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World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

(1939–1945).

Albania

Sidearms

* Bodeo Model 1889 *

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

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

* Mauser C96 *

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

Submachine guns

* Beretta M1918 *

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

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

Rifles

* Carcano *

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

* Karabiner 98k *

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

* Lee–Enfield *

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

* Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 * Mannlicher-Schönauer * Mosin–Nagant

Machine guns

* Breda 30 * Breda M37 * Schwarzlose machine gun * Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 *

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

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

* MG 42

Australia

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power * Enfield No.2 * Smith & Wesson Victory * Webley Mk.VI (.455)

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1928A1 * Sten submachine gun *

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

* Owen submachine gun

Rifles

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

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

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

* Vickers machine gun

Flamethrowers

* M2 flamethrower * Flamethrower, Portable, No 2

Mortars

* Stokes mortar * Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar * Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar

Anti-tank weapons

* PIAT * Boys anti-tank rifle

Austria

Sidearms

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

* Roth–Steyr M1907 * Steyr M1912 *

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

* Mauser C96 *

Submachine guns

* MP 34 *

Rifles

* Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Machine guns

* Schwarzlose M1907/12 *

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

* MG 42

Belgium

Edged weapons

* M1924 bayonet

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power * Browning FN M1910 and M1922 * Nagant M1895

Submachine guns

* Sten submachine gun * MP 18 * MP 28

Rifles

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

Light machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * Browning M1918 * Browning FN M1930 * MG 08/15

Medium machine guns

* Hotchkiss M1914 * Vickers machine gun

Heavy machine guns

* Browning M1917 *

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

Anti-tank weapons

* PIAT

Brazil

Sidearms

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

* Browning Hi-Power *

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

Submachine guns

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

* Reising M50 * Thompson submachine gun * MP 18

Shotguns

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

* Winchester M1897 *

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

Rifles

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

* Springfield M1903 * FN M1924 * Vz. 24 * Vz. 33 * Mauser M1908

Light machine guns

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

* Browning M1918 *

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

Medium machine guns

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

* Hotchkiss M1914

Heavy machine guns

* Browning M1917 *

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

Grenades

* Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade * Molotov fire grenade

Flamethrowers

* M2 flamethrower

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka *

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

Bulgaria

Sidearms

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

* Walther PP * Tokarev TT-33

Submachine guns

* ZK-383 * MP 34 *

* PPSh-41 *

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

Rifles

* Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 * Mauser Karabiner 98k

Machine guns

* Maxim M1910 *

* Schwarzlose M1907/12 *

* Degtyaryov DP-28

Mortars

* Brandt M1927/31 *

8 cm Granatwerfer 34 The 8 cm Granatwerfer 34 (8 cm GrW 34) was the standard German infantry mortar throughout World War II. It was noted for its accuracy and rapid rate of fire. History The weapon was of conventional design and broke down into three lo ...

Anti-tank weapons

* Solothurn S-18/100 *

Panzerschreck ''Panzerschreck'' (lit. "tank fright", "tank's fright" or "tank's bane") was the popular name for the ''Raketenpanzerbüchse'' 54 ("Rocket Anti-armor Rifle Model 54", abbreviated to RPzB 54), an 88 mm reusable anti-tank rocket launcher dev ...

Panzerfaust The ''Panzerfaust'' (, "armour fist" or "tank fist", plural: ''Panzerfäuste'') was a development family of single-shot man-portable anti-tank systems developed by Nazi Germany during World War II. The weapons were the first single-use light an ...

State of Burma

Sidearms

* Nambu pistol *

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

(Captured)

Submachine guns

* M1 Thompson (Captured) *

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

(Captured)

Rifles

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

Machine guns

* Bren LMG (Captured) * Lewis gun (Captured) * Vickers machine gun (Captured) * Type 3 heavy machine gun *

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

Canada

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power *

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

* Enfield No.2 * Colt M1907 Police Positive *

* Smith & Wesson Victory * Smith & Wesson Triple Lock

Submachine guns

* Sten submachine gun (Locally produced) * Thompson submachine gun * Lanchester submachine gun * Reising M50

Rifles

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

* M1 Garand (Garands were issued to certain Canadian Army units near the end of World War II) * Enfield M1917

Machine guns

(Standard issue LMG) * Lewis machine gun * Browning M1917 * Browning M1918 *

* Johnson M1941 machine gun * Vickers machine gun

Grenades

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

Flamethrowers

* Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 "Ack Pack"

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka * PIAT * Boys anti tank rifle (Locally produced)

China

Weapons used by the National Revolutionary Army, as well as Communist forces and Chinese warlords

Edged weapons

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

Sidearms

(American Lend-Lease) * Browning Hi-Power (Limited numbers in the Burma Campaign X-Forces and Y-Forces) * Browning FN M1900 (Imported and locally produced) * Browning FN M1922 * Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless (Issued to officers only) *

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

(American Lend-Lease) * Astra 900 * Nagant M1895 * Nambu Type 14 (Captured) *

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

(Captured) * Mauser C96 (Locally produced) * Mauser M712

Submachine guns

* M3A1 submachine gun (Lend-Leased to the National Revolutionary Army, along with the Thompson, to replace the outdated Chinese copies of the MP 18 and MP 28 submachine guns used during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the early years of the Chinese Civil War) * Thompson submachine gun (American Lend-Lease and local production) * United Defense M42 (American Lend-Lease and local production) * Sten submachine gun *

