List of German military equipment of World War II
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This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II. Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.{{cite web|url=http://www.militaryfactory.com/worldwar2/weapons.asp|title=World War 2 Weapons|work=Military Dictionary|access-date=2008-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206090806/http://www.militaryfactory.com/worldwar2/weapons.asp|archive-date=2008-12-06|url-status=live}}
Personal arms and captured arms
=Knives and bayonets=
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| {{convert|17.95|cm|abbr=on}} | 1944 | Never produced in large quantities |
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| {{convert|50|cm|in|abbr=on}} | 1898 | First incorporated into the German army as a bayonet for the Mauser M1898 rifle |
=Small arms=
==Revolvers, pistols, and pistol carbines (manual and semi-automatic)==
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| Revolver | Sidearm | {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}} | Type A Enlisted model and Type B officer's model | - | Societa Siderurgica Glisenti | 10.35mm Ordinanza Italiana | | 1889 | ? | 0.950 |During World War II, the Wehrmacht designated the Bodeo as Revolver 680(i) when utilized as an alternative firearm. |
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| Revolver | Sidearm | Double action, single action | {{flag|French Third Republic}} | - | - | Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne | | 1892 | ? |0.85 |Designated as Revolver 637(f) |
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| Pistol | {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}} | - | - | Beretta | .380 ACP | | 1934 | ? | |Designated as Pistole 671(i) |
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| Pistol | {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}} | - | - | Beretta | .32 ACP | | 1935 | ? | |Designated as Pistole 672(i) |
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| Revolver | Sidearm | Double action, single action | {{flag|United Kingdom}} | MK I, MK I, MK III, MK IV, MK V and MK VI | - | | 1887 | ? | 2.4 |Designated as Revolver 646(e) for the MK I to Revolver 655(e) for the MK VI. |
| Pistole vz. 22
| Pistol | Short recoil, rotating barrel | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | - | - | Zbrojovka Brno, | .380 ACP | | 1921 | ? | 0.67 |Captured after the defeat of Czechoslovakia and used in very limited numbers. The destination for the pistol is still unknown. |
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| Pistol | Blowback-operated, rotating barrel | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | - | - | Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod, | .380 ACP | | 1923 | ? | 0.67 |Designated as Pistole 24(t) |
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| Pistol | Blowback-operated, rotating barrel | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | - | Česká zbrojovka, | .32 ACP | | 1939 | ? | 0.67 |Designated as Pistole 27(t) |
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| Pistol | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | - | - | Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod | .380 ACP | | 1939 | ? | |Designated as Pistole 39(t) |
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| Revolver | Sidearm | Double action, single action | {{flag|Russian Empire}}, | Various | - | Various | | 1895 | ? | |Designated as Revolver 612(r) |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters/sidearm | Short recoil actuated, locked breech, single action | {{flag|Soviet Union}} | Various | - | Various | 7.62x25mm Tokarev | | 1930 | ? | |Designated as Pistole 615(r) and used by the Army and the Volkssturm. |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters/sidearm | Blowback-operated, unlocked breech | {{flag|German Empire}} | K. Sachs. Gend and Dreyse Rheinmetal ABT. Sommerda | - | .32 ACP | 25 | 1905 | ? | 0.710 |Used by the Volkssturm and the Volksgrenadier units in 1943–1945. |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, toggle-locked | {{flag|German Empire}} | Various | Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Mauser | 7.65×21mm Parabellum, | 50 | 1900 | 3,000,000 | 0.871 | |
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| Pistol carbine | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, toggle-locked | {{flag|German Empire}} | Various | Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Mauser | 7.65×21mm Parabellum, | | 1913 | 2,000 | |Used by Artillerymen in the German Army and Waffen-SS units, and these continued in use until the end of the war in 1945. |
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| Pistol carbine | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, toggle-locked | {{flag|German Empire}} | Various | Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Mauser | 7.65×21mm Parabellum, | | 1900 | ? | |Used in very limited numbers during the late 1943 until the demise of the Nazi Germany in 1945. |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|German Empire}} | Various | - | Mauser | 7.63×25mm Mauser, | | 1896 | 1,100,000+ | 1.13 |19,000 Mauser C96 were used by the Army in 1942–1945 and the government purchased 7,800 Mauser M1930 variants for the Luftwaffe. |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | HSc Super | - | Mauser | 40 | 1935 | 251,988 | 0.700 | |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|German Empire}}, | Model 1910 and Model 1934 | - | Mauser | | 1910 | 3,455 | |Used mostly by the German police and the Kriegsmarine. | |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | - | - | Sauer | 25 | 1938 | 200,000 | 0.705 | |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Austria-Hungary}} | Doppelpistole M1912 and Repetierpistole M1912/P16 | Steyr | 50 | 1912 | ? | 1.2 | Converted to 9mm Parabellum as the P12(ö) |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Recoil-operated, closed bolt | {{flag|Second Polish Republic|name=Poland}} | - | FB Radom | | 1939 | ? | 0.950 |Occupied Polish production |
| Volkspistole
| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | - | - | 50 | 1945 | 16~ | 1.088 |Prototype semi-automatic pistol. |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Various | - | 50 | 1939 | 1,000,000 | 0.800 |Standard issue pistol during World War II |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | Various | - | Walther | .32 ACP, | | 1929 | ? | |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | Various | Walther PP | Walther | .32 ACP, | | 1929 | ? | |Shorter version of the Walther PP. |
| Walther Model 7
| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|German Empire}} | - | - | Walther | .25 ACP | | 1915 | ? | |Used by the Luftwaffe, Tank crews and even the Waffen-SS, served with the model 8. |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | - | - | Walther | .25 ACP | | 1920 | ? | |Used by the Luftwaffe, tank crews and even the Waffen-SS, served with the model 7. |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | - | - | Walther | .25 ACP | | 1921 | ? | |Used by Tank crews as their pocket pistol. |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback/single | {{flag|Francoist Spain}} | - | | 1941 | 85,000 | 0.641 | Imported from Spain |
| Astra 400
| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback/single | {{flag|Francoist Spain}} | Various | - | | 1921 | 6,000~ | 1.14 | Imported from Spain |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Francoist Spain}} | - | | 1944 | 11,000~ | 1.08 | Imported from Spain |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Francoist Spain}} | - | Mauser C96 | |1944 | 1050~ | |Imported from Spain |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, tilting barrel | {{flag|United States}} | Various | - | *7.65×21mm Parabellum, | 50 | 1940 | 300,000+ | 1.00 | Occupied Belgian production |
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| FÉG 37M | Pistol | Close-quarters/sidearm | {{flag|Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|name=Kingdom of Hungary}} | P.Mod 37.Kal 7.65 variant (German issue) | Fémáru, Fegyver és Gépgyár (FÉG) | | 1937 | ? | 0.770 | Imported from Hungary |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, tilting barrel | {{flag|Restoration (Spain)|name=Spain}} | Various | Colt M1911 | | 1922 | ? | | Designated as Pistole Star Modell B (.08) and imported from Spain for the Luftwaffe during the Battle of France. |
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| FN M1910 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Belgium}} | Various | - | | 1910 | ? | 0.590 |Occupied Belgian production |
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| FN M1922 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|Belgium}} | Various | - | | 1922 | ? | 0.700 | Occupied Belgian production |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Recoil-operated, closed bolt | {{flag|Norway}} | - | Colt M1911 | .45 ACP | | 1940 | 8200 | |Occupied Norwegian Production |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|France}} | Type I and Type II | - | Manufacture d'armes de Bayonne | 7.65×17mm Browning SR | | 1933 | ? | | Occupied France Production |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|France}} | - | - | Manufacture d'armes de Bayonne | | 1935 | ? | | Occupied France Production and designated as Pistole 625(f). |
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| Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | {{flag|United States}} | Various | - | .45 ACP | | 1911 | ? | | Designated as Pistole 660(a). |
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| Revolver | Sidearm | {{flag|United States}} | Slightly differing versions of the M1917 were made by Colt and Smith & Wesson | - | Smith & Wesson, | .45 ACP | | 1917 | ? | | Designated as Revolver 661(a) for the Smith & Wesson version and the Revolver 662(a) for the Colt version. |
==Automatic pistols and submachine guns==
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| EMP 44 | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | 150–200 | 500 | 1943 | ? | 3.6 |Prototype Submachine gun |
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| Erma EMP | Blowback | {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | | 9×19mm Parabellum, | 150 | 550 | 1931 | 10,000 | 4 | |
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| MAS-38 | Off-axis bolt-travel delayed blowback | {{flag|French Third Republic|name=France}} | | | 100 | 600–700 | 1938 | ? | 4.340 | |
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| {{flag|Restoration (Spain)|name=Kingdom of Spain}} | | 150–200 | 900 | 1927 | ? | ? | A fully automatic version of the Astra 900 pistol but it has a 20 rounds internal box magazine. In 1943, some delivered to the Wehrmacht. |
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| {{flag|Restoration (Spain)|name=Kingdom of Spain}} | | 150–200 | 900–1000 | 1927 | ? | 1.275 | Another fully automatic version of the Astra 900 pistol but it has a 10 or 20 rounds detachable box magazine. |
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| {{flag|German Empire}} | | Mauser | 7.63×25mm Mauser, | 150–200 | 900–1000 | 1896 | ? | 1.13 |Approximately 1,235 Mauser M712 were used by the army and Waffen-SS, only 1,123 were used by the Luftwaffe and the Fallschirmjäger units as their survival or self-defense weapon. |
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| Blowback | {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}} | | | 200 | 550–600 | 1938 | ? | 3.25–4.2 |Used by the Wehrmacht and it variants |
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| MP 18 | {{flag|German Empire}} | | Bergmann Waffenfabrik | 200 | 350–500 | 1918 | 30,000 | 4.18 |Used by the Waffen-SS in early 1930s and it was replaced by the MP 38. In mid 1944–1945 some were issued to the Volkssturm. |
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| MP 28 | {{flag|German Empire}} | | Bergmann Waffenfabrik | 200 | 550–600 | 1928 | ? | 4.0 |Used by the Feldgendarmerie army and the Volkssturm. |
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| MP 34 | {{flag|Austria}} | | 9×19mm Parabellum, | 150–200 | 600 | 1929 | ? | 4.25 |Used by Waffen-SS and the Wehrmacht |
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| MP 35 | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | Bergmann, | 150–200 | 540 | 1935 | 40,000 | 4.24 |Used by the Waffen-SS and the Wehrmacht |
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| MP 38 | Straight blowback, open bolt | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | Steyr-Mannlicher, | | 550 | 1938 | 1,109~ | |Used by the Waffen-SS, Feldgendarmerie, Army and the Volkssturm |
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| MP 40 | Straight blowback, open bolt | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | Steyr-Mannlicher, | 100–200 | 500–550 | 1940 | 1,100,000~ | 3.97 | |
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| MP 41 | Straight blowback, open bolt | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | Steyr-Mannlicher, | | 550 | 1941 | ? | | |
| MP 3008
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | 100 | 450 | 1945 | 10,000 | 3.2 | |
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| {{flag|Finland}} | | 200 | 750–900 | 1931 | ? | 4.6 | Imported from Finland.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Tg0hAQAAIAAJ&q=orita+gun+romanian John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163] |
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| {{flag|Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|name=Kingdom of Hungary}} | | | | 750 | 1939 | ? | 4.4 | Imported from Hungary.John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163 |
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| Blowback | {{flag|Kingdom of Romania}} | | | 200 | 400–600 | 1943 | ? | 4 | Imported from Romania.John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163 |
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| ZK-383 | Blowback | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | | | 250 | 500–700 | 1938 | ? | 4.83 | Occupied Czech production. |
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| {{flag|Soviet Union}} | | | 250 | 800–1000 | 1934 | ? | |Designated as Maschinenpistole 715(r). |
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| PPD-40 | {{flag|Soviet Union}} | | | 250 | 800–1000 | 1940 | ? | |Designated as Maschinenpistole 716(r). |
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| MP 41(r) | {{flag|Soviet Union}} | | | 7.62×25mm Tokarev, | | 1250 | 1941 | ? | |Captured PPSh-41 converted to 9×19mm Parabellum caliber for use by German forces. |
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| PPSh-41 | {{flag|Soviet Union}} | | | 7.62×25mm Tokarev, | | 1250 | 1941 | ? | |Captured, unconverted PPSh-41 placed in German service and supplied with 7.63×25mm Mauser ammunition and designated as Maschinenpistole 717(r). |
=Rifles=
