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weapons which were used in

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(1939–1945).

Albania

Sidearms

Bodeo Model 1889 The Bodeo Model 1889 ( it, Pistola a Rotazione, Sistema Bodeo, Modello 1889) was an Italian revolver named after the head of the Italian firearm commission, Carlo Bodeo. It was produced by a wide variety of manufacturers between 1889 and 1931 in ...

Beretta M1934 The Beretta Model 1934 is an Italian compact, semi-automatic pistol which was issued as the service pistol of the Royal Italian Army beginning in 1934. It is chambered for the 9mm Corto, more commonly known as the .380 ACP. History and usage ...

Luger P08 The Pistole Parabellum—or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), commonly known as just Luger or Luger P08 is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 ...

Mauser C96 The Mauser C96 (''Construktion 96'') is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. Unlicensed copies of the gun were also manufactured in Spain and China in the first half of the 2 ...

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

Submachine guns

Beretta M1918 The Moschetto Automatico Revelli-Beretta Mod. 1915 (Commonly known as the Beretta Model 1918) was a self-loading carbine that entered service in 1918 with the Italian armed forces. Designed as a semi-automatic rifle, the weapon came with an overh ...

Beretta Model 38 The MAB 38 (''Moschetto Automatico Beretta Modello 1938''), ''Modello'' 38, or Model 38 and its variants were a series of official submachine guns of the Royal Italian Army introduced in 1938 and used during World War II. The guns were also use ...

MP 40 The MP 40 (''Maschinenpistole 40'') is a submachine gun chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge. It was developed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Axis powers during World War II. Designed in 1938 by Heinrich Vollmer with in ...

Rifles

Carcano Carcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5×52mm Carcano round (''Cartuccia Modello 1895''). It ...

Gewehr 98 The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98, or M98) is a German bolt-action rifle made by Mauser, firing cartridges from a five-round internal clip-loaded magazine. It was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Ka ...

Karabiner 98k The Karabiner 98 kurz (; "carbine 98 short"), often abbreviated Karabiner 98k, Kar98k or K98k and also sometimes incorrectly referred to as a K98 (a K98 is a Polish carbine and copy of the Kar98a), is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×5 ...

Mauser Model 1893 The Mauser Model 1893 is a bolt-action rifle commonly referred to as the Spanish Mauser, though the model was adopted by other countries in other calibers, most notably the Ottoman Empire. The M1893 was based on the experimental M1892 rifle, whic ...

Lee–Enfield The Lee–Enfield or Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the British Army's st ...

Pattern 1914 Enfield The Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914 (or P14) was a British service rifle of the First World War period. A bolt action weapon with an integral 5-round magazine, it was principally contract manufactured by companies in the United States. It served as a ...

Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 The Mannlicher M1895 (german: link=no, Infanterie Repetier-Gewehr M.95, hu, Gyalogsági Ismétlő Puska M95; "Infantry Repeating-Rifle M95") is a straight pull bolt-action rifle, designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher that used a refined ...

* Mannlicher-Schönauer *

Mosin–Nagant The Mosin–Nagant is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazine–fed military rifle. Known officially as the 3-line rifle M1891 and informally in Russia and former Soviet Union as Mosin's rifle ( ru , винтовка Мосина, ISO 9: ) ...

Machine guns

Breda 30 The ''Fucile Mitragliatore Breda modello'' 30 was the standard light machine gun of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. Design The Breda 30 was rather unusual for a light machine gun. It was fed from a fixed magazine attached to the ri ...

Breda M37 The Mitragliatrice Breda calibro 8 modello 37 (commonly known as the Breda mod. 37 or simply Breda 37) was an Italian Medium machine gun produced by Breda and adopted in 1937 by the Royal Italian Army. It was the standard heavy machine gun for t ...

Schwarzlose machine gun The Maschinengewehr (Schwarzlose) M. 7, also known as the Schwarzlose MG, is a medium machine-gun, used as a standard issue firearm in the Austro-Hungarian Army throughout World War I. It was utilized by the Dutch, Greek and Hungarian armies dur ...

Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 The Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 was an Italian water-cooled medium machine gun produced from 1914 to 1918. It was the standard machine-gun of the Italian Army in World War I, and was used in limited numbers into World War II. Overview It was ve ...

PM M1910 The Pulemyot Maxima PM1910 (PM M1910) (Russian: Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года, ''Pulemyot Maxima obraztsa 1910 goda'' – "Maxim's machine gun Model 1910") is a Heavy machine gun that was used by the Imperial Russian ...

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

MG 42 The MG 42 (shortened from German: ''Maschinengewehr 42'', or "machine gun 42") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II. Enterin ...

Australia

Sidearms

Browning Hi-Power The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol available in the 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W calibers. It was based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at FN Herstal. ...

* Enfield No.2 * Smith & Wesson Victory * Webley Mk.VI (.455)

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1928A1 *

Sten submachine gun 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 cost ...

Austen submachine gun The Austen (from "Australian Sten") was a 9×19mm Australian submachine gun derived from the British Sten gun developed during the Second World War. In total 19,914 Austens were produced during the war by Diecasters Ltd of Melbourne and W. T. Ca ...

Owen submachine gun The Owen gun, known officially as the Owen machine carbine, was an Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn Owen in 1938. The Owen was the only entirely Australian-designed and constructed service submachine gun of World War II and was used ...

Rifles

* Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III* and No.4 Mk I* (Standard issue rifle) *

Jungle Carbine The Rifle No. 5 Mk I, was a derivative of the British Lee–Enfield No. 4 Mk I,Wilson (2006) Following experience of jungle fighting in the Pacific War, the British came to "the conclusion that a rifle shorter and lighter than the standard issu ...

* Charlton automatic rifle

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

Bren 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 ...

Vickers machine gun The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a Water cooling, 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 me ...

Flamethrowers

M2 flamethrower The M2 flamethrower was an American, man-portable, backpack flamethrower that was used in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M2 was the successor to the M1 and M1A1 flamethrowers. Although its burn time was around 7 seconds lo ...

* Flamethrower, Portable, No 2

Mortars

* Stokes mortar * Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar *

Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar The Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar was the United Kingdom's standard mortar (weapon), mortar used by the British Army from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, superseding the Stokes mortar. Initially handicapped by its short range compared to similar ...

Anti-tank weapons

PIAT The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) Mk I was a British man-portable anti-tank weapon developed during the Second World War. The PIAT was designed in 1942 in response to the British Army's need for a more effective infantry anti-tank weapon ...

Boys anti-tank rifle The Boys anti-tank rifle (officially Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55in, Boys, and sometimes incorrectly spelled "Boyes"), is a British anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It was often nicknamed the "elephant gun" by its users due to its si ...

Austria

Sidearms

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 ...

Roth–Steyr M1907 The Roth–Steyr M1907, or, more accurately Roth-Krnka M.7 Leszek Erenfeicht: ''Pra-pra-Glock: Repetierpistole M.7'', in: ''Strzał'' Nr. 1(80)/2010, , pp. 36–50. was a semi-automatic pistol issued to the Austro-Hungarian ''kaiserliche und köni ...

* Steyr M1912 *

Dreyse M1907 The Dreyse Model 1907 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Louis Schmeisser. The gun was named after Nikolaus von Dreyse, the designer of the Dreyse needle gun, Dreyse Needle Gun. The Waffenfabrik von Dreyse company was acquired by Rheinische M ...

Submachine guns

MP 34 The MP34 (''Maschinenpistole 34'', literally "Machine Pistol 34") is a submachine gun (SMG) that was manufactured by '' Waffenfabrik Steyr'' as Steyr-Solothurn S1-100 and used by the Austrian Army and Austrian Gendarmerie and subsequently by un ...

Rifles

Machine guns

Schwarzlose M1907/12 The Maschinengewehr (Schwarzlose) M. 7, also known as the Schwarzlose MG, is a medium machine-gun, used as a standard issue firearm in the Austro-Hungarian Army throughout World War I. It was utilized by the Dutch, Greek and Hungarian armies duri ...

MG 30 The ''Maschinengewehr'' 30, or MG 30 was a German-designed machine gun that saw some service with various armed forces in the 1930s. It was also modified to become the standard German aircraft gun as the MG 15 and MG 17. It is most notable as th ...

Belgium

Edged weapons

* M1924 bayonet

Sidearms

* Browning FN M1910 and M1922 *

Nagant M1895 The Nagant M1895 Revolver is a seven-shot, gas-seal revolver designed and produced by Belgian industrialist Léon Nagant for the Russian Empire. The Nagant M1895 was chambered for a proprietary cartridge, 7.62×38mmR, and featured an unusual "ga ...

Submachine guns

MP 18 The MP 18, manufactured by Theodor Bergmann ''Abteilung Waffenbau'', was arguably the first submachine gun used in combat. It was introduced into service in 1918 by the German Army during World War I as the primary weapon of the '' Sturmtruppen'' ...

* MP 28

Rifles

* Belgian Mauser M1935 (Standard issue rifle) * Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I * Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 * Mauser Gewehr 98 * Mauser M1889

Light machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

Browning M1918 The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the . ...

* Browning FN M1930 *

MG 08/15 The ''Maschinengewehr'' 08, or MG 08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War I and is an adaptation of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 served during W ...

Medium machine guns

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

Heavy machine guns

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

MG 08 The ''Maschinengewehr'' 08, or MG 08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War I and is an adaptation of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 served during W ...

Anti-tank weapons

Brazil

Sidearms

M1917 revolver The M1917 Revolvers were six-shot, .45 ACP, large frame revolvers adopted by the United States Military in 1917, to supplement the standard M1911 Colt pistol, M1911 pistol during World War I. There were two variations of the M1917, one made by Col ...

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

Submachine guns

M3 submachine gun The M3 is an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted by the U.S. Army on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3.Iannamico, Frank, ''The U.S. M3-3A1 Submachine Gun'', Moose Lake Publishing, , (1999), pp. 14, 22� ...

* Reising M50 *

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 Stat ...

Shotguns

Browning Auto-5 The Browning Automatic 5, most often Auto-5 or simply A-5, is a recoil-operated semi-automatic shotgun designed by John Browning. It was the first successful semi-automatic shotgun design, and remained in production until 1998. The name of the s ...