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

(Limited) * SIG M1920 (Locally produced copy with a downward facing magazine known as the Tsing Dao Submachine Gun) * MP 34 * PPD-40

Rifles

(American Lend-Lease) * Enfield M1917 (American Lend-Lease) * Springfield M1903 (American Lend-Lease) * Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I (American Lend-Lease, used in training in Burma) * Carcano rifle * FN M1924 * Mosin–Nagant M1891 and M1891/30 * Arisaka rifle (Captured) * Vz. 24 * ZH-29 * Hanyang Type 88 (Standard issue rifle) * Type 1 rifle * Mauser Gewehr 98 * Type 24 rifle (Licensed copy of the Mauser Model 1924, also known as the Chiang Kai-Shek rifle) * Mauser Karabiner 98k (Mainly issued to the early German trained divisions)

Light machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

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

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

* Lahti-Saloranta M26 (Very limited numbers) * SIG KE7 * ZB vz.26 (Imported from

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and locally produced) * Degtyaryov DP-28

Medium machine guns

(American Lend-Lease in Burma) * Hotchkiss M1914

Heavy machine guns

* Browning M1917 (American Lend-Lease and locally produced) * Type 3 heavy machine gun (Captured) * Type 24 machine gun

Grenades

* Type 23 grenade * Chinese Stielhandgranate

Flamethrowers

* M1A1 flamethrower

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka * Boys anti tank rifle

Independent State of Croatia

Edged weapons

* Kampfmesser 42 (Bayonet) * Seitengewehr 98 (Bayonet)

Sidearms

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

* Nagant M1895 * M1910/22 *

Submachine guns

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

* MP 34 *

* PPSh-41 (Captured)

Automatic rifles

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

Rifles

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

* Carcano rifle * vz. 24 * Mauser Karabiner 98k *

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

* Lebel Model 1886 rifle * M1924

Machine guns

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

* Fiat-Revelli M1914 *

* MG 42 * Lewis gun *

* M26 * M37 * M1909 * Hotchkiss M1914

Grenades

* M1924 Smoke grenade * M1924 Stielhandgranate

Mortars

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

* 12 cm Granatwerfer 42

Anti-tank weapons

Czechoslovakia

Sidearms

* ČZ vz. 27 * ČZ vz. 38 * Pistole vz. 22 * Pistole vz. 24

Submachine guns

* Sten submachine gun * ZK-383 *

Rifles

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

* Steyr Mannlicher M1895 * vz. 24 * vz. 33 * ZH-29

Machine guns

* ZB vz. 26 * ZB vz. 30 * ZB-50 * ZB-53

Denmark

Sidearms

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

Submachine guns

* Sten submachine gun (Used by the Danish resistance movement) * Lettet-Forsøgs submachine gun

Shotguns

* Sjögren shotgun (Limited numbers)

Rifles

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

M1889 * Mauser Karabiner 98k *

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

M96 * Automatgevar M42

Machine guns

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

Anti-tank weapons

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

Bofors 37 mm The Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun was an anti-tank gun designed by Swedish manufacturer Bofors in the early 1930s originally for Swedish use. It was exported to several countries during the 1930s of which several bought licences to produce it ...

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Egypt

Sidearms

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

* Mauser C96 * Rast & Gasser M1898 *

Submachine guns

* M1 Thompson * MP 18 *

Rifles

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

* Lee-Enfield * Lee-Metford *

Machine guns

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

* Maxim gun * Lewis gun * Schwarzlose machine gun

Estonia

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power * Nagant M1895

Submachine guns

* Tallinn Arsenal submachine gun

Rifles

* Mosin–Nagant rifle * vz. 24

Machine guns

* Lewis gun * Maxim M1910 *

Anti-tank weapons

Solothurn S-18/1100 The Solothurn S-18/1100 was a Swiss 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War by a number of combatants. History As a result of the defeat of the central-powers during World War I and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles, Germ ...

Ethiopia

Sidearms

(Captured) *

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

* Nagant M1895 *

Submachine guns

(Captured) *

Rifles

* Carcano (Captured) *

* Mosin–Nagant rifle

Machine guns

* Breda 30 (Captured) * Bren LMG * Maxim M1910 * Lewis gun * Vickers machine gun * ZB vz. 26

Finland

Edged weapons

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

knife

Sidearms

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

(Captured) *

* Beretta M1915 and M1915/19 *

* Beretta M1935 (Used by the Home Guard) * Ruby M1914 * Nagant M1895 (Captured) * Lahti L-35 * Pistole vz. 24 * Pistole vz. 38 *

(Used by Finnish officers) * Mauser C96 (614 examples) *

(P1 variant, Finnish peacekeeping forces) * Tokarev TT-33 (Captured)

Submachine guns

* Sten submachine gun (Captured) *

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

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

(Delivered with German vehicles) * PPD-40 (Captured) * PPSh-41 (Captured) *

(Captured)

Rifles

* Winchester M1895 *

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

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * Maxim M1910 * Finnish Maxim M32-33 * Browning M1918 *

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

(Used by Norwegian and Danish volunteers) * Lahti-Saloranta M26 * ZB vz. 26 *

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

Grenades

* M1924 Stielhandgranate * Molotov fire grenade

Mines

* Panssarimiina m/36 * Panssarimiina m/39 * Panssarimiina m/S-39 * Panssarimiina m/44

Flamethrowers

* Lanciafiamme M1935 * Liekinheitin m/44

Anti-tank weapons

* Hotchkiss 25 mm anti-tank gun * Boys anti-tank rifle (As 14 mm Pst Kiv/37) * Madsen 20 mm anti-tank cannon * Lahti L-39 * Solothurn S-18/100 *

(As 37 Pst K/36)

Anti-aircraft weapons

* 20 ITK 35 (Breda M1935) *

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

France

Edged weapons

* Coup Coup

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

(Used by the French Resistance,

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Commandos.