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| Rifle | Bolt-action, gas trap, rotating-bolt | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Mauser | 400 | 1941 | 6,673 | 4.9 | |
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| Rifle | Front-line/assault | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Walther | 400 | 1941 | 145,000 | 4.9 | |
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| Rifle | Front-line/assault | Short-stroke piston, flapper locking | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Walther | 500 | 1943 | 402,713 | 4.4 | |
| Gewehr 43 sniper rifle
| Long-range precision | Short-stroke piston, flapper locking | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Walther | 800 | 1943 | 53,435 | 4.4 | |
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| Rifle | Front-line infantry | {{flag|German Empire}} | Mauser | 500 | 1898 | 9,000,000+ | 4.09 | |
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| Carbine | Front-line | {{flag|German Empire}} | Mauser | | 1908 | 1,500,000 | | |
| Karabiner 98b
| Rifle | Front-line | {{flag|German Empire}} | Mauser | | 1923 | ? | | |
| Gewehr 98 sniper rifle
| Long-range precision | {{flag|German Empire}} | Mauser | 800≥ | 1935 | 15,000 | 4.09 | |
| HIW VSK
| Rifle | Front-line infantry | Bolt-action | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Hessische Industrie Werke | | 1944 | ? | | |
| HIW VSK Carbine
| Carbine | Front-line infantry | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Hessische Industrie Werke | | 1944 | ? | | |
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| Rifle |Front-line infantry | Bolt-action | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Mauser | 500 | 1935 | 14,000,000~ | 4.1 | Main German rifle during World War II |
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| Long-range precision | Bolt-action | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Mauser | 1000≥ | 1935 | 132,000 | 4.1 | |
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| Hunting/self-defence | Blitz lock system | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Sauer | | 1941 | 2456 | 3.4 | Issued to Luftwaffe aircraft as survival weapon |
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| Gewehr 98/40 (FÉG 35M) | Rifle | Front-line | Bolt-action | {{flag|Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1946)|name=Kingdom of Hungary}} | | | 1941 | 138,000 | 3.98 | Imported from Hungary |
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| Gewehr 24(t) (vz. 24) | Rifle |Front-line infantry | Bolt-action | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | 7.92×57mm Mauser, | | 1939 | 330,000 | 4.2 | Upgraded to Karabiner 98k standards, occupied Czech production |
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| StG 44 | Front-line/assault | Long-stroke piston, tilting-bolt | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Mauser | 450 | 1945 | 425,977 | 4 | |
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|vz. 33 | Rifle |Front-line infantry | Bolt-action | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | | 1939 | 131,503 | 3.1 | Occupied Czech production |
=Grenades and grenade launchers=
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 370 | 260 | | | | | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 480 | Titanium tetrachloride (outer) | 250 (outer) | | | | | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 250 | RDX | 175 | 91 | | | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 515 | TNT | 50 | 114 | | | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 260 | PETN | 31 | 500 | | | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 410 (Pzgr 46) | TNT | 146 (Pzgr 46) | 180 (Pzgr 46) | | | |
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| Shaped charge anti tank grenade | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 3000 (H3 version) | | | | | 553,900 | 1942 | |
| Kampfpistole
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 1400 | | | | | | 1939 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 730 | | | | | | 1934 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 1120 | | | | | | 1943 | |
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| {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | 595 | TNT | 170 | Friction igniter | | | 1924 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 230 | Donarit - (relatively similar to amatol) | 112 | Instant, 1, 4.5, 7.5 or 10 second delay | | | 1939 | |
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| Model 43 | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | | | | | 1943 | |
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| Hand thrown incendiary weapon | {{Flagdeco|Spain|1936}} Spain | | | | | | | 1936 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 600 | | 60 | 69 | | | |
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| Shaped charge hand thrown Anti-tank grenade | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 1360 | | 500 | | | 203,800 | 1943 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 230 | Propaganda leaflets | 200 | 460 | | | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 750 | | | | 280 | 1,450,114 | 1942 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 99 | PETN | 22 | 180 | | | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 2500 | | | | 180 | | | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 91 | TNT | 7.1 | 270 | | | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 230 | Amatol | 110 | 78 | | | |
=Mines=
- Behelfs-Schützenmine S.150
- Glasmine 43
- Hohl-Sprung mine 4672
- Holzmine 42
- Panzer stab 43
- Riegel mine 43
- Schu-mine 42
- S-mine
- Teller mine (all models)
- Topfmine (all models)
=Recoilless rifles=
- 7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40
- 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40
- 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 42
- {{ill|SG 113|de}} – planned anti-tank weapon for aircraft
=Flamethrowers=
Infantry rifles and machine guns
=Infantry rifles and dual-purpose machine guns=
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| Fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | | | ? | |Prototype machine gun |
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| FG 42 | Battle rifle, light machine gun | Front-line, assault, fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Rheinmetall, | 300–600 | 750–900 | 1943 | 7000 | 4.2–4.95 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Metall- und Lackwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß | | 500–550 | | 9 | 4.7 |Prototype assault rifle |
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| StG 44 | Long-stroke piston, tilting bolt, selective fire | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik | 300–600 | 500–600 | 1943 | 425,977 | 4.6 | |
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| Automatic rifle, light machine gun | Fire support, suppression, defense | Long-stroke piston, open bolt | {{flag|Sweden}} | Svenska Automatvapen AB | | 480 | 1940 | ? | 8.5 | |
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| MG 08 | Fire support, suppression, defense | Short recoil, toggle locked | {{flag|German Empire}} | DWM, | 7.92×57mm Mauser, | 100–2000 | 450–500 | 1908 | ? | 69 | |
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| MG 13 | Fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | | 100–2000 | 600 | 1930 | ? | 13.3 | |
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| MG 15 | Fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | Rheinmetall | | 1000–1050 | | ? | 12.4 | Former aircraft gun |
