List of World War II firearms of Germany
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Pistols
- M1879 ReichsrevolverM1879 ReichsrevolverThe 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Modell 1879 and 1883, were service revolvers used by the German Army from 1879 to 1908, when it was superseded by the Luger.The two versions of the revolver differ only in barrel length...
- Rast-Gasser M1898Rast-Gasser M1898The 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-Operation:...
- Dreyse M1907Dreyse M1907The 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...
- Roth-Steyr M1907Roth-Steyr M1907The Roth-Steyr M1907, or, more accurately Roth-Krnka M.7 was a semi-automatic pistol issued to the Austro-Hungarian Kaiserliche und Koenigliche Armee cavalry during World War I. It was the first adoption of semi-automatic service pistol by a land army of major power.-Mechanism :The Roth-Steyr...
- Pistole 08 (Luger)
- Pistole 12(ö)Steyr M1912The Steyr M1912 was developed in 1911 by the Austrian firm Steyr Mannlicher by Karl Krnka, based on the basic operating system of the Roth-Steyr M1907. It was developed for the Austro-Hungarian Army and adopted in 1912 as the M1912...
- Pistole 22(t)Pistole vz. 22The pistole vz. 22 was the first Czech Army pistol of the inter-war period. It was a licensed version of the Mauser Model 1914 pistol produced in small numbers. Slovakia seized over seven thousand vz. 22s when it declared its independence from Czechoslovakia in March 1939.-External links:*...
- Pistole 27(t)
- Pistole 35(p)Vis (weapon)Vis is a 9 mm caliber, single-action, semi-automatic pistol...
(Polish wz. 35 Vis, or Radom) - Pistole 38(t)
- Mauser C96Mauser C96The Mauser C96 is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937...
- Mauser HScMauser HSCThe Mauser HSc is a 7.65mm pistol made in Nazi Germany during World War II and post-war. The designation HSc stood for Hahn Selbstspanner Pistole, third and final design "C". Production was continued in 1945–46 during the French occupation and, later, from 1968 to 1977 by Mauser...
- Sauer 38HSauer 38HThe 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 denotes "hammerless"—the pistol uses an internal hammer.-Development:Sauer...
- VolkspistoleVolkspistoleThe Volkspistole was an emergency German pistol design that was assembled from simple steel pressings with a minimum of machined parts. Only prototypes were produced before the end of World War II. These prototypes had an unusual locking system that directed the propellant gases forward to retard...
- Walther P38
- Walther PP
- Walther PPKWalther PPKThe Walther PP series pistols are blowback-operated semi-automatic pistols.They feature an exposed hammer, a double-action trigger mechanism, a single-column magazine, and a fixed barrel which also acts as the guide rod for the recoil spring...
- Astra mod.300
- Astra mod.400Astra mod.400The Astra modelo 400 was a Spanish service pistol produced by weapons manufacturer Astra-Unceta y Cia SA. as a replacement for the Campo-Giro 1913/1916, which had also been chambered in 9mm Largo...
- Astra mod.600Astra 600-History:The Astra 600 was a shortened version of the Astra 400 in 9x19mm Parabellum. The gun was made in Spain for Germany during World War II, and about 60,000 pistols were made, although only the first 10,500 were delivered before the liberation of France cut off the supply lines between Spain...
- Astra mod.900Astra Model 900The 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:...
- Beretta M1935Beretta M1935The Beretta M1935 is a compact .32 ACP caliber blowback pistol that was manufactured by 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 military contract and designed the compact M1934 for the Italian army...
- Pistole 37(u)
- Pistole 615(r) (Tokarev TT-33)
- Pistole 624(f)Ruby pistolThe self-loading Ruby pistol is best known as a French World War I sidearm, the Pistolet Automatique de 7 millim.65 genre "Ruby". A very international piece of weaponry, it was closely modeled after the American John Browning's M1903 made by the Belgian Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, and was...
(Ruby pistol) - Pistole 626(d)FN Model 1910The FN Model 1910 was a blowback-operated, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale of Belgium.-Development:...
