Engineering:List of World War II infantry weapons

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This is a list of World War II infantry weapons.

Kingdom of Albania

In 1939, the Albanian Kingdom was invaded by Italy and became the Italian protectorate of Albania. It participated in the Greco-Italian War in 1940, under Italian command. After the Italian armistice in 1943, German military forces entered Albania, and it came under German occupation. Albanian troops were mostly equipped by Italians, and Albanian partisans used weapons from various sources.

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • Sten (used by LANÇ)[1]
  • Beretta M38 (used by LANÇ)
  • Beretta M1918[2]

Rifles

Machine guns

  • Breda 30
  • Maxim gun
  • Schwarzlose MG M.07/12

Commonwealth of Australia

The Second Australian Imperial Force that served in Mediterranean and Middle East and Pacific theatre

Two Australian soldiers equipped with Owen submachine guns
See also: List of Australian military equipment of World War II and Australian Army during World War II § Equipment

Sidearms

  • Enfield No.2
  • Smith & Wesson Victory[4]
  • Webley Mk.VI (.455 inch (11.5 mm))

Submachine guns

  • Thompson M1928 & M1928A1[5][6][7]
  • Austen submachine gun (withdrawn from combat use in August 1944)[7][8][9]
  • Owen gun (adopted in September 1941. Standard issue SMG of the Australian army in Pacific Theatre)[10][11]

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

  • No.36M Mk.I grenade[19]
  • No.69 Mk.I grenade (Concussion hand grenade. Australians made them of red bakelite)[20]
  • No.77 grenade (White phosphorus hand grenade)[21]

Flamethrowers

Mortars

  • Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar[23]
  • Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar[24]

Anti-tank weapons

Federal State of Austria

The Austrian Bundesheer was incorporated into the German Wehrmacht after the Anschluss in 1938.

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • MP-34

Rifles

  • Mannlicher M1895 rifle
  • Mannlicher M95/30 short rifle

Machine guns

  • Schwarzlose M.07/12
  • Mg 30

Mortars

  • 8cm M33 Minenwerfer

Grenades

  • Rohrhandgranate
  • Austrian Stielhandgranate

Kingdom of Belgium

Before being conquered by Germany, the Belgian Army used their own equipment up to 1940. Free Belgian forces were equipped by UK, however colonial troops of Force Publique in East Africa had to use outdated weaponry.

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • Mitraillette Modèle 1934 (MP 28/II produced under license at Pieper)[28][29]
  • Sten (used by Free Belgian forces)

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

  • Browning M1917
  • MG 08
  • Colt-Browning 1895/14 (used by reserve)

Grenades

Mortars

  • Lance-grenades de 50 mm D.B.T.[37]
  • Stokes Mortar (used by Force Publique)
  • Two-inch mortar (used by Free Belgian forces)[38]

Anti-tank weapons

  • PIAT

Third Brazilian Republic

The Brazilian Expeditionary Force, under US command, served in Italy from 1944.

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

  • Springfield M1903 (standard issue rifle)[40]
  • M1 carbine[39]
  • M1 Garand (limited numbers)[39]
  • FN M1924 (home front)
  • Vz. 24 (home front)
  • Vz. 33 (home front)
  • Mauser M1908 (home front)[41]
  • Mauser M1894 (home front)
  • Mauser M1935 (home front) upgraded Mauser 1908

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

  • Browning M1919[42]
  • Hotchkiss M1914 (home front)

Heavy machine guns

  • Browning M1917
  • Browning M2
  • MG 08 (home front)

Grenades

  • Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade
  • BMB offensive grenade (home front)
  • DMB defensive grenade (home front)
  • Mills bomb (home front)

Anti-tank weapons

Kingdom of Bulgaria

Sidearms

  • Luger P08 pistol
  • Walther PP
  • Tokarev TT-33 (supplies from USSR 1944)

Submachine guns

  • ZK-383
  • Steyr MP34
  • MP 40
  • PPSh-41 (supplies from USSR 1944)
  • PPS-43 (supplies from USSR 1944)

Rifles

Machine guns

Mortars

  • Brandt M1927/31
  • 8 cm Granatwerfer 34

Anti-tank weapons

Grenade launcher

Grenades

  • Stielhandgranate M1924/1943
  • Blendkörper 1H & 2H
  • Nebelhandgranate 39
  • Bulgarian Offensive/Defensive stick grenade[44] (based on Stielhandgranate M1917

State of Burma

The State of Burma was a puppet government set up by Japanese after they occupied Burma in 1942. It lasted from 1943 to March 1945 when the Burma National Army revolted and joined the allies.

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Dominion of Canada

Weaponry used by Canadian Army that fought on the side of the Allies

Sidearms

  • Browning Hi-Power (Canada in 1944 produced Hi-Powers for China but later that year they developed a simplified version and adopted it as pistol No. 2)[45]
  • Enfield No.2 (approx. 3500 revolvers acquired, some issued to RCAF)[45]
  • Colt M1911 (approx. 4000 Colts acquired. Issued to Airborne troops from 1942)[45]
  • Smith & Wesson Military & Police (Main service sidearm during World War 2, many received from Lend-Lease)[45]

Submachine guns

Rifles

  • Lee–Enfield No.3 and No.4 Mk I (locally produced, standard issue rifle)[50]
  • Pattern 1914 Enfield (used for training and by secondary troops. Used by the snipers)[50][51]
  • M1 carbine (received 230 carbines from Lend-Lease. Limited use)[52]
  • M1 Garand (Garands were issued to certain Canadian Army units near the end of World War II)
  • Ross rifle (used for training up to 1943)[50]
  • Enfield M1917 (used for training)[50]

Machine guns

Grenades

During the Second World War Canada produced grenades types with Numbers 36 and from 67 to 89.[57]

  • No.36M grenade (also known as the "Mills bomb")[57]
  • No.68 anti-tank grenade (HEAT anti-tank rifle grenade)[58]
  • No.69 Mk.I grenade (Concussion hand grenade)[59]
  • No.73 anti-tank grenade (Also known as the "Thermos grenade")[57]
  • No.74 anti-tank hand grenade (Also known as the "Sticky bomb")[57]
  • No.75 anti-tank hand grenade (Also known as the "Hawkins grenade". Most common anti-tank grenade)[60]
  • No.76 special incendiary grenade (Phosphorus hand grenade)[57]
  • No.77 grenade (White phosphorus hand grenade)[57][21]
  • No.82 hand grenade (Also known as the "Gammon bomb")[57]

Flamethrowers

  • Flamethrower, Portable, No 2[61]

Mortars

  • SBML 2-inch mortar[62]
  • ML 3-inch mortar[63]

Anti-tank weapons and explosives

  • Boys anti tank rifle (locally produced)[64]
  • PIAT (Replaced Boys in 1943)[65]
  • Bangalore torpedo
  • M1 Bazooka (Small amount received from Lend-Lease)[43]

Republic of China

A Chinese Nationalist Army soldier equipped with a ZB vz. 26 and a German M1935 helmet. Before the war broke out, China sought support from, and often traded with Germany and relied on both military and economical support.

Weapons used by the National Revolutionary Army, as well as Communist forces and Chinese warlords. Chinese Forces also received a large amount of equipment from Lend-Lease during Burma campaign.

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • SIG M1920 (locally produced copy with a downward facing magazine called the "Flower Mouth Machine-gun," or 花机关)[75][76]
  • Steyr MP34
  • Thompson submachine gun (American Lend-Lease and local production)[77][78]
  • United Defense M42 (American Lend-Lease and local production)
  • Sten submachine gun (received Canadian Mk II Stens)[9]
  • Sichuan type submachine gun

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

  • Type 24 machine gun (locally produced copy of MG 08 in 7.92 caliber)[96]
  • Type 30 (locally produced copy of Browning M1917 in 7.92 caliber, also known as Type Triple-Ten. Also received from Lend-Lease)[97][98]
  • PM M1910[99]
  • Type 3 heavy machine gun (captured)
  • Type 92 heavy machine gun (captured)[100]

Grenades and grenade dischargers

Flamethrowers

  • M1A1 flamethrower (American Lend-Lease in Burma campaign)[104]

Mortars

  • Brandt Mle 27/31 (imported from France and Austria. Locally produced copies designated as Type 20)
  • M2 mortar (American Lend-Lease and locally produced as Type 31)[105]

Anti-tank weapons

National Government of the Republic of China

Weapons used by the Collaborationist Chinese Army from 1940 to 1945

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • SIG Bergmann M1920

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Independent State of Croatia

Independent State of Croatia was a puppet-state established in 1941 after fall of Yugoslavia. Croatian Legion and Light Transport Brigade served on Eastern Front under German and Italian commands.

