List of former equipment of the Hellenic armed forces from 1821 until after 1945.

Offensive weapons

Greek war of independence (1821–1829) and after (1830–1911)

Edged weapons * Bayonet (Made in different countries, to attach on rifles and muskets) *

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

knife (Greek made) *

Janbiya A jambiya, also spelled janbiya, jambya, jambia and janbia ( ar, جنۢبية ''janbīyah''), is a specific type of dagger with a short curved blade with a medial ridge that originated from the Hadhramaut region of Yemen. They have spread all ov ...

dagger (Arabian made) *

Khanjali A khanjali ( ady, Къамэ or , ka, ხანჯალი () or (), Armenian: Խանչալ (''khanchal''); or kinzhal when transliterating ru , кинжал) is a dagger, often with a single off-set groove on each face of the blade. T ...

dagger sword (Caucasian made, also known as Kinzhal) *M1730 sword (Austrian made) *

Yatagan The yatagan, yataghan or ataghan (from Turkish language, Turkish ''yatağan''), also called varsak, is a type of Ottoman Empire, Ottoman knife or short sabre used from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries. The yatagan was extensively used in Otto ...

sabre (Turkish captured and Greek made) Pistols and revolvers *Agrafa flintlock pistol (Greek made) * Chamelot-Delvigne M1873, M1874 and M1884 revolver (French made) *Ktoros M1837 caplock pistol (Greek made) * Lefaucheux M1854 revolver (French made) * Nagant M1895 revolver (Belgian made) Rifles and muskets * Berthier M1892 carbine (French made) *Boyliya flintlock musket (Turkish captured) * Brown Bess flintlock musket (British made) *Carlo & figlio Lazarin M1790 flintlock musket (Italian origin and Greek made) *Carlo & figlio M1800 and M1820 flintlock musket (Italian origin and Greek made) * Charleville flintlock musket (French made) * Chassepot Μ1866 rifle (French made) * Comblain M1870 rifle (Belgian made) * Gras M1874 rifle (French made) *Ktoros M1837 caplock musket (Greek made) *

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

(French made) * Mannlicher M1895 rifle (Austrian made) * Mylonas M1872 rifle (Belgian made and Greek origin) *Nafplion M1833 caplock musket (French and Greek made) *Rasak flintlock musket (Balkan origin and Greek made) *Sishane M1812 flintlock musket (Turkish captured) *Tufek flintlock musket (Turkish captured) *Vasilopulos M1901 rifle (Greek made) Grenades *

bombs and grenades (Greek made) Special weapons *Vasiliadis sea mine (Greek made) Artillery *Trieste mountain cannon (Italian made) Other vehicles * Horses (Origin from different countries and Greek bred) *

Horse-drawn carriage A carriage is a private four-wheeled vehicle for people and is most commonly horse-drawn. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis. Carriage suspensions are by leather strapping an ...

s (Made in various countries, including Greece) * Steam powered carriages (Made in different countries, to carry supplies) Ships *''Afroessa'' Steamship (Scottish made) *''Aktion Ι'' steam gunboat (British made, also known as ''Spetses ΙΙ'') *''Alexandros'' Brig (Russian captured) *''Amfitriti ΙΙΙ'' steam gunboat (British made) *''Amfitriti IV'' steamship (British made, also known as ''Malvina'' and ''Bubulina'') *''Aris'' Barco (Italian made, also known as ''Iraklis'') *''Aris'' Brig (Italian made, also known as ''Athina'') *''Arkadion'' Steamship (British made) *''Emmanuil'' Ship of the line (Russian made) *''Enosis'' Steamship (British made) *''Epihirisis'' Paddle steamship (British made) *''Ermis Ι'' paddle steamship (British made) * ''Hellas Ι'' frigate (American made, one of two ordered from American shipyard, also known as ''Elpis'') *Hydra Ι corvette (Greek made) *''Hydra ΙΙ'' steam gunboat (British made, renamed ''Amvrakia ΙΙ'') *

Hydra-class ironclad The ''Hydra'' class of ironclads composed three ships, , , and . The ships were ordered from France in 1885 during the premiership of Charilaos Trikoupis, as part of a wider reorganization and modernization of the Greek armed forces, which had p ...