(Browning M1922) - Pistole 640(b)Browning Hi-PowerThe Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. It is based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at Fabrique Nationale of Herstal, Belgium. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized...
(Browning Hi-Power) - Pistole 644(d)Bergmann-Bayard model 1910The Bergmann-Bayard was a German designed semi-automatic pistol produced under license in Belgium.-Bergmann Mars:The Bergmann Mars was produced in 1901, and was the first Bergmann design aimed squarely at the military market, with a comparatively powerful 9x23mm Bergmann round...
(Bergmann-Bayard M1910) - Pistole 657(n)Kongsberg ColtThe Kongsberg Colt is a nickname used for Colt M1911 pistols produced under license by the Norwegian factory Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk.- History :...
(Kongsberg Colt M1914; Norwegian copy of the Colt M1911) - Pistole 660(a) (Colt M1911A1)
- Pistole 670(i)Glisenti Model 1910The Glisenti Model 1910 was a 9mm calibre semi-automatic service pistol produced by the Italian company Real Factory D'arma Glisenti. It was introduced in 1910 and adopted by the Royal Italian Army, seeing service in World War I and World War II....
(Glisenti M1910) - Pistole 671(i) (Beretta M1934)
- Revolver 610(n)Nagant M1895The 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, 7.62x38R, and featured an unusual "gas-seal" system in which the cylinder moved forward when...
(Norwegian Nagant M1895) - Revolver 612(g)Nagant M1895The 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, 7.62x38R, and featured an unusual "gas-seal" system in which the cylinder moved forward when...
(Greek Nagant M1895) - Revolver 612(p)Nagant M1895The 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, 7.62x38R, and featured an unusual "gas-seal" system in which the cylinder moved forward when...
(Polish Nagant M1895) - Revolver 612(r)Nagant M1895The 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, 7.62x38R, and featured an unusual "gas-seal" system in which the cylinder moved forward when...
(Soviet Nagant M1895) - Revolver 646(e)Enfield revolverEnfield Revolver is the name applied to two totally separate models of self-extracting British handgun designed and manufactured at the government-owned Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield; initially the .476 calibre Revolver Enfield Mk I/Mk II revolvers , and later the .38/200 calibre Enfield No...
(Enfield No. 2 Mk I) - Revolver 655(e)Webley RevolverThe Webley Revolver was, in various marks, the standard issue service pistol for the armed forces of the United Kingdom, the British Empire, and the Commonwealths from 1887 until 1963.The Webley is a top-break revolver with automatic extraction...
(Webley Mk VI) - Revolver 661(a)/662(a)M1917 revolverThe M1917 Revolver was a U.S. six-shot revolver of .45 ACP caliber. It was adopted by the U.S. Army in 1917 to supplement the standard M1911 .45 ACP semi-automatic pistol during World War I. Afterwards, it was primarily used by secondary and non-deployed troops...
(M1917 Revolver) - Revolver 680(i)Bodeo Model 1889The Bodeo Model 1889 revolver was invented by Italian firearm designer Carlo Bodeo. It was produced by a wide variety of manufacturers between 1889 and 1925, and was also produced in Spain from 1915 to 1918...
(Bodeo M1889) - Star Model B
- Unique mod. 17
- Unique mod. 19
Rifles
- Gewehr 98Gewehr 98The Gewehr 98 is a German bolt action Mauser rifle firing the 8x57mm cartridge from a 5 round internal clip-loaded magazine that was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k. It was hence the main rifle of the German infantry during World War I...
(standard German infantry rifle of World War I) - Gewehr 98(ö)Steyr-Mannlicher M1895The Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 rifle is a bolt-action rifle, designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher that used a refined version of his revolutionary straight-pull action. It was nicknamed the "Ruck-Zuck" by Landsers...
(Austrian Steyr-Mannlicher M1895) - Gewehr 98/40 (Hungarian 43M rifle)
- Gewehr 24(t)Vz. 24The vz. 24 rifle is a rifle designed and produced in Czechoslovakia from 1924 to 1942. It was developed from the Mauser Gewehr 98 line, though is not a clone of any specific Mauser model. The fit and finish are of the highest quality....