* Winchester M1897 *

Ithaca 37 The Ithaca 37 (or Model 37) is a pump-action shotgun made in large numbers for the civilian, law enforcement and military markets. Based on a 1915 patent by firearms designer John Browning for a shotgun initially marketed as the Remington Model 1 ...

Rifles

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

Springfield M1903 The M1903 Springfield, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903, is an American five-round magazine-fed, bolt-action service repeating rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century. The M1903 was first ...

* FN M1924 *

Vz. 24 The vz. 24 rifle is a bolt-action carbine designed and produced in Czechoslovakia from 1924 to 1942. It was developed from the German Mauser Gewehr 98 line, and features a very similar bolt design. The rifle was designed in Czechoslovakia shor ...

Vz. 33 The puška vz. 33Československé ruční palné zbraně a kulomety, Miroslav Šáda, Praha, Naše vojsko, 1971 ("rifle model 1933", sometimes referred to as krátká puška vz. 33 – "short rifle model 33") was a Czechoslovak bolt-action car ...

* Mauser M1908

Light machine guns

Madsen machine gun The Madsen is a light machine gun that Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, the Danish Minister of War, and that the Royal Danish Army adopted in 1902. It was the wor ...

Hotchkiss M1922 The Hotchkiss M1922 was a light machine gun manufactured by Hotchkiss. It was never adopted in large numbers by the French Army; nevertheless, it was exported to many European and Latin American countries under the names Hotchkiss M1926 or Hotchk ...

Medium machine guns

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 ...

Heavy machine guns

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, w ...

Grenades

* Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade * Molotov fire grenade

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka *

M18 recoilless rifle The M18 recoilless rifle is a 57 mm shoulder-fired, anti-tank recoilless rifle that was used by the U.S. Army in World War II and the Korean War. Recoilless rifles are capable of firing artillery-type shells at reduced velocities comparable to t ...

Bulgaria

Sidearms

Luger P08 pistol The Pistole Parabellum—or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), commonly known as just Luger or Luger P08 is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 ...

Walther PP The Walther PP (german: Polizeipistole, or police pistol) series pistols are blowback-operated semi-automatic pistols, developed by the German arms manufacturer Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen. It features an exposed hammer, a traditional double-ac ...

Tokarev TT-33 The TT-30,, "7.62 mm Tokarev self-loading pistol model 1930", TT stands for Tula-Tokarev) commonly known simply as the Tokarev, is an out-of-production Soviet semi-automatic pistol. It was developed in 1930 by Fedor Tokarev as a service pisto ...

Submachine guns

ZK-383 The ZK-383 is a submachine gun developed by the Koucký brothers, who worked at the pre-war ''Československá zbrojovka, akc.spol.'' (under its name of Zbrojovka Brno after World War II) arms factory in Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was produced at ...

PPSh-41 The PPSh-41 () is a Soviet submachine gun designed by Georgy Shpagin as a cheaper and simplified alternative to the PPD-40. A common Russian nickname for the weapon is "''papasha''" (), meaning "daddy", and it was sometimes called the "burp gun" ...

PPS-43 The PPS (Russian: ППС – "Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева" or "Pistolet-pulemyot Sudayeva", in English: "Sudayev's submachine-gun") is a family of Soviet submachine guns chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, developed by Alexei Su ...

Rifles

* Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 *

* Mauser Karabiner 98k

Machine guns

* Maxim M1910 *

* Degtyaryov DP-28

Mortars

* Brandt M1927/31 *

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 ...

Anti-tank weapons

Solothurn S-18/100 The Solothurn S-18/100 20 mm anti-tank cannon was a German and Swiss anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had a semi-automatic action in a bullpup configuration. As a result of its large, powerful ammunition, the gun had a tr ...

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 ...

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 ...

State of Burma

Sidearms

Nambu pistol are a series of semi-automatic pistols produced by the Japanese company Koishikawa Arsenal, later known as the Tokyo Artillery Arsenal.Hogg, Ian, ''Pistols of the World 4th Edition'' (2004) p. 191. The series has three variants, the Type A, the ...

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 an ...

(Captured)

Submachine guns

* M1 Thompson (Captured) *

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 cost ...

(Captured)

Rifles

* Arisaka Type 30 * Arisaka Type 38 * Lee-Enfield (Captured)

Machine guns

* Bren LMG (Captured) * Lewis gun (Captured) *

(Captured) *

Type 3 heavy machine gun , also known as the Taishō 14 machine gun, was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun. Design The Type 3 heavy machine gun was based on the design of the Hotchkiss M1914. Although the Hotchkiss used 8mm cartridges, from 1914 Japan produced the ...

Type 11 light machine gun The was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and during World War II. History Combat experience in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 had convinced the Japanese of the utility of machine guns in prov ...

Canada

Sidearms

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 an ...

* Enfield No.2 * Colt M1907 Police Positive *

* Smith & Wesson Victory * Smith & Wesson Triple Lock

Submachine guns

(Locally produced) *

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 ...

* Reising M50

Rifles

* Lee–Enfield No.3 and No.4 Mk I (Locally produced, Standard issue rifle) * Ross rifle *

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

(Garands were issued to certain Canadian Army units near the end of World War II) * Enfield M1917

Machine guns

(Standard issue LMG) * Lewis machine gun *

* Johnson M1941 machine gun *

Grenades

* Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade * No.36M grenade (also known as the "Mills bomb") * No. 68 AT grenade

Flamethrowers

* Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 "Ack Pack"

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka *

* Boys anti tank rifle (Locally produced)

China

Weapons used by the

National Revolutionary Army The National Revolutionary Army (NRA; ), sometimes shortened to Revolutionary Army () before 1928, and as National Army () after 1928, was the military arm of the Kuomintang (KMT, or the Chinese Nationalist Party) from 1925 until 1947 in China ...

, as well as Communist forces and Chinese warlords

Edged weapons

Type 30 bayonet Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * Typ ...

(Captured) * HY1935 bayonet * Qiang spear * Dadao sword *

Miao dao The ''miaodao'' (苗刀) is a Chinese two-handed dao or saber of the Republican Era, with a narrow blade, long hilt, and an overall length of or more. The name means "sprout saber", presumably referring to a likeness between the weapon and a ne ...

sword

Sidearms

(American

Lend-Lease Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States (), was a policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food, oil, ...

) *

(Limited numbers in the Burma Campaign X-Forces and Y-Forces) * Browning FN M1900 (Imported and locally produced) * Browning FN M1922 *

Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (not to be confused with the Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer or the M1903 Springfield rifle) is a .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt's Manufacturing ...

(Issued to officers only) *

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 ...

(American Lend-Lease) * Astra 900 *

Nambu Type 14 are a series of semi-automatic pistols produced by the Japanese company Koishikawa Arsenal, later known as the Tokyo Artillery Arsenal.Hogg, Ian, ''Pistols of the World 4th Edition'' (2004) p. 191. The series has three variants, the Type A, th ...

(Captured) *

Type 26 revolver was the first modern revolver adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army. It was developed at the Koishikawa Arsenal and is named for its year of adoption in the Japanese dating system (the 26th year of the Meiji era, i.e., 1893). The revolver saw a ...

(Captured) *

(Locally produced) *

Mauser M712 The Mauser C96 (''Construktion 96'') is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. Unlicensed copies of the gun were also manufactured in Spain and China in the first half of the 2 ...

Submachine guns

* M3A1 submachine gun (Lend-Leased to the National Revolutionary Army, along with the Thompson, to replace the outdated Chinese copies of the MP 18 and MP 28 submachine guns used during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the early years of the Chinese Civil War) *

(American Lend-Lease and local production) *

United Defense M42 The United Defense M42, sometimes known as the Marlin for the company that did the actual manufacturing, was an American submachine gun used during World War II. It was produced from 1942 to 1943 by United Defense Supply Corp. for possible issue ...

(American Lend-Lease and local production) *

Erma EMP-35 The German submachine gun EMP (''Erma Maschinenpistole'') also known as MPE (Maschinenpistole Erma) was produced by the Erma factory, and was based on designs acquired from Heinrich Vollmer. The gun was produced from 1931 to 1938 in roughly 10,00 ...

(Limited) * SIG M1920 (Locally produced copy with a downward facing magazine known as the Tsing Dao Submachine Gun) *

PPD-40 The PPD (''Pistolet-Pulemyot Degtyaryova'', Russian: Пистоле́т-пулемёт ''Дегтярёва'', Degtyaryov's machine pistol) is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD had a conventional wooden sto ...

Rifles

(American Lend-Lease) * Enfield M1917 (American Lend-Lease) *

(American Lend-Lease) * Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I (American Lend-Lease, used in training in Burma) * Carcano rifle * FN M1924 * Mosin–Nagant M1891 and M1891/30 * Arisaka rifle (Captured) *

ZH-29 The ZH-29 was a semi-automatic rifle developed in Czechoslovakia during the late 1920s, and used by the Chinese National Revolutionary Army. Overview The ZH-29 is a gas-operated service rifle with a tilting-bolt locking system similar to that whi ...

* Hanyang Type 88 (Standard issue rifle) * Type 1 rifle * Mauser Gewehr 98 * Type 24 rifle (Licensed copy of the Mauser Model 1924, also known as the Chiang Kai-Shek rifle) * Mauser Karabiner 98k (Mainly issued to the early German trained divisions)

Light machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

(Both in .303 and 7.92 Mauser) * MAC M1924/29 light machine gun *

(Captured) * Type 96 light machine gun (Captured) *

* Lahti-Saloranta M26 (Very limited numbers) *

SIG KE7 The SIG KE7 is a light machine gun designed and manufactured in Switzerland in the decade before the Second World War. Although exported, it was never used by the Swiss Army. Description The SIG KE7 is a recoil operated, air cooled light machine ...

* ZB vz.26 (Imported from

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

and locally produced) * Degtyaryov DP-28

Medium machine guns

(American Lend-Lease in Burma) *

Heavy machine guns

(American Lend-Lease and locally produced) *

(Captured) * Type 24 machine gun

Grenades

* Type 23 grenade * Chinese Stielhandgranate

Flamethrowers

M1A1 flamethrower The M1 and M1A1 were portable flamethrowers developed by the United States during World War II. The M1 weighed 72 lb, had a range of 15 meters, and had a fuel tank capacity of five gallons. The improved M1A1 weighed less, at 65 lb, had ...

