This is a list of infantry weapons of

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(1914-1918).

Austro-Hungarian Empire

Edged weapons * M1858/61 Kavalleriesäbel * M1862 Infanteriesäbel * M1873 Artilleriesäbel * M1904 Kavalleriesäbel * M1915 Pioneer sword Flare guns * Hebel M1894 Sidearms * Browning FN M1900 *

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 ...

* Frommer M1912 Stop * Gasser M1870, M1870/84 and M1873 * Gasser-Kropatschek M1876 * Mannlicher M1901 * Mauser C96 *

Rast & Gasser M1898 The Rast & Gasser Model 1898 was a service revolver used by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I and various armies in World War II. History 180,000 copies were produced by the firm Leopold Gasser Waffenfabrik in Vienna from 1898 to 1 ...

* Roth–Sauer M1900 *

Roth–Steyr M1907 The Roth–Steyr M1907, or, more accurately Roth-Krnka M.7 Leszek Erenfeicht: ''Pra-pra-Glock: Repetierpistole M.7'', in: ''Strzał'' Nr. 1(80)/2010, , pp. 36–50. was a semi-automatic pistol issued to the Austro-Hungarian ''kaiserliche und kön ...

* Steyr M1912 * Steyr-Pieper M1908 * Steyr-Pieper M1909 * Werder M1869 Submachine guns * Steyr M1912 ''doppel machinen pistole'' (Double barrel version) * Steyr M1912/P16 ''machinen pistole'' (Single barrel version) Rifles * GRC Gewehr 88/05 * Kropatschek M1886 and M1893 * Mannlicher M1886/88 * Mannlicher M1888 and M1888/90 * Mannlicher M1890 Carbine * Mannlicher M1893 *

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 ...

* Mannlicher–Schönauer M1903/14 * Mauser Gewehr 98 * Mauser M1903 * Mondragón M1908 * Steyr-Mauser M1912 * Wänzl M1867 * Werndl-Holub M1867 Machine guns * DWM MG 08 *

MG 08/15 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 W ...

* Madsen M1902 * Schwarzlose M1907 and M1907/12 * Schwarzlose M1916 and M1916A * Škoda M1893 and M1902 * Škoda M1909 and M1913 Grenades * M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate * M1917 Eierhandgranate * Rohr Handgranate Flamethrowers * Flammenwerfer M1916 * Kleinflammenwerfer M1911 Mortars * 7.5cm M1917 Minenwerfer * 9cm M1914 and M1914/16 Minenwerfer * 9cm M1917 Minenwerfer * 12cm M1915 Minenwerfer * 12cm M1916 Luftminenwerfer * Ehrhardt 10.5cm M1915 Luftminenwerfer * Esslingen 15cm M1915 Luftminenwerfer * Granatenwerfer 16 * Lanz 9.15cm M1914 leicht Minenwerfer * Roka-Halasz 8cm M1915 Luftminenwerfer * Schnellwerfer (ed.)
"Some world war one German grenades"
(Grenade mortar) * Škoda 14cm M1915 and M1916 Minenwerfer Support guns * Škoda 3.7cm M1915 ''Infanteriegeschutz''

Kingdom of Belgium

Sidearms * Browning FN M1900 * Browning FN M1903 * Browning FN M1910 * Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless * Nagant M1895 * Ruby M1914 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 ...

(Used by

Garde Civique The ''Garde Civique'' or ''Burgerwacht'' (French and Dutch; "Civic Guard") was a Belgian paramilitary militia which existed between 1830 and 1920. Created in October 1830 shortly after the Belgian Revolution, the Guard amalgamated the various ...

) Rifles * Gewehr M1898 * Berthier M1907 * Comblain M1882, M1883 and M1888 * Gras M1874 * Lebel M1886/93 * Mauser M1889 *

Mauser M1893 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 ...

Machine guns * Chauchat M1915 * Colt–Browning M1895/14 * Hotchkiss M1909 *

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 ...