battleships (French made) ** ''Hydra'' ** ''Psara'' ** ''Spetses'' *''Kalavria'' Paddle steamship (British made) * ''Karteria'' Paddle steamship (British made, it was the first steam powered warship to be used in combat) *Kissa-class steamships (British made) **''Aidon Ι'' **''Kihli Ι'' **''Kissa Ι'' *''Kriti Ι'' steamship (British made) * ''Miaulis II'' cruiser (French made) *''Orfefs'' Brig (Russian made) *''Panellinion'' Steamship (British made) *''Panopi I'' steamship (Scottish made) *''Panopi ΙI'' steamship (Scottish made) *''Paralos'' Steamship (Scottish made) *''Patra Ι'' corvette (Russian made, also known as ''Ariadni'') *''Persefs'' Brig (Russian made) *''Pliksavra'' Steamship (Scottish made) *Poros ''Amalia Ι'' corvette (Greek made) * Poros ''Athina Ι'' paddle steamship (Greek made, also known as ''Othon'') * Poros ''Messologion'' corvette (Greek made, also known as ''Ludovikos'') *Psara Ι corvette (Greek made, renamed ''Prigips Maximilianos'') *''Psara ΙΙ'' steamship (Scottish made, renamed ''Kanaris ΙΙ'') *Psara Galiot (Greek made) *''Salaminia Ι'' steamship (Scottish made) *''Sfendoni'' Steamship (Scottish made, also known as ''Nafplion'') *Spetses Ι ''Agamemnon'' corvette (Greek made) * ''Vasilefs Georgios'' Ironclad corvette (British made) * ''Vasilissa Olga'' Ironclad corvette (Austrian made) Submarines *Gryparis Submarine (Greek made, possibly available to the Hellenic navy) * Nordenfelt I ''Pireas'' (British origin, Swedish made and Greek assembly) *Vuteas Submarine (Greek made, possibly available to the Hellenic navy)

Balkan wars (1912–1913) and World War I (1917–1918)

Edged weapons * Bayonet (Made in different countries, to attach on rifles) *

knife (Greek made) Pistols and revolvers * Bergmann-Bayard M1903 and M1908 (German made) * Browning FN M1900 (American origin and Belgian made) * Browning FN M1903 (American origin and Belgian made) * Chamelot-Delvigne M1873, M1874 and M1884 (French made) * Colt M1907 Army Special (American made) * Mannlicher M1901 (Austrian made) * Nagant M1895 (Belgian made) * Ruby M1914 (French made) Rifles Averof rifles

* Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 (French made) * Gras M1874 and M1874/14 (French made) * Lebel M1886/93 (French made) *

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 ...

(Austrian made) * Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903 and M1903/14 (Austrian made) Light machine guns * Chauchat M1915 (French made) Medium machine guns * Colt-Browning M1895/14 (American made) *

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

(American origin and French made) * Saint Étienne M1907/16 (French made) Heavy machine guns *

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

(Austrian made) Grenades * F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917 (French made) *

bombs and grenades (Greek made) Mortars * Aasen 88.9mm M1915 (French made) * Stokes mortar (British made) Artillery War Museum Athens - De Bange medium long gun - 6746

War Museum Athens - De Bange medium long gun - 6746

* 75mm M1897 field cannon (French made) * De Bange 120mm L M1878 siege cannon (French made) * Gruson 5.3cm L/24 M1890 fahrpanzer (Bulgarian captured and German origin cannon turret) *Krupp 7.5cm L/14 M1904 feldkanone (Turkish captured and German origin field cannon) *Krupp 7.5cm L/30 M1904 gebirgskanone (Turkish captured and German origin mountain cannon) *Krupp 10.5cm L/35 M1880 festungkanone (German made fortress cannon) *Krupp 15cm L/25 M1880 festungkanone (German made fortress cannon) *Krupp-Lykudis 7.5cm gebirgskanone (German made and Greek origin mountain cannon) * Ordnance BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer (British made) * Schneider 155mm C M1917 field howitzer (French made) *Schneider-Canet 75mm M1910 mountain cannon (French made) *Schneider-Creusot 75mm M1906 field cannon (French made) * Schneider-Danglis 75mm M1906/09 mountain cannon (French made and Greek origin) * Schneider-Ducrest 65mm M1906 mountain cannon (French made) *Skoda 105mm M1916 mountain cannon (Czechoslovak made) Other vehicles * Horses (Origin from different countries and Greek bred) *

s (Made in various countries, including Greece) *Knox-Martin Gun carrier (American made) *

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s (Made in different countries) *

Truck A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame constructi ...

s (Made in different countries, to carry supplies) Ships *''Aktion Ι'' steam gunboat (British made, also known as ''Spetses ΙΙ'') *''Amfitriti IV'' steamship (British made, also known as ''Malvina'' and ''Bubulina'') *''Amfitriti V'' steamship (French made) *''Antalya'' Torpedo boat (Turkish captured, renamed ''Nikopolis'') * ''Averof'' Cruiser (Italian made) *''Belomorets'' Tugboat (Bulgarian captured) *Egli-class torpedo boats (German made) **''Alkioni Ι'' **''Arethusa'' **''Dafni ΙΙ'' **''Doris Ι'' **''Egli Ι'' **''Thetis ΙΙ'' * ''Elli'' Cruiser (American made, the name derived from the ancient Greek Ellispondos of Dardanelles) *''Hydra ΙΙ'' steam gunboat (British made, renamed ''Amvrakia ΙΙ'') *

battleships (French made) ** ''Hydra'' ** ''Psara'' ** ''Spetses'' * ''Kilkis'' Battleship (American made) *Kissa-class steamships (British made) **''Aidon Ι'' **''Kihli Ι'' **''Kissa Ι'' * ''Limnos'' Battleship (American made) * Niki-class destroyers (German made) ** ''Aspis Ι'' ** ''Doxa Ι'' ** ''Niki Ι'' ** ''Velos Ι'' *''Psara ΙΙ'' steamship (Scottish made, renamed ''Kanaris ΙΙ'') *Thiria-class destroyers (British made) ** D-01 ''Aetos Ι'' ** D-36 ''Ierax ΙΙ'' ** D-50 ''Leon II'' ** D-72 ''Panthir I'' * Thyella-class destroyers (British made) ** ''Lonhi'' ** ''Nafkratusa'' ** ''Sfendoni'' ** ''Thyella'' *''Tokat'' Torpedo boat (Turkish captured, renamed ''Tatoi'') * V-class destroyers (German made) ** ''Keravnos'' ** ''Nea Genea'' Submarines * Schneider ''Delfin Ι'' (French made) * Schneider ''Xifias Ι'' (French made) Aircraft *