(built under licence) - Gewehr 29/40 (Austrian)
- Gewehr 33/40(t)Vz. 33The puška vz. 33 was a Czechoslovak bolt action rifle that was based on a Mauser type action, designed and produced in Československá zbrojovka in Brno during the 1930s in order to replace the obsolete Mannlicher vz. 1895 carbines of the Czechoslovak četnictvo...
(manufactured by Československá Statni Zbrojovka Brno) - Gewehr 209CarcanoCarcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Cartuccia Modello 1895 cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin...
(Italian Fucile modello 38 in 6.5 mm) - Gewehr 210CarcanoCarcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Cartuccia Modello 1895 cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin...
(Italian Fucile modello 41 in 6.5 mm) - Gewehr 211 (Dutch Geweer M95 Manlicher in 6.5 mm)
- Gewehr 215Mannlicher-SchönauerThe Mannlicher-Schönauer is a type of rotary magazine bolt action rifle produced by Steyr-Mannlicher for the Greek Army in 1903 and later was also used in small numbers by the Austro-Hungarian Armies.-Design Characteristics:In the late 19th century, the...
(Greek mannlicher-Schönauer Model 03/14 in 6.5 mm) - Gewehr 221/223 (Yugoslavian war reparations after World War I)
- Gewehr 231CarcanoCarcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Cartuccia Modello 1895 cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin...
(Italian Fucile modello 38 in 7.35 mm) - Gewehr 241 (French model 07-15 M34 in 7.5 mm)
- Gewehr 242(f) (French MAS-36 in 7.5 mm)
- Gewehr 249(a) (American Springfield M 03 in 7.62)
- Gewehr 252Mosin-NagantThe Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations....
(Russian Mosin M-91 in 7.62 and Yugoslavian Puska M91R) - Gewehr 254Mosin-NagantThe Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations....
(Russian Mosin M-91/30 in 7.62) - Gewehr 256Mosin-NagantThe Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations....
(Russian Mosin M-91/30 in 7.62 with 3.5 telescope) - Gewehr 261 (Belgian Fusil 1889 Mauser in 7.65 mm)
- Gewehr 262 (Belgian)
- Gewehr 263 (Belgian Fusil 36 Mauser in 7.65 mm)
- Gewehr 281 (British Rifle Nº 1 Mk III in 7.7 mm)
- Gewehr 290/298 (Yugoslavian, built under licence)
- Gewehr 294 (ex Gewehr 98 recalibrated by the Yugoslavians to 7.9)
- Gewehr 306 (Greek, Italian or Yugoslavian G-9)
- Gewehr 214CarcanoCarcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Cartuccia Modello 1895 cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin...
(Italian Fucile modello 91 in 6.5 mm) - Gewehr 299 or 98 (Polish idem)
- Gewehr 299(p)Kb wz.98aKarabin wzor 98a was a Polish bolt-action rifle based on the German Gewehr 98.- Design History :After regaining independence, the Polish Army was armed with Russian , Austrian and German rifles...
(Polish) - Gewehr 301 (French model 1886 transforme 1893 in 8 mm)
- Gewehr 302 (French model 1907 transforme 1915 in 8 mm)
- Gewehr 303 (French model 1886 racroche 1935 in 8 mm)
- Gewehr 304 (French model 1916 in 8 mm)
- Gewehr 305 (French model 1907 dit colonial in 8 mm)
- Gewehr 307 (Yugoslavian Puska 8 mm M93)
- Gewehr 311 (Danish Gevaer m/89-10 in 8 mm)
- Karabiner 98a
- Karabiner 98b
- Karabiner 98kKarabiner 98kThe Karabiner 98 Kurz was a bolt action rifle chambered for the 8x57mm IS/7.92×57mm IS cartridge that was adopted as the standard service rifle in 1935 by the German Wehrmacht. It was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles...