* Lewis M1914 * Maxim M1911 Grenades * F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917 * No.5, No.23 and No.36 (Also known as "Mills") * Viven-Bessières M1916 rifle grenade Mortars * Saint Chamond 142mm M1915 Delattre * Schneider 75mm M1915 * Van Deuren 70mm M1915

British Empire The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts e ...

Edged weapons *

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) * M1907 bayonet * Pattern P1897 officer's sword *

Pistol bayonet A pistol sword is a sword with a pistol or revolver attached, usually alongside the blade. It differs from a rifle with a bayonet in that the weapon is designed primarily for use as a sword, and the firearm component is typically considered a s ...

Flare guns * Webley & Scott Mark III Sidearms * Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless * Colt M1909 New Service *

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 ...

* Enfield Mk I and Mk II * Lancaster M1860 * Mauser C96 * Smith & Wesson M1899 * Smith & Wesson M1917 * Smith & Wesson No.3 * Smith & Wesson Triple Lock * Webley–Fosbery Automatic (Private purchase by officers only) * Webley M1872 British Bull Dog * Webley Mk IV, Mk V and Mk VI * Webley Self-Loading Mk I Rifles * Arisaka Type 30 (Royal Navy and home defence only) * Arisaka Type 38 *

Elephant gun An elephant gun is a large caliber gun, rifled or smoothbore, originally developed for use by big-game hunters for elephant and other large game. Elephant guns were black powder muzzle-loaders at first, then black powder express rifles, the ...

(Ad hoc use against sniper armour) * Enfield Pattern P1914 * Farquhar–Hill Pattern P1918 (Troop trials only) * Farquharson M1872 * Lee–Enfield Magazine Mk I * Lee–Enfield Short Magazine Mk I, Mk II and Mk III * Lee–Metford Mk I and Mk II * Lee–Speed No.1 and No.2 * Mauser–Verqueiro M1904 (Used by South African units) * Marlin M1894 * Martini–Enfield Mk I and Mk II * Martini–Henry Mk IV * Remington M1901 Rolling Block * Remington Model 14-1/2 * Ross Mark III (Canadian service) * Snider–Enfield Mk III * Winchester M1886 (Royal Flying Corps) * Winchester M1892 (Royal Navy) * Winchester M1894 (Royal Navy shipboard use) * Winchester M1895 * Winchester M1907 (120 rifles for Royal Flying Corps) * Winchester M1910 Machine guns * Colt–Browning M1895/14 (Canadian service) * Browning M1917 * Hotchkiss Mk I * Lewis Mk I *

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 ...

(India) * Maxim M1884 *

Vickers machine gun The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army. The gun was operated by a three-man crew but typically required more men to move and o ...

Grenades * No.1 grenade * No.2 grenade (Also known as "Hales") * No.3 rifle grenade (Also known as "Hales") * No.5, No.23 and No.36 grenade (Also known as "Mills") * No.6 and No.7 grenade * No.8 and No.9 double cylinder grenade (Also known as "Jam tin") * No.15 and No.16 grenade (Also known as "Ball") * No.17 rifle grenade (ed.)
"Some world war one British grenades"
* No.20 rifle grenade * No.22 rifle grenade * No.24 rifle grenade * No.35 rifle grenade * No.44 rifle grenade Obstacle clearing explosive charges * McClintock Bangalore torpedo Flamethrowers * Hay portable flamethrower * Morriss portable flamethrower Mortars * 2-inch mortar * 3.7-inch mortar * 4-inch mortar * Garland trench mortar *

Livens Projector The Livens Projector was a simple mortar-like weapon that could throw large drums filled with flammable or toxic chemicals. In the First World War, the Livens Projector became the standard means of delivering gas attacks by the British Army a ...

* Newton 6-inch mortar * Stokes mortar * Vickers 1.57-inch mortar Projectile weapons * Leach Trench Catapult * Sauterelle * West Spring Gun Anti-aircraft weapons * Maxim QF 1-pounder pom-pom * QF 2-pounder naval AA gun (Sixteen guns) *

QF 12-pounder 12 cwt AA gun The 12 pounder 12 cwt anti-aircraft gun was borrowed for AA use from the QF 12 pounder 12 cwt coast defence gun with the addition of a modified cradle for higher elevation, a retaining catch for the cartridge, and an additional spring recuperato ...