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| MG 30 | Anti-aircraft, airspace denial, fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Switzerland}} | 7.92×57mm Mauser, | | 700–900 | 1930 | ? | 9.5 | |
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| MG 34 | Anti-aircraft, airspace denial, fire support, suppression, defense | Recoil-operated, open bolt, rotating bolt | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Rheinmetall-Borsig AG Soemmerda, | 200–2000 | 600–1700 | 1935 | 577,120 | 12.1 | |
| MG 42
| Anti-aircraft, airspace denial, fire support, suppression, defense | Recoil-operated, roller-locked | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Mauser, | 200–2000 | 900–1500 | 1942 | 423,600 | 11.6 | |
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| MG 45 | Anti-aircraft, airspace denial, fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | 200–732 | 1350–1800 | 1944 | 10 | 9 |Prototype machine gun |
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| MG 39 Rh | Fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | 100–1600 | | 1937 | ? | 9.58 | |
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| MG 81 | Anti-aircraft, airspace denial, fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | 200-800 | 1400–1600 | 1940 | ? | 6.5 | Former aircraft mounted weapon |
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| Fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Austria-Hungary}} | Steyr | 8×50mmR Mannlicher, | | 400–880 | 1908 | ? | 41.4 | |
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| VMG 1927 | Fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | | | | 1927 | ? | 11.48 | |
| Wimmersperg Spz
| Substitute assault rifle, light machine gun | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | 400 | | 1944 | ? | |Prototype assault rifle |
| Sturmgewehr 45K
| Gas-operated, tilting block bolt | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | Unknown |450 | 1945 | 3 | |Prototype assault rifle |
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| Fire support, suppression, defense | Gas-operated, tilting breechblock | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | Zbrojovka Brno, Military Technical Institute Kragujevac | 100–1000 | 500 | 1924 | ? | 9.65 | |
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| Fire support, suppression, defense | Gas-operated, tilting breechblock | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | Zbrojovka Brno, Military Technical Institute Kragujevac | 100–1000 | 550–650 | 1930 | ? | 9.10 | |
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| ZB-53 | Anti-aircraft, airspace denial, fire support, suppression, defense | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | | 500–800 | 1936 | ? | 21 | |
=Vehicle and aircraft machine guns=
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| MG 17 | Recoil operated, closed bolt | aircraft | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | MG 30 | 1934 | 10.2 | |
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| MG 81 | aircraft | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | MG 34 | | 1940 | 6.5 | |
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| MG 131 | Recoil operated, short recoil, closed bolt | aircraft | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | 13×64mmB | 1940 | 16.6 | |
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| | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | Waffenfabrik Mauser AG | 15×96mm cartridge | 1940 | 42.7 | |
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| | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | Waffenfabrik Mauser AG | 20×82mm cartridge | 1941 | 42 | |
| Mauser MG 213
| Gas operated, single-barrel 5-rounds revolver | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | 20×146mm cartridge | 1944 | 75 | |
| Mauser MK 213
| Gas operated, single-barrel 5-rounds revolver | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | 30×146mm cartridge | 1944 | 75 | |
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| MG FF | aircraft | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Oerlikon FF F cannon | | 20×80mm RB | 1936 | 26.3 | |
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| MK 101 | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | 30x184B | 1940 | 139 | |
| MK 103
| Gas operated, recoil operated | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | MK 101 | | 30x184B | 1943 | 141 | |
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| MK 108 | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | 30×90RB | 1943 | 58 | |
| {{ill|MK 112|de}} (55mm aircraft cannon)
| | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | 55mm | 1945 | 271 | |
| MK 214A
| | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | Fixed QF 50×419mmR | | | |
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| BK 3.7 | Anti-tank autocannon | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | 37×263mm | 1942 | 295 | |
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| BK 5 | | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | Fixed QF 50×419mmR | 1943 | 540 | |
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| BK 7.5 | | | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | | Fixed QF 75×714mmR | | | |
Artillery
= Demolition charges =
=Infantry mortars=
- Krieghoff Model L
- 5 cm Granatwerfer 36
- M19 Maschinengranatwerfer (automatic, bunker version of 5 cm Granatwerfer 36 on fixed mount)
- 5 cm Granatwerfer 40 – not accepted by army as army has started to retire 50mm mortars
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
- Kz 8 cm GrW 42 (Kurzer 8 cm Granatwerfer 42) - weight reduction of 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 73 (1944) – no data on usage
- 8 cm minomet vz. 36 – captured from Czechs
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 33(ö)
- 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35
- Granatwerfer 42 (12 cm sGrWr 42)
=Heavy mortars and rocket launchers=
- (copy of Russian Katyusha rocket launcher)
- Reihenwerfer
- 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40
- 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (multiple-rocket launcher)
- Panzerwerfer (self-propelled multiple-rocket launcher with HE warheads)
- Panzerwerfer 42 (also known as 15 cm Do-Gerat 42)
- 20 cm leichter Ladungswerfer
- 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (multiple-rocket launcher)
- 21 cm heavy mortar 69
- 28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (multiple-rocket launcher)
- Schweres Wurfgerät 40/41 (rockets launched directly from crates)
- Wurfrahmen 40 (rocket crates carrier/launcher)
- 30 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (multiple-rocket launcher)
- 30 cm Raketenwerfer 56 (multiple-rocket launcher)
- 38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer
- Karl-Gerät (Gerät 040 and Gerät 041) - self-propelled 600mm and 540mm mortars family
=Field artillery=
- 2 cm KwK 30 – Panzer II tank gun
- 3.7 cm KwK 36 – Panzer III tank gun
- Skoda 37 mm A7
- 5 cm KwK 38 – Panzer III tank gun
- 5 cm KwK 39 – Panzer III tank gun
- 7.5 cm FK 16 nA
- 7.5 cm FK 18
- 7.5 cm FK 38
- 7.5 cm FK 7M85 (7.5 cm FK 40) – AT gun modified for dual AT/field gun role, 10 built
- 7.5 cm FK 7M59 – simplified production version
- 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 – most common German mountain gun of World War II
- 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 (7.5 cm le.IG 37)