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Automatic rifles

  • Sturmgewehr 44

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

  • Nebelhandgranate 39
  • M1924 Stielhandgranate

Mortars

  • Stokes mortar (81 mm)
  • Brandt M1927/31 (81 mm)
  • 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
  • 12 cm Granatwerfer 42

Anti-tank weapons

First Czechoslovak Republic

Czechoslovak soldiers with a ZB vz. 26 and a ZB vz. 24

Weaponry used by Czechoslovak armies in exile that served under British and Soviet commands. For weapons used and produced in interwar period by First and Second Czechoslovak Republic see list below.

Sidearms

  • ČZ vz. 38 (Interwar)[112]
  • Pistole vz. 22 (Interwar)[112]
  • Pistole vz. 24 (Interwar)[112]

Submachine guns

  • Sten submachine gun (Under British command)
  • PPSh-41 (Under Soviet command)[113][114][115]
  • PPS (Under Soviet command)[116]

Rifles

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

  • PIAT (Under British command)[119]
  • PTRD-41 (Under Soviet command)[113]
  • PTRS-41 (Under Soviet command)[114][115]

Grenades

  • Granát vz.34 (Interwar)[120]
  • RPG-43 (Under Soviet command)

Mortars

Kingdom of Denmark

Sidearms

  • Smith & Wesson Model 10
  • Danish M1880/85 Army revolver
  • Bergmann–Bayard M1910/21[121] (standard issue)
  • FN 1910/22 (Danish police)
  • Danish revolver M1865/97 (reserve)

Submachine guns

  • BMP-32 (police)
  • Sten submachine gun (used by the Danish resistance movement)[9]
  • Lettet-Forsøgs submachine gun[122]

Shotguns

  • Sjögren shotgun (limited numbers)

Rifles

  • Krag–Jørgensen M1889 (standard issue rifle)
  • Lee–Enfield rifle
  • Mauser Karabiner 98k (Danish resistance)
  • Swedish Mauser M96 (Danish Brigade)
  • Automatgevar M42 (Danish Brigade)

Machine guns

Grenades

  • Granatbaeger M/23 51mm[124] (rifle grenade attachment)
  • M1937 smoke grenade[125]
  • M1932 smoke grenade[126]
  • M1923 grenade[127]
  • M1923 rifle grenade[128]

Mortars

  • Danish Brandt 27/31 81mm L/21

Republic of Estonia

In 1940, Estonia was annexed by the Soviet Union and thus its army absorbed into the Red Army. When Germany launched its attack on the USSR, many Estonians joined the fight as many as 20'000 volunteers as SS soldiers.

Sidearms

Machine guns

Rifles

Submachine guns

  • Suomi KP-31
  • MP-40 (Estonian SS volunteers)
  • SIG M1920 Bergmann

Anti-tank guns

  • Solothurn S18/100

Mortars

  • 81mm Brandt Mle 27/31 M1926 Tampella

Grenades

  • Estonian Stielhandgranate

Mines

  • TM-34
  • TM-37

Ethiopian Empire

Ethiopian Empire was defeated by Italy in Second Italo-Ethiopian War and became Italian Ethiopia from 1937. Ethiopians continued a guerrilla war as the Arbegnoch until British forces took Italian Ethiopia in 1941 as part of the East African campaign

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Republic of Finland

Weaponry used by Finnish Defence Forces during Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War.

Edged weapons

Sidearms

  • Luger pistol (The most common sidearm used by front-line troops. 8,000 acquired in the 1920s)[135][136]
  • Lahti L-35 (adopted in 1935. Approx. 5700 produced by 1945)[135][136][137]
  • Pistole vz. 24 (3,285 bought from Germany, they arrived in September of 1940. Issued mainly to Finnish front-line troops during Continuation War)[138]
  • Pistole vz. 38 (About 1,700 bought from Germany, they arrived in September of 1940. These pistols were issued to Finnish front-line troops for Continuation War)[138]
  • Browning Hi-Power (2,400 bought from Belgium in February - March of 1940. Finnish frontline troops used some during the last weeks of Winter War and in larger scale during Continuation War. Also issued in large numbers to Finnish pilots during Continuation War.)[139]
  • Ruby pistol (About 10,000 bought from France in 1919. The first pistol model acquired for Finnish Army. Mainly used in Finnish home front during World War 2, but also few frontline units got these pistols issued.)[139]
  • Browning FN M1910 (2,500 pistols bought from Belgium in February of 1940. During Continuation War they were issued to home front troops.)[139]
  • Browning FN M1922 (2,500 pistols were bought from Belgium in February of 1940 and issued to both Finnish home front troops and frontline troops during Continuation War.)[139]
  • Beretta M1934 (About 1,400 - 1,500 bought from Italy. Besides 60 pistols acquired during Winter War they arrived in year 1943. Finnish home front troops used them between 1943 - 1944.)[138][140]
  • Beretta M1935 (About 4,100 bought from Italy. About 1,000 arrived in 1941 and 3,090 arrived in 1942. Finnish frontline and home front troops used them 1941 - 1944.)[138]
  • Beretta M1915 and M1915/19 (Some 1,500 pistols bought from Italy in spring of 1940. They were issued to Finnish home front troops and supplies units for Continuation War.)[138] * Browning FN M1903 (used by Swedish Volunteer Force during Winter War. Leftover pistols were issued to front-line troops during Continuation War.)[139]
  • Mauser C96 (614 examples, most of them issued with wooded stock-holster. Used by home-front troops)[137][141]
  • Nagant M1895 (captured)[136][141]
  • Tokarev TT-33 (captured)[141]
  • Colt M1911 (Very limited numbers)[138]

Submachine guns

  • Suomi KP/-31 (Main Finnish submachine gun. Finnish army received 56,847 submachine guns in 1939-1944)[142][143][144]
  • SIG Bergmann M/20 (approx. 1500 were bought in interwar period. Initially used by Civil Guard but they've got issued to infantry at the beginning of Winter War. Remained in service until 1944.)[142][143][137][145]
  • Lindelöf submachine gun (SIG Bergmann copy; manufactured in very small numbers)[142]
  • Neuhausen MKMS (282 SMGs bough during Winter War. Issued to Finnish home front troops, supplies units and coastal defence during Continuation War)[146]
  • MP 28 (171 SMGs bought during Winter War. During Continuation War issued to units in Lapland, home front troops and supply corps.)[146]
  • MP 38 & MP 40 (150-160 SMGs delivered with German vehicles during Continuation War, mainly used by vehicle crews of these delivered vehicles)[146]
  • PPD-34, PPD-34/38 & PPD-40 (captured. Issued to Finnish coastal troops and home-front troops during Continuation War)[146][147]
  • PPSh-41 (Some 2,500 captured 1942-1944. Only used by Finnish frontline-troops until running out of ammo and only small numbers of PPSh-41 were used by Finnish home front troops in 1942-1944)[146][147]
  • PPS-43 (only used by Finnish frontline troops in 1943-1944 that had captured the guns)[146]