* QF 13-pounder Mk IV AA gun (Six guns) * QF 13-pounder 9 cwt AA gun * QF 13-pounder 6 cwt AA gun

Kingdom of Bulgaria

Sidearms * Beholla M1915 * Browning FN M1903 * Frommer M1912 Stop *

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 * Nagant M1895 * Smith & Wesson No.3 Rifles * Berdan M1870 * Gras M1874 * Krnka M1867 * Mannlicher M1886/88 * Mannlicher M1888 and M1888/90 * Mannlicher M1890 *

* Mauser Gewehr 71 * Mosin–Nagant M1891 * Peabody–Martini–Henry M1874 Machine guns * DWM MG 08 * Madsen M1902 * Maxim M1904 and M1907 * Saint Étienne M1907 * Schmeisser-Dreyse MG 12 *

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 ...

Flamethrowers * Kleinflammenwerfer M1911 Infantry mortar * Granatenwerfer 16

French Third Republic The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 19 ...

Edged weapons * Clous Françaos (Nail knife) * Lebel M1886/14 poignard baïonnette (Dagger bayonet) * M1882 le sabre d'officier d'infanterie (Sword) * M1916 couteau poignard (Knife dagger, also known as Le Vengeur) Sidearms * Browning FN M1900 * Chamelot–Delvigne M1873 and M1874 *

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, ...

* Ruby M1914 * Saint Étienne M1892 * Savage M1907 * Smith & Wesson M1899 * Star M1914 Rifles * Berthier M1890, M1892, M1892/16, M1902, M1907, M1907/15 and M1916 * Chassepot M1866/74 * Gras M1874 and M1874/14 * Kropatschek M1884 and M1885 * Lebel M1886/93 * Lee–Metford Mk I and Mk II * Meunier M1916 * Remington M1867 and M1914 Rolling Block *

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 ...

* Remington–Lee M1887 * RSC M1917 and M1918 * Winchester M1894 * Winchester M1907 * Winchester M1907/17 * Winchester M1910 Machine guns * Chauchat M1915 * Colt–Browning M1895/14 * Darne M1916 * Hotchkiss M1909 *

Puteaux M1905 Puteaux () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, from the centre of Paris. In 2016, it had a population of 44,941. La Défense, Paris's business district hosting th ...

* Saint Étienne M1907 and M1907/16 Grenades * Bezossi M1915 * F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917 * OF1 M1915 grenade * P1 M1915 grenade * Suffocante M1914 and M1916 gas grenade * M1847 ball grenade * M1914 ball grenade * M1918 anti-tank grenade * Pig iron lighting grenade * Bertrand M1915 and M1916 gas grenade * Foug M1916 grenade * IIIrd army grenade * DR M1916 rifle grenade * Feuillette rifle grenade * Viven-Bessières M1916 rifle grenade Obstacle clearing explosive charges * Barbed wire destruction rod grenade (ed.)
"Some world war one French grenades"
Flamethrowers * P3 and P4 portable flamethrower * Schilt portable flamethrower Mortars * Aasen 88.9mm M1915 * Saint Étienne 58mm T No.1 * Saint Étienne 58mm T No.2 * Schneider 75mm M1915 * Van Deuren 70mm M1915 Projectile weapons * Sauterelle Support guns * Puteaux 37mm M1916

German Empire

Edged weapons * M1889 Infanteriesäbel (Sword) * Seitengewehr 84/98 III (Bayonet) * Seitengewehr 98/05 (Bayonet) Flare guns * Hebel M1894 Sidearms * Bayard M1908 * Beholla M1915 * Bergmann–Bayard M1910 *

* Frommer M1912 Stop * Langenhan M1914 Selbstlader * Luger P04 and P08 * Mauser C96 * Mauser C78 and C86 Zig-Zag * Mauser M1910 and M1914 * Reichsrevolver M1879 and M1883 * Schwarzlose M1908 * Steyr M1912 Submachine guns * Bergmann MP 18-I Rifles * Elefantengewehr * GRC Gewehr 88/05, Gewehr 88/14, Gewehr 91 and Karabiner 88 * Mauser Gewehr 71 and 71/84 * Mauser Gewehr 98 * Mauser Karabiner 98A * Mauser M1887 * Mauser M1915 and M1916 Selbstlader * Mondragón M1908 * Werder M1869 Machine guns * Bergmann MG 15 (Water cooled version) *