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka * Boys anti tank rifle

Independent State of Croatia

Edged weapons

Kampfmesser 42 The ''Seitengewehr 42'', ''Seitengewehr Modell 42'' or SG 42 was developed in 1942 by the Wilhelm Gustloff Werke and manufactured by Carl Eickhorn in Solingen. According to its description, the Gustloff Company and its chief designer, Carl Barn ...

(Bayonet) * Seitengewehr 98 (Bayonet)

Sidearms

Luger pistol The Pistole Parabellum—or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), commonly known as just Luger or Luger P08 is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 ...

* M1910/22 *

Submachine guns

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

(Captured)

Automatic rifles

Sturmgewehr 44 The StG 44 (abbreviation of Sturmgewehr 44, "assault rifle 44") is a German assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser. It is also known by its early designations as the MP 43 and MP 44 (''Maschinenpistole 43'' and ''44''). ...

Rifles

Berthier rifle The Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt-action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army, and French Colonial Forces, from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). After the introduction of the Lebel rifle in 1886, ...

* Carcano rifle *

vz. 24 The vz. 24 rifle is a bolt-action carbine designed and produced in Czechoslovakia from 1924 to 1942. It was developed from the German Mauser Gewehr 98 line, and features a very similar bolt design. The rifle was designed in Czechoslovakia shor ...

* Mauser Karabiner 98k *

Mannlicher M1895 The Mannlicher M1895 (german: link=no, Infanterie Repetier-Gewehr M.95, hu, Gyalogsági Ismétlő Puska M95; "Infantry Repeating-Rifle M95") is a straight pull Bolt action, bolt-action rifle, designed by Ferdinand Mannlicher, Ferdinand Ritter ...

Lebel Model 1886 rifle The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: ''Fusil Modèle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel"'') also known as the ''"Fusil Mle 1886 M93"'', after a bolt modification was added in 1893, is an 8 mm bolt-action infantry rifle that entered service in the French Ar ...

* M1924

Machine guns

Chauchat The Chauchat ("show-sha", ) was the standard light machine gun or "machine rifle" of the French Army during World War I (1914–18). Its official designation was "Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG" ("Machine Rifle Model 1915 CSRG"). Beginning i ...

* Fiat-Revelli M1914 *

* Lewis gun *

* M26 * M37 * M1909 *

Grenades

* M1924 Smoke grenade * M1924 Stielhandgranate

Mortars

* Stokes mortar (60 mm) * Brandt M1927/31 (81 mm) *

* 12 cm Granatwerfer 42

Anti-tank weapons

Czechoslovakia

Sidearms

* ČZ vz. 27 *

ČZ vz. 38 The vz. 38 is a semi-automatic pistol manufactured from 1939 to 1945 and chambered in .380 ACP (in Europe called 9×17mm Browning Short). The barrel is attached to the frame by a hinge, allowing for very easy disassembly. Certain aspects of the ...

* Pistole vz. 22 *

Pistole vz. 24 The pistole vz. 24 (Pistol Model 24) was the standard Czech Army pistol of the inter-war period. It was an improved version of the '' pistole vz. 22'', which had been licensed from Mauser. Slovakia seized over ten thousand vz. 24s when it declare ...

Submachine guns

Rifles

Lee–Enfield rifle The Lee–Enfield or Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the British Army's sta ...

* Steyr Mannlicher M1895 *

vz. 33 The puška vz. 33Československé ruční palné zbraně a kulomety, Miroslav Šáda, Praha, Naše vojsko, 1971 ("rifle model 1933", sometimes referred to as krátká puška vz. 33 – "short rifle model 33") was a Czechoslovak bolt-action car ...

Machine guns

ZB vz. 26 The ZB vz. 26 was a Czechoslovak light machine gun developed in the 1920s, which went on to enter service with several countries. It saw its major use during World War II, and spawned the related ZB vz. 27, vz. 30, and vz. 33. The ZB vz. 26 influe ...

ZB vz. 30 The ZB-30 and ZB-30J were Czechoslovakian light machine guns that saw extensive use during World War II. History The Zb 30 and Zb 30J were the later versions of the famous Czechoslovak machine gun, the ZB-26. However, the ZB-30 had some desig ...

* ZB-50 *

ZB-53 The ZB-53 was a Czechoslovak machine gun. A versatile weapon, it was used both as a squad support weapon, as a mounted machine gun for tanks and other armoured vehicles, and on fixed positions inside Czechoslovak border fortifications. Adopted b ...

Denmark

Sidearms

* Danish M1880/85 Army revolver * Bergmann–Bayard M1910

Submachine guns

(Used by the

Danish resistance movement The Danish resistance movements ( da, Den danske modstandsbevægelse) were an underground insurgency to resist the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Due to the initially lenient arrangements, in which the Nazi occupation autho ...

) * Lettet-Forsøgs submachine gun

Shotguns

Sjögren shotgun The Sjögren Inertia Shotgun is a 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun that was designed by the Swedish inventor Carl Axel Theodor Sjögren, initially manufactured by AB Svenska Vapen- och Ammunitionsfabriken in SwedenЭ. Штейнгольд. Само ...

(Limited numbers)

Rifles

Krag–Jørgensen The Krag–Jørgensen is a repeating bolt-action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen in the late 19th century. It was adopted as a standard arm by Norway, Denmark, and the United States. About 300 wer ...

M1889 * Mauser Karabiner 98k *

Swedish Mauser "Swedish Mausers" are a family of bolt-action rifles based on an improved variant of Mauser's earlier Model 1893, but using the 6.5×55mm cartridge, and incorporating unique design elements as requested by Sweden. These are the m/94 (Model 1894 ...

M96 * Automatgevar M42

Machine guns

* M29 medium machine gun (Heavy barrel version of the standard M24) *

Anti-tank weapons

* Madsen 20 mm anti-tank cannon * 37 mm Fodfolkskanon M1937 (Danish

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 ...

)

Egypt

Sidearms

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (not to be confused with the Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer or the M1903 Springfield rifle) is a .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearm ...

Rast & Gasser M1898 The Rast & Gasser Model 1898 was a service revolver used by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I and various armies in World War II. History 180,000 copies were produced by the firm Leopold Gasser Waffenfabrik in Vienna from 1898 to 1 ...

Submachine guns

* M1 Thompson *

Rifles

Gewehr 88 The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888. The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder ...

* Lee-Enfield * Lee-Metford *

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 use ...

Maxim gun The Maxim gun is a recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim. It was the first fully automatic machine gun in the world. The Maxim gun has been called "the weapon most associated with imperial conquest" by historian M ...

* Lewis gun *

Estonia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

* Tallinn Arsenal submachine gun

Rifles

* Mosin–Nagant rifle *

Machine guns

* Lewis gun * Maxim M1910 *

Anti-tank weapons

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 ...

Ethiopia

Sidearms

(Captured) *

FN Model 1910 The FN Model 1910 is a blowback-operated, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale of Belgium. Development The FN Model 1910, also known as the Browning model 1910, was a departure for Browning. Bef ...

Submachine guns

(Captured) *

Rifles

(Captured) *

* Mosin–Nagant rifle

Machine guns

(Captured) * Bren LMG * Maxim M1910 * Lewis gun *

Finland

Edged weapons

Puukko A puukko () is a small traditional Finnish general purpose belt knife with a single curved cutting edge, solid hidden tang and, usually, a flat spine. Military models of puukko were popular in the Russian criminal underworld under the name "Fi ...

knife

Sidearms

* Browning FN M1903 * Browning FN M1910 (Used by the Home Guard) * Browning FN M1922 *

(Captured) *

* Beretta M1915 and M1915/19 *

Beretta M1935 The Beretta M1935 is a compact .32 ACP caliber blowback pistol that was manufactured by Italian firm Beretta. History In the early 1930s, the Italian army was impressed by the Walther PP pistol. Beretta did not want to lose a big Italian mi ...

(Used by the Home Guard) * Ruby M1914 *

(Captured) *

Lahti L-35 The Lahti L-35 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Aimo Lahti that was produced between 1935 and 1952. Designed to be manufactured autonomously in Finland, the pistol was used by Finland throughout the Winter War and Continuation War. Consider ...

* Pistole vz. 38 *

(Used by Finnish officers) *

(614 examples) *

(P1 variant, Finnish peacekeeping forces) *

(Captured)

Submachine guns

(Captured) *

KP m/44 submachine gun The KP m/44 (), nicknamed "Peltiheikki" or "Pelti-kp", which could be translated as "sheet-metal Heikki" and "sheet-metal machine pistol"/"sheet-metal submachine gun" respectively, was a Finnish 9mm copy and modification of the Soviet mass-produced ...

* MP 28 (Other variants made in Finland and Switzerland) *

(Delivered with German vehicles) *

(Captured) *

(Captured)

Rifles

* Winchester M1895 *

* Carcano rifle (Special variant with attachable rifle grenade) * Mosin–Nagant M1939 * Finnish Mosin–Nagant M28 (Also known as the Pystykorva) * Mauser Gewehr 98 * Mauser Karabiner 98k * Swedish Mauser M96 (Also known as Carl Gustav M96)

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * Maxim M1910 * Finnish Maxim M32-33 *

* Chauchat M1915 (Mainly used in the anti-aircraft role) *

(Used by Norwegian and Danish volunteers) * Lahti-Saloranta M26 *

(Limited use) * Kg M40 light machine gun (Used by Swedish volunteers) * Degtyaryov DP-28 (Captured) * Goryunov SG-43

Grenades

* M1924 Stielhandgranate * Molotov fire grenade

Mines

* Panssarimiina m/36 *

Panssarimiina m/39 The Panssarimiina m/39 is a Finnish anti-tank blast mine used during the Winter War, Second World War and Continuation War. The mine superseded the Panssarimiina m/36 in service with the Finnish Army. It was first delivered in December 1939 whi ...