Rifles

  • Mosin–Nagant M/91, M/91-24, M/24, M/27, M/28, M/28-30, M/39, M/91-30, M/38, M/44 (Various rifles, cavalry rifles and carbines including Finish and Soviet variants. The most common model in Finnish service was M/91)[148][149][150][151][152][153][154]
  • SVT-38, SVT-40 (captured)[155]
  • Swedish Mauser M96 (Also known as Carl Gustav M/96. Used by Swedish volunteer troops and some Finnish units.)[156]
  • Mauser Karabiner 98k (600 of them ordered from Germany with grenade launchers, with only 100 of them getting to troops in Finland.)[156]
  • Arisaka Type 30, Type 35 & Type 38 (limited use by home front troops, civil guard and merchant navy.)[157]
  • Berdan II (Due to rifle shortage during Winter War they were still issued to home front. No real frontline usage.)[157]
  • Carcano M38 (Designated as 7,35 mm Rifle M/38 "Terni". Issued mostly to non-frontline troops such as field artillery and air-defence)[156]
  • Winchester M1895 (Mainly issued to second line artillery units and home guard units, no real frontline usage.)[157]

Automatic and battle rifles

  • AVS-36 (captured)[155][158]
  • AVT-40 (captured)[155]
  • Fedorov M1916 Avtomat (captured)

Light Machine guns

  • Lahti-Saloranta M/26 (Main Finnish machine gun of the Winter War and Continuation War, replaced by captured DP-27s.)[137][159][160]
  • Degtyaryov DP-27 (captured and used as a replacement for the Lahti-Saloranta M/26, also captured DT-29 tank machine guns were used as replacement machine guns for Finnish tanks. Finland captured 8,400 DPs during Winter War and Continuation War)[137][159]
  • Kg m/21 (During Winter War used by Swedish-Norwegian volunteers and Finnish troops stationed in Lapland. During Continuation War used by Coastal Troops.)[161]
  • FN 1930 D (Finland bought 700 of these light machine guns from Belgium in February of 1940. They were not issued during Winter War. Issued to fortification and coastal troops during Continuation War)[161]
  • Chauchat M1915 (5000 Machine guns donated by France. They were not issued during Winter War as arrived in January-February of 1940. Mostly issued to Finnish home front units, field artillery and some shortly equipped infantry units during early Continuation War.)
  • Lewis machine gun (Small number used on aircraft and as anti-aircraft machine gun)[161]

Heavy Machine guns

  • Maxim M1910 (Large numbers captured from the Soviets during World War 2. During World War 2 these machineguns were issued to troops of Finnish Army in very large numbers for variety of roles.)[162][99]
  • Maxim M/09-21 (Finnish modification of Soviet Maxim M1910. Issued mostly to Finnish frontline troops) [162][137][143][99]
  • Finnish Maxim M32-33 (issued mostly to Finnish frontline troops)[162][143][99]
  • DS-39 (During Continuation War issued to Finnish frontline troops. Less than 200 captured in 1941)[163]
  • M/14 Schwarzlose (used by Swedish volunteer unit during Winter War and some Finnish units until early 1944 during Continuation War. Total number in Finnish use about 70 guns)[163]
  • MG 08 (About 1,000 guns used by Finnish coastal troops during Continuation War. During late Continuation War relatively small number was also issued to fortification units.)[163]
  • Vickers machine gun (About 100 machine guns used by coastal troops and home front units)[163]
  • Goryunov SG-43 (captured)

Grenades

  • Munakäsikranaatti 32 (Most common Finnish grenade)[164][165][120]
  • Munakranaatti M41[164][166]
  • Sirpalekranaatti M41 & M41/43[164][167][168]
  • Varsikranaatti M32 & M41[164][169][120]
  • Molotov fire grenade[170]
  • Kasapanos (Satchel charge)[170]
  • 36M Vécsey (hu) (Ordered 300000 grenades from Hungary)[164]
  • Fusante No.1 (Ordered in large quantities from France)[164]
  • OF1 (Ordered in large quantities from France)[164]
  • No. 36M Mk I Mills Bomb (Ordered 50000 grenades from Britain)[164]
  • M1924 Stielhandgranate (received approx. 500000 grenades from Germany in September 1941)[164]
  • Eihandgranate 39 (received approx. 150000 grenades from Germany in August 1944)[164]
  • M1914/30 (captured during Winter War)[164]
  • RGD-33 (captured)[164]
  • F-1 grenade (captured)[164]

Flamethrowers

  • Liekinheitin M/44[171]
  • Lanciafiamme M1935
  • ROKS-3 (captured from Russian troops)

Anti-tank weapons

  • Boys anti-tank rifle (British Boys anti-tank rifle used as 14 mm Pst Kiv/37. 100 Received in January 1940 and another 100 after Winter War)[170][172][173]
  • Lahti L-39 (produced after Winter War)[170][174]
  • Solothurn S-18/100 (only 12 Solothurn S-18s in Finnish service.)[173]
  • Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (30 guns bought from Hungary, designated as 8 mm pst kiv/38. Delivered after Winter War.)[173]
  • PTRD-41 (captured around late 1942 - mid 1944)[173]
  • PTRS-41 (captured around early 1943 - mid 1944)[173]
  • Panzerfaust (Delivered from Germany.)[175][176]
  • Panzerschreck (Delivered from Germany.)[175][176]

French Third Republic

Weaponry used by French Army up to 1940 and by French Liberation Army.

Edged weapons

  • Couteau Poignard M1916 (standard issued combat knife of the French army)
  • Coup Coup Machete (used by Senegalese Tirailleurs)
  • Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife (used by the French Resistance, Free French Forces Commandos).

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • MAS M1938 (Standard-issued SMG of the French army. Production began in April 1940. Approx. 2000 SMGs produced before occupation)[189][190][191]
  • Erma EMP-35 (Seized from surrendering Republicans after the Spanish civil war)[192]
  • Thompson submachine gun (France ordered 3000 Thompsons due to shortages of SMGs during invasion. Used by French Liberation Army)[193][190][189][194]
  • MP 18 (Some were in inventory in 1939. Limited use)[49]
  • Suomi K/P-31 (150 SMGs seized from surrendering Republicans after the Spanish civil war)[195]
  • Sten submachine gun (British aid)

Rifles

  • MAS M1936 (standard issue rifle of the French army, adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles)[196]
  • Berthier Mle 1892, Mle 1892 M16, Mle 1902, Mle 1907/15, Mle 1907/15 M16, Mle 1907/15 M34 (The most numerous series of carbines and rifles in French service. Some of them converted to 7,5mm cartridge)[197][198][199][200][201][202][203][204][205]
  • Lebel M1886/93 (Remained in use until the end of World War II. Mainly used by reservists and for launching VB grenades and as sniper rifle)[206][207][208][197]
  • RSC M1917 and M1918[209][210]
  • Enfield M1917 (used by French Liberation Army)[193]
  • Springfield M1903 (used by French Liberation Army, less common than M1917 Enfield. Also used as sniper rifle)[193][208]
  • M1 Carbine (used by French Liberation Army)[193]
  • M1 Garand (used by French Liberation Army)[193]
  • Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I (used by French Liberation Army)
  • Berthier

Machine guns

  • MAC M1924/1929 light machine gun(standard issue light machine gun of the French army)[211][212][213]
  • Hotchkiss M1914 heavy machine gun(Main fire support weapon of the French army)[35][214][215]
  • Chauchat M1915 (Some remained in use. Replaced by FM 24/29)[216]
  • Hotchkiss M1922 (used by some colonial troops in Lebanon and French Indochina)[217]
  • MAC M1931 type C & E (used in vehicles and as stationary gun)[218]
  • Browning M1918 (French Liberation Army)[193]
  • Browning M1919 (French Liberation Army)[193]
  • Lewis machine gun
  • Bren machine gun

Grenades

Mortars

  • Brandt 60.7 mm M1935[224]
  • Brandt 81 mm M1927/31[225]
  • Lance Grenades 50 mm M1937[226]

Anti-tank weapons

  • M1 Bazooka (French Liberation Army)[43]
  • PIAT
  • Boys anti-tank rifle

German Reich

German paratrooper carrying a MG 42

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

Edged weapons

  • Seitengewehr 84/98 III (Bayonet of the K98 rifle, standard issued melee weapons of the German army)[227]
  • Kampfmesser 42 (Combat knife)
  • Seitengewehr 98 (Bayonet of the G98 rifle)[227]