Bergmann MG 15nA The Bergmann MG 15nA was a World War I light machine gun produced by Germany starting in 1915. It used 100- and 200-round belts and utilized a bipod, which allowed the weapon to be mounted on a flat surface for more accurate firing. It was brie ...

(Air cooled version) * DWM MG 99, MG 01, MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18 and MG 09 * DWM Parabellum MG 14 and MG 14/17 * Gast M1917 * Madsen M1902 * Schmeisser-Dreyse MG 12, MG 15 and MG 18 Grenades *

M1913 Karabingranate The Picatinny rail ( or ), or Pic rail for short, also known as a MIL-STD-1913 rail, 1913 rail or STANAG 2324 rail (cancelled), is a military standard rail interface system that provides a mounting platform for firearm accessories. It was o ...

* M1914 Karabingranate * M1917 Karabingranate * M1913 Kugelhandgranate *

M1915 Kugelhandgranate NA The ''Kugelhandgranate'' ('ball hand grenade') is a model of hand thrown fragmentation grenade manufactured in Germany, also known as Mod. 1913. M1915 Kugelhandgranate NA By 1915, German industry was preparing for a long war and resources were ...

M1915 Diskushandgranate M1915 may refer to: * 305 mm howitzer M1915, Russian artillery piece * 37 mm trench gun M1915, Russian artillery piece * Standschütze Hellriegel M1915, Austro-Hungarian submachine gun * Ruby M1915, a self-loading pistol used as a French World War ...

(Offensive version and defensive version) * M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate * M1917 Eierhandgranate Anti-tank mines * Flachmine 17 Flamethrowers * Flammenwerfer M1916 * Kleinflammenwerfer M1911 * Wechselapparat Flammenwerfer M1917 Mortars * Granatenwerfer 16 * Lanz 9.15cm M1914 leicht Minenwerfer * Rheinmetall 7.58cm M1914 leicht Minenwerfer AA and NA * Rheinmetall 17cm M1913 mittler Minenwerfer Support guns * Krupp 7.62cm L/16.5 Infanteriegeschütz * Krupp 7.7cm L/20 Infanteriegeschütz * Krupp 7.7cm L/27 Infanteriegeschütz Anti-tank weapons * Becker 2cm M2 Tankabwehrgewehr * DWM 1.32cm MG 18 Tank und Flieger * Mauser 1.3cm M1918 Tankgewehr * Rheinmetall 3.7cm M1918 Tankabwehrkanone Anti-aircraft weapons * Becker 2cm M2 Flugzeugabwehrgewehr * DWM 1.32cm MG 18 Tank und Flieger * Krupp 3.7cm L/14.5 Sockelflugzeugabwehrkanone * Krupp 7.62cm L/30 Flugzeugabwehrkanone * Krupp 7.7cm L/27 Flugzeugabwehrkanone * Krupp 7.7cm L/35 Flugzeugabwehrkanone

Kingdom of Greece

Edged weapons * Bayonet *

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knife Sidearms * Bergmann-Bayard M1903 and M1908 * Browning FN M1900 * Browning FN M1903 * Chamelot-Delvigne M1873, M1874 and M1884 * Colt M1907 Army Special * Mannlicher M1901 * Nagant M1895 * Ruby M1914 Rifles * Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 * Gras M1874 and M1874/14 * Lebel M1886/93 *

* Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903 and M1903/14 Machine guns * Chauchat M1915 * Colt-Browning M1895/14 *

* Saint Étienne M1907/16 *

Grenades * F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917 *

bombs and grenades Mortars * Aasen 88.9mm M1915 * Stokes mortar

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and f ...