, also K98k or Kar98k (standard infantry rifle of World War II) - Karabiner 408CarcanoCarcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Cartuccia Modello 1895 cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin...
(Italian Moschetto modello 38 in 6.5 mm) - Karabiner 409CarcanoCarcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Cartuccia Modello 1895 cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin...
(Italian Moschetto modello 91 for cavalry in 6.5 mm) - Karabiner 410CarcanoCarcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Cartuccia Modello 1895 cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin...
(Italian Moschetto m 91 for technical troops in 6.5 mm) - Karabiner 411 (Dutch Karabijn aantal 1 in 6.5 mm)
- Karabiner 412 (Dutch Karabijn aantal 1 OM en NM in 6.5 mm)
- Karabiner 413 (Dutch Karabijn aantal 3 OM en NM in 6.5 mm)
- Karabiner 414 (Dutch Karabijn aantal 4 OM en NM in 6.5 mm)
- Karabiner 411(n)Krag-JørgensenThe 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 Denmark, the United States of America and Norway...
(Norwegian Kavalerikarabin m/1894 in 6.5 mm) - Karabiner 412(n)Krag-JørgensenThe 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 Denmark, the United States of America and Norway...
(Norwegian Kavalerikarabin m/1895 in 6.5 mm) - Karabiner 413(n)Krag-JørgensenThe 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 Denmark, the United States of America and Norway...
(Norwegian Ingenieorkarabin m/1904 in 6.5 mm) - Karabiner 414(n)Krag-JørgensenThe 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 Denmark, the United States of America and Norway...
(Norwegian Artillerikarabin m/1907 in 6.5 mm) - Karabiner 415Krag-JørgensenThe 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 Denmark, the United States of America and Norway...
(Norwegian Karabin m/1912 in 6.5 mm) - Karabiner 416CarcanoCarcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Cartuccia Modello 1895 cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin...
(Italian moschetto modello 91/24 in 6.5 mm) - Karabiner 430CarcanoCarcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Cartuccia Modello 1895 cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin...
(Italian moschetto modello 38 in 7.35 mm) - Karabiner 451 (Belgian Carabine 1889 in 7.65 mm)
- Karabiner 453 (Belgian Carabine 1916 in 7.65 mm)
- Karabiner 454Mosin-NagantThe Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations....
(Russian Karabin obr. 1938 g. in 7.62 mm) - Karabiner 457Mosin-NagantThe Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations....
(Russian Karabin obr 1944 g in 7.62 mm) - Karabiner 492 (Yugoslavian War reparations after World War I)
- Karabiner 493 (Polish idem)
- Karabiner 494 (Greek S-95)
- Karabiner 497Mosin-NagantThe Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations....
(Polish Karabinek 91/98/25 in 7.92 mm) - Karabiner 505 (Italian or Yugoslavian S-95)
- Karabiner 506/1 (Danish Fodfolkskarabin m/89-24 in 8 mm)
- Karabiner 506/2 (Danish Artilleriekarabin m/89-24 in 8 mm)
- Karabiner 506/3 (Danish Ingeniorkarabin m/89-24 in 8 mm)
- Karabiner 506/1 (Danish Rytterkarabin m/89-24 in 8 mm)
- Karabiner 551 (French model 1890 in 8 mm)
- Karabiner 552 (French model 1892 in 8 mm)
- Karabiner 553 (French model 1916 in 8 mm)
- SDK carbine (Silenced Drilling Karbiner 9 mm)
- Stützen 95 (ö) (Austrian Repetier-Stützen-Gewehr m-1895 in 8 mm)
- Volksgewehr 1
- Volksgewehr 2
- Volksgewehr (Volkskarabiner) 98 (in 8 mm, with some examples in 7.92 x 33 mm)
- K31K31The Karabiner Model 1931 is a magazine-fed, straight-pull bolt-action rifle. It was the standard issue rifle of the Swiss armed forces from 1933 until 1958, though examples remained in service into the 1970s...