Airco DH.4 The Aircraft Manufacturing Company Limited (Airco) was an early British aircraft manufacturer. Established during 1912, it grew rapidly during the First World War, referring to itself as the largest aircraft company in the world by 1918. Ai ...

(British made) *

Airco DH.6 The Airco DH.6 was a British military trainer biplane used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Known by various nicknames, including the "Clutching hand" and "Skyhook", many survived to be used as a civil light aircraft in the p ...

(British made) * Airco DH.9 (British made) *Astra Hydroplane (Spanish origin and French made, it had the nickname Naftilos) *

Avro 504K The Avro 504 was a First World War biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during the war totalled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind tha ...

(British origin and Greek made) * Blériot XI-2 (Turkish captured and French origin) * Breguet 14A2 and B2 (French made) * Bristol 2 Scout C (British made) * Caudron G.3 (French made) * Dorand AR.1 and AR.2 (French made) * Fairey Hamble Hydroplane (British made) * Farman HF.III (French made, Greek assembly and modification, it had the nicknames Gypas, Ierax, Aetos and Daedalos) * Farman HF.XX (French made) *Farman HF.XXII (French made) *Farman HF.XXVII (French made) * Farman MF.VII (French made) * Farman MF.VII bis hydravion (French made) * Nieuport 4G (French made, it had the nickname Alkion) * Nieuport 24 and 24bis (French made) * Nieuport 27 (French made) *Pelterie R.E.P. Ν (Turkish captured and French origin) * Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C and E (British made) * Short 184 hydroplane (British made) * Sopwith 1.5 Strutter (British made) * Sopwith Bat flying boat (British made) *

Sopwith Camel The Sopwith Camel is a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft that was introduced on the Western Front in 1917. It was developed by the Sopwith Aviation Company as a successor to the Sopwith Pup and became one of the ...

(British made) *

Sopwith Pup The Sopwith Pup is a British single-seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps in the autumn of 1916. With pleasant flying character ...

(British made) * Sopwith Pusher hydroplane (British made) *

SPAD S.VII The SPAD S.VII was the first of a series of highly successful biplane fighter aircraft produced by ''Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés'' (SPAD) during the First World War. Like its successors, the S.VII was renowned as a sturdy and r ...

(French made) *

SPAD S.XIII The SPAD S.XIII is a French biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War, developed by '' Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés'' (SPAD) from the earlier and highly successful SPAD S.VII. During early 1917, the French designer Louis Bé ...

(French made)

Russian Civil War (1919) and Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

Edged weapons * Bayonet (Made in different countries, to attach on rifles) *

knife (Greek made) Pistols and revolvers * Bergmann-Bayard M1903 and M1908 (German made) * Nagant M1895 (Belgian made) * Ruby M1914 (French made) Rifles * Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 (French made) * Gras M1874 and M1874/14 (French made) * Lebel M1886/93 (French made) *

(Austrian made) * Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903 and M1903/14 (Austrian made) Light machine guns * Chauchat M1915 (French made) Medium machine guns *

(American origin and French made) * Saint Étienne M1907/16 (French made) Heavy machine guns *

(Austrian made) Grenades * F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917 (French made) *

bombs and grenades (Greek made) Artillery * 75mm M1897 field cannon (French made) * De Bange 120mm L M1878 siege cannon (French made) * Ordnance BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer (British made) * Schneider 155mm C M1917 field howitzer (French made) *Schneider-Canet 75mm M1910 mountain cannon (French made) *Schneider-Creusot 75mm M1906 field cannon (French made) * Schneider-Danglis 75mm M1906/09 mountain cannon (French made and Greek origin) * Schneider-Ducrest 65mm M1906 mountain cannon (French made) *Skoda 105mm M1916 mountain cannon (Czechoslovak made) Other vehicles * Horses (Origin from different countries and Greek bred) *

s (Made in various countries, including Greece) * Latil TAR (French made gun carrier) *