Sidearms

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

Submachine guns

  • MP 38/MP 40 (Standard-issued SMG of the German army)[29][246][247][248]
  • MP 28 (used by police and occupation forces)[29][49]
  • Erma EMP-35 (Mainly issued to Waffen-SS and police. In early war issued to reserve troops to fill shortages of MP38)[29][192][249]
  • Bergmann MP35 (issued to police units and Waffen-SS)[250][251]
  • MP41 (Combination of an MP-28 stock and the rest of an MP-40. Used by Waffen-SS and police)[29]
  • MP 3008 (Also known as Volks-MP.3008, Gerät Neumünster and Gerät Potsdam. Copies of the Sten, used by the Volkssturm)[29][9]
  • Suomi KP/-31 - Finnish produced weapon bought from Finland, some captured from other countries.
  • PPD-40 (captured from Soviets as "MP 715(r)")[29]
  • PPSh-41 (captured from Soviets as "MP 717(r)". Some of them were rebarreled for 9×19mm Parabellum and designated as "MP-41(r)")[29][252][253]

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

  • MP 34(ö) (Austrian Steyr-Solothurn S1-100. Adopted by Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS)[29]
  • MAS-38 (Designated as "MP 722(f)" issued to local militia and occupying forces)[191]
  • Beretta Model 38A & 38/42 (Designated as "MP 738(i)" & "MP 739(i)")[29][254]
  • ZK-383[29]

Automatic rifles

Rifles

  • Karabiner 98k (Standard-issued rifle of the German army)[79][262][263][261]
  • Gewehr 98/40 (Modification of Hungarian 35M rifle converted to 7.92mm. Ordered from Hungary due to shortages of rifles)[261][264]
  • Gewehr/Karabiner 43(Gewehr 43 was the early production name and Karabiner 43 was the later production name. Semi-Auto rifle with 10-feed magazine. Made by Walther)[261][79][256][265][266]
  • Volkssturmgewehr (Low cost weapons used to arm the Volkssturm in 1945)[261]
  • Mauser Model 1889
  • GRC Gewehr 88 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm
  • Mauser Gewehr 98 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm
  • Winchester M1895 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm
  • Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 (captured from Soviets and designated as "Gewehr 254(r)". Issued due to shortage of rifles in 1944)[261]
  • Carcano M91/41 (Designated as "Gewehr 210(i)". Issued due to shortage of rifles in 1944)[261]
  • Berthier rifle (captured from France and designated as "Karabiner 551(f)". Issued due to shortage of rifles in 1944)[261]
  • Krag-Jørgensen (captured from Denmark and designated as "Gewehr 311(d)". Issued due to shortage of rifles in 1944)[261]

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

  • Gewehr 24(t) (vz. 24)[261]
  • Gewehr 29/40(ö) and Gewehr 29(p) (captured and modified versions of Karabinek wz. 1929. Mainly issued to Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS)[261][269]
  • Gewehr 33/40(t) (Modified version of vz. 33. Mainly used by Gebirgsjäger troops)[261]
  • Gewehr 211(n) (Krag-Jørgensen)

Sniper rifles

Machine guns

  • MG 13 Light machine gun (Fairly limited usage by early war second-line troops, used by the Volkssturm, main machine gun of the Pzkpfw I light tank and used as a ground anti-aircraft weapon. Replaced by the MG 34. Still used until the end of the war)[274][275]
  • MG 34 General-purpose machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the German army until partially superseded by the MG 42. Remained in use, especially mounted on vehicles, until the end of the war due to flaws with the MG42.)[274][276][277][278]
  • MG 42 General-purpose machine gun (Going to be the main fire support weapon of the German army after 1942-1943 after replacing MG 34, but not very successfully to replace the MG34 to be the main fire support weapon of the German army. Due to it unable mounted in any vehicle and high recoil. Mostly installed it on a tripod to used it as a trench defensive weapon)[274][276][279][280]
  • Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun used by volkssturm
  • MG 08 & MG 08/15 (limited use)
  • MG 30 (captured from Austria. Limited use by mountain troops. Never adopted by Wehrmacht)[274][281]
  • MG 35-36A "Knorr-Bremse" (limited usage by Waffen-SS from 1943)[274][282][283]
  • Browning wz. 1928 (captured from Poland and designated as "MG 28(p)")[274]
  • Breda M30 (used by Afrika Korps. Designated as "MG 099(i)")[274]
  • Breda M37 (Seized from Italians after Armsitice and used on Italian front. Designated as "MG 259(i)")[274]
  • Mitrailleur M.20 (captured from Netherland, designated as "MG 100(h)")[274]
  • Schwarzlose M7/12 & M7/24 (captured examples after annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia)

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

Grenades and grenade launchers

Flamethrowers

  • Flammenwerfer 35[330]
  • Flammenwerfer 41[330]
  • Einstossflammenwerfer 46, single shot, disposable flamethrower

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

  • Panzerbüchse 38 and Panzerbüchse 39[335][336]
    • Granatbüchse GrB-39 (Modified version of the Panzerbüchse 39)[335][337]
  • Schwere Panzerbüchse 41 (Heavy anti-tank rifle)[335]
  • Panzerfaust (Disposable AT weapon, cannot be reloaded, first serviced in 1943)[338]
  • Panzerschreck (approximately 290,000 produced, first serviced in 1944)[338][339]
  • Model SS41 (Czech design. Used by SS troops mainly on Eastern front in early stages of war.)[340]
  • PTRD-41 (captured from Soviets and designated as "Panzerabwehrbüchse 783(r)")[335]
  • PTRS-41 (captured from Soviets and designated as "Selbstlade-Panzerabwehrbüchse 784(r)")[335]
  • Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (captured from Poland and designated as "Panzerbüchse 35(p)". Used in early years of war on Western front. Then transferred to Italians in 1941)[335][341]

Anti-aircraft rocket launcher

  • Fliegerfaust (Prototypes/trials only)[342]

Guided explosive weapons

Miscellaneous guns

  • M30 Luftwaffe Drilling(This weapon featured two side-by-side 12 gauge shotgun barrels on top and a 9.3x74mmR rifle barrel below, A survival weapon issued to Luftwaffe pilots during World War II)

Kingdom of Greece

Weaponry used by Hellenic Army during World War II. After World War I Greece received a large quantities of French weaponry. After fall of Greece elements of the Greek Armed Forces that managed to escape to the British-controlled Middle East formed Greek Armed Forces in the Middle East, these forces were reequipped by UK. Partisans and resistance movement used weapons from various sources but mainly used captured Italian and German weapons from Greco-Italian War and German invasion of Greece, they were also supplied by UK and OSS.

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

  • Schwarzlose M1907/12 (limited use)[346]

Grenades

Mortars

  • Brandt M1927/31[351]
  • Brixia M1935 (captured from the Italians)[345]

Anti-tank weapons

  • Boys anti-tank rifle (Ordered 1786 rifles, 122 reached Greece[352])[353][172]
  • PIAT (used by Greek Armed Forces in the Middle East)

Kingdom of Hungary

Weaponry used by Royal Hungarian Army that fought on the side of the Axis powers

Edged Weapons

Sidearms

Submachine gun

Rifles

  • 31M rifle (Replaced by 35M Rifle as standerd issue. Also known as M95/31)[367]
  • 35M rifle (standard issue rifle)[368]
  • 43M rifle (hu) (Modification of 35M rifle converted to 7.92mm cartridge. Also known as G98/40)[369]
  • Mannlicher 88/90[370]
  • „Mauser 1895“ reported in 1940 inventory, likely just unconverted M95 Mannlichers and Mauser rifles for training[370]
  • K98k scoped[371]
  • Berthier (used by police and militia)[372]
  • SVT 40 (captured)[373]

Machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

  • 5 cm Granatwerfer 36 (Supplied by Germany)
  • 39 M. 5 cm gránátvető (5 cm 39.M grenade launcher)[390]
  • 36 M. és 36/39 M. 8 cm aknavető (Hungarian 81 mm 36.M & 36/39M medium mortars)[390]
  • 43 M. 12cm aknavető (Hungarian 120 mm 43.M mortar based on captured Soviet M1943 Mortar)[390]

Anti-tank weapons

  • Solothurn 36M 20mm anti-tank rifle (S-18/100) (introduced in 1936 and produced under license up to 1943. Also used in armored vehicles)[391]
  • 43M & 44M kézi páncéltörő vető (Hungarian hybrid of bazooka and panzerschreck)[175]
  • Faustpatrone & Panzerfaust 30 (Supplied by Germany in 1944. Also known as Kis Páncélököl and Nagy Páncélököl)[392][393]
  • Panzerschreck (Supplied by Germany)[175]

British Raj

The British Indian Army under UK command.