Sidearms

* Star M1914 * Union pistol * Savage M1907 *

* FP-45 Liberator (Supplied by the US for the French resistance) * MAB D * MAS M1873 * MAS M1892 * Ruby M1914 * SACM M1935A *

(Captured)

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1928 (American aid) * Sten submachine gun (British aid) * MAS-38 *

* MP 18 *

(French resistance)

Shotguns

* Winchester M1897 * Winchester M1912

Rifles

* Enfield M1917 (American aid) * Springfield M1903 (American aid) * Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I (British aid) * Berthier M1892/16 carbine * Berthier M1907/15 rifle * Lebel M1886/93 * MAS-36 * MAS-44 prototype * MAS-40 * RSC M1917 and M1918 * Mauser Karabiner 98k (French resistance) * M1 Garand

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * Browning M1918 *

* Hotchkiss M1914 *

* Chauchat M1915 *

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

* MAC M1924/29 light machine gun * MAC M1931

Grenades

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

Mortars

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

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka * PIAT * Boys anti-tank rifle

Guided explosive weapons

* Kegresse K (Cable guided explosive machine)

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

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

Edged weapons

* Kampfmesser 42 (Bayonet) * Seitengewehr 84/98 III (Bayonet) * Seitengewehr 98 (Bayonet)

Sidearms

* Astra 300 & Astra 600 *

* Mauser C96 ** M712 Schnellfeuer (fully automatic variant ** Astra 900 (Spanish copy) *

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

* Reichsrevolver * Sauer 38H *

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

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

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

* Pistole 27(t) ( ČZ vz. 27) * Pistole 625(f) ( SACM M1935A) * Pistole 640(b) ( Browning Hi-Power) * Pistole 645(p) / P35(p) ( FB Vis) *Pistole 657(n) (

Kongsberg Colt The Kongsberg Colt is a nickname used for Colt M1911 pistols produced under license by the Norwegian factory Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk. History Norway adopted the 7.5 mm Nagant revolver (named M/1893) as the standard Norwegian military si ...

)

Submachine guns

* MP 18 & MP 28 *

* MP 35 *

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

* MP 40 & MP 41 * MP 3008 (Gerät Neumünster) & Gerät Potsdam - copies of

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

* MP 722(f) ( MAS-38) * MP 738(i) / MP 739(i) ( Beretta M1938) * ZK-383

Combination guns

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

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

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

pilots who were shot down)

Automatic rifles and assault rifles

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

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

* MKb 42(H) - prototypes and field testing * MKb 42(W) - prototypes and field testing * Fallschirmjäger Gewehr 42 - paratrooper rifle *

* Sturmgewehr 45 -prototypes only *

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

- a series of last ditch weapons

Bolt action rifles

* Mauser Karabiner 98k ** Mauser Karabiner 98a ** Mauser Karabiner 98b * Mauser Model 1871 (limited) * Mauser Model 1889 * 35M rifle * GRC Gewehr 88 Obsolete, the Volkssturm * Mauser Gewehr 98 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm * Winchester M1895 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

* Gewehr 24(t) ( vz. 24) * Gewehr 29/40(ö) (modified version of Karabinek wz. 1929, produced in Poland under Austrian management) * Gewehr 33/40(t) (modified version of vz. 33) * Gewehr 211(n) ( Krag-Jørgensen)

Sniper rifles

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

Machine guns

* Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun used by volkssturm *

(Limited) * MG 13 * MG 15 *

* MG 42 * Volksmaschinengewehr VMG-27 * MG 35-36A "Knorr-Bremse"

Foreign weapons produced under occupation

* Maschinengewehr MG 26(t) ( ZB vz.26) * Maschinengewehr MG 30(t) ( ZB vz. 30) * Maschinengewehr 37(t) ( ZB-53) * Schweres Maschinengewehr 258(d) (

)

Grenades & Grenade launchers

* Blendkörper 1H (smoke grenade) * Blendkörper 2H (smoke grenade) * Hafthohlladung (Also known as Panzerknacker) * M1924 Stielhandgranate * M1939 Eiergranate * M1943 Stielhandgranate *

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

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

Schiessbecher The Schiessbecher (alternatively: ''Schießbecher'') - literally "shooting cup" - was a German grenade launcher of World War II. A ''Gewehrgranatgerät'' ("rifle grenade device") based on rifle grenade launcher models designed during World War ...

(Attached on Mauser Karabiner 98k carbine only)

Mine

* S-mine (Anti-personnel mine)

Flamethrowers

Flammenwerfer 35 The ''Flammenwerfer'' 35, or FmW 35 (flame thrower) was a one-man German flamethrower used during World War II to clear out trenches and buildings. It could project fuel up to 25 meters from the user. Description It weighed , and held of flami ...