- 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 42 (7,5 cm le.IG 42)
- 7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 (7,5 cm le.IG 18)
- 7.5 cm KwK 37 – Panzer IV tank gun
- 7.5 cm KwK 40 – Panzer IV tank gun
- 7.5 cm KwK 42 – Panther tank gun
- Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901 – Anti-tank, field gun and coastal defense
- Obice da 75/18 modello 34 (Acquired from the Italians by the Wehrmacht and redesignated 7.5 cm LeFH 255(i))
- 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (Captured from Russia by the Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 36/39 (r))
- 8 cm kanon vz. 30
- 8.8 cm KwK 36 – Tiger I tank gun
- 8.8 cm KwK 43 – Tiger II tank gun
- 10 cm houfnice vz. 30 (howitzer)
- 10 cm K 17
- 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze
- 10 cm schwere Kanone 18
- Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider
- 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40
- 10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35
- 10.5 cm leFH 16
- 10.5 cm leFH 18 (most common German field gun)
- 10.5 cm leFH 18/40
- {{ill|0,5-cm-leichte Feldhaubitze 42|de|lt=10.5 cm leFH 18/42}} (developed but not accepted by army)
- {{ill|10,5-cm-leichte Feldhaubitze 43|de|lt=10.5 cm leFH 43}} (development incomplete by end of World War II)
- 10.5 cm leFH 18M
- 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) (Captured from Russia by the Wehrmacht and redesignated 12.2 cm s.F.H.396(r))
- Skoda K-series (among these guns "15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 1937" was most common)
- 15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette
- 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25
- 15 cm Kanone 18
- 15 cm Kanone 39
- 15 cm sFH 13 (obsolete)
- 15 cm sFH 18 (2nd most common German gun)
- 15 cm sIG 33 (heaviest infantry gun)
- 152 mm gun M1910/34 – captured from Russian
- 152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) – captured from Russian
- 17 cm Kanone 18 (heaviest German field artillery piece)
- 15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette (surplus guns on excess carriages of 17 cm Kanone 18)
- 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) – captured from Russian
- Obice da 210/22 – produced under German control after surrender of Italy
- Canon de 220 L mle 1917 – captured from French
=Fortress and siege guns=
- Rheinbote (rocket artillery)
- V-3 cannon
- 12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun (coastal defense)
- 15 cm K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun)
- 17 cm K (E) (railroad gun)
- 15 cm Kanone 16 (coastal defense)
- 15 cm SK C/28 (coastal defense and 8 made into field guns)
- 15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16 (coastal defense and exported)
- Canon de 155mm GPF (coastal defense)
- 20.3 cm K (E) (railroad gun)
- 21 cm K 12 (E) (railroad gun)
- 21 cm Mörser 16
- 21 cm Mörser 18
- 21 cm Kanone 38 – 1 cannon sent to Japan, 7 used domestically
- 21 cm Kanone 39
- 22-cm-Mörser (p) – captured from Poland and Yugoslavia
- 24 cm Haubitze 39
- 24 cm Kanone 3
- {{ill|24-cm-Kanone 4|de|lt=24 cm Kanone 4}} (prototype only)
- 24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E) (railroad gun)
- 24 cm Theodor Kanone (E)
- 24 cm Kanone M. 16 – bought from Czechs in 1938
- 28 cm Haubitze L/12
- Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider – captured from France
- 28 cm schwere Bruno Kanone (E)
- Krupp K5 (28 cm railroad gun)
- 35.5 cm Haubitze M1
- 38 cm Siegfried K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun)
- 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun (coastal defense)
- 40.6 cm SK C/34 gun (coastal defense)
- 42 cm Gamma Mörser
- 42 cm Haubitze M. 14/16
- Schwerer Gustav (80 cm siege guns)
=Anti-tank guns=
- 25mm Puteaux anti-tank gun model 1937 (captured from French)
- 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun (captured from British)
- 2.8 cm sPzB 41
- PaK 36 (37mm)
- 3.7 cm kanon PÚV vz. 34
- Bofors 37 mm (M1934/36) – captured from Danish, Polish and British forcers
- 4.2 cm Pak 41
- 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 184(r))
- 47 mm APX anti-tank gun (captured from French)
- 47mm Schneider anti-tank gun model 1936 (captured from French)
- M35 Bohler and Breda 47mm guns of unclear origin
- Austrian 4.7 cm IG 35/36
- 47 mm kanon P.U.V. vz. 36 (German designation 4.7 cm Pak(t))
- Cannone da 47/32 (German designation Pak 35/36(ö))
- 45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) – (German designation 4.5 cm Pak 184(r) and 4.5 cm Pak 184/6(r))
- 5 cm Pak 38
- 57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 208(r))
- 7.5 cm Pak 39
- 7.5 cm Pak 40
- 7.5 cm Pak 41
- 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 (also known as PaK 97/38) – modernized French gun of 1897
- 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) (conversion of Russian 76 mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22))
- 8 cm PAW 600
- Panzerwurfkanone 10H64
- Thor's Hammer/Panzertod (105mm recoilless gun firing 81.4mm subcaliber projectile)[http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Waffen/panzerabwehrkanonen-R.htm Panzerabwehrkanonen]
- 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 (rocket artillery, also known as "Püppchen")
- 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun
- 8.8 cm Pak 43 – most-produced heavy ATG
- Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy)
- 12.8 cm Pak 44
Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)
- Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (PzB 35) – captured from Poland
- Panzerbüchse 39 (PzB 38/39)
- Granatbüchse 39
- Panzerschreck (also known as Raketenpanzerbüchse 43/54)
- Solothurn S-18/1000
- Solothurn S-18/1100
- Panzerfaust anti-tank recoilless grenade launcher
Anti-aircraft weapons
=Light anti-aircraft guns=
- Fliegerfaust hand-held anti-air rocket launcher
- 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling – the most produced German artillery piece of World War II, based on Russian 2-K AA gun design which was too complex to mass-produce in USSR
- Gebirgsflak 38 – reduced-weight version of 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling
- Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77 (Scotti)
- 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun (captured from French)
- 3 cm MK 303 Flak
- 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43
- 3.7 cm SK C/30 – naval AA gun
- 3.7 cm FlaK 43
- 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 3.7 cm M39(r))
- 5 cm FlaK 41
- Schräge Musik – also independently developed by Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service (both in use by May 1943)
- Jagdfaust – air-to-air vertical-fire automated cannon
- {{ill|SG 116|de}}
- Henschel Hs 297 – launch 35 73mm-caliber short-range rockets
- Solothurn ST-5 caliber 20 mm (.79 in)
=Heavy anti-aircraft guns=
- Rheintochter (surface-to-air rocket)
- Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 (acquired from Italy)
- 76 mm air defense gun M1938 (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Flak 38(r))
- 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 8.5 cm Flak 39(r))
- 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun
- Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy)
- 10.5 cm FlaK 38
- 12.8 cm FlaK 40
- {{ill|12,8-cm-Flak-Zwilling 40|de|lt=12.8 cm FlaK 40 twin mount}}
Vehicles
Nazi Germany had captured many models of foreign equipment. In the list below, only most prominent captured models are listed.