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Imperial State of Iran

Weapons used by Imperial State of Iran during Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • MP 28 (Some MP 28 were purchased before World War Two)[400]

Rifles

Machine guns

Kingdom of Iraq

Weapons used by Kingdom of Iraq during Anglo-Iraqi War in 1941

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Kingdom of Italy

Weaponry of Royal Italian Army up to 1943 and National Republican Army from 1943.

Edged weapons

  • M1891 sciabola baionetta (sword bayonet)[401]
  • M1891/38 pugnale baionetta (Dagger bayonet)
  • M1939 pugnale (Dagger)

Sidearms

  • Beretta M1934 (standard issue sidearm adopted in 1935)[140][402]
  • Beretta M1923[403]
  • Beretta M1935 (issued to Regia Marina and Regia Aeronautica)[140]
  • Bodeo M1889 (Remained in service of both armies until the end of the war. Issued to officers)[404][405][402]
  • Glisenti M1910 (used by Carabinieri, cavalry and rear-line units)[402][406]
  • Roth–Steyr M1907 (received as reparations after World War I. Some of them were reissued to republican forces in final years of war due to shortages of sidearms)[407]
  • Steyr M1912(limited)[408]
  • Mauser C96

Submachine guns

  • Beretta M1938A & M1938/42 (Beretta M1938A is the standard issue SMG of the Italian army) [402][254]
  • FNAB-43 (used by Italian Social Republic)[409]
  • TZ-45 (Last ditch weapon issued by the end of war to Republican forces)[410]
  • OVP 1918 (limited use)[411][412]
  • Thompson M1A1 (captured examples used by the Italian Army prior to 8 September 1943)

Rifles

  • Carcano M1891, M1891/1924, M1891/1938, M1938 and M1891/1941 (standard issue rifles and carbines including cavalry and "per Truppe Speciali" variants, M1891/1941 is the standard issue rifle of the Italian army)[413][402]
  • M1870/87 and M1870/87/15 Vetterli-Vitali (used by second-line troops in North Africa and colonial troops in Italian East Africa. Used in both 10,35mm and 6,5mm)[402][414][415]
  • Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 (received as reparations after World War 1. Used by colonial and second-line troops in Africa)[402][416]
  • Armaguerra Mod. 39 rifle (limited use)[417]
  • ZH-29 (captured from Ethiopia)[402]
  • Revelli-Beretta M1915 (Semi-automatic carbine erroneously called as submachine gun)[418]
  • Beretta M1918/30 (Semi-automatic carbine erroneously called as submachine gun)[419]
  • Mauser Karabiner 98k (used as sniper rifle.[420] After armistice used by Italian Social Republic)
  • Gewehr 41 (used by Italian Social Republic)[267]

Light machine guns

  • Breda M1930 (standard issue LMG, adopted in 1930)[402][421]
  • MG 42 (used by Italian Social Republic)

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

  • Breda M1937 (Standard HMG adopted in 1937, main fire support weapon of the Italian army)[402][424]

Grenades

Flamethrowers

  • Lanciafiamme M1935 (Mainly used on Eastern Front)[431][432]
  • Lanciafiamme Modello 40[431]
  • Lanciafiamme Mod. 41 d'assalto

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

  • Boys anti-tank rifle (captured in the North African campaign)
  • Kb ppanc wz.35 (Ex-Polish)[435][436][437]
  • Solothurn S-18/1000[402][438]
  • Solothurn S-18/1100
  • Panzerfaust 30 (used by Italian Social Republic)
  • Panzerschreck (used by Italian Social Republic)[175]

Japanese Empire

Weaponry used by Imperial Japanese Armed Forces during World War II. Japan officially joined the conflict in 1941 but was still involved in Second Sino-Japanese War. thumb

Japanese soldiers with a Type 92 machine gun during the 1941 Battle of Changsha
See also: List of Japanese military equipment of World War II and List of Japanese infantry weapons used in the Second-Sino Japanese War

Edged weapons

Sidearms

  • Type 14 Nambu (Standard issue sidearm of the Japanese army) [441]
  • Browning FN M1910
  • Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless
  • Hamada Type pistol
  • Inagaki pistol (produced in very small quantities)[442]
  • Type 94 Nambu[441]
  • Sugiura pistol (produced in very small quantities)[442]
  • Type 26 revolver[441][443][444]
  • Astra 900 (captured from Chinese)
  • Mauser C96 (captured from Chinese. Issued to collaborationist Chinese and Manchurian forces)
  • Luger P08 (captured from Dutch Forces)[445]

Submachine guns

  • Type 100 Nambu (Issue to infantry in any final battle in WW2. Due to facing powerful allies advancing and need more firepower to defend. Being forced issue the gun to the infantry unit)[446][447]
  • Type Be (SIG Bergmann adopted by the SNLF. It wasn't issued to troops fighting on the Pacific Front)[441][75]
  • Type Su (Steyr-Solothurn S1-100)[441]
  • Thompson (captured Chinese copies, unofficial issue)

Rifles

  • Type 99 Arisaka (standard issue rifle, partially replaced the Type 38 rifle)[439][441]
    • Type 99 Arisaka sniper rifle (attached with NTC(Nippon Typewriter Company) Kogaku 4x 7° field of view Scope)[439]
  • Type 38 Arisaka (origin standard issue rifle, also produced in shortened version, replaced by the Type 99 Arisaka, still used till the end of the war)[439][441]
    • Type 97 Arisaka sniper rifle (a scoped Type 38 Arisaka rifle)[439][441]
  • Type I Arisaka (used for training, issued to Naval guard and some garrison units)[448]
  • Type 44 Arisaka (used by cavalry)[439][441]
  • Type 2 TERA (used by Teishin Shudan at later stages of the war)[449]

Light Machine guns

Heavy Machine guns

  • Type 92 Nambu heavy machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the Japanese army) [441][455][456]
  • Type 1 heavy machine gun (limited use)[457]
  • Type 3 heavy machine gun[458]
  • Type 97 heavy tank machine gun (Tank machine gun, less common as infantry gun due to its weight)

Grenades

Grenade dischargers

Flamethrowers

  • Type 93 and Type 100[469]

Mortars

  • Type 2 12 cm mortar
  • Type 11 70 mm infantry mortar[441]
  • Type 90 light mortar
  • Type 93 150 mm infantry mortar[441]
  • Type 94 90 mm infantry mortar[441]
  • Type 96 150 mm infantry mortar
  • Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar[441]
  • Type 97 90 mm infantry mortar[470]
  • Type 97 150 mm infantry mortar[470]
  • Type 98 50 mm mortar[441]
  • Type 99 81 mm mortar[441]

Anti-tank weapons

Guided explosive weapons

  • I-Go (Remote-controlled explosive machine)

Republic of Latvia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Republic of Lithuania

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

  • MG 08
  • PM 1910
  • ZB-26
  • MG 08/15

Grenades

  • Lithuanian Stielhandgranate

Mortars

  • 81mm Brandt Mle 27/31 M1934 Tampella

Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • MP 18
  • Pieper Bayard Mi34 (MP-28/II variant)

Rifles

  • Enfield Pattern P1914
  • Lee–Enfield rifle
  • Ross rifle
  • Mauser Gewehr 98 (Army)
  • Mauser Karabiner 98k (Luxembourgish resistance)
  • Mauser 1900 (derived from Swedish Mauser 1896) (Gendarmerie)
  • FN 1924/30 carbine

Machine guns

  • Browning M1918 (Brigade Piron)
  • Bren machine gun (Brigade Piron)
  • Vickers machine gun (Brigade Piron)
  • MG 08

Anti-tank weapons

  • Boys anti-tank rifle
  • PIAT (Brigade Piron)

Empire of Manchuria

The Manchukuo Imperial Army served under Japanese Command in Second Sino-Japanese War and during Invasion of Manchuria in 1945.