s (Made in different countries) *

s (Made in various countries, to carry supplies) Ships *''Aktion ΙΙ'' minelayer (German made) * ''Averof'' Cruiser (Italian made) *Egli-class torpedo boats (German made) **''Alkioni Ι'' **''Arethusa'' **''Dafni ΙΙ'' **''Doris Ι'' **''Egli Ι'' **''Thetis ΙΙ'' * ''Elli'' Cruiser (American made, the name derived from the ancient Greek Ellispondos of Dardanelles) * ''Keravnos'' Destroyer (German made) * ''Kilkis'' Battleship (American made) *Kydonia-class torpedo boats (Austrian made) ** ''Kios'' ** ''Kydonia'' ** ''Kyzikos'' ** ''Panormos'' ** ''Pergamos'' ** ''Prusa'' * ''Limnos'' Battleship (American made) * Niki-class destroyers (German made) ** ''Aspis Ι'' ** ''Niki Ι'' ** ''Velos Ι'' *Thiria-class destroyers (British made) ** D-01 ''Aetos Ι'' ** D-36 ''Ierax ΙΙ'' ** D-50 ''Leon II'' ** D-72 ''Panthir I'' * Thyella-class destroyers (British made) ** ''Lonhi'' ** ''Nafkratusa'' ** ''Sfendoni'' ** ''Thyella'' *''Vasilissa Sofia Ι'' steamship (German made) Aircraft * Airco D.H.4 (British made) *

Airco D.H.9 The Airco DH.9 (from de Havilland 9) – also known after 1920 as the de Havilland DH.9 – was a British single-engined biplane bomber developed and deployed during the First World War. The DH.9 was a development of Airco's earlier successfu ...

(British made) * Ansaldo A.1 (Italian captured) *

(British origin and Greek made) * Breguet 14A2 and B2 (French made) * Caudron G.3 (French made) * Dorand AR.1 and AR.2 (French made) * Fairey Hamble Hydroplane (British made) * Nieuport 24 and 24bis (French made) * Nieuport 27 (French made) * Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C and E (British made) * Sopwith 1.5 Strutter (British made) *

(British made) *

(French made) *

(French made)

Interwar (1923–1939) and World War II (1940–1945)

Edged weapons * Bayonet (Made in different countries, to attach on rifles) *

knife (Greek made) Pistols and revolvers *

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 ...

(Italian captured) * Beretta M1935 (Italian captured) * Bergmann-Bayard M1908 (German made) * Browning FN M1910/22 (American origin and Belgian made) * Colt M1927 Official Police (American made) *

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 ...

(German captured) * Nagant M1895 (Belgian made) * Ruby M1914 (French made) Submachine guns * Beretta M1938 (Italian captured) *

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� ...

(American made, also known as grease gun, used by mountain

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and exiled Greek forces) *

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

(German captured, used by gendarmerie and police forces) *

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 ...

(German captured) * Sten submachine gun (British made, used by exiled Greek forces) * Thompson M1928 and M1A1 (American made, used by exiled Greek forces) *Makrykano M1943 (Greek made, used by exiled Greek forces) Rifles * Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 (French made) * Carcano rifle (Italian captured) * Gras M1874 and M1874/14 (French made) * Lebel M1886/93 (French made) * Lee-Enfield rifle (British made, used by exiled Greek forces) *

(Austrian made) * Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903, M1903/14, M1903/27 and M1903/30 (Austrian made) * Mauser FN M1930 (Belgian made and German origin) * Rigopulos M1941 (Austrian origin and Greek modification) * Philippidis M1925 (Austrian origin and Greek modification) * Lelakis M1923 (Austrian origin and Greek modification) Light machine guns * Breda M1930 (Italian captured) *

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 ...

(British made, used by exiled Greek forces) * Chauchat M1915 (French made) * EPK M1939 (Greek made) * Hotchkiss Μ1922/26 (American origin and French made) Medium machine guns *

(American origin and French made) * EYP Hotchkiss (French made and Greek modification) * St. Étienne M1907/16 (French made) Heavy machine guns *

(Austrian made) Grenades * F1 grenade (French made) * Churnat grenade (Greek made) *

bombs and grenades (Greek made) Mortars * Brandt M1927/31 (French made) * Brixia M1935 (Italian captured) Special weapons *Skuras & Romanos depth charge (Greek made) *Stylianos & Konstadaras depth charge (Greek made) *Stylianos & Konstadaras sea mine (Greek made) *STYLKON Argonaftis sea mine (Greek made) *STYLKON depth charge (Greek made) *STYLKON M sea mine (Greek made) Anti-tank weapons *

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

(British made) * Boys anti-tank rifle (British made) Anti-aircraft weapons * Bofors 80mm M1929 AA gun (Swedish made) * Hotchkiss 25mm M1939 AA gun (American origin and French made) *Rheinmetall 2cm M1937 flugzeugabwehrkanone (German captured AA gun) *Rheinmetall 3.7cm M1937 flugzeugabwehrkanone (German captured AA gun) Artillery War Museum Athens - Schneider field gun - 6744

War Museum Athens - Schneider field gun - 6744

War Museum Athens - Skoda VZ 14 field howitzer - 6760

* 75mm M1897 field cannon (French made) * 75mm M1917 field cannon (American made and British origin) * De Bange 120mm L M1878 siege cannon (French made) * Ordnance BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer (British made) * Schneider 75mm M1919 mountain cannon (French made) * Schneider 85mm M1927 field cannon (French made) * Schneider 105mm M1919/24 mountain cannon (French made) * Schneider 105mm M1925/27 field cannon (French made) * Schneider 155mm C M1917 field howitzer (French made) *Schneider-Canet 75mm M1910 mountain cannon (French made) *Schneider-Creusot 75mm M1906 field cannon (French made) * Schneider-Danglis 75mm M1906/09 mountain cannon (French made and Greek origin) * Schneider-Ducrest 65mm M1906 mountain cannon (French made) * Skoda 100mm M1914/19 field howitzer (Czechoslovak made) *Skoda 105mm M1916 mountain cannon (Czechoslovak made) Other vehicles *

AEC Matador The AEC Matador was a heavy 4×4 truck and medium artillery tractor built by the Associated Equipment Company for British and Commonwealth forces during World War II. AEC had already built a 4×2 lorry, also known as the Matador (all AEC lorries ...