* Panssarimiina m/S-39 *

Panssarimiina m/44 The Panssarimiina m/44 is a Finnish anti-tank blast mine. It entered service in 1944 and was used during the Second World War and Continuation War. The mine used a wooden case, consisting of an upper box containing the main charge and a downwar ...

Flamethrowers

* Lanciafiamme M1935 * Liekinheitin m/44

Anti-tank weapons

* Hotchkiss 25 mm anti-tank gun *

(As 14 mm Pst Kiv/37) * Madsen 20 mm anti-tank cannon *

Lahti L-39 The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy" ("Elephant Gun"), and as tanks d ...

(As 37 Pst K/36)

Anti-aircraft weapons

* 20 ITK 35 (Breda M1935) *

Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon The 20 mm AA Machine Cannon M/38 was a 20 mm rapid fire autocannon produced by the Danish company Dansk Industri Syndikat (DISA). The gun, which could be adapted to several tactical uses, was a primary weapon of the military of Denmark. ...

* VKT 7,62 ITKK 31 * VKT 20 ITK 40

France

Edged weapons

* Coup Coup

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(Used by

Senegalese Tirailleurs The Senegalese Tirailleurs (french: Tirailleurs Sénégalais) were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army. They were initially recruited from Senegal, French West Africa and subsequently throughout Western, Central and Eastern Africa: t ...

) *

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 serv ...

(Used by the

French Resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

Free French Forces __NOTOC__ The French Liberation Army (french: Armée française de la Libération or AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the Armée d'Afrique with the prior Free French Forces (french: Forces françaises libres, l ...

Commandos.

Sidearms

* Star M1914 * Union pistol * Savage M1907 *

FP-45 Liberator The FP-45 Liberator is a pistol manufactured by the United States military during World War II for use by resistance forces in occupied territories. The ''Liberator'' was never issued to American or other Allied troops, and there are few docume ...

(Supplied by the US for the

French resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

) * MAB D * MAS M1873 * MAS M1892 * Ruby M1914 * SACM M1935A *

(Captured)

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1928 (American aid) *

(British aid) * MAS-38 *

(French resistance)

Shotguns

* Winchester M1897 * Winchester M1912

Rifles

* Enfield M1917 (American aid) *

(American aid) * Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I (British aid) * Berthier M1892/16 carbine * Berthier M1907/15 rifle * Lebel M1886/93 * MAS-36 * MAS-44 prototype *

MAS-40 The MAS-49 is a French semi-automatic rifle that replaced various bolt-action rifles as the French service rifle that was produced from 1949. It was designed and manufactured by the government-owned Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne, MAS arms ...

* RSC M1917 and M1918 * Mauser Karabiner 98k (French resistance) *

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

* Chauchat M1915 *

Darne machine gun The Darne machine gun is a machine gun of French origin. Development The French gun-making company Darne, which became famous for its innovative shotguns, began making military weapons in 1915, when it was contracted by French government to man ...

* MAC M1924/29 light machine gun * MAC M1931

Grenades

* F1 grenade * OF 37 offensive grenade * VB rifle grenade

Mortars

* Brandt 60.7 mm M1935 * Brandt 81 mm M1927/31 * Lance Grenades 50 mm M1937

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka *

Guided explosive weapons

* Kegresse K (Cable guided explosive machine)

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

Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-559-1076-29, Russland, Fallschirmjäger mit MG und Munitionsgurt

In addition to the weapons listed here, German armed forces also used a wide variety of weapons captured from defeated enemies.

Edged weapons

(Bayonet) * Seitengewehr 84/98 III (Bayonet) * Seitengewehr 98 (Bayonet)

Sidearms

Astra 300 The Astra 300 was a Spanish semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Astra Unceta from 1922 to 1967. Description The Astra 300 is a Spanish semi-automatic pistol that can be loaded with 6 or 7 cartridges in a stick magazine, depending on the ca ...

Astra 600 The Astra 600 was a Spanish semi-automatic pistol used during World War II by the Wehrmacht. Designed by Unceta y Cia, it was a shortened version of the Astra 400 manufactured to fire 9×19mm Parabellum, which was the standard pistol ammunition ...

** M712 Schnellfeuer (fully automatic variant ** Astra 900 (Spanish copy) *

Mauser HSC The Mauser HSc is a 7.65mm pistol introduced in Nazi Germany during World War II, and manufactured until 1977. The designation HSc stood for ''Hahn Selbstspanner'' ("self-cocking hammer") ''Pistole'', third and final design ''"C"''. Production ...

Reichsrevolver The M1879 ''Reichsrevolver'', or Reichs-Commissions-Revolver Modell 1879 and 1883, were service revolvers used by the German Army from 1879 to 1908, when it was superseded by the Luger. The two versions of the revolver differ in barrel length ...

Sauer 38H The Sauer 38H or often just H was a small semi-automatic pistol made in Nazi Germany from 1938 until just after the end of World War II by J. P. Sauer & Sohn, then based in Suhl, Germany. The "H" in the model number is short for "hahn", referrin ...

Volkspistole The ''Volkspistole'' ("People's Pistol") was a program for an emergency German pistol design to help mitigate the loss of pistols, as the German troops had lost more than 110,000 pistols in the first half of 1944, when the project started (by the ...

(standard-issued pistol of the German army) * Walther PP and PPK

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

* Pistole 27(t) ( ČZ vz. 27) * Pistole 625(f) ( SACM M1935A) * Pistole 640(b) (

) * Pistole 645(p) / P35(p) (

FB Vis Vis (Polish designation ''pistolet wz. 35 Vis'', German designation ''9 mm Pistole 35(p)'', or simply the Radom in English sources) is a 9×19mm caliber, single-action, semi-automatic pistol. Its design was inspired by American firearms inven ...

) *Pistole 657(n) (

Kongsberg Colt The Kongsberg Colt is a nickname used for Colt's Manufacturing Company, Colt M1911 pistol, M1911 pistols produced under license by the Norwegian factory Kongsberg Gruppen, Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk. History Norway adopted the 7.5 mm Nagant ...

)

Submachine guns

* MP 18 & MP 28 *

* MP 35 *

MP 38 The MP 40 (''Maschinenpistole 40'') is a submachine gun chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge. It was developed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Axis powers during World War II. Designed in 1938 by Heinrich Vollmer with in ...

* MP 40 & MP 41 *

MP 3008 The 9×19mm MP 3008 (''Maschinenpistole 3008'' or "machine pistol 3008", also Volks-MP.3008 and Gerät Neumünster) was a German last ditch submachine gun manufactured towards the end of World War II in early 1945. Also known as the ''Volksmas ...

(Gerät Neumünster) & Gerät Potsdam - copies of

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

* MP 722(f) ( MAS-38) * MP 738(i) / MP 739(i) ( Beretta M1938) *

Combination guns

M30 Luftwaffe drilling The M30 Luftwaffe Drilling ("triple") was a survival weapon issued to Luftwaffe pilots during World War II. It was used by airmen operating in North Africa. The M30 was intended to be used for hunting and self-defense against natural predators. F ...

(Shotgun/rifle never used in combat, only as a survival firearm for

Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...

pilots who were shot down)

Automatic rifles and assault rifles

Gewehr 41 The Gewehr 41 (German for: rifle 41), commonly known as the G41(W) or G41(M), denoting the manufacturer (Walther or Mauser), are two distinct and different battle rifles manufactured and used by Nazi Germany during World War II. They were larg ...

Gewehr 43 The Gewehr 43 or Karabiner 43 (abbreviated G43, K43, Gew 43, Kar 43) is a 7.92×57mm Mauser caliber semi-automatic rifle developed by Germany during World War II. The design was based on that of the earlier G41(W), but incorporated an improved ...

MKb 42(H) The Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) or MKb 42(H) (machine carbine Model 1942 (Haenel)) was an early German assault rifle firing an intermediate round of World War II. Designed in 1940-41 by Hugo Schmeisser working for ''C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrr ...

- prototypes and field testing *

MKb 42(W) The Maschinenkarabiner 42(W) (German: "machine carbine model 1942 (Walther)" ) or MKb 42(w) was an early German assault rifle designed in 1940-41 by Walther during World War II. The Mkb 42(W), and the more successful Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) ...

- prototypes and field testing * Fallschirmjäger Gewehr 42 - paratrooper rifle *

* Sturmgewehr 45 -prototypes only *

Volkssturmgewehr The Volkssturmgewehr ("People's Storm - Rifle") is the name of several rifle designs developed by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. They share the common characteristic of being greatly simplified as an attempt to cope with sev ...

- a series of last ditch weapons

Bolt action rifles

* Mauser Karabiner 98k ** Mauser Karabiner 98a ** Mauser Karabiner 98b *

Mauser Model 1871 The Mauser Model 1871 adopted as the ''Gewehr'' 71 or ''Infanterie-Gewehr'' 71, or "Infantry Rifle 71" ("I.G.Mod.71" was stamped on the rifles themselves) was the first rifle model in a distinguished line designed and manufactured by Paul Mauser ...

(limited) *

Mauser Model 1889 The Mauser Model 1889 is a bolt-action rifle of Belgian origin. It became known as the 1889 Belgian Mauser, 1891 Argentine Mauser, and 1890 Turkish Mauser. History After the Mauser brothers finished work on the Model 71/84 in 1880, the design t ...

35M rifle The FÉG 35M was a bolt-action rifle, chambered in 8×56mmR. Though superficially still resembling the 95/31M Carbine it was a new design with a cock-on-close bolt. An easily recognizable distinguishing feature was the placement of the bolt handl ...

* GRC Gewehr 88 Obsolete, the Volkssturm * Mauser Gewehr 98 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm * Winchester M1895 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

* Gewehr 24(t) (

) * Gewehr 29/40(ö) (modified version of

Karabinek wz. 1929 The Karabinek wz.29 (Kbk wz.29; Polish: carbine model 29) was a Polish bolt-action short rifle based on the German Kar98AZ. Identifying attributes include a 98/05 style mast bayonet lug ending directly beneath the front sight and winged protectiv ...