Flammenwerfer 41 The Flammenwerfer 41, or ''FmW 41'' (literally, "flame thrower") was the standard German flamethrower beginning in 1941 and an upgraded version of the earlier Flammenwerfer 35, whose main issue was its excessive weight of 36kg, with the Flammenwer ...

* Einstossflammenwerfer 46

Mortars

* 5 cm leicht Granatwerfer 36 *

* 8 cm kurz Granatwerfer 42 * 12 cm Granatwerfer 42

Anti-tank weapons

* Solothurn S-18/100 * Sturmpistole * Panzerbüchse 38 and Panzerbüchse 39 *

(Approximately 290,000) *

Anti-aircraft rocket launcher

* Fliegerfaust - prototypes/trials only

Guided explosive weapons

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

Greece

Edged weapons

* Bayonet * Improvised knife

Sidearms

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

(Captured from the Italians) * Beretta M1935 (Captured from the Italians) * Ruby M1914 * Nagant M1895 *

(Captured from the Germans) * Bergmann-Bayard M1908

Submachine guns

(Used by exiled Greek forces) * Thompson M1928 and M1A1 (Used by exiled Greek forces) * Sten submachine gun (Used by exiled Greek forces) * Beretta M1938 (Captured from the Italians) * MP 34 (Captured from the Germans and used by gendarmerie and police forces) *

(Captured from the Germans)

Rifles

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

* Mauser FN M1930

Light machine guns

* Hotchkiss Μ1922/26 *

(Used by exiled Greek forces) * Breda M1930 (Captured from the Italians) * Chauchat M1915 * EPK M1939

Medium machine guns

* Hotchkiss M1914 * Hotchkiss modified machine gun * Saint Étienne M1907/16

Heavy machine guns

* Schwarzlose M1907/12

Grenades

Mortars

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

Anti-tank weapons

* PIAT

Hungary

Sidearms

* FÉG 29M *

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

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

* Frommer Lilliput * Rast & Gasser M1898 *

Submachine guns

* Danuvia 39M and 43M * Beretta M1938 *

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

* MP40 * PPSh-41 (Captured)

Rifles

* 30M rifle * 31M rifle * 35M rifle (Standard issue rifle) * 38M rifle * 95M Mannlicher * Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Machine guns

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

) *

* 42M Grunov ( MG 42) * 42M ( MG 131) * Degtyaryov DP-28

Grenades

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

Mines

* 36M mine * 43M mine

Anti-tank weapons

* 43M kézi páncéltörő vető (Hungarian

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

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

panzerschreck ''Panzerschreck'' (lit. "tank fright", "tank's fright" or "tank's bane") was the popular name for the ''Raketenpanzerbüchse'' 54 ("Rocket Anti-armor Rifle Model 54", abbreviated to RPzB 54), an 88 mm reusable anti-tank rocket launcher dev ...

variant) *

* Nagy Páncélököl ( Panzerfaust 30) * Kis Páncélököl ( Panzerfaust Klein)

India

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power *

Submachine guns

* M1 Thompson

Shotguns

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

Rifles

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

Machine guns

* Lewis gun * Maxim gun *

* Vickers machine gun

Grenades

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

Iran

Sidearms

* Browning 1910 * Mauser C96 *

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

Submachine guns

* MP 34

Rifles

* Iranian Mauser M1900 (Standard issue rifle) * Karabiner 98k * vz. 24

Machine guns

* Lewis gun * Maxim gun *

* Vickers machine gun * ZB vz.26

Iraq

Sidearms

* Mauser C96 *

Submachine guns

(Model 38/44)

Rifles

* Karabiner 98k * Lee-Enfield

Machine guns

* Lewis gun * Maxim gun * Vickers machine gun

Italy

Edged weapons

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

Sidearms

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

* Beretta M1935 * Beretta M418 * Bodeo M1889 * Glisenti M1910 * Ruby M1914 * Roth–Steyr M1907 * Steyr M1912 * Mauser C96 *

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1A1 (Captured examples used by the Italian Army prior to 8 September 1943) * Beretta M1918 * Beretta M1938 *

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

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

* Villar-Perosa OVP M1918 *

Rifles

* Carcano M1891, M1938 and M1941 * Armaguerra Mod. 39 rifle * Breda PG * Revelli M1939 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 * Mauser Karabiner 98k

Light machine guns

* Breda Mod. 5C * Breda M1930 * MAC M1924/29 light machine gun

Medium machine guns

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

Heavy machine guns

* Breda M1931

Grenades

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

Flamethrowers

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

Mortars

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

Anti-tank weapons

* Boys anti-tank rifle (Captured in the North African campaign) * Kb ppanc wz.35 (Ex-Polish) * Solothurn S-18/100 * Solothurn S-18/1000 *

* Panzerfaust 30

Japan

Edged weapons

* Type 2 bayonet *

* Type 42 bayonet * Guntō sword

Sidearms

* Browning FN M1910 * Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless * Smith & Wesson Model 3 * Astra 900 * Hamada Type pistol * Hino–Komuro pistol * Nambu Type 14 * North China Type 19 pistol * Nambu Type 94 *

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

* Inagaki pistol *

* Mauser C96

Submachine guns

* Beretta M1938 * Nambu Type 100 * Type 2 submachine gun * Tokyo Arsenal Model 1927 * MP 18 * MP 34