For full listing of captured vehicles see List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II
=Tankette=
- AMR 35 – captured from French, some converted to mortar carrier
=Tanks=
class="wikitable sortable" |
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| {{flag|Sweden}} | 37mm cannon | 2 x 7.92mm MG 13 light machine guns | 1929 | 5 | 7 | Incomplete prototype |
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| {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | Krupp, Rheinmetall | 3.7 cm KwK L/45 | 7.92×57mm Mauser Dreyse machine gun, cloth belt drum magazine (100 rounds) supply | 1930 | 4 | 8.7 (Krupp) | Used for training only |
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| {{flag|Weimar Republic}} | Krupp, Rheinmetall, Daimler | 75 mm KwK | 3× 7.92 mm MG (coaxial, hull and sub-turret) | 1929 | 6 | 16 (Rheinmetall, Daimler) | Used for training only |
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| Panzer I | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Krupp, Henschel, Daimler, MAN | 2 × 7.92 mm MG 13 machine guns | - | 1934 | 1659 | 5.4 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | 1 × 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 Ausf. a–F | 1 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | 1936 | 1,856 | 8.9 | |
| Škoda T-15
| {{flag|Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|name=Slovakia}} | Škoda | 1 × 3.7 cm KwK 38(t) L/47 | 1 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | 1936 | 5 | - | Slovak alternative to the Panzer II. 5 prototypes built |
| Panzerkampfwagen II mit Schwimmkörper (Panzer II with floats)
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | | 1 × 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 Ausf. a–F | 1 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | 1936 | | 8.9 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 5 cm KwK 39 (planned) | 1 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | | 0 | 21.9 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Krupp, Rheinmetall | 3.7 cm KwK 36 | 1935 | 5 | 23.41 | |
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| {{flag|Czechoslovakia|First Czechoslovak Republic}} | 3.7 cm kanon PÚV vz. 34 gun | 2 x {{convert|7.92|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} MG 37(t) machine gun | 1936 | 434 | 10.5 | |
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| {{flag|Czechoslovakia|Second Czechoslovak Republic}} | ČKD | 2× 7.92 mm ZB-53 (MG 37(t)) machine guns | 1939 | 1414 | 9.85 | |
| Sd.Kfz. 140/1 Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) mit 2 cm KwK 38
| {{flag|Czechoslovakia|Second Czechoslovak Republic}} | ČKD | 2× 7.92 mm ZB-53 (MG 37(t)) machine guns | 1939 | | 9.85 | |
| Sd.Kfz. 140/1 Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) mit 7.5 cm KwK37 L/24
| {{flag|Czechoslovakia|Second Czechoslovak Republic}} | ČKD | 2× 7.92 mm ZB-53 (MG 37(t)) machine guns | 1939 | | 9.85 | |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Daimler | 1 × 3.7 cm KwK 36 Ausf. A-G | 2–3 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | 1939 | 5774 | 23.0 | |
| Panzerbeobachtungswagen III
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Daimler | 1 × 3.7 cm KwK 36 Ausf. A-G | 2–3 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | 1939 | | 23.0 | Used for forward artillery observation |
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| Tauchpanzer III – amphibious (snorkel-fitted) Panzer III | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Daimler | 1 × 3.7 cm KwK 36 Ausf. A-G | 2–3 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | 1939 | | 23.0 | Converted to amphibious tank |
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| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Krupp, Vomag, Nibelungenwerk | 1 x 7.5 cm (2.95 in) KwK 40 L/48 main gun | 2 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | 1939 | 8553 | 25.0 | |
| Panzerbeobachtungswagen IV (Pz. Beob. Wg. IV)
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Krupp, Vomag, Nibelungenwerk | 1 x 7.5 cm (2.95 in) KwK 40 L/48 main gun | 2 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | 1939 | | 25.0 | Artillery spotter tank with special radio equipment |
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| Panther | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | MAN AG, Daimler, {{ill|Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen Hannover|lt=MNH|de}} | 1 x 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 | 2 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | 1943 | 6000 | 44.8 | |
| Beobachtungspanzer Panther – artillery observer
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | MAN AG, Daimler, {{ill|Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen Hannover|lt=MNH|de}} | 1 x 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 | 2 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 | 1943 | | 44.8 | Used for forward artillery observation |
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| Tiger I | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Henschel | 1× 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56 | 1942 | 1347 | 54.0 | |
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| Tiger II | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 1× 8.8 cm KwK 43 | 1944 | 492 | 69.8 | |
=Self-propelled guns=
==Tank-based==
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Anti-Air
- Flakpanzer I
- Flakpanzer 38(t)
- Möbelwagen
- Wirbelwind
- Ostwind
- Flakpanzer IV mit 3 cm FlaK Vierling (official designator for Zerstörer 45)
- Kugelblitz
- Flakpanzer Coelian (dual 3.7 cm autocannons)
Anti-tank