(British made gun carrier) * Demag Sonderkraftfahrzeug Sd.Kfz.10/1 (German captured halftrack gun carrier) *Hanomag WD-50 (German made gun carrier) * Horses (Origin from different countries and Greek bred) *

s (Made in various countries, including Greece) * M3A1 Scout Car (American made armoured personnel carrier) *

Morris C8 The Morris Commercial C8 FAT (Field Artillery Tractor), commonly known as a ''Quad'', is an artillery tractor used by the British and Commonwealth (including Canadian Army) forces during the Second World War. It was used to tow field artillery pi ...

(British made gun carrier) *

s (Made in different countries) *Pavesi P4/100 (Italian made gun carrier) * SOMUA MCG5 (French origin and Greek modification halftrack gun carrier) *

s (Made in different countries, to carry supplies) *

Universal Carrier The Universal Carrier, also known as the Bren Gun Carrier and sometimes simply the Bren Carrier from the light machine gun armament, is a common name describing a family of light armoured tracked vehicles built by Vickers-Armstrongs and othe ...

(British made supply carrier) * Vickers Light Dragon Mk IIC (British made gun carrier) * Willys MB (American made personnel carrier, also known as Jeep) Self-propelled artillery *Ford F30 2-pounder self-propelled AT gun (American made anti-tank truck) Armoured cars and trucks * ACV-IP Mk II (British and Indian made armoured carrier) * Daimler Dingo Mk II (British made light armoured car) * Fiat-Ansaldo AB41 (Italian captured armoured car) * Ford Lynx Mk II (Canadian made light armoured car) * General Motors C15TA (Canadian made armoured truck) * General Motors Otter (Canadian made light armoured truck) * Humber LRC (British made light armoured car) * Marmon-Herrington Mk I, Mk III and Mk IV F (South African made armoured car) *Peerless Vickers Armoured truck (American, British origin and Greek modification) Tanks * Fiat-Ansaldo L3/35 (Italian captured tankette) *

Fiat M13/40 The Carro Armato M13/40 was an Italian World War II tank designed to replace the M11/39 in the Italian Army at the start of World War II. It was the primary tank used by the Italians throughout the war. The design was influenced by the British Vi ...

(Italian captured medium tank) * Vickers 6-ton Mk EA and Mk EB (British made light tank) *Vickers-Carden-Loyd M1936 (British made light tank) * Vickers-Carden-Loyd Mk VI (British made tankette) Ships *''Amfitriti IV'' steamship (British made, also known as ''Malvina'' and ''Bubulina'') *''Aris'' Training steamship (French made) * ''Averof'' Cruiser (Italian made) * D14 ''Vasilefs Georgios'' destroyer (British made) * D15 ''Vasilissa Olga'' destroyer (British made) *Egli-class torpedo boats (German made) **''Alkioni Ι'' **''Arethusa'' **''Doris Ι'' **''Egli Ι'' * ''Elli'' Cruiser (American made, the name derived from the ancient Greek Ellispondos of Dardanelles) *

Flower-class corvette The Flower-class corvetteGardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 62. (also referred to as the ''Gladiolus'' class after the lead ship) was a British class of 294 corvettes used during World War II by the Allied navies particularly as anti-submar ...

s (British made) ** ''Apostolis ΙΙ'' ** ''Kriezis ΙΙ'' ** ''Sahturis ΙΙ'' **''Tombazis ΙΙ'' *

Freccia-class destroyer The ''Freccia''-class destroyer was a class of destroyers built for the (Royal Italian Navy) in the 1930s. Four modified ships were built and delivered in 1933 for Greece. Ships Italian Navy * :Built by Odero, Sestri Ponente :launched 6 S ...

s (Italian made) ** D96 ''Psara'' ** D97 ''Hydra'' ** D98 ''Spetses'' ** D99 ''Kunturiotis'' *Harbour defence motor launch boat ML1051 (British made) *Harbour defence motor launch boat ML1149 (British made) *Harbour defence motor launch boat ML1221 (British made) *

Hunt-class destroyer The Hunt class was a class of escort destroyer of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in the Second World War, particularly on the British east coast and Mediterranean convoys. They ...

