List of common World War II infantry weapons
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Albania
Handguns
Rifles
Submachineguns
Machineguns
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Austria
Handguns
Rifles
Submachinegunns
Machineguns
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Australia
Handguns
Rifles
Submachine Guns
Machine guns
Anti-Tank weapons
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Belgium
Handguns
Rifles
- Mauser M1936 (similer toMauser 98)
Machine Guns
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Bulgaria
Handguns
Rifles
Submachinegun
Machinegun
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Canada
Handguns
Rifles
Submachine Guns
Machine Guns
Anti-tank weapons
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China
List of National Revolutionary Army weapons, including warlords and Communists.
Handguns
- Mauser C96 (Chinese Copy)
- Browning Hi-Power (Burma Campaign X-Forces and Y-Forces)
- Tokarev TT-30/TT-33 Chinese copy
- FN M1900 (Chinese copy)
- Nambu Pistol (captured from Japanese forces)
- Luger P08
- Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (Issued to officers only)
- Nagant M1895
Rifles
- Type 24 rifle-main battle rifle (Chinese licensed copy of Gewehr 98)
- Hanyang Type 88
- Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944
- Mauser Karabiner 98k (mainly given to the early German trained divisions)
- Gewehr 98
- Browning Automatic Rifle (U.S Lend Lease)
- Mondragón rifle
- ZH-29
- Vz. 24
- FN 1924
- SVT-40 (Only used by communist forces)
- Arisaka Type 38 rifle, Type 44 carbine, and Type 99 rifle (captured from Japanese forces)
- M1 Garand (U.S Lend Lease)
- M1 Carbine (U.S Lend Lease)
- Springfield M1903 (U.S Lend Lease)
Submachine Guns
- MP18
- M3 submachine gun (U.S Lend Lease)
- Thompson SMG (U.S Lend Lease and locally produced Chinese copies)
- Sten
- PPSh-41 (Only used by communist forces)
- PPS (Only used by communist forces)
- Type 100 submachine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
- United Defense M42 (U.S Lend Lease and locally produced Chinese copies)
Light Machine Guns
- ZB vz.26 (purchased in large quantity from former Czechoslovakia, later local produced Chinese copies)!
- Browning M1919 Medium Machine Gun (U.S Lend Lease)
- MG34 (Chinese copy)
- Bren LMG
- Degtyaryov machine gun (Only used by communist forces)
- Type 11 light machine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
- Type 96 light machine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
- Type 99 light machine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
- FM-24/29
Heavy Machine Guns'
- Chinese Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun (Chinese copy of MG 08)
- Browning M1917 (locally produced copies chambered for 7.92mm Mauser rounds)[1]
- PM M1910
Anti-Tank weapons
Grenades
- Model 24 grenade (Chinese copy)
Close quarters weapons
- Dadao
- Miao dao
- HY1935 bayonet
- Qiang (spear)
- Type 30 bayonet (captured from Japanese forces)
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Czechoslovakia
Handguns
Rifles
Sub Machine Guns
Machine Guns
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Estonia
Rifles
Machineguns
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Denmark
Handguns
Rifles
Machine Guns
- M24
- M29
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Finland
Handguns
- Lahti L-35
- Luger pistol Used by the finnish officers
- Ruby pistol
Rifles
- Mosin-Nagant variants
- M28 rifle a.k.a Pystykorva
- M39 rifle a.k.a Ukko-Pekka
- Carcano Special variant with rifle grenades
Submachine Guns
- Suomi KP/-31
- MP-40 Came with purchase of Nazi armoured vehicles
- PPSh-41 Russian Lend Lease while during Lapland War
Machine Guns
- Lahti-Saloranta M/26
- Maxim M/32-33
- DP machine gun
- Kg/1940 Light machine gun Swedish variant of Browning Automatic Rifle. (Used by the swedish volunteers)
Anti-tank weapons
- Lahti L-39
- Boys anti-tank rifle
- Panzerschreck
- Panzerfaust
- Solothurn S-18/100
- 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun
Grenades
Anti-aircraft weapons
Heavy guns
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France
Handguns
Rifles
Submachine Guns
Machine Guns
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Nazi Germany
Handguns
- Walther P38