- Panzerjäger I
- 5 cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II
- 7.62 cm PaK 36(r) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. D/E (Sd.Kfz. 132)
- Marder I (Sd.Kfz. 135)
- Marder II (LaS 762)
- Marder III (Sd.Kfz. 138)
- Marder III (Sd.Kfz. 139)
- Jagdpanzer 38(t) (Hetzer)
- Jagdpanzer IV
- Panzer IV/70 – Panzer IV-based SPG armed with 75mm gun from Panther tank
- Jagdpanther (Sd.Kfz. 173)
- Nashorn (Hornisse)
- Jagdtiger (Sd.Kfz. 186)
- Elefant also known as Ferdinand (Sd.Kfz. 184))
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Assault & infantry guns
- Sturmpanzer I (Bison)
- Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III or StuH 42, StuG III most-produced German AFV)
- Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV)
- Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B
- Brummbär also known as Sturmpanzer, Sturmpanzer 43 (Sd.Kfz. 166)
- Grille (Sd.Kfz. 138/1)
- 15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf)
- Sturmtiger
Self propelled artillery
- Wespe
- Hummel
- Heuschrecke 10 also known as "Waffenträger Geschützwagen IV")
- 10.5 cm K (gp.Sfl.) (Dicker Max)
- Sturer Emil (2 built)
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==Other==
- {{ill|3,7 cm WD Schlepper 25PS|et|lt=Schlepper 25PS}} – 37mm gun on Hanomag chassis
- 7.7 cm FK WD Schlepper 50PS – 77mm gun on Hanomag chassis
- Pz.Sph. 204(f) mit KwK 42 – gun on French Panhard 178 armoured car
- 8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 12 – AA gun in field gun mount on Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track chassis
- 8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 18 – AA gun in field gun mount on Sd.Kfz. 9 half-track chassis
- Mittler Schutzenpanzerwagen S307(f) mit Reihenwerfer – mortar on French SOMUA MCG half-track truck chassis
=Armored cars=
- Panzerspähwagen Kfz 13
- Leichter Panzerspähwagen (light armored cars)
- Sd.Kfz. 221
- Sd.Kfz. 222
- Sd.Kfz. 223
- Sd.Kfz. 260 (light armored radio car)
- Sd.Kfz. 261 (light armored radio car)
- Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (heavy armored cars)
- Sd.Kfz. 231
- Sd.Kfz. 232
- Sd.Kfz. 233
- Sd.Kfz. 263 (heavy armored radio car)
- Sd.Kfz. 234 – 8 wheeled armored car (also known as Puma or Stummel)
- Sd.Kfz. 250 half-track (machine gun and mortar versions)
- Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track (machine gun and mortar versions)
- Panzerwagen ADGZ
- M39 Pantserwagen (captured from Dutch)
- Panhard 178 (captured from French)
=Armored carriers=
- Sd.Kfz. 3 (early) – unarmed personnel carrier of the 1920s
- French Somua MCG/MCL mittlerer gepanzerter Zugkraftwagen S307/303(f)
- French Unic P107 leichter Zugkraftwagen U304(f))
- Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen 'Kätzchen' – 2 built
- Munitions Selbstfahrlafette auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Wespe chassis as ammunition carrier)
- Munitionspanzer 38(t) (sf) Ausf.K (Sd.Kfz..138/1)
- Sd.Kfz. 252 half-track ammunition carrier
- Borgward B III – armoured ammunition carrier
=Engineering and command=
- Springer vehicle (demolition vehicle)
- Borgward IV (demolition vehicle)
- Goliath tracked mine
- {{ill|Räumer S|de}} (mine clearance vehicle, prototype only)
- Brückenleger auf Panzerkampfwagen II (bridge layer on Panzer II chassis)
- Minenräumer III (also known as Minenräumpanzer III) – mine-clearing vehicle on Panzer III chassis
- Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen (command version of Panzer I)
- Panzerbefehlswagen III (command version of Panzer III)
- Panzerbefehlswagen IV (Pz. Bef. Wg. IV) (command version of Panzer IV)
- Befehlspanzer Panther (command version of Panther tank)
- Kugelpanzer – cable-laying vehicle, supplied to Japan
- Sd.Kfz. 247 – armored command car
- Sd.Kfz. 253 half-track artillery observer
- Infanterie Sturmsteg auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV (infantry assault bridge version of the Panzer IV)
- Instandsetzungskraftwagen I (maintenance vehicle version of the Panzer I)
- {{ill|Strabokran|de}} – tank-lifting maintenance crane
=Trucks=
- Opel Blitz (also Maultier (late Sd.Kfz. 3) half-track versions)
- Mercedes-Benz L3000
- Krupp Protze
- Kfz.19 – Telephone truck
- Kfz.21 – Staff car
- Kfz.68 – Radio mast carrier
- Kfz.69 – Standard configuration for towing the 3,7 cm PaK 36
- Kfz.70 – Standard configuration for personnel carrying
- Kfz.81 – Ammo carrier conversion for 2 cm FlaK gun, usually towed
- Kfz.83 – Generator carrier for anti-aircraft spotlight, usually towed
- Borgward B 3000
- Sd.Kfz. 4 half-track
- {{ill|Ford B3000 S, V3000S, V3000A|de}}
- {{ill|Ford Modell BB|de}}
- {{ill|Ford Modell V8-51|de}}
- Polski Fiat 621- Captured from Polish
- Tatra 111
- Zis-5- Captured from Soviets
=Passenger cars=
- Volkswagen Kübelwagen
- Volkswagen Schwimmwagen – amphibious car
- Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht
- {{ill|BMW 325|de}} (lightweight class)
- {{ill|Horch 901|de}} (medium weight class)
- {{ill|Mercedes-Benz W 133 III|de}}
- {{ill|Mercedes-Benz W 139|de}}
- {{ill|Mercedes-Benz W 152|de}}
- Mercedes-Benz W31
- {{ill|Tatra V 809|de}}
- Trippel SG6 amphibious car
=Motorcycles=
Motorcycles were often paired with a sidecar as a {{ill|Wehrmachtsgespann|de}}.
- BMW R75
- Zündapp KS 750
- {{ill|BMW R 17|de}}
- {{ill|BMW R 71|de}}
- {{ill|Zündapp DB/ DBK|de}}
- Zündapp KS 600
- Zündapp K 800
- NSU
- DKW NZ 350
- Nimbus (motorcycle) – Denmark-built
=Tractors and prime movers=
- Landwasserschlepper (also known as Land-Wasser-Schlepper) amphibious tractor
- Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper, also AA and multiple-rocket launcher versions do exist.