s (British made) ** L51 ''Themistoklis'' ** L53 ''Kanaris'' ** L65 ''Pindos'' ** L67 ''Adrias'' (The name derived from the ancient Greek Adriatic) ** L84 ''Kriti'' **Greek destroyer Miaoulis (L91), L91 ''Miaulis'' *''Kihli Ι'' steamship (British made) * ''Kilkis'' Battleship (American made) *Kydonia-class torpedo boats (Austrian made) ** ''Kios'' ** ''Kydonia'' ** ''Kyzikos'' ** ''Pergamos'' ** ''Prusa'' *Greek landing ship Lemnos (L158), L158 ''Limnos'' tank landing ship (American made) *Greek landing ship Samos (L179), L179 ''Samos'' tank landing ship (American made) *Greek landing ship Chios (L195), L195 ''Hios'' tank landing ship (American made) *Lavrion A5 patrol boat (Italian and Greek made) * ''Limnos'' Battleship (American made) *M209 ''Afroessa'' minesweeper (British made) *M210 ''Leros'' minesweeper (British made) *M212 ''Kos'' minesweeper (British made) * Niki-class destroyers (German made) ** ''Aspis Ι'' ** ''Niki Ι'' *''Paralos'' Minesweeper (American made) *Salamis K1 tugboat (Greek made) *T1 and T2 Torpedo boat (British made) *Thiria-class destroyers (British made) ** D-01 ''Aetos Ι'' ** D-36 ''Ierax ΙΙ'' ** D-50 ''Leon II'' ** D-72 ''Panthir I'' * Thyella-class destroyers (British made) ** ''Sfendoni'' ** ''Thyella'' Submarines *Katsonis-class submarines (French made) **Greek submarine Katsonis (Y-1), Y1 ''Katsonis ΙΙ'' **Greek submarine Papanikolis (Y-2), Y2 ''Papanikolis Ι'' *Protefs-class submarines (French made) **Y3 ''Protefs Ι'' **Υ4 ''Nirefs Ι'' **Υ5 ''Triton Ι'' **Y6 ''Glafkos ΙΙ'' *Italian submarine Perla#Allied service, Υ7 ''Matrozos'' (Italian captured) *Υ8 ''Pipinos'' (British made) Aircraft *Arado Ar 196, Arado Ar 196A-3 and A-5 (German captured) *Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Mk I (British origin and Greek made) *Avia B-534, Avia B-534-II (Czechoslovak made) *Avia BH-33, Avia BH-33SHS (Czechoslovak made) *Avro 504, Avro 504K, N and O (British origin and Greek made) *Avro 621 Tutor (British origin and Greek made) *Avro 626 Prefect (British made) *Avro Anson, Avro 652 Anson Mk I and Mk II (British made) *Blackburn Velos, Blackburn T.3 and T.3A Velos (British origin and Greek made) *Bloch MB.151, Bloch MB.151C1 (French made) *Breguet 19, Breguet 19A2 and B2 (French made) *Bristol Tourer, Bristol 81A and 86 Tourer (British made) *Bristol Blenheim, Bristol Blenheim Mk I, Mk IV and Mk V (British made) *De Havilland Gipsy Moth, De Havilland D.H.60 Gipsy Moth (British made) *Dornier Do 22, Dornier Do 22KG (German made) *Fairey III, Fairey IΙIΒ, IIIF Mk I and IIIM (British made) *Fairey Battle, Fairey Battle Mk I (British made) *Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, Fieseler Fi 156C-1 (German captured) *Gloster Gladiator, Gloster Gladiator Mk I and Mk II (British made) *Gloster Mars, Gloster Mars Mk VI (British made, also known as Nieuport Nighthawk) *Hanriot HD.14 (French made) *Hanriot HD.17 (French made) *Hanriot H.41 (French made) *Hawker Horsley, Hawker Horsley Mk II (British made) *Hawker Hurricane, Hawker Hurricane Mk I, Mk IIB and Mk IIC (British made) *Henschel Hs 126K-6 (German made) *Junkers G 24 (German made) *Junkers Ju 52, Junkers Ju 52-3M (German captured) *Junkers Ju 290, Junkers Ju 290A-5 (German captured) *KEA Chelidon (Greek made) *KEA Xelona (Greek made) *Martin Baltimore, Martin 187 A-30A Baltimore Mk III, Mk IIIA, Mk IV and Mk V (American made) *Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 (German captured) *Morane-Saulnier MS.35 (French made, also known as Morane-Saulnier AR) *Morane-Saulnier MS.137 (French made) *Morane-Saulnier MS.147 (French made) *Morane-Saulnier MS.230 (French made) *Potez 25, Potez 25A2 (French made) *Potez 633, Potez 633B2 (French made) *Raab-AEKKEA R-1C Schwalbe II (German origin and Greek made, possibly available to the Hellenic air force) *Raab-AEKKEA R-26V, R-33 Tigerschwalbe (Greek made, possibly available to the Hellenic air force) *Raab-AEKKEA R-27 (German origin and Greek made, possibly available to the Hellenic air force) *AEKKEA-RAAB R-29 , Raab-AEKKEA R-29 (Greek made, possibly available to the Hellenic air force) *Boeing-Stearman Model 75, Stearman-Boeing-Kaydet 75 PT-13 and PT-17 (American made) *PZL P-24, PZL P-24F and G (Polish made) *Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero, Savoia-Marchetti SM.79-I (Italian captured) *Supermarine Spitfire, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB, Mk VC, Mk IX and Mk XVI (British made) *Taylorcraft Auster, Taylorcraft Auster Mk III (British made)

