren Gun Carrier and sometimes simply the Bren Carrier from the light machine gun armament, is a common name describing a family of light armoured tracked vehicles built by Vickers-Armstrongs and othe ...

Loyd Carrier The Loyd Carrier was one of a number of small tracked vehicles used by the British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War to transport equipment and men about the battlefield. Alongside the Bren, Scout and Machine Gun Carriers, they ...

* Half-track Car M2 - Provided under Lend-Lease by US. * Half-track Personnel Carrier M3 - Provided under Lend-Lease by US. * Half-track Personnel Carrier M5 - Provided under Lend-Lease by US. effectively same as M3 * Half-track Personnel Carrier M9 - Provided under Lend-Lease by US. effectively same as M5 for same role as M2 * 4-ton amphibian, Terrapin - amphibious personnel and cargo carrier

Utility vehicles

AEC Matador The AEC Matador was a heavy 4×4 truck and medium artillery tractor built by the Associated Equipment Company for British and Commonwealth forces during World War II. AEC had already built a 4×2 lorry, also known as the Matador (all AEC lorries ...

- 4x4 truck and artillery tractor * Albion CX22S - heavy 6x4 artillery tractor * Austin K2/Y - military ambulance * Austin K5 - heavy truck * Bedford MW - general service truck *

Bedford OY The Bedford OY is an army lorry (truck) built by Bedford for the British Armed Forces and introduced in 1939. It was based on Bedford's O-series commercial vehicles with a modified front end and single rear tyres. It was designed for a 3-ton pay ...

- a series of trucks *

BSA M20 The BSA M20 was a British motorcycle made by Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) at their factory in Small Heath, Birmingham. Although initially viewed as a near failure by the War Office in 1936, the M20 evolved into one of the longest servin ...

- motorcycle *

Canadian Military Pattern truck Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) trucks were mutually coherent ranges of military trucks, made in large numbers, in several classes and numerous versions, by Canada's branches of the U.S. 'Big Three' auto-makers during World War II, compliant to ...

- general grouping of Canadian-built trucks by various manufacturers to common specification ** Chevrolet C8A - Canadian-built truck *

Ford C11ADF The Ford Fordor, known officially as the Ford C11ADF, Station Wagon/Heavy Utility, 4x2, was a militarized station wagon used in the North African Campaign of World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as ...

- light truck *

Leyland Hippo The Leyland Hippo was a 6x4 heavy general service cargo truck manufactured by Leyland Motors. Introduced in 1929, it remained in production for 40 years. Overview The Leyland Hippo was a 6x4 heavy general service cargo truck introduced by ...

Mk I - heavy 6x4 general service truck *

Leyland Hippo Mk II The Leyland Hippo Mk II was a heavy general service cargo truck used by the British Army and Royal Air Force during World War II and the immediate post-war years. History Throughout 1939 and 1940 the British Armed Forces took delivery of 330 Le ...

- heavy 6x4 general service truck *

Leyland Retriever The Leyland Retriever was a 6x4 truck produced by Leyland Motors for the British Army between 1939 and 1945. It had a 6-litre, 4 cylinder overhead camshaft petrol engine. General Montgomery used one as his caravan during the Second World War. ...

6x4 truck *

Morris C8 The Morris Commercial C8 FAT (Field Artillery Tractor), commonly known as a ''Quad'', is an artillery tractor used by the British and Commonwealth (including Canadian Army) forces during the Second World War. It was used to tow field artillery pi ...

- "Quad" field artillery tractor *

Morris CDSW The Morris CDSW 6x4 was a six-wheeled artillery tractor brought into service in the early to mid-1930s by the British Army to tow its field guns.Ventham, Philip and Fletcher, David (1990) ''Moving the guns: the mechanisation of the Royal Artille ...

- 6x4 artillery tractor *

Queen Mary trailer A Queen Mary trailer is a British semi-trailer combination designed for the carriage and recovery of aircraft. The trailer was made by Tasker Trailers of Andover, with Bedford or Crossley Motors tractors. Description Features included: * Ver ...

- trailer for transport of aircraft and aircraft sections *

Scammell Pioneer The Scammell Pioneer was a British 6×4 tractor unit used in World War II as an artillery tractor, recovery vehicle and tank transporter. Development Designed as a 6×4 off-road vehicle for use in Britain's colonies where sealed roads were s ...

- heavy 6x4 tractor unit *

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light utility *

Tilly (vehicle) A Tilly (from "Utility") is a utility vehicle produced during World War II based on existing car designs for use by the British armed forces during World War II. History At the outbreak of the war, the British Army was still in the final sta ...

- "Tilly", utility versions of civilian cars. * Willys MB - Willys Jeep

Motorcycles

Norton 16H The Norton 16H is a designation given to British motorcycles made between 1911 through to 1954 with various modifications and refers to a single cylinder Norton 490cc side valve engine with a bore and stroke of 79 x 100 mm. The H denotes the ...

Royal Enfield WD/RE The Royal Enfield WD/RE known as the "Flying Flea" was a lightweight British motorcycle developed by Royal Enfield for the British War Office (the WD came from War Department) as a means of transport that could be dropped by parachute or carr ...

- lightweight motorcycle *

Welbike The Welbike was a British single-seat folding motorcycle produced during World War II at the direction of Station IX — the "Inter Services Research Bureau" — based at Welwyn, UK, for use by Special Operations Executive (SOE). It has the dis ...

- small motorcycle intended for parachute drop

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Bouncing bomb A bouncing bomb is a bomb designed to bounce to a target across water in a calculated manner to avoid obstacles such as torpedo nets, and to allow both the bomb's speed on arrival at the target and the timing of its detonation to be pre-deter ...

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Tallboy bomb Tallboy or Bomb, Medium Capacity, 12,000 lb was an earthquake bomb developed by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis and used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War."Medium capacity" refers to the ratio of bomb ...

Grand Slam bomb The Bomb, Medium Capacity, (Grand Slam) was a earthquake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against German targets towards the end of the Second World War. The bomb was originally called Tallboy Large until the term Tallboy got into the press an ...

Blockbuster bomb A blockbuster bomb or cookie was one of several of the largest conventional bombs used in World War II by the Royal Air Force (RAF). The term ''blockbuster'' was originally a name coined by the press and referred to a bomb which had enough explo ...

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Disney bomb The Disney bomb, also known as the Disney Swish, officially the 4500 lb Concrete Piercing/Rocket Assisted bomb was a rocket-assisted bunker buster bomb developed during the Second World War by the British Royal Navy to penetrate hardened con ...

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Weapons A weapon, arm or armament is any implement or device that can be used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime, law enforcement, s ...

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World War II Weapons In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

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 opposing ...