Edged weapons * M1891 sciabola baionetta (Sword bayonet) Sidearms *

Beretta M1915 The Beretta Model 1915 or Beretta M1915 is a semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta, designed by Tullio Marengoni who was the chief engineer in the company, to replace the Glisenti Model 1910 which had a complex and weak firing mechanism. ...

Bodeo M1889 The Bodeo Model 1889 ( it, Pistola a Rotazione, Sistema Bodeo, Modello 1889) was an Italian revolver named after the head of the Italian firearm commission, Carlo Bodeo. It was produced by a wide variety of manufacturers between 1889 and 1931 in ...

* Brixia M1913 * Chamelot–Delvigne M1873 and M1874 *

Glisenti M1910 The Glisenti Model 1910 was a 9 mm calibre semi-automatic service pistol produced by the Italian company Società Siderurgica Glisenti.McNab, Chris, ''The Great Book of Guns'' (2004) p. 134 It was put in production in 1910 to replace the agi ...

* Mauser C96 * Ruby M1914 * Smith & Wesson No.3 Submachine guns *

OVP 1918 The OVP was a submachine gun developed in Italy. Development The Italians were among the first armies ever to adopt a submachine gun, or more correctly, a light automatic gun firing a pistol cartridge. This was the Villar Perosa made by Offi ...

Beretta M1918 The Moschetto Automatico Revelli-Beretta Mod. 1915 (Commonly known as the Beretta Model 1918) was a self-loading carbine that entered service in 1918 with the Italian armed forces. Designed as a semi-automatic rifle, the weapon came with an overh ...

* Villar-Perosa M1915 Rifles * Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 * Carcano M1891 * Lebel M1886/93 * Vetterli M1870, M1870/87 and M1870/87/15 Machine guns * Chauchat M1915 * Colt–Browning M1895/14 * Fiat–Revelli M1914 * Gardner M1886 *

* Lewis Mk I * Maxim M1906 and M1911 * Nordenfelt M1884 * Perino M1908 * Saint Étienne M1907 * Vickers Mk I Grenades * Bezossi M1915 * Lenticolare M1914 Flamethrowers * Schilt portable flamethrower Mortars * Stokes mortar * Saint Étienne 58mm T No.2

Empire of Japan

Edged weapons *

Guntō The was a ceremonial sword produced for the Imperial Japanese army and navy after the introduction of conscription in 1872. History During the Meiji period, the samurai class was gradually disbanded, and the Haitōrei Edict in 1876 forb ...

sword *

Type 30 bayonet Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * ...

Sidearms * Hino–Komuro M1908 * Meiji Type 26 * Nambu Type B * Smith & Wesson No.3 Rifles * Arisaka Type 30 * Arisaka Type 35 * Arisaka Type 38 * Arisaka Type 44 Carbine * Murata Type 13, Type 18 and Type 22 * Snider-Enfield Machine guns * Hotchkiss M1900 * Nambu Type 3

Kingdom of Montenegro

Sidearms * Gasser M1870/74 and M1880 * Mannlicher M1901 *

* Smith & Wesson M1899 * Smith & Wesson No.3 Rifles * Berdan M1870 * Gras M1874 * Mosin–Nagant M1891 * Wänzl M1867 * Werndl-Holub M1867 Machine guns * DWM MG 08 * Maxim M1906 and M1912 * Nordenfelt multiple barrel gun

Ottoman Empire

Edged weapons *

lance A lance is a spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier (lancer). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike s ...

(only used by cavalry regiments) * Trench club * Sword (only used by cavalry regiment or officer) *

khanjar A ''khanjar'' ( ar, خنجر, ku, Xencer, bn, খঞ্জর, khôñjôr tr, Hançer, fa, خنجر, ur, خنجر, sh, Handžar) is a traditional dagger originating from Oman, although it has since spread to the rest of the Middle Eas ...

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 ...

* M1890 bayonets Sidearms * Beholla M1915 * Browning FN M1903 * Frommer M1912 Stop *

* Mauser C96 * Smith & Wesson No.3 Rifles * Mauser 1887 *

Berdan rifle The Berdan rifle (''винтовка Бердана''/''vintovka Berdana'' in Russian) is a Russian rifle created by the American firearms expert and inventor Hiram Berdan in 1868. It was standard issue in the Russian army from 1870 to 1891, when ...