Automatic and semi-automatic rifles
- Gewehr 35 Developed by MauserMauserMauser was a German arms manufacturer of a line of bolt-action rifles and pistols from the 1870s to 1995. Mauser designs were built for the German armed forces...
as a private venture in 1935, not accepted for service. Two versions S and M - Maschinenkarabiner M35 Developed by Vomllmer as private venture in 1935, version Typ A 35/II follows in 1938 and Typ A 35/III in 1939
- Gewehr 41Gewehr 41The Gewehr 41 rifles, commonly known as the G41 or G41, were semi-automatic rifles used by Nazi Germany during World War II-Background:...
(W) Walther self-loading rifle adopted as standard in 1942 - Gewehr 41Gewehr 41The Gewehr 41 rifles, commonly known as the G41 or G41, were semi-automatic rifles used by Nazi Germany during World War II-Background:...
(M) Mauser design tested in 1941, not accepted for service * - Gewehr 43Gewehr 43The Gewehr 43 or Karabiner 43 is an 8x57mm IS caliber semi-automatic rifle developed by Nazi Germany during World War II...
Modification of G 41 (W) to gas-operated , later renamed Karabiner 43 - Maschinenkarabiner 42 (H) Designed by Hugo Schmeisser. Accepted after troop trials in 1943, about 8000 produced, served as prototype to MP 43.
- Maschinenpistole 43 Evolved from MKb 42 (H) First series completed in July 43, First combat use in Eastern Front.
- Maschinenpistole 43/1 Variant of MP 43 with provision for a screw-on rifle grenadeRifle grenadeA rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle-based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade was thrown by hand...
launcher - Maschinenpistole 44Sturmgewehr 44The StG 44 was an assault rifle developed in Nazi Germany during World War II and was the first of its kind to see major deployment, considered by many historians to be the first modern assault rifle...
Name of MP 43 altered in the spring of 1944 - Sturmgewehr 44Sturmgewehr 44The StG 44 was an assault rifle developed in Nazi Germany during World War II and was the first of its kind to see major deployment, considered by many historians to be the first modern assault rifle...
New name for the MP 44, no changes in design - Gerät 06 (H) Mauser Developed as private venture in 1942-43
- Sturmgewehr 45 Experimental lightweight selective-fire weapon, with roller-locked retarded blowback system, also known as MP 45 (M) only prototypes built prior to end of war. Forefunner of the Spanish CETME 58.
- Volkssturmgewehr 1-5Volkssturmgewehr 1-5The Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 is a set of 5 rifle designs developed by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II...
Intended as a cheap and mass produced self-loading weapon. First series completed in late 44. - Fallschirmjägergewehr 42FG 42The FG 42 was a selective fire battle rifle produced in Nazi Germany during World War II...
Developed by Rheinmetall from a Luftwaffe requirement. Accepted for service in 1942. - Flieger-Selbstlader-Karabiner 15 (Mondragon) Former Mondragon rifles built in Switzerland (World War I only)
Captured
- Selbstladegewehr 251(a)M1 GarandThe M1 Garand , was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation. Called "the greatest battle implement ever devised" by General George S...
(American M1 rifle) - Selbstladegewehr 257(r) (Soviet AVS-36)
- Selbstladegewehr 258(r) (Soviet SVT-38)
- Selbstladegewehr 259(r) (Soviet SVT-40)
- Selbstladegewehr 310(f) (French Fusil Mitrailleur RSC mle 1918)
- Selbstladekarabiner 455(a)M1 CarbineThe M1 carbine is a lightweight, easy to use semi-automatic carbine that became a standard firearm for the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was produced in several variants. It was widely used by U.S...
(American M1 carbine)
Machine guns
- MG 07/12Schwarzlose MG M.07/12The Maschinengewehr Patent Schwarzlose M.07/12 was a medium machine-gun, and was used as a standard issue firearm in the Austro-Hungarian Army throughout World War I. It was also used by the Dutch, Greek and Hungarian armies during World War II...