, produced in Poland under Austrian management) * Gewehr 33/40(t) (modified version of

) * Gewehr 211(n) ( Krag-Jørgensen)

Sniper rifles

(Scoped) * Mauser Gewehr 98 (Scoped) * Mauser Karabiner 98k (Scoped)

Machine guns

Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun The Bergmann MG 15nA was a World War I light machine gun produced by Germany starting in 1915. It used 100- and 200-round belts and utilized a bipod, which allowed the weapon to be mounted on a flat surface for more accurate firing. It was brie ...

used by volkssturm *

(Limited) *

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

MG 15 The MG 15 was a German 7.92 mm machine gun designed specifically as a hand-manipulated defensive gun for combat aircraft during the early 1930s. By 1941 it was replaced by other types and found new uses with ground troops. History The MG 1 ...

* Volksmaschinengewehr VMG-27 * MG 35-36A "Knorr-Bremse"

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

* Maschinengewehr MG 26(t) ( ZB vz.26) * Maschinengewehr MG 30(t) (

) * Maschinengewehr 37(t) (

) * Schweres Maschinengewehr 258(d) (

)

Grenades & Grenade launchers

Blendkörper 1H The Blendkörper 1H was a non-lethal smoke grenade that was developed by Germany and used by the Wehrmacht during World War II. Design The Blendkörper 1H consisted of a glass bulb sealed with plaster of paris roughly the size as a light bulb b ...

(smoke grenade) *

Blendkörper 2H The Blendkörper 2H was a non-lethal smoke grenade that was developed by Germany and used by the Wehrmacht during World War II. Design The Blendkörper 2H was similar to the earlier Blendkörper 1H in concept and construction. The Blendkörper ...

(smoke grenade) *

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 as ...

(Also known as Panzerknacker) * M1924 Stielhandgranate * M1939 Eiergranate * M1943 Stielhandgranate *

Splitterring The Splitterring (German compound combining ''Splitter'' (splinter or fragment) and ''Ring'' (ring)) was a fragmentation sleeve for the M24 and M43 stick grenades, developed by the '' Heer'' in 1942. German stick grenades had only a thin steel ...

(Fragmentation ring for the M1924 Stielhandgranate and the M1943 Stielhandgranate) *

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 ...

(Attached on Mauser Karabiner 98k carbine only)

Mine

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 ...

(Anti-personnel mine)

Flamethrowers

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 ...

* Einstossflammenwerfer 46

Mortars

* 5 cm leicht Granatwerfer 36 *

* 8 cm kurz Granatwerfer 42 * 12 cm Granatwerfer 42

Anti-tank weapons

Sturmpistole The ''Sturmpistole'' ("assault-pistol") was an attempt by Germany during World War II to create a multi-purpose weapon which could be used by any infantryman. It consisted of a modified flare gun (''Leuchtpistole'') which could fire a variety of g ...

* Panzerbüchse 38 and Panzerbüchse 39 *

(Approximately 290,000) *

Anti-aircraft rocket launcher

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 ...

- prototypes/trials only

Guided explosive weapons

* ''Leichtes Ladungsträger'' Sd.Kfz.302 "Goliath" (Electrical engined remote controlled explosive machine) * ''Leichtes Ladungsträger'' Sd.Kfz.303A and B "Goliath" (Petrol engined remote controlled explosive machine)

Greece

Edged weapons

Bayonet A bayonet (from French ) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped weapon designed to fit on the end of the muzzle of a rifle, musket or similar firearm, allowing it to be used as a spear-like weapon.Brayley, Martin, ''Bayonets: An Illustr ...

Improvised Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...

knife

Sidearms

* Browning FN M1910/22 * Colt M1927 Official Police *

(Captured from the Italians) *

(Captured from the Italians) * Ruby M1914 *

(Captured from the Germans) * Bergmann-Bayard M1908

Submachine guns

(Used by exiled Greek forces) * Thompson M1928 and M1A1 (Used by exiled Greek forces) *

(Used by exiled Greek forces) * Beretta M1938 (Captured from the Italians) *

(Captured from the Germans and used by gendarmerie and police forces) *

(Captured from the Germans)

Rifles

* Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903, M1903/14, M1903/27 and M1903/30 (Standard issue rifle) * Lee-Enfield rifle (Used by exiled Greek forces) * Carcano rifle (Captured from the Italians) * Lebel M1886/93 * Gras M1874 and M1874/14 * Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 *

* Mauser FN M1930

Light machine guns

* Hotchkiss Μ1922/26 *

(Used by exiled Greek forces) *

Breda M1930 The ''Fucile Mitragliatore Breda modello'' 30 was the standard light machine gun of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. Design The Breda 30 was rather unusual for a light machine gun. It was fed from a fixed magazine attached to the rig ...

(Captured from the Italians) * Chauchat M1915 * EPK M1939

Medium machine guns

* Hotchkiss modified machine gun * Saint Étienne M1907/16

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

* Brixia M1935 (Captured from the Italians) * Brandt M1927/31

Anti-tank weapons

Hungary

Sidearms

* FÉG 29M *

FÉG 37M Pistol The FÉG 37M is a Hungarian semi-automatic pistol based on a design by Rudolf Frommer. Design It was an improvement over the earlier Frommer 29M. It was made in 2 chamberings. The .380 ACP (9x17mmSR) chambered version was used by the Hungarian ...

Frommer Stop The Frommer Stop is a Hungarian long-recoil, rotating bolt pistol manufactured by Fémáru, Fegyver és Gépgyár ( FÉG) (Metalware, Weapons and Machine Factory) in Budapest. It was designed by Rudolf Frommer, and its original design was adopte ...

* Frommer Lilliput *

Submachine guns

* Danuvia 39M and 43M * Beretta M1938 *

MP35 The MP35 (''Maschinenpistole 35'', literally "Machine Pistol 35") was a submachine gun used by the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS and German police both before and during World War II. It was developed in the early 1930s by Emil Bergmann (son of Theodor B ...

MP40 The MP 40 (''Maschinenpistole 40'') is a submachine gun chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge. It was developed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Axis powers during World War II. Designed in 1938 by Heinrich Vollmer with in ...

(Captured)

Rifles

30M rifle 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...

* 31M rifle *

(Standard issue rifle) * 38M rifle * 95M Mannlicher *

Machine guns

* Madsen light machine gun (Madsen golyószóró) * Schwarzlose M1907/31M heavy machine gun * Solothurn 31M light machine gun * 34M Stange (

) *

* 42M Grunov (

) * 42M (

MG 131 The MG 131 (shortened from German: ''Maschinengewehr'' 131, or "Machine gun 131") was a German 13 mm caliber machine gun developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig and produced from 1940 to 1945. The MG 131 was designed for use at fixed, flexible ...

) * Degtyaryov DP-28

Grenades

* 31M Vesiczky * 36M Vécsey * 37M Demeter * 39A/M ( Molotov fire grenade) * 42M Vecsey * L-28M Goldmann * Lila füstgyertya * M1924 Stielhandgranate

Mines

* 36M mine * 43M mine

Anti-tank weapons

* 43M kézi páncéltörő vető (Hungarian

bazooka Bazooka () is the common name for a Man-portable anti-tank systems, man-portable recoilless Anti-tank warfare, anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World War II. Also referred to as the ...

variant) * Solothurn 36M 20mm anti-tank rifle (S-18/100) * 44M kézi páncéltörő vető (Hungarian

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 ...

variant) *

Nagy Páncélököl Nagy () is the most common Hungarian surname, meaning "great". The surname is also common among ethnic Hungarians in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, where it is spelled Nađ () and may be transliterated in other languages as Nadj. In ...

( Panzerfaust 30) * Kis Páncélököl ( Panzerfaust Klein)

India

Sidearms

Submachine guns

* M1 Thompson

Shotguns

Winchester Model 1897 The Winchester Model 1897, also known as the Model 97, M97, or Trench Gun, is a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The Model 1897 was an evolution of the Winchest ...

Rifles

* Lee-Enfield (Standard issue rifle) * Lee-Metford *

Machine guns

* Lewis gun *

Grenades

Mills bomb "Mills bomb" is the popular name for a series of British hand grenades which were designed by William Mills. They were the first modern fragmentation grenades used by the British Army and saw widespread use in the First and Second World Wars. ...

Iran

Sidearms

* Browning 1910 *

Modèle 1892 revolver The Model 1892 revolver (also known as the "Lebel revolver" and the "St. Etienne 8mm") is a French service revolver produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne as a replacement for the MAS 1873 revolver. It was the standard issue sidearm f ...

Submachine guns

Rifles

* Iranian Mauser M1900 (Standard issue rifle) *

Machine guns

* Lewis gun *

* ZB vz.26

Iraq

Sidearms

Submachine guns

(Model 38/44)

Rifles

* Lee-Enfield

Machine guns

* Lewis gun *

Italy

Edged weapons

* M1891 sciabola baionetta (Sword bayonet) * M1891/38 pugnale baionetta (Dagger bayonet) * M1939 pugnale (Dagger)

Sidearms

Beretta M1923 The Beretta Model 1923 pistol was a service pistol used by the Italian Army from 1923 until 1945. The M1923 was designed to consolidate the improvements of the 1915/19 model and to use the 9mm Glisenti round. However, due to the vast amount of h ...

* Beretta M418 *

Bodeo M1889 The Bodeo Model 1889 ( it, Pistola a Rotazione, Sistema Bodeo, Modello 1889) was an Italian revolver named after the head of the Italian firearm commission, Carlo Bodeo. It was produced by a wide variety of manufacturers between 1889 and 1931 in ...

Glisenti M1910 The Glisenti Model 1910 was a 9 mm calibre semi-automatic service pistol produced by the Italian company Società Siderurgica Glisenti.McNab, Chris, ''The Great Book of Guns'' (2004) p. 134 It was put in production in 1910 to replace the agi ...

* Ruby M1914 *

* Steyr M1912 *

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1A1 (Captured examples used by the Italian Army prior to 8 September 1943) *

* Beretta M1938 *

FNAB-43 The FNAB-43 is an Italian designed and developed submachine gun manufactured from 1943 to 1945. The first prototype was built in 1942 and the ~1,000 built by the FNA-B according to Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons (''Fabbrica Nazionale d'Armi di ...

TZ-45 The TZ-45 was an Italian blowback-operated submachine gun produced between 1944 and 1945, with an estimated 6,000 made. History The TZ-45 submachine gun was designed by two Italians; Tonon ("Toni") Giandoso, a colonel in the RSI Army and Zorzo ...