- Luger P08
- Walther PP, PPK
- Sauer 38H
- Mauser HSC
- Dreyse M1907 - late war use as emergency measure
- Mauser C96
- Pistole 640
Rifles
Submachine Guns
Machine Guns
Automatic Rifles
- Sturmgewehr 44
- FG-42
- Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 (possibly 10,000 of all designs)
Sniper Rifles
- Gewehr 43 (scoped)
- Gewehr 98 (scoped)
- Karabiner 98k (scoped)
Anti-tank Weapons
- Panzerfaust
- Panzerschreck (approx 290,000)
- Panzerbüchse 38 & Panzerbüchse 39
- 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 (3,000)
Flamethrowers
Grenades
- Model 24 Stielhandgranate Offensive Hand Grenade
- Model 43 Stielhandgranate Offensive Hand Grenade
- Model 39 Eiergranate Hand Grenade
- Splitterring
- S-mine (anti-personnel mine)
Close quarter weapons
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Greece
Handguns
Rifles
Submachine Gun
Machine Gun
- Schwarzlose MG M.07/12
- Modified Hotchkiss machine gun
- EPK (Pyrkal) Machine gun
- Saint Etienne Machine-Gun
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Hungary
Handguns
- FÉG 37M Pistol
- Frommer Stop
- FÉG 29M
- Frommer Lilliput
- 20M flare pistol
- 42M flare pistol
- 43M flare pistol
Rifles
Submachine Guns
Machine Guns
- Solothurn 31M light MG
- Schwarzlose 7/31M heavy MG
- Madsel LMG (Madsen golyószóró)
- 1934M Stange (MG34)
- 1942M Grunov (MG42)
- 42M (MG131)
Anti-tank Weapons
- Solothurn 36M 20mm anti-tank rifle (S-18/100)
- Panzerschreck
- Kis Páncélököl (Panzerfaust Klein)
- Nagy Páncélököl (Panzerfaust 30)
- 43M kézi páncéltörő vető (Hungarian bazooka variant)
- 44M kézi páncéltörő vető (Hungarian panzerschreck variant)
- 36M mine
- 43M mine
Grenades
- 39A/M fire Grenade (Molotov cocktail)
- Lila füstgyertya
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Italy
Handguns
Submachine Guns
Rifles
- Carcano M1891
- Carcano M1891 Moschetto da Cavalleria (Cavalry Carbine)
- Carcano M1891TS Moschetto per Truppe Speciali (Special Troop Carbine)
- Carcano M1938 Carbine
- Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
Machine Guns
Mortars
Hand Grenades
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Ireland
Rifles
Machineguns
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Japan
Handguns
Rifles
- Arisaka
- Type 38 Rifle
- Type 2 Rifle
- Type 38 Cavalry Rifle
- Type 99 Rifle
- Type 97 Sniper Rifle
- Type 44 Cavalry Rifle
- Type I Rifle
Submachine guns
Machine Guns
- Type 11 Light Machine Gun
- Type 96 Light Machine Gun
- Type 97 Light Machine Gun
- Type 99 Light Machine Gun
- Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
- Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
- Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
- Type 4 Heavy Machine Gun
Grenades
- Type 4 Grenade
- Type 10 Fragmentation Hand/Discharger Grenade
- Type 91 Fragmentation Hand/Discharger Grenade
- Type 97 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
- Type 99 Hand/Rifle Fragmentation Grenade
Flamethrowers
Grenade Dischargers
Swords
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Latvia
Machineguns
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Lithuania
Handguns
Rifles
Machineguns
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Luxembourg
Rifles
Machineguns
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The Netherlands
Handguns
Rifle
Machine Gun
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New Zealand
Handguns
Rifles
Submachine Guns
Machine guns
Anti-tank weapons
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Norway
Handguns
- Colt M1914
- Nagant M1895
- Lahti L-35 (smuggled from Sweden & Finland)
- Walther P38 (Captured from German forces, used by the resistance)
Rifles
- Krag-Jørgensen
- M1917 Enfield (Parachuted to the resistance movement as Military aid)
- Pattern 1914 Enfield (parachuted to the resistance movement as Military aid)
- Lee-Enfield (parachuted to the resistance movement as military aid)
- Karabiner 98k (captured from German forces, used by the Resistance)
- M1 Carbine (Parachuted to the Resistance movement)
- AG-42
- Mosin-Nagant (smuggled from Finland & USSR, used by resistance in the North)
- Mas36 (leftover from French forces after the battle of Narvik, used by the resistance)
Submachine Guns
- Sten (Used by the post Norwegian Campaign resistance, not the army.)