- MG 08
- IMG 28Browning wz.1928The Browning wz.1928 is a Polish version of the M1918 BAR. It was a light machine gun used by the Poles in World War II.-History:After Poland regained its independence in 1918, the Polish Army was equipped in all sorts of machine guns inherited after the armed forces of the partitioners, as well as...
- MG 30
- MG 30(p)Ckm wz.30Ckm wz.30 is a Polish-made clone of the American Browning M1917 heavy machine gun...
- MG 30(t)ZB-30The ZB-30 and ZB-30J were the later versions of the famous Czechoslovak machine gun, the ZB-26. However, the ZB-30 had some design differences, making it similar to the later ZGB-33, which was put into production as the Bren gun...
- MG 34MG 34The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG 34, is a German air-cooled machine gun that was first produced and accepted into service in 1934, and first issued to units in 1935. It accepts the 8x57mm IS cartridge....
- MG 42
- VMG-27
Submachine guns
- MP 18 IMP18The MP18.1 manufactured by Theodor Bergmann Waffenbau Abteilung was the first practical 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 Stosstruppen, assault groups specialized in trench combat...
(World War I Bergmann) - MP 28 IIMP18The MP18.1 manufactured by Theodor Bergmann Waffenbau Abteilung was the first practical 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 Stosstruppen, assault groups specialized in trench combat...
(improved MP 18 I) - MP 30(ö) (ex-Austrian S1-100 variant)
- MP 34MP34The MP34 is a submachine gun that was manufactured by Waffenfabrik Steyr and used by the Austrian police and subsequently by units of the German army, including the Waffen SS, in World War II...
(ö) (ex-Austrian Steyr Solothurn) - MP 34 BgmMP35The MP35 was a submachine gun used by the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS and German police both before and during World War II...
(Bergmann) - MP 35MP35The MP35 was a submachine gun used by the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS and German police both before and during World War II...
(Bergmann version of the MP.34 Bgm.) - MP 38MP40The MP 38 and MP 40 , often called Schmeisser, were submachine guns developed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by paratroopers, tank crews, platoon and squad leaders, and other troops during World War II.-Development:The MP 40 descended from its predecessor, the MP 38, which was in turn based...
(Predecessor to the MP40) - MP 40/IMP40The MP 38 and MP 40 , often called Schmeisser, were submachine guns developed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by paratroopers, tank crews, platoon and squad leaders, and other troops during World War II.-Development:The MP 40 descended from its predecessor, the MP 38, which was in turn based...
(main production model) - MP 40/II (MP 40 w/ dual magazine)
- MP 41 (MP 40 w/ MP 28-like stock)
- EMP 44EMP 44The EMP 44 is a firearm produced by Erma Werke in 1943. It passed all of the German ordnance tests, but was not adopted by the Wehrmacht.-Design:...
(cheap weapon made by Erma at the end of the war) - MP 3008MP 3008The 9 mm MP 3008 was a German substitute standard submachine gun manufactured toward the end of World War II in early 1945....
(German near-copy of the StenStenThe STEN was a family of British 9 mm submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War...
Mk. II made at the end of the war) - ZK 383(t) (Czechoslovak submachine gun)
- MP E (Erma)
- MP 738(i) (Italian Beretta M38/42)
- MP 739(i) (Italian Beretta M38/44)
- Danuvia 39MDanuvia 43MThe 9x25 mm Danuvia submachine guns were designed by Hungarian engineer Pál Király in the late 1930s. They were issued to Hungarian army troops in 1939 and remained in service throughout World War II. A total of roughly 8,000 were made between 1939 and 1945. The Danuvia was a large, sturdy weapon,...
- Danuvia 43MDanuvia 43MThe 9x25 mm Danuvia submachine guns were designed by Hungarian engineer Pál Király in the late 1930s. They were issued to Hungarian army troops in 1939 and remained in service throughout World War II. A total of roughly 8,000 were made between 1939 and 1945. The Danuvia was a large, sturdy weapon,...
- Orita M1941Orita M1941Orita was a 9mm submachine gun manufactured in Romania during World War II and for several years afterwards. It was named for Captain Marin Orița , who is credited in Romania with its design...