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • Erma EMP-35
  • SIG Bergmann 1920[75]

Rifles

  • Arisaka Type 30
  • Arisaka Type 38 rifle (standard issue rifle)
  • Arisaka Type 99 rifle
  • Type 44 carbine (used by Elite Cavalry units)
  • Hanyang Type 88 (used by second-line units)
  • Mauser Karabiner 98k (captured)

Light Machine guns

Heavy Machine guns

  • Nambu Type 3 heavy machine gun
  • Nambu Type 92 heavy machine gun (Intended to replace the Type 3 heavy machine gun but not provided in sufficient numbers)[471]

Grenade dischargers

Mengjiang United Autonomous Government

The Inner Mongolian Army served under Japanese Command in Second Sino-Japanese War and during Invasion of Manchuria in 1945.

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • SIG Bergmann 1920[75]

Rifles

Machine guns

United Mexican States

Sidearms

Rifles

  • M1 Carbine (Mexican volunteers)
  • M1 Garand (Mexican volunteers
  • Springfield M1903 (Mexican volunteers)
  • Mauser M1936 short rifle (home front)

Machine guns

Submachine guns

Grenades

  • Mk II fragmentation grenade (Mexican volunteers)

Mongolian People's Republic

The Mongolian People's Army, under Soviet Command, served in Manchuria in 1945 and in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol in 1939

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • PPSh-41

Rifles

Machine guns

Kingdom of Nepal

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine guns

Grenades

Kingdom of the Netherlands

The weaponry used by Royal Netherlands Army up to 1940 and colonial troops of Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) up 1942. After occupation Dutch government continued in exile. Free Dutch Forces were equipped by Western Allies - Mainly British Commonwealth.

Sidearms

  • Browning FN M1910/22 (standard issue sidearm both in 7.65 and 9mm calibers. Designated as Pistool M.25)[474][475]
  • Revolver M1873 (nl)[474][476]
  • Borchardt-Luger pistol (used by KNIL and by Navy. Designated as M.11 Pistool)[474][477]
  • Browning FN M1903 (used by Navy)[474]
  • Sauer M1930 (nl) (used by Navy)[474]
  • Mauser C96 (used by the KNIL)[478]

Submachine guns

  • MP 28 (used by the KNIL. Bought 150 submachine guns before war)[474][477]
  • Thompson M1928 (used by the KNIL. Bought 2000 submachine guns before war. Also used by Free Dutch Forces)[474][479]
  • Sten submachine gun (used by Free Dutch Forces)
  • Owen submachine gun (used by Free Dutch Forces on Pacific)

Rifles

  • Geweer M.95 (standard issue rifle by both Army and KNIL. Also known as Dutch Mannlicher M1895. Produced also in various carbine models)[474][477]
  • Johnson M1941 rifle (used by the KNIL. Bought 1999 Rifles before war)[477][480]
  • Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III and No.4 Mk I (used by Free Dutch Forces)[481][482]
  • Pattern 1914 Enfield (used by Free Dutch Forces on Pacific)[481]

Light Machine guns

  • Lewis machine gun (Main light machine gun adopted by Army as Mitrailleur M.20 using 97-round magazines[483])[480]
  • Madsen machine gun (used by the KNIL as Karabijnmitrailleur with shortened barrel)[484][477]
  • Breda M30 (limited use by KNIL. Received captured examples by British forces in East Africa)[480]
  • Bren machine gun (used by Free Dutch Forces)[485]

Medium Machine guns

  • Schwarzlose M.08 (Main machine gun used by Army)[480][486]

Heavy Machine guns

  • Spandau M.25 (Dutch variant of MG 08. Mainly used in anti-aircraft platoons)[480]
  • Vickers machine gun (adopted by Army as M.18. and by KNIL as M.23)[480][477][487]
  • M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun (used by KNIL as anti-aircraft machine gun)[480][477]

Grenades

  • Eihandgranaat No.1[488][489]
  • Eihandgranaat No.3[488][490]
  • Hexiet Rookhandgranaat (Smoke grenade)[491][492]
  • Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade (used by the KNIL)[493]
  • Offensieve handgranaat No.2 1928 (used by the KNIL)[494]
  • Offensieve Handgranaat No.3 1941 (used by the KNIL. Construction based on MK3 grenade delivered in 1941-1942)[493]

Mortars

  • Brandt Mle 27/31 (Mortier van 8 Brandt or M.27/31. Used by both Army and KNIL)[477]

Anti-tank weapons

  • Solothurn S-18/1000 (125 rifles delivered to Royal Netherlands Army and 72 to KNIL)[438][477]
  • Boys anti-tank rifle (used by Free Dutch Forces from 1943)[495]
  • PIAT (used by Free Dutch Forces from 1943)[496]

Dominion of New Zealand

The 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force that served in Africa, Mediterranean and Pacific theatre

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

  • SBML 2-inch mortar
  • ML 3-inch mortar

Anti-tank weapons

  • PIAT
  • Boys anti-tank rifle

Kingdom of Norway

Weapons used by Norwegian Army during the Norwegian campaign in 1940. Norwegian resistance movement used weapons from various sources, Commandos primarily used British equipment. Norwegian police troops in Sweden were recruited from refugees and trained in secret camps by Swedish military and used Swedish equipment, they originally intended to help maintain order in a post-war Norway however they partially participated in Liberation of Finnmark

Edged weapons

Sidearms

  • Colt Kongsberg M1914 (Licensed copy of the Colt M1911, standard issue for the Norwegian Army until 1940)[245]
  • Nagant M1893 (Earlier service revolver that preceded the Colt Kongsberg M1914 in service and was still in use by 1940)[501]
  • Smith & Wesson Military & Police (used by the Norwegian armed forces in exile)[501]
  • Webley revolver (used by the Norwegian armed forces in exile)[501]
  • Lahti Husqvarna m/40 (used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden)[501][502][503]

Submachine guns

Rifles

  • Krag-Jørgensen M1894 (Standard service rifle of the Norwegian forces until 1940, carbines and sniper versions were also used)[505][506]
  • Lee–Enfield rifle (Norwegian Resistance and Commandos)[507][503]
  • Pattern 1914 Enfield (used by the Norwegian armed forces in exile)[503]
  • M1 Carbine (used by Commandos)[503]
  • Mauser Karabiner 98k (Norwegian Resistance)
  • Swedish Mauser M/96 and M/38 (used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden)[503]
  • Automatgevär M42 (used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden)

Machine guns

  • Madsen M14 and M22 (Standard light machine gun)[508][509]
  • Colt M/29 (Standard heavy machine gun and anti-aircraft defense)[510][511]
  • Hotchkiss M1898 (Had been replaced by the Colt M29 by 1940, but was still part of the armament of several fortifications)[509][35]
  • Bren machine gun (Norwegian Resistance and Commandos)[512][503]
  • Kg m/21 (used by the police troops trained in neutral Sweden)[503]

Commonwealth of the Philippines

Weaponry used by Philippine Army in Commonwealth period. Philippine Army mainly used the old American equipment from Philippine–American War. In 1941 Philippine Army was placed under command of USAFFE.

Edged weapons

Bayonet

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Rifles

Sniper rifles

  • M1C Garand (used by guerrillas)
  • M1D Garand (used by guerrillas)
  • Springfield M1903A1 (used by guerrillas)
  • Springfield M1903A4 (used by guerrillas)
  • Winchester Model 70 (used by guerrillas)

Machine guns

Grenades

  • Mk2 grenade
  • Type 91 Grenade (captured)
  • Type 97 Grenade (captured)
  • AN-M8 smoke grenade (used by guerrillas)
  • AN-M14 Incendiary (used by guerrillas)
  • M15 Smoke WP (used by guerrillas)
  • M18 smoke grenade (used by guerrillas)
  • Frangible Grenade M1 (used by guerrillas)
  • Molotov Fire Grenade
  • Dynamite Sticks

Grenade launcher

Anti-tank weapon

  • Boys anti-tank rifle (Delivered to resistance against Japanese occupation)[172]

Flamethrowers

  • M1 & M1A1 Flamethrower
  • M2 flamethrower

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Second Polish Republic

Polish infantry marching with their rifles

Before Germany conquered Poland the Polish army was chiefly equipped with weapons of its own making. After the German and Soviet occupation, the Polish government continued in exile. Polish armed forces in the West were equipped by the Western Allies, principally the UK and those formed in the East under the USSR were equipped with Soviet equipment, Polish Army in France was equipped with French equipment. Within occupied Poland the Polish resistance forces were equipped with weapons from many sources.