Semi-automatic rifles

* Pedersen rifle (Used in the Battle of Okinawa. Purchased during the 30s) * Type Kō rifle * Arisaka Type 5 rifle (Also known as the Type 4 Rifle) * ZH-29 (285 rifles captured during

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

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

Rifles

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

Machine guns

* Type 92 machine gun (Copy of the Lewis machine gun) * Browning M1918 (Captured from Chinese forces) * Type 1 heavy machine gun * Type 3 heavy machine gun *

* Type 89 machine gun *

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

* Type 96 light machine gun *

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

* Type 98 machine gun * Type 99 light machine gun

Grenades

* Type 4 grenade * Type 10 fragmentation discharger/hand grenade * Type 91 fragmentation discharger/hand grenade * Type 97 fragmentation hand grenade * Type 98 grenade * Type 99 rifle/hand fragmentation grenade * M1924 Stielhandgranate

Grenade dischargers

* Type 10 * Type 89

Mines

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

Flamethrowers

* Type 93 and Type 100

Mortars

* Type 2 12 cm mortar * Type 11 70 mm infantry mortar * Type 90 light mortar * Type 94 90 mm infantry mortar * Type 96 150 mm infantry mortar * Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar * Type 97 90 mm infantry mortar * Type 97 150 mm infantry mortar *

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

* Type 99 81 mm mortar

Anti-tank weapons

* Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher *

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

Guided explosive weapons

* I-Go (Remote-controlled explosive machine)

Latvia

Sidearms

* Nagant M1895 *

Submachine guns

* Tallinn Arsenal submachine gun

Rifles

* Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I * Ross rifle * Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 * vz. 24

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * Vickers machine gun

Grenades

* M1924 Stielhandgranate

Lithuania

Sidearms

* Ruby M1914 * Nagant M1895 *

* Mauser C96

Submachine guns

* MP 18 * MP 34

Rifles

* Enfield Pattern P1914 * Mosin–Nagant rifle * GRC Gewehr 88 * Mauser 24L * Mauser Gewehr 98

Machine guns

* ZB vz.26 *

* MG 08/15 *

Luxembourg

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power *

Submachine guns

* MP 18

Rifles

* Enfield Pattern P1914 *

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

Machine guns

* Browning M1918 *

* Vickers machine gun *

Anti-tank weapons

* Boys anti-tank rifle

Manchukuo

Sidearms

* Astra Model 900 *

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

* FN M1910 *

* Nambu pistol * Mauser C96 *

* Type 94 Nambu pistol

Submachine guns

* MP 18

Rifles

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

Machine guns

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

Grenade dischargers

* Type 10 grenade discharger

Mengjiang

Sidearms

* Nambu pistol *

* Mauser C96

Submachine guns

* MP 18

Rifles

* Arisaka Type 30 * Arisaka Type 38 *

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

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

Machine guns

* Lewis gun *

* ZB vz. 26

Mexico

Sidearms

* Smith & Wesson Military & Police * Obregón pistol

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1A1 *

Rifles

* Winchester M1895 * Mondragon rifle * vz. 24 * M1 Garand * M1A1 Carbine * Mauser Gewehr 98 * Mauser M1895, M1902 and M1936

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

* Hotchkiss M1914 * Vickers machine gun * Mendoza C-1934 *

Anti-tank weapons

* M9 bazooka

Mongolia

Sidearms

* Nagant M1895 * Tokarev TT-33

Submachine guns

* PPSh-41 *

Rifles

* Mosin–Nagant rifle

Machine guns

* Maxim M1910 * DShK machine gun * Goryunov SG-43 * Degtyaryov machine gun

Montenegro

Sidearms

* Beretta Model 1915 *

* Bodeo Model 1889 * M1891 * M1910/22

Submachine guns

Rifles

* Carcano * Lebel Model 1886 rifle * M1924

Machine guns

* Breda 30 * Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 * Lewis gun * Hotchkiss M1914 * M26 * M37

Nepal

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

* Lee-Enfield

Machine guns

* Lewis gun *

* Vickers machine gun

Netherlands

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power * Browning FN M1903 * Browning FN M1910/22 * Borchardt-Luger pistol * Mauser C96 (Used by the

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

)

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1928 (Used by the

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

and

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

* Sten submachine gun (Used by the KNIL) * Owen submachine gun (Used by the KNIL) * MP 28 (Used by the KNIL)

Rifles

* Johnson M1941 rifle (Used by the KNIL) *

* Dutch Mannlicher M1895 * vz. 24

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * Browning M1918 (Used by the KNIL) *

* Vickers machine gun *

(Used by the KNIL in the carbine version) * Schwarzlose M1907/12 *

Grenades

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

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka * PIAT *

(Used by the KNIL) *

New Zealand

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power * Enfield No.2 * Smith & Wesson Military & Police *

Submachine guns

* Thompson submachine gun * Sten submachine gun * Owen submachine gun

Rifles

(Standard issue rifle) * Charlton M1942 automatic rifle

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

* Vickers machine gun

Grenades

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

Anti-tank weapons

* PIAT * Boys anti-tank rifle

Norway

Sidearms

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

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

Submachine guns

(Used by the Norwegian Resistance) * Sten submachine gun (Used by the Norwegian Resistance)

Rifles

(Norwegian Resistance) *

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

Machine guns

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

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

Philippines

Edged weapons

* Bolo knife *

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

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

Sidearms

* Nambu pistol (Captured) *

(Captured)