- Suomi M-31Suomi M-31 SMGThe Suomi KP/-31 was a submachine gun of Finnish design that was in service during World War II. It was a descendant of the M-22 prototype and the KP/-26 production model, which was revealed to the public in 1925...
Captured
- MP 715(r)PPD-40The PPD is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and was capable of selective fire....
(Soviet PPD-34/38) - MP 716(r)PPD-40The PPD is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and was capable of selective fire....
(Soviet PPD-40) - MP 717(r)PPSh-41The PPSh-41 was a Soviet submachine gun designed by Georgi Shpagin as an inexpensive, simplified alternative to the PPD-40. Intended for use by minimally-trained conscript soldiers, the PPSh was a magazine-fed selective-fire submachine gun using an open-bolt, blowback action...
(Soviet PPSh-41) (second most used submachine gun after the MP40 in the german army) - MP 719(r) (Soviet PPS-43)
- MP 704(f) (French PM Vollmer Erma)
- MP 722(f)MAS-38The MAS-38 was a French submachine gun designed prior to the Second World War and used by French and German forces.It derived from a small arms development program that took place between 1918 and 1922 under the control of the Service Technique de l'Armement. A submachine gun, a light machine gun...
(French MAS-38) - MP 740(b) (Belgian Mi. Schmeisser-Bayard Modelle 34)
- MP 741(d) (Danish licence-built Bergmann)
- MP 746(d) (captured Madsen M42)
- MP 748(e)StenThe STEN was a family of British 9 mm submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War...
(captured British Sten Mk I) - MP 749(e)StenThe STEN was a family of British 9 mm submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War...
(captured British Sten Mk II) - MP 750(e)StenThe STEN was a family of British 9 mm submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War...
(captured British Sten Mk III) - MP 751(e)StenThe STEN was a family of British 9 mm submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War...
(captured British Suppressed Sten Mk II) - MP 760(a)Thompson submachine gunThe Thompson is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1919, that became infamous during the Prohibition era. It was a common sight in the media of the time, being used by both law enforcement officers and criminals...
(American Thompson Submachine Gun M1928) - MP 760(e)Thompson submachine gunThe Thompson is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1919, that became infamous during the Prohibition era. It was a common sight in the media of the time, being used by both law enforcement officers and criminals...
(British Thompson Submachine Gun M1928) - MP 760(r)Thompson submachine gunThe Thompson is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1919, that became infamous during the Prohibition era. It was a common sight in the media of the time, being used by both law enforcement officers and criminals...
(Soviet Thompson Submachine Gun M1928) - MP 761(f)Thompson submachine gunThe Thompson is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1919, that became infamous during the Prohibition era. It was a common sight in the media of the time, being used by both law enforcement officers and criminals...
(French Thompson Submachine Gun M1921) - American M50 Reising submachine gun and M55 Reising
- US UD M42
- US M3/M3A1 "Grease Guns"
- British Lanchester SMGLanchester SMGThe Lanchester is a submachine gun 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 original Mk.1, with no fire selector and simplified sights...
- Danish Madsen M41Suomi M-31 SMGThe Suomi KP/-31 was a submachine gun of Finnish design that was in service during World War II. It was a descendant of the M-22 prototype and the KP/-26 production model, which was revealed to the public in 1925...
(a licence manufactured variant of the Suomi M-31)
Anti-tank weapons
- Panzerbüchse 35(p)Kb ppanc wz.35Karabin przeciwpancerny wzór 35 , also Uruguay, was a Polish 7.9 mm anti-tank rifle used by the Polish Army during the Invasion of Poland of 1939...
(PzB 35(p) - Polish Kb ppanc wz.35 anti-tank rifleAnti-tank rifleAn anti-tank rifle is a rifle designed to penetrate the armour of vehicles, particularly tanks. The usefulness of rifles for this purpose ran from the introduction of tanks in World War I and until the Korean War...