Edged weapons

  • Bagnet wz.1898/05 (Bayonet acquired by Poland after WWI, used on Kb.wz.98)
  • Bagnet karabinowy wz.24 & wz.27 (pl) (Bayonet for all Polish Mauser Rifles and Carbines and modified Mosin Carbine)
  • Bagnet karabinowy wz.28 & wz.29 (pl) (Bayonet for Kb.wz.98 and Kbk.wz.29)

Sidearms

  • Radom Pistolet wz.35 Vis (Standard service sidearm in 1939)[519][520]
  • Nagant wz. 30 (Polish derivative of Nagant M1895. Used by State Police)
  • Ruby M1914 (Used by Polish Army in France)
  • SACM M1935A (used by Polish Army in France)[521] * M1917 Revolver (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[522]
  • Tokarev TT-33 (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[523]

Submachine gun

  • Mors wz. 39 (Prototype only. Prototypes issued to the 3rd Rifle Battalion and the 39th Infantry Division)[524]
  • Thompson submachine gun (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[525][526]
  • Sten submachine gun (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West and locally produced by resistance movement)[522][9]
  • Błyskawica submachine gun (used by the resistance movement)[527]
  • PPS submachine gun (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[528][523]
  • PPSh-41 (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[528][523]
  • MP 40 (used by the resistance movement)[529]

Rifles

  • Karabin wz.98 (Main service rifle in 1939, also used by the resistance movement. Polish copy of Mauser Gewehr 98)[530][531]
  • Karabin wz.98a (Derivative of kb. wz.98)[530][531]
  • Karabinek wz.29 (Main service rifle in 1939, based on the Karabin wz.98a)[532]
  • Karabinek wz.98 (Based on Kar 98AZ, used by Polish cavalry and horse artillery)[531][533][534]
  • Karabinek wz. 91/98/25 (Based on Mosin–Nagant rifle. Limited use by National Defense)[531]
  • Lebel M1886/93 (used by some units of National Defense in 1939)[531]
  • Berthier M1907/15 rifle (used by second-line troops in 1939 and by Polish Army in France)[535][536]
  • MAS-36 (used by Polish Army in France)[537]
  • Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III and No.4 Mk I (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[522][526]
  • Mosin–Nagant rifle (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[523][538]
  • SVT-40 (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[538]
  • Mauser Karabiner 98k (used by the resistance movement)[262]

Machine guns

  • Browning wz.1928 (Standard light machine gun variant of the Browning M1918)[539][540]
  • Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun (limited use by some units of National Defense)[541]
  • Chauchat 1915/27 (Converted to Mauser 7.92×57mm. Limited use by some units of National Defense)[542][543]
  • Ckm wz.30 (Polish standard heavy machine gun variant of the Browning M1917A1)[544][545]
  • MG 08/15 (Mainly used as anti-aircraft weapon Used by artillery, sappers and National Defense)[546]
  • Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss (Hotchkiss M1914 converted to 7.92×57mm Mauser. Limited use by second-line units and by Polish Border Guards. Mainly used in armored vehicles)[547][548][35]
  • FM 24/29 light machine gun (used by Polish Army in France)[549]
  • Bren machine gun (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[550][551]
  • Browning M1919 (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[552]
  • Vickers machine gun (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[553]
  • Degtyaryov machine gun (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[528][554]
  • Maxim wz. 1910 (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)[554][555]
  • MG 34 (used by the resistance movement)[556]
  • ZB vz. 26 (used by the resistance movement)[557]

Grenades

  • Defensive grenade wz. 33[558][120]
  • Offensive grenade wz. 33[559][120]
  • Defensive grenade wz. 24[560][561]
  • Offensive grenade wz. 24[561]
  • ET wz.40 (also known as ET-40 "Filipinka". Grenade based on ET-38 anti-tank grenade. Used by Polish resistance)[562]
  • R wz.42 (also known as "Sidolówka". Used by Polish resistance)[562]
  • Granat "Karbidówka" (pl) (used by Polish resistance)[563][564]
  • M1924 Stielhandgranate (used by the resistance movement)[565]

Grenade launchers

Mortars

  • wz.18 mortar (Stokes mortar)[566]
  • wz.18/31 mortar (Brandt Mle 27/31 produced under license)[566]
  • wz.28 mortar (Polish produced Stokes mortar)[566]
  • wz.31 mortar (pl) (Brandt Mle 27/31 produced under license)[566]
  • SBML 2-inch mortar (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)

Anti-tank weapons

  • Kb ppanc wz.35[437][567]
  • Boys anti-tank rifle (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West)[568]
  • PIAT (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West, Used during the Warsaw Uprising[569][570])
  • PTRD-41 (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)
  • PTRS-41 (used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)
  • Panzerfaust (used by the resistance movement)

Kingdom of Romania

Romania joined the Axis Powers in 1940 and the Romanian Royal Army fought on that side until August 1944. After a coup d'état in August 1944 Romania fought alongside the USSR against Germany and Hungary.

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

  • MAN 1939 (Polish wz.33 offensive and defensive grenades produced under a license)[571][572][589]
  • Granát vz.34 (Impact grenade Kyser)[571][572]
  • Geballte Ladung (Satchel charge made of German stick grenades)[571]
  • CIAG smoke grenade[571]
  • Unknown Romanian grenade [120]

Flamethrowers

  • Pignone flamethrower model 1937[574][590]
  • Flammenwerfer 35[571]
  • Lanciafiamme Modello 35[571]
  • ROKS flamethrowers (captured)[571]

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons


Government of National Salvation

The Government of National Salvation was a Serbian collaborationist state under the leadership of Milan Nedić.

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine guns

Grenades

  • Vasić M12
  • M38 offensive/defensive grenade[596]
  • M35 offensive/defensive grenade[597]

First Slovak Republic

Weaponry of First Slovak Republic participating in the conflict from 1939 to 1944 on the side of Axis powers.

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

  • MP 40[600]
  • PPD-40 (captured)[600]
  • ZK-383 (In total 190 submachine guns were delivered at the beginning of 1943)[601]

Light machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

  • 8 cm minomet vz. 36 (Modified variant of Brandt Mle 27/31)[112][599]

Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa serving under UK command. Served in East Africa, North Africa, Madagascar, and Italy.

Sidearms

  • Webley revolver
  • Smith & Wesson Victory[4]

Submachine guns

Rifles

  • Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III* and No.4 Mk I[604]

Machine guns

Mortars

  • Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar

Anti-tank weapons

  • PIAT

USSR

Weaponry used by Red Army during World War II.