Submachine guns

* Thompson submachine gun * United Defense M42

Shotguns

* Winchester M1897 * Winchester M1912

Rifles

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

(Captured) * M1 Garand * Springfield M1903

Machine guns

* Browning M1918 * Browning M1919A4 *

* Type 3 heavy machine gun(Captured) *

(Captured) *

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

Grenades

* Mk2 grenade

Grenade launchers

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

Flamethrowers

* M2 flamethrower

Mortars

* M1 mortar

Poland

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power *

(Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West) * Ruby M1914 * Nagant M1895 * Nagant wz.1932 * Radom Pistolet wz.35 Vis (Standard service sidearm in 1939) * Tokarev TT-33 (Used by the

Polish Armed Forces in the East The Polish Armed Forces in the East ( pl, Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Wschodzie), also called Polish Army in the USSR, were the Polish Armed Forces, Polish military forces established in the Soviet Union during World War II. Two armies were formed ...

)

Submachine gun

* Mors wz. 39 (Prototype only. Prototypes issued to the 3rd Rifle Battalion and the 39th Infantry Division) * Thompson submachine gun (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West) * Sten submachine gun (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West) * Bechowiec 1 (Used by the resistance movement) * Błyskawica submachine gun (Used by the resistance movement) * Choroszmanów submachine gun (Used by the resistance movement) * PPS submachine gun (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East) * PPSh-41 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East)

Rifles

* Karabin wz.98a (Main service rifle in 1939) * Karabinek wz.29 (Main service rifle in 1939, based on the Karabin wz.98a) * Karabinek wz. 91/98/23 (Based on Mosin–Nagant rifle, used in the Invasion of Poland) * Karabinek wz. 91/98/25 * Karabinek wz. 91/98/26 * Kbsp wz. 1938M (Small number produced) *

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

(Used by second-line troops in 1939) * Lebel M1886/93 (Used by second-line troops in 1939) * Mosin–Nagant rifle (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East) * SVT-40 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East) * Mauser Gewehr 98 (Used by the resistance movement) * Mauser Karabiner 98k (Used by the resistance movement)

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * Maxim wz. 1910 (Used by the Polish Armed Forces in the East) * Browning M1917 * Ckm wz.30 (Polish standard heavy machine gun variant of the Browning M1917) * Browning M1918 * Ckm wz.32 (Polish variant of the Browning M1919 chambered in 7.92mm) * Browning wz.1928 (Standard light machine gun) *

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

Grenades

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

Grenade launchers

* Granatnik wz.36

Flamethrowers

* Sender flamethrower * WS-1 flamethrower * WS-2 flamethrower * Zieliński flamethrower

Mortars

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

Anti-tank weapons

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

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

Romania

Sidearms

* Beretta M1935 * Ruby M1914 * Nagant M1895 * Steyr M1912 * Tokarev TT-33 (Captured)

Submachine guns

* Orita M1941 * Beretta M1938 * MP 28 *

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

* PPSh-41 (Captured)

Rifles

* vz.24 (Standard infantry rifle, adopted in 1938) * Mannlicher M1893 (also known as the M93) * Carcano rifle (supplied by Italy) * Lebel M1886/93 (Issued to second-line troops) * Mosin–Nagant rifle (Captured)

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun *

(Captured) * ZB vz. 26 * ZB-30 * ZB-53 *

Anti-tank weapons

Slovak Republic

Sidearms

* Pistole vz. 22 * Pistole vz. 24 *

Rifles

* ZB vz. 24 * Mauser Karabiner 98k

Submachine guns

* ZK-383 *

Light machine guns

* ZB vz. 26 * ZB vz. 30 *

Heavy machine guns

* Schwarzlose M1907/12 (As Kulomet vz. 24)

Mortars

* 80 mm vz. 36 medium mortar

South Africa

Sidearms

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1928 * Sten submachine gun

Rifles

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

Machine guns

* Vickers machine gun

Mortars

* Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar

Anti-tank weapons

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

Soviet Union

Edged weapons

* NR-40 knife *

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

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

Sidearms

(American Lend-Lease) * Nagant M1895 * Mauser C96 (Captured) * Korovin TK * Tokarev TT-33

Submachine guns

* Reising M50 (American Lend-Lease) * Thompson submachine gun (American Lend-Lease) *

(Captured) * PPD-34/38 * PPD-40 * PPSh-41 * PPS-42 *

Automatic and battle rifles

* AVT-40 * Fedorov M1916 Avtomat

Rifles

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

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun (Lend-Lease) * Maxim M1910 * Degtyaryov DP-27 (Erroneously called DP-28 in the west) * Degtyaryov DS-39 (Production discontinued after the German invasion) * Degtyaryov DTM-4 * Degtyaryov RPD (Limited use in 1945) * DShK machine gun * Goryunov SG-43

Grenades

* M1924 Stielhandgranate (Captured from the Germans) * Molotov fire grenade * F1 grenade * Rdultovsky M1914 and M1917 *

RG-41 The Soviet RG-41 was a fragmentation grenade developed during World War II. It was in production for only short time from 1941 to 1942 before being replaced by RG-42.http://army.armor.kiev.ua/hist/rg-41.shtml It contained a 150 g high explosiv ...

RG-42 The Soviet RG-42 (Ручная Граната образца 42 года > ''Ruchnaya Granata obraztsa 42 goda'', "Hand Grenade pattern of 92 year") was a fragmentation grenade designed by S.G. Korshunov. It was originally introduced during Wo ...