* GRC Gewehr 88/05 * Martini–Henry Mk I * Mauser M1887 * Mauser M1890 *

* Mauser M1903, M1905 and M1908 * Peabody–Martini–Henry M1874 * Remington M1866 Rolling Block * Snider–Enfield Mk III * Winchester M1866 Machine guns *

Bergmann MG15nA The Bergmann MG 15nA was a World War I light machine gun produced by Germany starting in 1915. It used 100- and 200-round belts and utilized a bipod, which allowed the weapon to be mounted on a flat surface for more accurate firing. It was brie ...

* DWM MG 08 and MG 08/15 * Hotchkiss M1900 *

Maxim machine gun The Maxim gun is a recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim. It was the first fully automatic machine gun in the world. The Maxim gun has been called "the weapon most associated with imperial conquest" by historian ...

* Nordenfelt multiple barrel gun *

vickers machine gun The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army. The gun was operated by a three-man crew but typically required more men to move and o ...

* Lewis Gun Grenades * M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate Flamethrowers * Kleinflammenwerfer M1911 * Wechselapparat Infantry mortar * Granatenwerfer 16

Portuguese Republic

Sidearms *

* Mauser C96 * Saint Étienne M1892 * Savage M1907 * Smith & Wesson No.3 * Smith & Wesson M1899 Military Rifles * Steyr-Kropatschek M1886 * Lee–Enfield Short Magazine Mk III (Used by Portuguese forces on the Western Front) * Mauser-Verqueiro M1904 * Portuguese Mannlicher M1896 *

M1917 Enfield The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield", formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. ...

Machine guns * Lewis M1917 * Lewis Mk I * Vickers Mk I Mortars * Stokes mortar

Kingdom of Romania

Edged weapons *' Model 1890 *' Model 1906 *' Model 1893 *' Model 1909 * Model 1908 Sidearms *Bayard M1915 * Ruby M1914 * Saint Étienne M1892 * Smith & Wesson No.3 * Steyr M1912 Rifles * Berthier M1907/15 * Lebel M1886/93 * Mannlicher M1888/90 * Mannlicher M1893 *

* Mosin–Nagant M1891 * Martini–Henry M1879 * Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 Machine guns * Chauchat M1915 * Colt–Browning M1895/14 * DWM MG 08 *

* Lewis Mk I * Maxim M1907 and M1909 * Saint Étienne M1907 *

* Vickers Mk I

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

Edged weapons *

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 (Also known as Kinzhal) *

Shashka The shashka ( ady, сэшхуэ, – ''long-knife'') (russian: шашка) or shasqua, is a kind of sabre; a single-edged, single-handed, and guardless backsword. In appearance, the ''shashka'' is midway between a typically curved sabre and a ...

sword Sidearms * Browning FN M1903 *

* Mauser C96 * Nagant M1895 * Smith & Wesson No.3 Rifles * Arisaka Type 30 * Arisaka Type 35 * Arisaka Type 38 * Berdan M1868 and M1870 * Berthier M1907/15 * Carl M1865 * Chassepot M1866/74 * Fedorov M1916 Avtomat * Gras M1874 * Krnka M1867 * Kropatschek M1878 and M1884 * Lebel M1886/93 * Mosin–Nagant M1891 and M1907 * Murata rifle * Martini-Henry * Remington M1910 Rolling Block * Snider-Enfield * Springfield M1892 * Vetterli M1870 and M1870/87 * Winchester M1873 * Winchester M1876 * Winchester M1886 * Winchester M1892 * Winchester M1895 * Winchester M1907 * Winchester M1910 Machine guns * Chauchat M1915 * Colt–Browning M1895/14 * Hotchkiss M1909 * Lewis Mk I and M1917 * Madsen M1902 * Maxim M1905 * Maxim M1910 * Vickers Mk I Grenades * Rdultovsky M1912 lantern grenade * Rdultovsky M1914 and M1917 Flamethrowers * Tovarnitski portable flamethrower Mortars * Aasen 88.9mm M1915 * GR 90mm M1915 Support guns * Rosenberg 37mm M1915