Edged weapons

  • NR-40 knife (standard issued melee weapon of the Soviet red army)
  • M1927 Shashka (Cossack cavalry sword)[606]
  • AVS-36 bayonet
  • Mosin-Nagant 1891/30 bayonet[607]
  • SVT-40 M1940 bayonet[607]
  • S84/98 III bayonet (captured)

Handguns

  • Tokarev TT-33 (standard issued pistol of the Red Army)[608]
  • Nagant M1895[609]
  • Mauser C96 (captured from WW1 and issued during WW2)
  • Colt M1911 (American Lend-Lease)
  • Voevodin pistol (adopted briefly in 1942)[610]

Submachine guns

Automatic rifles

Rifles

Machine guns

  • DP-27 light machine gun (Erroneously called DP-28 in the west, standard issued LMG of the Red Army)[623][624]
  • Maxim M1910 heavy machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the Red Army)[99]
  • Goryunov SG-43[625]
  • DShK-38 heavy machine gun (only allowed as a ground anti-air defense weapon in Soviet military bases/camps and mounted onto the IS-2 tank for anti-air). Never issued to infantry units, due to expensive ammunition and lack of vehicle to transport the weapon to front line due to heavy weight.)[626][627]
  • DS-39 (Production discontinued after the German invasion)[628]
  • Bren light machine gun (British Lend-Lease)[629]
  • MG 34 (captured from the Germans)

Grenades

Grenade launchers

  • Dyakonoff grenade launcher (ru) (Attachment on the M91/30 rifle only)
  • VPGS-41 Rifle Grenade (Rifle Grenade mounted on Mosin Nagant Model 1891/30)
  • Schiessbecher (captured from Germans. Rifle Grenade mounted on Kar98k)[637]

Flamethrowers

  • ROKS-2 & ROKS-3

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Kingdom of Thailand

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • Nambu Type 100
  • Type 80 machine pistol[649]

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade dischargers

Anti-tank weapons

  • Type 97 automatic cannon

United Kingdom (including crown colonies, protectorates and concessions)

Australian soldiers at Tobruk, equipped with Thompson submachine guns and Lee-Enfield rifles

Edged weapons

Sidearms

  • Enfield No.2 Mk I (standard issue sidearm adopted in 1932)[655]
  • Webley Mk.IV (.38/200) and Mk.VI (.455) (Mk.IV was adopted in 1942. Mk.VI was WWI era revolver that still remained in use due to shortages of sidearms)[656]
  • M1917 revolver (issued to the Home Guard)
  • FN/Inglis Browning Hi-Power (as pistol No.2 Mk.I. Plausible use from late 1944)[27]
  • Colt M1911 (M1911A1s supplied through lend-lease with some configured to fire the .455 cartridge. Mainly issued to Commando units)[657]
  • Colt M1927 Official Police
  • Smith & Wesson Victory (received in large quantities from Lend-Lease to fill shortages of handguns)[4]
  • Nambu Type 14 (British Malaya)
  • Luger P-08 (British Malaya)

Submachine guns

Rifles

Sniper rifles

Machine guns

  • Bren Mk I & Mk II light machine gun (standard issue)[657][668][669][670]
  • Vickers Mk I heavy machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the British Army)[671][672]
  • Lewis machine gun (Reissued after Fall of France when British Army lost most of their equipment at Dunkirk)[673][674][675]
  • Browning M1917 (used by the Home Guard)
  • Browning M1919
  • Colt–Browning M1895 (used by the Home Guard)
  • Vickers K machine gun (limited use - LRDG in North Africa, some reconnaissance units in 1944/45)
  • Vickers-Berthier machine gun (Indian Army use)[398]

Grenades

  • No.36 Mk I grenade (Standard issue grenade, Fragmentation rifle, hand grenade, also known as the "Mills bomb")[676]
  • No.1 Mk.I Cup Discharger (Rifle grenade launcher for No.1 Mk III rifle)[677]
  • Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade (British Malaya)
  • No.68 anti-tank grenade (HEAT anti-tank rifle grenade)
  • No.69 Mk.I grenade (Concussion hand grenade)[20]
  • No.73 anti-tank grenade (Also known as the "Thermos grenade")
  • No.74 anti-tank hand grenade (Also known as the "Sticky bomb")
  • No.75 anti-tank hand grenade (Also known as the "Hawkins grenade")
  • No.76 special incendiary grenade (Phosphorus hand grenade)
  • No.77 grenade (White phosphorus hand grenade)[21]
  • No.82 hand grenade (Also known as the "Gammon bomb")[678]
  • Type 97 grenade (British Malaya)
  • Molotov fire grenade (improvised weapon, British Malaya)

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

  • McClintock Bangalore torpedo

Flamethrowers

  • Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 "Lifebuoy"

Mortars

  • SBML 2-inch mortar (Light mortar)[470][679]
  • ML 3-inch mortar (Main mortar)[680]

Anti-tank weapons

United States of America

A U.S. Marine armed with a M1 carbine
Two U.S. soldiers with M1 Garand rifles

Blade weapons

Sidearms

Shotguns

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

  • Winchester M1912 (Also used to the Western Front, standard-issued shotgun of the US Army)[691][692][693]
  • Winchester M1897 (2nd most preferred shotgun of US Marines, This weapon is the standard issued of the US army in WWI. After WWI this weapon is superseded by the M1912 and large number sold it to the US law enforcement became the standard issued shotgun of the US police. Some of it still use in WW2)[691][693][694]
  • Browning Auto-5 & Remington Model 11 & Savage Model 720 (The Model 11 is the Remington manufactured A5 shotgun with short barrel. Issued only as emergency weapon)[691]
  • Remington M10-A
  • Stevens M520-30 and M620
  • Ithaca 37[691]

Submachine guns

  • Thompson submachine gun (Standard-issued SMG of the US army, various variants used by Army and Marine Corps, M1A1 variant is the standard issue)[497][684]
  • M3 'Grease Gun' (M3 variant was the main variant used during the war. Introduced as low cost replacement for Thompson, but never completely replaced it.)[684]
  • M50/M55 Reising (used by USMC 1941–1943 in the Pacific, and supplied as Lend-Lease to USSR and other countries)[49]
  • United Defense M42 (supplied to resistance and partisan groups, also issued to some OSS members, but not in great quantities.)

Automatic Rifles

  • M2 Carbine (only used in the final battle of Okinawa in the pacific)[695]
  • Browning M1918 (This variant is a battle rifle due to its capability of semi and fully automatic fire and its lack of bipod.)[696][697]

Rifles

  • M1 Garand (standard issue rifle)[684][698]
  • Springfield M1903A1 (Original model manufactured by Springfield)[684]
  • M1 Carbine[684]
  • M1A1 Carbine (paratrooper version of the M1 Carbine with folding stock)[684]
  • Remington M1903A3 (Remington manufactured Springfield M1903 rifle used by Marines early in the pacific, phased out by M1 Carbine and M1 Garand)[684]
  • Enfield M1917 (used in Ceremonial and training use.)
  • Johnson M1941 rifle (used mainly by the Marine Raiders and Paramarines)[699][700]

Sniper rifles

  • M1C Garand (adopted in 1944. Plausible very limited use on Pacific. Never recorded any combat use in Europe)[701][702][703]
  • Springfield M1903A1 (with Unertl 7.8x Scope, USMC variants had an 8.0x scope)[704]
  • Remington M1903A4 (Remington manufactured Springfield M1903 rifle with M84 or M73B1 Scope)[704]
  • Winchester Model 70 (Very limited and unofficial use on the Pacific)[705]

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

  • M1A1 Bangalore torpedo

Flamethrowers

  • M1 & M1A1 flamethrowers (first combat use in January 1943)[728]
  • M2 flamethrower (introduced in summer 1944)[728]

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Automatic rifles

  • Sturmgewehr 44 (captured)

Rifles

Light Machine guns

Medium Machine guns

Heavy Machine guns

  • PM M1910
  • ZB 60 HMG
  • Breda M1937 (captured)
  • DShK (Soviet aid)

Grenades

  • Vasić M12
  • M38 offensive/defensive grenade[737]
  • M35 offensive/defensive grenade[738]
  • M1924 Stielhandgranate (captured)
  • M1939 Eierhandgranate (captured)

Mortars

Flamethrowers

  • Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 (captured)
  • Schilt portable flamethrower

Anti-tank weapons

Non-aligned volunteers

Several countries in World War II were officially non-aligned but still sent volunteer formations to participate in the conflict. Examples include Sweden during the Winter War and Francoist Spain with the Blue Division on the Eastern Front.

Sidearms

Submachine Guns

  • MP-28 Avispero (Spanish)
  • MP 40 (Spanish)
  • M1928 (Swedish)
  • Suomi KP/-31 (Swedish)
  • Erma EMP (Spanish)

Rifles

Machine Guns

See also

  • German designations of foreign artillery in World War II
  • German designations of foreign firearms in World War II
  • List of World War II firearms of Germany
  • List of World War II weapons
  • Lists of World War II military equipment
  • Specifications for World War II infantry weapons
  • List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons
  • List of prototype World War II infantry weapons

Notes

References

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