* RGD-33 * RPG-6 *

RPG-40 The RPG-40 was an anti-tank hand grenade developed by the Soviet Union in 1940. Description Upon contact, of explosives contained within it were detonated and produced a blast effect. This enabled about of armour to be penetrated and caused sec ...

RPG-43 The RPG-43 (ruchnaya protivotankovaya granata obraztca 1943 goda, meaning hand-held anti-tank grenade) was a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge hand grenade used by the Soviet Union during World War II. It entered service in 1943, repl ...

Grenade launchers

* Dyakonoff grenade launcher (Attachment on the M91/30 rifle only)

Mines

* TM-35 mine (Anti-tank mine)

Flamethrowers

* ROKS-2 * ROKS-3

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka (American Lend-Lease) * PIAT (British Lend-Lease) * Boys anti-tank rifle (British Lend-Lease) *

(Captured) * Panzerfaust 60 (Captured) *

PTRD-41 The PTRD-41 (Shortened from Russian, ''ProtivoTankovoye Ruzhyo Degtyaryova''; ''Противотанковое однозарядное ружьё системы Дегтярёва образца 1941 года''; "Degtyaryov Single Shot Anti-Tank W ...

* PTRS-41

Thailand

Sidearms

* Astra 300 * Browning FN M1900 *

* Nambu Type 14 * Type 78

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

Submachine guns

* MP 18 * Nambu Type 100 * Type 80 machine pistol

Rifles

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

Machine guns

* Type 66 Browning M1917 * Type 66

* Vickers machine gun

Grenades

Type 91 grenade The was an improved version of the Type 10 fragmentation hand grenade/rifle grenade of the Imperial Japanese Army. Although superseded as a hand-thrown weapon by the Type 97 by the start of World War II it was still used by units in the Second S ...

* Type 78 grenade

Grenade dischargers

* Type 10 grenade discharger

Anti-tank weapons

* Type 97 automatic cannon

United Kingdom (including colonies)

Edged weapons

BC-41 The BC-41 was a combined knuckleduster and dagger weapon used by the British Commandos during World War II for close combat and ambush situations. Although effective, it was eventually replaced by the Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife. See also ...

dagger *

* Kris dagger (British Malaya) *

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

machete (Used by

Gurkha The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with endonym Gorkhali ), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, Indian Subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of Northeast India. The Gurkha units are composed of Nepalis and Indian Go ...

regiments) * Parang knife (British Malaya) * Smatchet knife sword

Sidearms

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

(Issued to the

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

) * FN/ Inglis Browning Hi-Power (As Pistol No.2 Mk.I) *

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

Submachine guns

* Thompson M1928, M1928A1 and M1A1 * Sten submachine gun (About 4 million produced from all sources) * Sterling submachine gun * Lanchester submachine gun (Copy of the German MP 28/II, used by the Royal Navy and RAF)

Shotguns

* Remington M1911 * Winchester M1897 * Winchester M1912

Rifles

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

* M1 Garand (Received 38,000 as Lend-Lease) * Enfield M1917 (Used by Home Guard) *

Remington Model 8 The Remington Model 8 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by John Browning and produced by Remington Arms, introduced as the ''Remington Autoloading Rifle'' in 1905, though the name was changed to the ''Remington Model 8'' in 1911. History On Octo ...

(Used by the Home Guard) * Ross rifle (Supplied by Canada. Used by the Home Guard) * Martini–Enfield rifle (Used by the Home Guard) *

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

(Used by Commandos) * Howell M1915 automatic rifle (Used by Home Guard) * Arisaka Type 38 (British Malaya) *

(British Malaya)

Sniper rifles

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

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * Browning M1917 (Used by the Home Guard) *

* Colt–Browning M1895 (Used by the Home Guard) *

Vickers K machine gun The Vickers K machine gun, known as the Vickers Gas Operated (Vickers G.O.) or Gun, Machine, Vickers G.O. .303-inch in British service, was a rapid-firing machine gun developed and manufactured for use in aircraft by Vickers-Armstrongs. The hi ...

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

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

Grenades

* Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade (British Malaya) * No.36M Mk.I grenade (Fragmentation rifle, hand grenade, also known as the "Mills bomb") * No.68 anti-tank grenade (

HEAT In thermodynamics, heat is defined as the form of energy crossing the boundary of a thermodynamic system by virtue of a temperature difference across the boundary. A thermodynamic system does not ''contain'' heat. Nevertheless, the term is ...

anti-tank rifle grenade) * No.69 Mk.I grenade (Concussion hand grenade) * 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) * No.82 hand grenade (Also known as the "Gammon bomb") * Type 97 grenade (British Malaya) * Molotov fire grenade (British Malaya)

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

* McClintock

Bangalore torpedo A Bangalore torpedo is an explosive charge placed within one or several connected tubes. It is used by combat engineers to clear obstacles that would otherwise require them to approach directly, possibly under fire. It is sometimes colloquially ...

Flamethrowers

* Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 "Lifebuoy"

Mortars

* Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar * Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar

Anti-tank weapons

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

Guided explosive weapons

* Metropolitan-Vickers Beetle (Cable-guided explosive machine)

United States

Blade weapons

* Ka-Bar knife * M1 bayonet *

M3 fighting knife The M3 trench knife or M3 fighting knife was an American military combat knife first issued in March 1943. The M3 was originally designated for issue to soldiers not otherwise equipped with a bayonet.Trzaska, Frank, (1996), U.S. Fighting Knives ...