Kingdom of Serbia

Sidearms * Chamelot–Delvigne M1873, M1874 and M1876 * Gasser M1870/74 *

* Mauser C96 * Zastava M1871 * Zastava M1891 * Ruby M1914 Rifles * Berdan M1868 and M1870 * Berthier M1892, M1892/16 and M1907/15 * Gras M1874 * Lebel M1886/93 * Zastava M1870 * Zastava M1880 * Zastava M1899 * Zastava M1910 * Mosin–Nagant M1891 Machine guns * Chauchat M1915 * DWM MG 08 *

* Lewis Mk I * Zastava M1905 *

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 ...

Grenades * Vasić M1912 Flamethrowers * Schilt portable flamethrower Mortars * Saint Étienne 58mm T No.2

United States of America

M1903 Springfield - USA - 30-06 - Armémuseum

Edged weapons *

Bolo knife A bolo ( tl, iták, ilo, bunéng, pag, baráng, ceb, súndang, hil, binangon) is a general term for traditional pre-colonial small to medium-sized single-edged swords or large knives of the Philippines that function as both tools and weapo ...

* M1905 bayonet *

M1917 bayonet The M1917 bayonet was designed to be used with the US M1917 Enfield .30 caliber rifle, as well as with the seven different U.S. trench shotguns. The blade was long. It will not fit the M1903 .30 caliber (Springfield) or the M1 .30 caliber ( ...

* M1917 and M1918 trench knife Sidearms * Colt M1873 Single Action Army * Colt M1889 *

Colt M1900 The Colt Model 1900 is a short-recoil operated "self-loading", or semi-automatic .38 caliber handgun introduced by Colt's Manufacturing Company at the turn of the 20th century. It also marked the introduction of .38 ACP, the round for which it i ...

* Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless * Colt M1905 Marine Corps * Colt M1909 New Service *

* Colt M1917 * Savage M1907 * Smith & Wesson M1899 * Smith & Wesson M1917 Shotguns *

* Remington M1910-A * Winchester M1897 * Winchester M1912 Rifles * Berthier M1907/15 * Browning M1918 * Enfield M1917 * Lee–Enfield Short Magazine Mk III * Lee M1895 Navy * Springfield M1873 (Issued to second line troops) * Springfield M1896 and M1898 *

Springfield M1903 The M1903 Springfield, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903, is an American five-round magazine-fed, bolt-action service repeating rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century. The M1903 was first ...

* Winchester M1886 * Winchester M1892 * Winchester M1894 * Winchester M1895 * Winchester M1907 * Winchester M1910 Machine guns * Benét–Mercié M1909 * Browning M1917 * Chauchat M1915 and M1918 * Colt–Browning M1895/14, Marlin Rockwell M1917 and M1918 * Colt–Vickers M1915 * Gatling gun *

* Lewis M1917 *

M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the ...

Grenades * F1 M1916 * Mk 1 grenade *

Mk 2 grenade The Mk 2 grenade (initially known as the Mk II) is a fragmentation-type anti-personnel hand grenade introduced by the U.S. armed forces in 1918. It was the standard issue anti-personnel grenade used during World War II, and also saw limited serv ...

* Mk 3 grenade * No.5, No.23 and No.36 (Also known as "Mills") * Viven-Bessières M1916 rifle grenade Mortars *

* Newton 6-inch mortar * Saint Étienne 58mm T No.2 * Stokes mortar Support guns * Puteaux 37mm M1915

Weapons used in trench raids

Billhook A billhook or bill hook, also called a pruning knife or spar hook, is a versatile cutting tool used widely in agriculture and forestry for cutting woody material such as shrubs, small trees and branches. It is distinct from the sickle. It was ...

Brass knuckles Brass knuckles (variously referred to as knuckles, knucks, brass knucks, knucklebusters, knuckledusters, knuckle daggers, English punch, iron fist, paperweight, or a classic) are "fist-load weapons" used in hand-to-hand combat. Brass knuckle ...