* Villar-Perosa OVP M1918 *

Rifles

* Carcano M1891, M1938 and M1941 * Armaguerra Mod. 39 rifle * Breda PG * Revelli M1939 *

* Mauser Karabiner 98k

Light machine guns

* Breda Mod. 5C *

* MAC M1924/29 light machine gun

Medium machine guns

(Chambered in 6.5×52mm Carcano) * Breda Mod. 5G * Breda M1937 * Breda M1938 * Fiat–Revelli M1914 * Fiat–Revelli M1935

Heavy machine guns

* Breda M1931

Grenades

* Breda M1935 * Breda M1942 * OTO L * OTO M1935 * OTO M1942 * Passaglia grenade * SRCM M1935

Flamethrowers

* Lanciafiamme M1935 * Lanciafiamme M1941 * Lanciafiamme M1941 D'assalto

Mortars

* Brixia 45/5 M1935 * CEMSA 81/14 M1935

Anti-tank weapons

(Captured in the North African campaign) * Kb ppanc wz.35 (Ex-Polish) *

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 ...

* Panzerfaust 30

Japan

Edged weapons

Type 2 bayonet Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * Ty ...

Type 42 bayonet Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * Ty ...

Guntō The was a ceremonial sword produced for the Imperial Japanese army and navy after the introduction of conscription in 1872. History During the Meiji period, the samurai class was gradually disbanded, and the Haitōrei Edict in 1876 forb ...

sword

Sidearms

* Browning FN M1910 *

Smith & Wesson Model 3 The Smith & Wesson Model 3 is a single-action, Cartridge (firearms), cartridge-firing, Revolver#Top break, top-break revolver produced by Smith & Wesson (S&W) from around 1870 to 1915, and was recently again offered as a reproduction by Smith & W ...

* Astra 900 * Hamada Type pistol *

Hino–Komuro pistol The Hino–Komuro M1908 was a blow-forward operated, semi-automatic pistol of Japanese origin and was patented by Yujiro Komuro. The designer, Kumazo Hino, was a contemporary of the legendary firearm inventor Murata Tsuneyoshi, and was himself k ...

* North China Type 19 pistol * Nambu Type 94 *

Sugiura pistol The Sugiura pistol is a Japanese-designed handgun that was manufactured in the puppet state of Manchukuo for issue to occupying forces. The handgun is chambered in the .32 ACP .32 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol, also known as .32 Automatic) is a ...

* Inagaki pistol *

Submachine guns

* Beretta M1938 * Nambu Type 100 * Type 2 submachine gun *

Tokyo Arsenal Model 1927 The was a submachine gun of Japanese origin, manufactured by Tokyo Arsenal.Small Arms Illustrated, 2010 The Imperial Japanese Army developed the Model 1927, which was fed from a drum magazine. It was ordered from Tokyo Arsenal and tested by t ...

Semi-automatic rifles

Pedersen rifle The Pedersen Rifle, officially known in final form as the T1E3 rifle, was a United States semi-automatic rifle designed by John Pedersen (arms designer), John Pedersen that was made in small numbers for testing by the United States Army during the ...

(Used in the Battle of Okinawa. Purchased during the 30s) * Type Kō rifle * Arisaka Type 5 rifle (Also known as the Type 4 Rifle) *

(285 rifles captured during

Japanese invasion of Manchuria The Empire of Japan's Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria on 18 September 1931, immediately following the Mukden Incident. At the war's end in February 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo. Their occupation lasted until the ...

) * Type Hei rifle (During World War II, the small numbers of Type Hei rifles that were available were pressed into service and some were captured by US troops in the Pacific Theater) * Type Otsu

Rifles

* Arisaka Type I rifle * Arisaka Type 30 rifle * Arisaka Type 35 rifle * Arisaka Type 38 rifle * Arisaka Type 38 carbine * Arisaka Type 44 carbine * Arisaka Type 97 sniper rifle * Arisaka Type 99 rifle * Arisaka Type 99 sniper rifle * Murata Type 22 rifle * TERA Type 1, Type 2 and Type 100

Machine guns

Type 92 machine gun The was developed for aerial use for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1932. The Type 92 is a light machine gun and not to be confused with the similarly named Type 92 heavy machine gun. Description It was the standard hand-held machine gun in mul ...

(Copy of the Lewis machine gun) *

(Captured from Chinese forces) *

Type 1 heavy machine gun was a heavy machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the later stages of the Second World War. Though seemingly intended to replace the older Type 92 heavy machine gun, the weapon never underwent the same level of mass production a ...

Type 89 machine gun Type 89 refers to two unrelated Imperial Japanese Army aircraft machine guns. Its Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, Imperial Japanese Navy counterparts are the Type 97 aircraft machine gun, Type 97 machine gun (fixed), and Type 92 machine gun, ...

Type 92 heavy machine gun was a Japanese heavy machine gun, related to the Hotchkiss machine gun series. It entered service in 1932 and was the standard Japanese heavy machine gun used during World War II. Known for its reliability, it was used after the war by various fo ...

* Type 96 light machine gun *

Type 97 heavy tank machine gun The was the standard machine gun used in tanks and armored vehicles of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, a heavy machine gun by infantry forces, This weapon was not related to the Type 97 aircraft machine gun used in several Japane ...

* Type 98 machine gun * Type 99 light machine gun

Grenades

Type 4 grenade The was a "last-ditch" hand grenade developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the closing stages of World War II. History and development By late 1944 and early 1945, much of the industrial infrastructure of Japan had been destroyed by Allied ...

* Type 10 fragmentation discharger/hand grenade * Type 91 fragmentation discharger/hand grenade * Type 97 fragmentation hand grenade * Type 98 grenade * Type 99 rifle/hand fragmentation grenade * M1924 Stielhandgranate

Grenade dischargers

Type 10 The is a fourth generation main battle tank of JSDF produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, entering service in 2012. Compared with other currently-serving main battle tanks in the JGSDF, the Type ...

* Type 89

Mines

* Lunge anti-tank mine (Suicide mine on a stick) * Type 99 anti-tank mine

Flamethrowers

* Type 93 and Type 100

Mortars

* Type 2 12 cm mortar *

Type 11 70 mm infantry mortar The Type 11 70 mm infantry mortar, was a muzzle-loading, Rifling, rifled bore infantry mortar (weapon), mortar used by the Japanese.War Department Special Series No 30 ''Japanese Mortars and Grenade Dischargers 1945'' pp 34, 35War Department ...

Type 90 light mortar Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * Ty ...

* Type 94 90 mm infantry mortar *

Type 96 150 mm infantry mortar The Type 96 and Type 97 were Japanese 150 mm caliber mortars used during the Second World War. The Type 96 designation was given to this mortar as it was accepted in the year 2596 of the Japanese calendar Japanese calendar types have inc ...

Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar The Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar was a Japanese mortar used primary by Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The Type 97 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the year 2597 of the Japanese calendar (1937).War Departm ...

* Type 97 90 mm infantry mortar *

Type 97 150 mm infantry mortar Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * Ty ...

Type 98 50 mm mortar The Type 98 50 mm mortar was a Japanese smooth-bore, muzzle-loading weapon of the mid 20th century. The Type 98 designation was given to this weapon because it was accepted in the year 2598 of the Japanese calendar (1938)War Department Specia ...

* Type 99 81 mm mortar

Anti-tank weapons

* Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher *

Type 97 20 mm anti-tank rifle The is a Japanese anti-tank rifle that began development in the 1930s. It was used by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet–Japanese border conflicts and the Pacific War. Ever-greater thicknesses of ar ...

Guided explosive weapons

I-Go I-GO was a Chicago-based car sharing organization which is owned by Enterprise Holdings. It was established in 2002 by the Center for Neighborhood Technology as an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization working in the fields of urban ...

(Remote-controlled explosive machine)

Latvia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

* Tallinn Arsenal submachine gun

Rifles

* Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I * Ross rifle * Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 *

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

Grenades

* M1924 Stielhandgranate

Lithuania

Sidearms

* Ruby M1914 *

Submachine guns

Rifles

* Enfield Pattern P1914 * Mosin–Nagant rifle * GRC Gewehr 88 *

Mauser 24L Mauser, originally Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik ("Royal Württemberg Rifle Factory"), was a German arms manufacturer. Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols has been produced since the 1870s for the German arm ...

* Mauser Gewehr 98

Machine guns

* ZB vz.26 *

Luxembourg

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

* Enfield Pattern P1914 *

* Ross rifle * Mauser Gewehr 98 * Mauser Karabiner 98k * Swedish Mauser M96

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Manchukuo

Sidearms

Astra Model 900 The Astra Model 900 is one of many Spanish copies of the German Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol. It shares the same caliber, magazine capacity, and holster type and is generally very similar to the German handgun. Machine-pistol variants The Ba ...

FN M1900 The FN Browning M1900 is a single action, semi-automatic pistol designed c. 1896 by John Browning for Fabrique Nationale de Herstal (FN) and produced in Belgium at the turn of the 20th century. It was the first production handgun to use a slide. ...

* FN M1910 *

Type 94 Nambu pistol The Type 94 Nambu 8 mm pistol (Type 94 handgun, in ja, 九四式拳銃, Kyūyon-Shiki Kenjū) is a semiautomatic pistol developed by Kijirō Nambu and his associates for the Imperial Japanese Army. Development of the Type 94 pistol began i ...

Submachine guns

Rifles

* Arisaka Type 30 * Arisaka Type 38 rifle * Arisaka Type 99 rifle * Type 44 carbine * Hanyang Type 88 * Mauser Karabiner 98k

Machine guns

* Nambu Type 3 heavy machine gun * Nambu Type 11 light machine gun * Nambu Type 92 heavy machine gun * Nambu Type 96 light machine gun * ZB-30

Grenade dischargers

* Type 10 grenade discharger

Mengjiang

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

* Arisaka Type 30 * Arisaka Type 38 *

Arisaka Type 99 The was a bolt action, bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. History During the Second Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s, the Japanese soon found that the 7.7mm cartridge being fired by th ...