Post-World War II (1946 and after)

Note that this equipment is mainly retired. Edged weapons * Bayonet (Made in different countries, to attach on rifles) *

knife (Greek made) Pistols and revolvers *EVO M1985 semiautomatic pistol (German origin and Greek made) Submachine guns *Chropi GP10 submachine gun, HROPI GP10 submachine gun (Greek made) *

(American made, also known as grease gun) * Sten submachine gun (British made) *Thompson submachine gun (American made) Automatic rifles *Chropi rifle, HROPI automatic rifle (Greek made) *FN FAL (Belgian origin and Greek modification) *Heckler & Koch G3 (German origin and Greek made) Rifles * Lee-Enfield rifle (British made) *M1 Garand (American made) *Springfield 1903, Springfield M1903 (American made) Scoped rifles *Kefefs, EVO M1995 Kifefs (Greek made) Light machine guns *

(British made) *Browning M1918 (American made) Medium machine guns *Browning M1919 (American made) Heavy machine guns *Browning M2 (American made) Grenades *Elviemek EM-01 grenade (Greek made) *Elviemek EM-14 rifle grenade (Greek made) *

bombs and grenades (Greek made) Mortars *E44-E 81 mm Mortar, EVO E44 81mm mortar (Greek made) *E56 120 mm Mortar, EVO E56 120mm mortar (Greek made) *M1 81mm mortar (American made and French origin) Anti-tank weapons *EVO M1984 Aris IV AT rocket launcher (Greek made) Anti-aircraft weapons *EPTAE M1990 Aris AA missile launcher (Greek made) *Artemis 30, EVO 30mm M1982 Artemis AA gun (Greek made) Drones *EADS 3 Sigma Nearchos (Greek made) *HAI Pegasus, EAV (HAI) Ε1-79 Pegasos I (Greek made) Other vehicles *

(British made gun carrier) *BTR-60, BTR-60PU and PU-12M (Russian made armoured personnel carrier) *Saurer 4K 4FA#Variants, ELVO Leonidas Ι (Austrian origin and Greek made armoured personnel carrier) *ELVO Leonidas-2, ELVO Leonidas ΙΙ (Austrian origin and Greek made armoured personnel carrier) *M3 Half-Track (American made armoured personnel carrier) * M3A1 Scout Car (American made armoured personnel carrier) *M4 Tractor (American made gun carrier) *M5 Tractor (American made gun carrier) *M32 Tank Recovery Vehicle, M32A1B3, M32Β1, M32Β3 and M32Β4 (American made recovery tank) *M59 (APC), M59 (American made armoured personnel carrier) *M74 Tank Recovery Vehicle, M74 (American made recovery tank) *M578 (American made recovery tank) *

(British made gun carrier) *

s (Made in various countries) *MOWAG Grenadier amphibisch schutzenpanzer (Swiss made amphibious armoured personnel carrier, used by gendarmerie) *MOWAG Roland schutzenpanzer (Swiss made armoured personnel carrier, used by police forces) *MT-LB (Russian made amphibious armoured personnel carrier) *MRAP, NDI MRAP (American made armoured personnel carrier) *