* Claymore * E-tool *

Fascine knife The fascine knife was a side arm / tool issued to 17th to 19th century light infantry and artillery. It served both as a personal weapon and as a tool for cutting fascines (bundles of sticks used to strengthen the sides of trenches or earth ra ...

* French Nail * French raiding hammer *

Hatchet A hatchet (from the Old French , a diminutive form of ''hache'', ' axe' of Germanic origin) is a single-handed striking tool with a sharp blade on one side used to cut and split wood, and a hammerhead on the other side. Hatchets may also be us ...

* Mace *

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* Pickaxe handle *

Push dagger A push dagger (alternately known as: punch dagger, punch knife, or push knife) is a short-bladed dagger with a "T" handle designed to be grasped and held in closed-fist hand, so that the blade protrudes from the front of the fist, either between ...

Spade A spade is a tool primarily for digging consisting of a long handle and blade, typically with the blade narrower and flatter than the common shovel. Early spades were made of riven wood or of animal bones (often shoulder blades). After the a ...

* Stiletto *

Trench knife A trench knife is a combat knife designed to kill or incapacitate an enemy at close quarters, such as in a trench or other confined area.Peterson, Harold L., Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World, Courier Dover Publications, , (2001), ...

Trench raiding club Trench raiding clubs were homemade melee weapons used by both the Allies and the Central Powers during World War I. Clubs were used during nighttime trench raiding expeditions as a quiet and effective way of killing or wounding enemy soldiers. ...

* Webley Mk I, Mk II and Mk III

Concepts and prototypes

Sidearms * Prilutsky M1914 * Webley-Mars Automatic Pistol * Belt buckle pistol Submachine guns * Andrews M1917 * Chauchat-Ribeyrolles M1918 mitraillette pistolet * Frommer M1917 Stop doppel machinen pistole (Double barrel version) * Standschütze Helriegel M1915 machinen pistole (The Standschutze was the militia unit that was armed with it) * Schwarzlose submachine gunS. P. Korneev, A. N. Fufaev, N. P. Korneeva (2016). "Some design features of the Schwarzlose submachine gun" �екоторые конструктивные особенности пистолета-пулемёта системы Шварцлозе Tula: Tula State Museum of Weapons. — P. 159—164. — 519 p. — . * Sturmpistole M1918 * Thompson M1917 Persuader * Thompson M1918 Annihilator * Villar-Perosa OVP M1918 (Single barrel version) * Walther M1918 machinen pistole Rifles * Fiat-Revelli M1916 automatic carbine * Howell M1915 semi automatic rifle * Huot M1916 automatic rifle * Knotgen M1914 automatischen gewehr * Lewis M1918 automatic rifle * Ribeyrolles M1918 automatique carabine * Cei-Rigotti M1895 automatic rifle * Springfield-Pedersen M1903 Mark I semi automatic rifle * Winchester-Burton M1917 automatic rifle * Rossignol ENT automatic rifle * Thornycroft carbine * Esser-Barrat rifle * Pattern 1913 Enfield rilfe Machine guns * Berthier M1908 mitrailleuse (Air cooled version) * Berthier M1911 mitrailleuse (Water cooled version) * Caldwell M1915 * Darne M1916 mitrailleuse * De Knight M1902/17 * DWM Parabellum MG 13 (A combination of water cooled version and air cooled version) * Fokker-Leimberger M1916 machinen gewehr * Johnston D1918 * Knotgen M1912 machinen gewehr * S.I.A. M1918 * Schwarzlose M1905 machinen gewehr * Ripley machine gun Grenade launchers * Blanch-Chevallier grenade launcher Guided explosive weapons * Aubriot Gabet Land torpedo (Cable guided explosive machine) * Dayton-Wright-Kettering Bug (Remote controlled explosive plane) * Hewitt-Sperry Automatic (Remote controlled explosive plane) * Royal Aircraft Factory Ruston Proctor AT (Remote controlled explosive plane) * Schneider Crocodile land torpedo (Two versions cable guided explosive machine) * Simms Land torpedo (Cable guided explosive machine) * Wickersham Land torpedo (Cable guided explosive machine)

References

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