Hanyang 88 The Type 88, sometimes known as "Hanyang 88" or Hanyang Type 88 () and Hanyang Zao (Which means ''Made in Hanyang''), is a Chinese-made bolt-action rifle, based on the German Gewehr 88. It was adopted by the Qing Dynasty towards the end of the 19 ...

Machine guns

* Lewis gun *

Mexico

Sidearms

* Smith & Wesson Military & Police *

Obregón pistol The Obregón is a Mexican designed semi-automatic pistol designed in the mid-1930s by the mechanical engineer Alejandro Obregón. It uses the same .45 caliber ammunition as the Colt 1911 and it resembles the 1911 in overall appearance, frame size ...

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1A1 *

Rifles

* Winchester M1895 *

Mondragon rifle Mondragon or Mondragón may refer to: Places * Mondragon, Vaucluse, a town and commune in France * Mondragon, Northern Samar, a municipality in the Philippines * Mondragón, a town and municipality in the Basque region of Spain, famous for its coo ...

M1A1 Carbine The M1 carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that was a standard firearm for the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The M1 carbine was produced ...

* Mauser Gewehr 98 * Mauser M1895, M1902 and M1936

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

* Mendoza C-1934 *

Anti-tank weapons

* M9 bazooka

Mongolia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

* Mosin–Nagant rifle

Machine guns

* Maxim M1910 *

DShK machine gun The DShK 1938 (Cyrillic: ДШК, for russian: Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, links=no, "Degtyaryov-Shpagin large-calibre") is a Soviet heavy machine gun with a V-shaped but ...

* Goryunov SG-43 *

Degtyaryov machine gun The Degtyaryov machine gun (russian: Пулемёт Дегтярёвa Пехотный, Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny literally: "Degtyaryov's infantry machine gun") or DP-27/DP-28 is a light machine gun firing the 7.62×54mmR cartridge that was ...

Montenegro

Sidearms

Beretta Model 1915 The Beretta Model 1915 or Beretta M1915 is a semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta, designed by Tullio Marengoni who was the chief engineer in the company, to replace the Glisenti Model 1910 which had a complex and weak firing mechanism. ...

* M1891 * M1910/22

Submachine guns

Rifles

* M1924

Machine guns

* Lewis gun *

* M26 * M37

Nepal

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

* Lee-Enfield

Machine guns

* Lewis gun *

Netherlands

Sidearms

* Browning FN M1903 * Browning FN M1910/22 * Borchardt-Luger pistol *

(Used by the

KNIL The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ( nl, Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; KNIL, ) was the military force maintained by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies, in areas that are now part of Indonesia. The ...

)

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1928 (Used by the

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ( nl, Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; KNIL, ) was the military force maintained by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies, in areas that are now part of Indonesia. The ...

and

NIL Nil may refer to: * nil (the number 0, zero) Acronyms * NIL (programming language), an implementation of the Lisp programming language * Student athlete compensation, Name, Image and Likeness, a set of rules in the American National Collegiate At ...

(Used by the KNIL) *

(Used by the KNIL) * MP 28 (Used by the KNIL)

Rifles

* Johnson M1941 rifle (Used by the KNIL) *

* Dutch Mannlicher M1895 *

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

(Used by the KNIL) *

(Used by the KNIL in the carbine version) *

Grenades

* Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade (Used by the KNIL)

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka *

(Used by the KNIL) *

New Zealand

Sidearms

* Enfield No.2 * Smith & Wesson Military & Police *

Submachine guns

Rifles

(Standard issue rifle) * Charlton M1942 automatic rifle

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

Grenades

* No.36M grenade (Also known as the "Mills bomb")

Anti-tank weapons

Norway

Sidearms

* Colt Kongsberg M1914 (Licensed copy of the Colt M1911, standard issue for the Norwegian Army until 1940) *

(Used by the

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

) * Nagant M1893 (Earlier service revolver that preceded the Colt Kongsberg M1914 in service and was still in use by 1940)

Submachine guns

(Used by the Norwegian Resistance) *

(Used by the Norwegian Resistance)

Rifles

(Norwegian Resistance) *

(Norwegian Resistance) * Krag-Jørgensen M1894 (Standard service rifle of the Norwegian forces until 1940, carbines and sniper versions were also used) * Mauser Karabiner 98k (Norwegian Resistance) * Swedish Mauser M96 (Used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden) * Automatgevär M42 (Used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden)

Machine guns

* Colt M29 (Standard heavy machine gun and anti-aircraft defense) * Hotchkiss M1898 (Had been replaced by the Colt M29 by 1940, but was still part of the armament of several fortifications) *

(Norwegian Resistance) * Madsen M14 and M22 (Standard light machine gun)

Philippines

Edged weapons

Bolo knife A bolo ( tl, iták, ilo, bunéng, pag, baráng, ceb, súndang, hil, binangon) is a general term for traditional pre-colonial small to medium-sized single-edged swords or large knives of the Philippines that function as both tools and weapons ...

Gunong 350px, An antique gunong from Mindanao. The gunong is a knife from Mindanao and the Visayas islands of the Philippines. In ancient past, it was called bunong by the Tagalog people. It is essentially a diminutive form of the larger kalis or kris. Th ...

Kalis A kalis (Baybayin: or ; Jawi script: كاليس ; Abecedario: ''cáli'', ''cális'') is a type of double-edged Philippine sword, often with a "wavy" section. The kalis has a double-edged blade, which is commonly straight from the tip but wavy n ...

Sidearms

(Captured) *

(Captured)

Submachine guns

Shotguns

* Winchester M1897 * Winchester M1912

Rifles

* Arisaka Type 30 (Captured) * Arisaka Type 38 (Captured) *

(Captured) *

Machine guns

* Browning M1919A4 *

(Captured) *

(Captured) * Type 99 light machine gun(Captured)

Grenades

Mk2 grenade The Mk 2 grenade (initially known as the Mk II) is a Hand grenade#Fragmentation, fragmentation-type anti-personnel hand grenade introduced by the Military of the United States, U.S. armed forces in 1918. It was the standard issue anti-personnel g ...

Grenade launchers

Bazooka Bazooka () is the common name for a Man-portable anti-tank systems, man-portable recoilless Anti-tank warfare, anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World War II. Also referred to as the ...

Flamethrowers

Mortars

M1 mortar The M1 mortar is an American 81 millimeter caliber mortar. It was based on the French Brandt mortar. The M1 mortar was used from before World War II until the 1950s when it was replaced by the lighter and longer ranged M29 mortar. General data ...

Poland

Sidearms

(Used by the

Polish Armed Forces in the West The Polish Armed Forces in the West () refers to the Polish military formations formed to fight alongside the Western Allies against Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II. Polish forces were also raised within Soviet territories; thes ...

) * Ruby M1914 *

* Nagant wz.1932 * Radom Pistolet wz.35 Vis (Standard service sidearm in 1939) *

(Used by the

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Submachine gun

* Mors wz. 39 (Prototype only. Prototypes issued to the 3rd Rifle Battalion and the 39th Infantry Division) *

(Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West) *

(Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West) * Bechowiec 1 (Used by the resistance movement) *

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(Used by the resistance movement) * Choroszmanów submachine gun (Used by the resistance movement) *

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(Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East) *

(Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)

Rifles

* Karabin wz.98a (Main service rifle in 1939) * Karabinek wz.29 (Main service rifle in 1939, based on the Karabin wz.98a) * Karabinek wz. 91/98/23 (Based on Mosin–Nagant rifle, used in the

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) * Karabinek wz. 91/98/25 * Karabinek wz. 91/98/26 * Kbsp wz. 1938M (Small number produced) *

(Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West) *

(Used by second-line troops in 1939) * Lebel M1886/93 (Used by second-line troops in 1939) * Mosin–Nagant rifle (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East) *

SVT-40 The SVT-40 (Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva, Obrazets 1940 goda, "Tokarev self-loading rifle, model of 1940", Russian: Самозарядная винтовка Токарева, образец 1940 года, often nicknamed "'' Sveta''") is a S ...

(Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East) * Mauser Gewehr 98 (Used by the resistance movement) * Mauser Karabiner 98k (Used by the resistance movement)

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * Maxim wz. 1910 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East) *

* Ckm wz.30 (Polish standard heavy machine gun variant of the Browning M1917) *

* Ckm wz.32 (Polish variant of the Browning M1919 chambered in 7.92mm) *

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(Standard light machine gun) *

(Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West) * Type C machine gun *

(Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)

Grenades

* Molotov fire grenade * wz.1933 fragmentation grenade * wz.1933 concussion grenade * wz.S smoke grenade

Grenade launchers

* Granatnik wz.36

Flamethrowers

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* WS-2 flamethrower * Zieliński flamethrower

Mortars

* wz.18 mortar * wz.18/31 mortar * wz.28 mortar * wz.31 mortar * wz.32 heavy mortar * wz.40 mortar

Anti-tank weapons

(Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West) * Kb ppanc wz.35 *

(Used by the resistance movement) * wz.36 (Polish Bofors 37mm)

Romania

Sidearms

* Ruby M1914 *

* Steyr M1912 *

(Captured)

Submachine guns

* Orita M1941 * Beretta M1938 * MP 28 *

MP 41 The MP 40 (''Maschinenpistole 40'') is a submachine gun chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge. It was developed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Axis powers during World War II. Designed in 1938 by Heinrich Vollmer with in ...