- Sd.Kfz. 2 (HK 101) – lightest German tractor of World War II (half-track and motorcycle hybrid)
- Maultier half-truck
- Sd.Kfz. 4 half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 6 half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 7 half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 9 half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 10 light half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 11 half-track
- Bergepanzer III – PzKpfw III chassis
- Bergepanzer IV – PzKpfw IV chassis
- Bergepanther (Sd.Kfz. 179) – PzKpfw V Panther chassis 347 produced (1943–1945)
- Bergetiger – PzKpfw VI Tiger I chassis
- Bergepanzer 38(t) – Jagdpanzer 38 chassis, 170 produced (1944–1945)
- Bergepanzer T-34 – Captured T-34 chassis
- Sd.Kfz. 254 tracked artillery tractor
- Raupenschlepper, Ost (also known as RSO) – advanced tracked tractor
- Saurer RR-7
=Miscellaneous vehicles=
- {{ill|Heeresfeldwagen|de}} – Army trailer
- {{ill|Infanteriefahrzeug|de}} – Infantry trailers
- {{ill|Infanteriekarren IF8|de}} – Infantry cart IF8
- Meillerwagen – V-2 rocket transporter
- {{ill|Einheitsprotzhaken}} – Trailer attachment hook
- Railroad plough
Navy ships and war vessels
{{main article|List of Kriegsmarine ships}}
- Siebel ferry – main Wehrmacht landing craft
Aircraft
{{main article|List of World War II military aircraft of Germany}}
Secret weapons
{{main article|Wunderwaffe}}
Radars
- Freya radar
- {{ill|Egon (Radar)|de|lt=Egon}}
- Würzburg radar
- FuG 25a Erstling
- Seetakt radar
- Flensburg radar detector
Missiles and bombs
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- Anti-tank bombs
- SD 4 HL
- SD 4/HL RS
- SD 9/HL
- Armor-piercing bombs
- SC 10
- SC 10 DW
- PC 500 'Pauline'
- PC 1000 'Pol'
- PC 1600
- PC 500 RS
- PC 1000 RS
- PC 1800 RS
- PD 500
- PD 1000
- Cluster bombs
- AB 23
- AB 250-2
- AB 250-3
- AB 500-1
- AB 500-1B
- AB 500-3A
- AB 70-D1
- BDC 10
- High explosive bombs
- SB 1000
- SB 1800
- SB 2500
- SC 50
- SC 250
- SC 500
- SC 1000 "Hermann"
- SC 1200
- SC 1800 "Satan"
- SC 2000
- SC 2500 "Max"
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- Shrapnel bombs
- SD 1
- SD 1 FRZ
- SD 2
- SD 10 A
- SD 10 FRZ
- SD 10 C
- SD 15
- SBe 50
- SD 50
- SD 70
- SBe 250
- SD 250
- SD 500
- SD 1400 "Esau"
- SD 1700 "Sigismund"
- Rockets and Missiles
- R4M (AA/AT rocket)
- Werfer-Granate 21 (air-to-air rocket)
- Blohm & Voss L 10 unmanned torpedo glider
- Fritz X anti-ship guided bomb (also known as PC 1400)
- Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship guided bomb
- Henschel Hs 294 anti-ship guided bomb
- Henschel Hs 298 radio-guided air-to-air missile
- Ruhrstahl X-4 wire-guided air-to-air missile
- Kramer Rk 344, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
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Cartridges and shells
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
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- {{cite book |last1=Chamberlain |first1=Peter |last2=Gander |first2=Terry |title=Light and Medium Field Artillery |series=World War 2 Fact Files series|date=1975 |publisher= Macdonald and Jane's |location=London |isbn=0356082156}}
- {{cite book |last1=Frank |first1=Reinhard |title=Cars of the Wehrmacht: A Photo Chronicle |series=German Vehicles in World War II series |date=1994 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing |location=Atglen, PA, USA |isbn=0887406874}}
- {{cite book |last1=Frank |first1=Reinhard |title=Trucks of the Wehrmacht: A Photo Chronicle |series=German Vehicles in World War II series |date=1997 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing |location=Atglen, PA, USA |isbn=0887406866 |author-mask1=7}}
- {{cite book |last1=Frank |first1=Reinhard |title=German Light Half-Tracked Prime Movers 1934-1945 |series=Schiffer Military History series |date=1997 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing |location=Atglen, PA, USA |isbn=0764302620 |author-mask1=7}}
- {{cite book |last1=Frank |first1=Reinhard |title=German Medium Half-Tracked Prime Movers 1934-1945 |series=Schiffer Military History series |date=1997 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing |location=Atglen, PA, USA |isbn=0764302639 |author-mask1=7}}
- {{cite book |last1=Frank |first1=Reinhard |title=German Heavy Half-Tracked Prime Movers 1934-1945 |series=Schiffer Military History series |date=1997 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing |location=Atglen, PA, USA |isbn=0764301675 |author-mask1=7}}
- {{cite book |last1=Gander |first1=Terry |last2=Chamberlain |first2=Peter |title=Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery, and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces, 1939-1945 |date=1979 |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City, NY, USA |isbn=0385150903}}
- {{cite book |last1=Gander |first1=Terry |title=Heavy Artillery of World War II |series=Vital Guide series |date=2004 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK |isbn=1840374144 |author-mask1=6}}
- {{cite book |last1=Garson |first1=Paul |title=Two-Wheeled Blitzkrieg: German Wartime Motorcycles |date=2017 |publisher=Amberley Publishing |location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, England |isbn=9781445672366}}
- {{cite book |last1=Hinrichsen |first1=Horst |title=Motorcycles of the Wehrmacht: A Photo Chronicle |series= German Vehicles in World War II series |date=1994 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing |location=Atglen, PA, USA |isbn=0887406858}}
- {{cite book |last1=Hinrichsen |first1=Horst |title=German Military Motorcycles in the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht 1934-1945 |series=Schiffer Military History series |date=1997 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing |location=Atglen, PA, USA |isbn=0764301926 |author-mask1=8}}
- {{cite book |last1=Hinrichsen |first1=Horst |title=Heavy Sidecar Motorcycles of the Wehrmacht 1935-1945 |series=Schiffer Military History series |date=2000 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing |location=Atglen, PA, USA |isbn=0764312723 |author-mask1=8}}
- {{cite book |last1=Lepage |first1=Jean-Denis |title=German Military Vehicles of World War II: an illustrated guide to cars, trucks, half-tracks, motorcycles, amphibious vehicles and others |date=2007 |publisher=McFarland Books |location=Jefferson, NC, USA |isbn=9780786428984}}
- {{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Paul |title=German Reconnaissance and Support Vehicles 1939-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives |series=Images of War series |date=2018 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books |location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK |isbn=9781526720894}}
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External links
- [https://www.feldgrau.com/ww2-german-infantry-weapons-rifles/ German Weapons During WW2 (Rifles, Guns, Mines, Vehicles)]
{{Weapons}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of German military equipment of Second World War}}