s (Made in different countries, to carry supplies) *

(British made supply carrier) * Willys MB (American made personnel carrier, also known as Jeep) *Willys M38, Willys MC (American made personnel carrier, also known as M38 Jeep) *Willys M38A1, Willys MD (American made personnel carrier, also known as M38A1 Jeep) Armoured cars and trucks * General Motors C15TA (Canadian made armoured truck) * General Motors Otter (Canadian made light armoured truck) *Humber Armoured Car, Humber Armoured car Mk IV (British made) * Humber LRC (British made light armoured car) *Humber Scout Car, Humber Scout car Mk I and Mk II (British made light armoured car) *M8 Greyhound (American made light armoured car) * Marmon-Herrington Mk I, Mk III and Mk IV F (South African made armoured car) *T17E1 Staghound (American made armoured car) Self-propelled artillery *M42 Duster (American made anti-aircraft tank) Tanks *Cromwell tank, A-27L Centaur Mk I and Mk VIII (British made medium tank) *AMX-10P (French made infantry fighting tank) *AMX-30 (French made medium tank) *ELVO Kentaurus, ELVO Kentavros (Greek made infantry fighting tank) * Fiat-Ansaldo L3/35 (Italian captured tankette) *M3 Stuart, M3A3 Stuart Recce (American made light tank) *M18 Hellcat (American made tank destroyer) *M24 Chaffee (American made light tank) *M47 Patton (American made battle tank) *M48 Patton, M48A3 Patton (American made battle tank) *M60 tank, M60 (American made battle tank) *T-34-85 (Russian made medium tank) *Light Tank Mk VI, Vickers-Armstrongs Mk VI (British made light tank) Ships Submarines *Balao-class submarines (American made) **USS Scabbardfish (SS-397)#Greek service, S86 ''Triena'' **USS Hardhead (SS-365)#Greek service, S114 ''Papanikolis ΙΙ'' *Gato-class submarines (American made) **USS Jack (SS-259)#Greek service, S17 ''Amfitriti VII'' **USS Lapon (SS-260)#Greek service, S78 ''Posidon III'' *Type 209 submarine, Glafkos-class submarines (German made) **HDW Typ 209/1100 S110 ''Glafkos ΙΙΙ'' **HDW Typ 209/1100 S111 ''Nirefs ΙΙ'' **HDW Typ 209/1100 S112 ''Triton ΙΙ'' **HDW Typ 209/1100 S113 ''Protefs ΙΙ'' **HDW Typ 209/1200 S116 ''Posidon IV'' **HDW Typ 209/1200 S117 ''Amfitriti IX'' **HDW Typ 209/1200 S118 ''Okeanos'' **HDW Typ 209/1200 S119 ''Pontos'' *USS Remora#Greek service, S115 ''Katsonis III'' (American made) *British U-class submarine, U-class submarines (British made) **HMS Untiring#Greek service, Υ10 ''Xifias ΙΙ'' **HMS Upstart#Greek service, Υ11 ''Amfitriti VI'' *British V-class submarine, V-class submarines (British made) **Υ8 ''Pipinos'' **HMS Vengeful (P86)#Greek service, Υ9 ''Delfin ΙΙ'' **Υ14 ''Triena Ι'' **HMS Virulent (P95)#Fate, Υ15 ''Argonaftis'' *Italian submarine Perla#Allied service, Υ7 ''Matrozos'' (Italian captured) Aircraft *Aero Commander 500 family#Variants, Aero Commander 680F and 680FL (American made) *Arado Ar 196, Arado Ar 196A-3 and A-5 (German captured) *Avro Anson, Avro 652 Anson Mk I and Mk II (British made) *Beechcraft Model 18, Beechcraft C-45F Expeditor (American made) *Bell 47, Bell 47G-3, G-5, J-2, OH-13H and S Sioux (American made) *Cessna T-37 Tweet, Cessna T-37B and C Tweet (American made) *Cessna T-41 Mescalero, Cessna T-41D Mescalero (American made) *Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, Convair F-102Α and ΤF-102Α Delta Dagger (American made) *Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver (American made) *Dassault Mirage F1CG (French made) *De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (Canadian made) *De Havilland Tiger Moth, De Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth II (British made) *Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Douglas C-47A, B and D Skytrain (American made, the British nicknamed it Dakota from a name of some Indian tribes such as the Lakota and Nakota) *Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, Fieseler Fi 156C-1 (German captured) *Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I (American made) *Grumman HU-16 Albatross (American made) *Junkers Ju 290, Junkers Ju 290A-5 (German captured) *Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Lockheed F-104G, RF-104G and TF-104G Starfighter (American made) *Lockheed T-33, Lockheed T-33A Silver Star (American made) *LTV A-7 Corsair II, LTV A-7E, H, TA-7C and H Corsair II (American made) *Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 (German captured) *Nord Noratlas, Nord 2501D Noratlas (French made) *North American T-6 Texan, North American AT-6A, D and G Texan (American made) *North American F-86 Sabre, North American F-86D and E Sabre (American made) *Ryan Navion, North American-Ryan L-17B Navion (American made) *Northrop F-5, Northrop F-5Α, Β, NF-5A, B and RF-5Α Freedom Fighter (American made) *Piper PA-18 Super Cub, Piper L-18B, C and L-21B Super Cub (American made) *Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (American made) *Republic F-84G Thunderjet (American made) *Republic RF-84F Thunderflash (American made) *Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw, Sikorsky UH-19B and D Chickasaw (American made) *Stinson L-5 Sentinel, Stinson L-5, L-5B and C Sentinel (American made) *Supermarine Spitfire, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB, Mk VC, Mk IX and Mk XVI (British made) *Taylorcraft Auster, Taylorcraft Auster Mk III (British made) *Vickers Wellington, Vickers 406 Wellington Mk XIIΙ and Mk XIV (British made)

Defensive weapons

*Brodie helmet (British made) *M1 helmet (American made) *M1915 Adrian helmet (French made) *Greek M1934/39 helmet, M1934/39 helmet (Italian origin and Greek modification) *M1938 helmet (Greek made)

Gallery with Greek modifications and constructions

File:ChropiGP10.jpg, HROPI GP10 submachine gun File:Makrykano M1943 SMG.jpg, Makrykano M1943 submachine gun File:EPK Machine Gun.jpg, EPK M1939 machine gun File:Mylonas-rifle.jpg, Mylonas M1872 rifle File:Artemis 30.jpg, EVO 30mm M1982 Artemis AA gun File:76-mm mountain cannon model 1909 Schneider system 2.jpg, Schneider-Danglis 75mm M1906/09 mountain cannon File:KEA Chelidon.jpg, KEA Chelidon

References

Bibliography

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External links

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Offensive weapons

Greek war of independence (1821–1829) and after (1830–1911)

Balkan wars (1912–1913) and World War I (1917–1918)

Russian Civil War (1919) and Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

Interwar (1923–1939) and World War II (1940–1945)

Post-World War II (1946 and after)

Defensive weapons

Gallery with Greek modifications and constructions

See also

References

Bibliography

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