* M4 bayonet * M1905 bayonet * M1917 bayonet * M1942 bayonet *

Mark I trench knife The Mark I trench knife is an American trench knife designed by officers of the American Expeditionary Force The American Expeditionary Forces (A. E. F.) was a formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of World War I. The A ...

* United States Marine Raider stiletto * Bowie knife

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power *

Colt M1892 The Colt M1892 Navy and Army was the first general issue double-action revolver with a swing out cylinder used by the U.S. military. Overview In 1892, the revolver was adopted by the United States Army chambered for .38 Long Colt cartridges, ...

* Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless * Colt M1909 New Service *

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

Submachine guns

* M3A1 submachine gun * Reising M50 * Thompson M1A1 * United Defense M42 * M2 Hyde

Shotguns

:Commonly used by the

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

in the Pacific theater, limited use in Europe. *

* Remington M1931 * Winchester M1897 * Winchester M1912 (Also used to the Western Front, standard-issue shotgun of the US Army) * Winchester M1921 * Stevens M520-30 and M620 *

Rifles

* M1A1 Carbine (Paratrooper version of the M1 Carbine with folding stock) * M1 Garand *

M2 Carbine The M1 carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that was a standard firearm for the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The M1 carbine was produced ...

(Small number used in Okinawa) * Enfield M1917 * Springfield M1903A1 * Johnson M1941 rifle

Sniper rifles

* M1C Garand * Enfield M1917 * Springfield M1903A1 and A4 (Used by the Marine Corps) *

Winchester Model 70 The Winchester Model 70 is a bolt-action sporting rifle. It has an iconic place in American sporting culture and has been held in high regard by shooters since it was introduced in 1936, earning the moniker "The Rifleman's Rifle". The action has s ...

Recoilless rifles

(Uncommon in Europe, some use in the Pacific)

Machine guns

Browning M1917A1 The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew-served, belt-fed, water-cooled ma ...

heavy machine gun * Browning M1918A2 light machine gun * Browning M1919A4 medium machine gun and M1919A6 general purpose machine gun * Browning M2HB heavy machine gun * Browning M1919 Stinger machine gun (A modified M1919 aircraft variant used by

USMC The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through co ...

with a BAR M1918 bipod, an M1 Garand stock, a modified trigger and an M1919 body, a few were built but saw limited action and most didn't survive to this day.) * Johnson M1941 machine gun

Grenades

* Mk.2 fragmentation hand grenade

Grenade launchers

M7 grenade launcher The M7 grenade launcher, formally rifle grenade launcher, M7, was a 22 mm rifle grenade launcher attachment for the M1 Garand rifle that saw widespread use throughout World War II and the Korean War. The M7 was a tube-shaped device, with one end ...

(M1 Garand attachment)

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

* M1A1 Bangalore torpedo

Flamethrowers

* M1 flamethrower * M1A1 flamethrower * M2 flamethrower

Mortars

* M1 mortar * M2 mortar *

M2 4.2-inch mortar The M2 4.2-inch mortar was a U.S. rifled 4.2-inch (107 mm) mortar used during the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. It entered service in 1943. It was nicknamed the "Goon Gun" (from its large bullet-shaped shells, mono ...

Anti-tank weapons

* M1A1 and M9 Bazooka rocket launcher *

(Uncommon in Europe, some use in the Pacific)

Yugoslavia

Sidearms

* Browning Hi-Power (British aid) * M1891 * M1910/22 * Ruby pistol *

(Captured) * Mauser C96 *

(Captured) * Tokarev TT-33 (Soviet aid)

Submachine guns

* Thompson submachine gun (American aid) * United Defense M42 (American aid) * Sten submachine gun (British aid) * Beretta M1938 (Captured) *

(Captured) *

Danuvia 43M The Danuvia 39M/43M was a Hungarian submachine gun designed by Pál Király in the late 1930s. History The 9×25mm Danuvia submachine gun was designed by Hungarian engineer Pál Király in the late 1930s, and was produced by the titular Danuvi ...

(Captured) * ZK-383 (Captured) *

* MP 34 (Captured) *

(Captured) * PPSh-41 (Soviet aid) *

(Soviet aid) * PPD-40 (Soviet aid)

Automatic rifles

(Captured)

Rifles

* Mauser-Koka *

(American aid) *

(British aid) * Lebel Model 1886 rifle * Carcano rifle (Captured) * M1899 * M1910 * M24 series, M1924 * Kbk wz. 1929 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 * vz. 24 *

(Captured) *

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

Machine guns

* Lewis machine gun * M26 * M37 * Maxim machine gun, M1909 * Browning M1918 (American aid) * Hotchkiss M1914 *

(British aid) * Breda M1930 (Captured) * Breda M1937 (Captured) * Fiat–Revelli M1914 * Chauchat M1915 *

* Schwarzlose machine gun *

(Captured) * MG 42 (Captured)

Grenades

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

Flamethrowers

* Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 (Captured) * Schilt portable flamethrower

Anti-tank weapons

* M1 Bazooka (American aid) * PIAT (British aid) * Boys anti-tank rifle (British aid) *

(Captured) *

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

World War II weapons list shown by categories

References

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