) - Panzerbüchse 38 anti-tank rifle
- Panzerbüchse 39 anti-tank rifle
- Panzerbüchse BoyesRifle, Anti-Tank, .55 in, BoysThe Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55in, Boys commonly known as the "Boys Anti-tank Rifle" , was a British anti-tank rifle in use during World War II....
- British Boys 0.55 Anti-tank rifle - Swiss 7.92 mm Solothurn M SS 41 anti-tank rifle
- Panzerbüchse 783(r) (PzB 783(r)) - a captured Soviet 14.5 mm PTRD-41 (Degtyarev)PTRDThe PTRD-41 was an anti-tank rifle produced and used from early 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It was a single-shot weapon which fired a 14.5x114mm round...
anti-tank rifleAnti-tank rifleAn anti-tank rifle is a rifle designed to penetrate the armour of vehicles, particularly tanks. The usefulness of rifles for this purpose ran from the introduction of tanks in World War I and until the Korean War... - Panzerbüchse 784(r) (PzB 784(r)) - a captured Soviet 14.5 mm PTRS-41 (Simonov)PTRS-41The PTRS-41 is the semi-automatic cousin of the PTRD anti-tank rifle.-Design:The PTRS-41 was produced and used by the Soviet Union during World War II. In the years between the World Wars, Soviet Union began experimenting with different types of armour-piercing anti-tank cartridges...
anti-tank rifleAnti-tank rifleAn anti-tank rifle is a rifle designed to penetrate the armour of vehicles, particularly tanks. The usefulness of rifles for this purpose ran from the introduction of tanks in World War I and until the Korean War... - Panzerbüchse 785(s) (PzB 785(s)) - a Swiss Solothurn S-18/1100Solothurn S-18/1100The Solothurn S-18/1100 20 mm Anti-Tank Cannon was a Swiss anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War, and was a variant of the S-18/1000 with modifications for automatic fire....
anti-tank rifleAnti-tank rifleAn anti-tank rifle is a rifle designed to penetrate the armour of vehicles, particularly tanks. The usefulness of rifles for this purpose ran from the introduction of tanks in World War I and until the Korean War... - SturmpistoleSturmpistoleThe Sturmpistole was an attempt by Nazi Germany during World War II to create an anti-tank weapon which can be used by any infantryman. It consisted of a modified flare gun which would fire a variety of grenades, including a 0.25 ounce shaped charge warhead...
, modified flare gun - PanzerfaustPanzerfaustThe Panzerfaust was an inexpensive, recoilless German anti-tank weapon of World War II. It consisted of a small, disposable preloaded launch tube firing a high explosive anti-tank warhead, operated by a single soldier...
- pre-loaded anti-tank munition - PanzerschreckPanzerschreckPanzerschreck was the popular name for the Raketenpanzerbüchse , an 88 mm calibre reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Nazi Germany in World War II. Another popular nickname was Ofenrohr ....
- a stronger, German variation of the American BazookaBazookaBazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...
Other Weapons
- Walther Toggle Action Shotgun
- Flammenwerfer 35Flammenwerfer 35The Flammenwerfer 35, or FmW 35 was the one-man German flamethrower used during World War II used to clear out trenches and buildings. This was a deadly weapon that was extremely effective at close range...
- Einstossflammenwerfer 46Einstossflammenwerfer 46The Einstossflammenwerfer 46 was a flamethrower designed in Germany during the second half of World War II and introduced in 1944; it was engineered to be both cheap and easily mass-produced...
See also
- List of equipment used in World War II
- List of World War II Luftwaffe aircraft weapons
- List of aircraft of the World War II Luftwaffe
- List of common World War II infantry weapons
- List of secondary and special issue World War II infantry weapons
- German General StaffGerman General StaffThe German General Staff was an institution whose rise and development gave the German armed forces a decided advantage over its adversaries. The Staff amounted to its best "weapon" for nearly a century and a half....
- a post-1933 section to understand the variety of the above list. - List of rifle cartridges
- List of handgun cartridges
- List of firearms
- Glossary of World War II German military terms
- Captured US firearms in Axis use in World War II