(Captured)

Rifles

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(Standard infantry rifle, adopted in 1938) * Mannlicher M1893 (also known as the M93) * Carcano rifle (supplied by Italy) * Lebel M1886/93 (Issued to second-line troops) * Mosin–Nagant rifle (Captured)

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

(Captured) *

* ZB-30 *

Anti-tank weapons

Slovak Republic

Sidearms

* Pistole vz. 22 *

Rifles

* ZB vz. 24 * Mauser Karabiner 98k

Submachine guns

Light machine guns

Heavy machine guns

(As Kulomet vz. 24)

Mortars

* 80 mm vz. 36 medium mortar

South Africa

Sidearms

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1928 *

Rifles

* Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III* and No.4 Mk I * Lee–Enfield No.5 Mk I "Jungle carbine" * Rieder M1941 automatic rifle

Machine guns

Mortars

* Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka (Also known as 3.5-inch rocket launcher) *

Soviet Union

Edged weapons

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knife *

AVS-36 The AVS-36 (from ''Avtomaticheskaya Vintovka Simonova 1936 model''; russian: Автоматическая винтовка Симонова образца 1936 года (АВС-36)) was a Soviet automatic rifle which saw service in the early year ...

bayonet * Mosin-Nagant 1891 bayonet * S84/98 III bayonet (Captured)

Sidearms

(American

) *

(Captured) * Korovin pistol, Korovin TK *

Submachine guns

* Reising M50 (American Lend-Lease) *

(American Lend-Lease) *

(Captured) * PPD-34/38 *

* PPS-42 *

Automatic and battle rifles

* AVT-40 * Fedorov Avtomat, Fedorov M1916 Avtomat

Rifles

(American Lend-Lease) * Mosin–Nagant, Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 rifle * Mosin–Nagant, Mosin–Nagant M1938 carbine * Mosin–Nagant, Mosin–Nagant M1944 carbine * Mauser Karabiner 98k (Captured from the Germans) * SKS carbine (Limited use in 1945) * SVT-40, Tokarev SVT-38 and SVT-40 * Winchester M1895

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun (Lend-Lease) * Maxim M1910 * Degtyaryov machine gun, Degtyaryov DP-27 (Erroneously called DP-28 in the west) * DS-39, Degtyaryov DS-39 (Production discontinued after the German invasion) * DTM-4, Degtyaryov DTM-4 * RPD machine gun, Degtyaryov RPD (Limited use in 1945) *

* Goryunov SG-43

Grenades

* M1924 Stielhandgranate (Captured from the Germans) * Molotov fire grenade * F1 grenade (Russia), F1 grenade * Model 1914 grenade, Rdultovsky M1914 and M1917 * RG-41 * RG-42 * RGD-33 * RPG-6 * RPG-40 * RPG-43

Grenade launchers

* :ru:Гранатомёт Дьяконова, Dyakonoff grenade launcher (Attachment on the M91/30 rifle only)

Mines

* TM-35 mine (Anti-tank mine)

Flamethrowers

* ROKS-2 * ROKS-3

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka (American Lend-Lease) *

(British Lend-Lease) *

(Captured) * Panzerfaust 60 (Captured) *

* PTRD-41 * PTRS-41

Thailand

Sidearms

* Astra 300 * Browning FN M1900 *

* Nambu pistol, Nambu Type 14 * Type 78

* Type 79 Colt Super * Type 80 Star * Type 82 Colt revolver

Submachine guns

* Nambu Type 100 * Type 80 machine pistol

Rifles

* Siamese Mauser style rifle, Siamese Types 46, 46/66, 47, 47/66 and 66 Mauser rifle (Standard issue rifle) * Type 38 rifle, Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Supplied by Japan) * Lee–Enfield, Lee enfield (SMLE mk.iii) (Captured)

Machine guns

* Type 66

Grenades

* Type 91 grenade * Type 78 grenade

Grenade dischargers

* Type 10 grenade discharger

Anti-tank weapons

* Type 97 automatic cannon

United Kingdom (including colonies)

Edged weapons

* BC-41 dagger *

* Kris dagger (British Malaya) * Kukri machete (Used by Gurkha regiments) * Parang (knife), Parang knife (British Malaya) * Smatchet knife sword

Sidearms

* Webley revolver, Webley Mk.IV (.38/200) and Mk.VI (.455) * Webley Self-Loading Pistol * Enfield No.2 *

(Issued to the Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard) * FN Herstal, FN/John Inglis and Company, Inglis

(As Pistol No.2 Mk.I) *

* Colt M1927 Official Police * Smith & Wesson Military & Police * Welrod pistol (Used by commandos) * Nambu pistol, Nambu Type 14 (British Malaya) * Luger P-08 (British Malaya)

Submachine guns

* Thompson submachine gun, Thompson M1928, M1928A1 and M1A1 *

(About 4 million produced from all sources) * Sterling submachine gun *

(Copy of the German MP 28/II, used by the Royal Navy and RAF)

Shotguns

* Remington Model 11, Remington M1911 * Winchester M1897 * Winchester Model 12, Winchester M1912

Rifles

* Lee–Enfield rifle, Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III and No.4 Mk I (Standard issue rifle) * Lee–Enfield No.5 Mk I "Jungle carbine" * Enfield Pattern P1914 *

(Received 38,000 as Lend-Lease) * Enfield M1917 (Used by Home Guard) * Remington Model 8 (Used by the Home Guard) * Ross rifle (Supplied by Canada. Used by the Home Guard) * Martini–Enfield, Martini–Enfield rifle (Used by the Home Guard) * De Lisle carbine (Used by Commandos) * Howell Automatic Rifle, Howell M1915 automatic rifle (Used by Home Guard) * Arisaka Type 38 (British Malaya) *

(British Malaya)

Sniper rifles

* Enfield Pattern P1914 * Lee–Enfield rifle, Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I (T)

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

(Used by the Home Guard) *

* M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun, Colt–Browning M1895 (Used by the Home Guard) * Vickers K machine gun *

* Vickers-Berthier, Vickers-Berthier machine gun (Indian Army use) * Besa machine gun

Grenades

* Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade (British Malaya) * Mills bomb, No.36M Mk.I grenade (Fragmentation rifle, hand grenade, also known as the "Mills bomb") * No. 68 AT grenade, No.68 anti-tank grenade (High-explosive anti-tank, HEAT anti-tank rifle grenade) * No. 69 grenade, No.69 Mk.I grenade (Concussion hand grenade) * No. 73 grenade, No.73 anti-tank grenade (Also known as the "Thermos grenade") * Sticky bomb, No.74 anti-tank hand grenade (Also known as the "Sticky bomb") * Hawkins grenade, No.75 anti-tank hand grenade (Also known as the "Hawkins grenade") * No. 76 special incendiary grenade, No.76 special incendiary grenade (Phosphorus hand grenade) * No 77 grenade, No.77 grenade (White phosphorus hand grenade) * Gammon bomb, No.82 hand grenade (Also known as the "Gammon bomb") * Type 97 grenade (British Malaya) * Molotov fire grenade (British Malaya)

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

* McClintock Bangalore torpedo

Flamethrowers

* Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 "Lifebuoy"

Mortars

* Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar *

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka * PIAT, Projector, Infantry, Anti-tank (PIAT) *

Guided explosive weapons

* Mobile Land Mine, Metropolitan-Vickers Beetle (Cable-guided explosive machine)

United States

Blade weapons

* Ka-Bar knife * M1 bayonet * M3 fighting knife * M4 bayonet * M1905 bayonet * M1917 bayonet * M1942 bayonet * Mark I trench knife * United States Marine Raider stiletto * Bowie knife

Sidearms

* Colt M1892 *

* Colt New Service Revolver, Colt M1909 New Service *

A1 * M1917 revolver, Colt M1917 * Colt M1927 Official Police (Also known as Colt M1927 Commando) * Smith & Wesson Military & Police * Smith & Wesson Model 27

Submachine guns

* M3A1 submachine gun * Reising M50 * Thompson M1A1 *

* M2 Hyde

Shotguns

:Commonly used by the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific War, Pacific theater, limited use in Europe. *

* Remington 31, Remington M1931 * Winchester M1897 * Winchester Model M12, Winchester M1912 (Also used to the Western Front (World War II), Western Front, standard-issue shotgun of the US Army) * Winchester Model 21, Winchester M1921 * Stevens Model 520/620, Stevens M520-30 and M620 *

Rifles

(Paratrooper version of the M1 Carbine with folding stock) *

* M2 Carbine (Small number used in Okinawa) * Enfield M1917 *

A1 * Johnson M1941 rifle

Sniper rifles

* M1 Garand, M1C Garand * Enfield M1917 * Springfield M1903, Springfield M1903A1 and A4 (Used by the Marine Corps) * Winchester Model 70

Recoilless rifles

(Uncommon in Europe, some use in the Pacific)

Machine guns

* Browning M1917A1 heavy machine gun *

A2 light machine gun * Browning M1919, Browning M1919A4 medium machine gun and M1919A6 general purpose machine gun * Browning M2, Browning M2HB heavy machine gun * Browning M1919, Browning M1919 Stinger machine gun (A modified M1919 aircraft variant used by USMC with a BAR M1918 bipod, an M1 Garand stock, a modified trigger and an M1919 body, a few were built but saw limited action and most didn't survive to this day.) * Johnson M1941 machine gun

Grenades

* Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade

Grenade launchers

* M7 grenade launcher (M1 Garand attachment)

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

* Bangalore torpedo, M1A1 Bangalore torpedo

Flamethrowers

* M1 flamethrower *

Mortars

* M2 mortar * M2 4.2-inch mortar

Anti-tank weapons

* Bazooka, M1A1 and M9 Bazooka rocket launcher *

(Uncommon in Europe, some use in the Pacific)

Yugoslavia

Sidearms

(British aid) * M1891 * M1910/22 * Ruby pistol *

(Captured) *

(Soviet aid)

Submachine guns

(American aid) *

(British aid) * Beretta M1938 (Captured) *

(Captured) * Danuvia 43M (Captured) *

(Captured) *

(Soviet aid) *

(Soviet aid)

Automatic rifles

(Captured)

Rifles

* Mauser-Koka *

(American aid) *

(British aid) *

* Carcano rifle (Captured) * Mauser Model 1895, M1899 * Gewehr 98, M1910 * M24 series, M1924 * Kbk wz. 1929 *

(Captured) *

(Captured) * Mauser Gewehr 98 (Captured) * Mauser Karabiner 98k (Captured)

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * M26 * M37 * Maxim machine gun, M1909 *

(American aid) *

(British aid) *

(Captured) * Breda M1937 (Captured) * Fiat–Revelli M1914 * Chauchat M1915 *

(Captured) *

(Captured)

Grenades

* Vasić M12 * M1924 Stielhandgranate (Captured) * Model 39 grenade, M1939 Eierhandgranate (Captured)

Flamethrowers

* Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 (Captured) * Schilt portable flamethrower

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka (American aid) *

(British aid) *

(Captured) *

(Captured) * Gewehr 98, M1933 anti-tank rifle

World War II weapons list shown by categories

References

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