- MP40 (captured from German forces, used by resistance)
- Thompson M1928A1 (parachuted to the resistance movement as military aid)
Machine Guns
- Madsen M/22
- Colt M/29
- Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun
- Browning M1919
- MG34 (captured from German forces,used by the resistance)
- kg/1940 Light machine gun
- Weibel M/1932
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Mongolia
Rifles
Submachineguns
Machineguns
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Poland
Handguns
Rifles
- Kbsp wz. 1938M
- Karabin wz.98a (kb wz.98a)
- Karabinek wz.29 (kbk wz.29)
- rkm Browning wz.1928
- Lee Enfield (Used by the exiled army)
- Mosin–Nagant (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)
Submachine gun
- Bechowiec-1
- Błyskawica (Used by the Polish Resistance)
- KIS (weapon)
- Choroszmanów
- Samoróbka
- Teteryka
- Wz.39
- Sten (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the West)
- PPS (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the East
- PPSh-41 (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)
Machine Guns
- Ckm wz.30
- Machine gun Type C
- Bren (Used by the exiled army)
- DP (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)
Anti-Tank Weapons
Grenades
- Fragmentation Grenade wz.1933
- Concussion Grenade wz.1933
Flamethrower
- K pattern flamethrower (Used by the polish resistance)
Grenade launcher
Close quarter Weapons
- Lance (Polish Cavalry) secondary weapon close quarters combat
Swords
- Szabla (Polish Cavalry) secondary weapon close quarters combat
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Romania
Handguns
Rifles
Submachine guns
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Soviet Union
Handguns
Rifles
- Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944
- Tokarev SVT-38, SVT-40
- AVS-36 - taken out of service in 1941
- Fedorov Avtomat Fully auto
- SKS (Used in very small numbers)
Submachine Guns
Machine Guns
- DP-28 Light Machine Gun
- DShK 1938 Heavy Machine Gun
- DS-39 - production stopped 1941
- PM M1910 medium machine gun -
- SG-43 Goryunov medium machine gun - 1943 onwards
- RPD (Used in the last stages of the war)
- MG-42 (Captured from German forces)
Anti-Tank Weapons
Grenades
- F1 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
- RGD-33 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
- RG-41 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade
- RG-42 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
- RPG-43 HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) Hand Grenade
- RPG-6 HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) Hand Grenade
- Molotov Cocktail
Flamethrowers
Sniper Rifles
- Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944 (scoped)
- Tokarev SVT-38, SVT-40(scoped)
Swords
Knife
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United Kingdom
Handguns
- Enfield Revolver No.2 Mk.I
- Webley Mk.VI (.455) & Mk.IV (.38/200)
- FN/Inglis Pistol No.2 Mk.I and Mk 1*
- Smith & Wesson M&P
- Colt M1911A1
Rifles
- Submachine guns
- Sten - about 4 million produced from all sources
- Lanchester
- Thompson M1928, M1928A1, M1
- Machine Guns
- Bren light machine gun
- Lewis light machine gun
- Vickers K machine gun
- Vickers machine gun
- Besa machine gun
- M2 Browning machine gun
- Anti-Tank Weapons
Grenades
- No.36M Mk.I Fragmentation Hand/Rifle Grenade or "Mills Bomb"
- Grenade, Rifle No. 68 AT - HEAT anti-tank rifle grenade
- No.69 Mk.I Bakelite Concussion Hand Grenade
- No.76 Special Incendiary Phosphorus Hand Grenade
- No.73 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade "Thermos Grenade"
- No.74 ST Grenade, or "Sticky Bomb" - an anti-tank hand grenade
- No.75 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade known as "Hawkins Grenade" or "Hawkins Mine"
- No.77 (White Phosphorus) Hand Grenade
- No.82 Hand Grenade - known as "Gammon Grenade/Bomb"
- Mortars
Flamethrowers
- No.II Mk.II Flamethrower "Lifebuoy"
- Sniper rifles
- Lee-Enfield (scoped)
- Pattern 1914 (scoped)
- M1 Carbine (Scoped)(Light Intensifier)
Knives
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United States
Handguns
- Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
- Colt M1911A1
- Colt M1917 revolver
- Colt Official Police {Colt M1927 Aka "Colt Commando"}
- FP-45 Liberator
- Smith & Wesson M&P
Rifles
- M1 Garand
- M1 Carbine
- M1903 Springfield
- M1917 Enfield rifle
- M1941 Johnson rifle
- M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
Submachine Guns
- Thompson M1928, M1928A1, M1, M1A1
- M3/A1 'Grease Gun'
- M50 Reising submachine gun
- United Defense M42 (15,000)
Machine Guns
- Browning M1917A1 Heavy Machine Gun
- Browning M1919 Medium Machine Gun
- Browning M2 Heavy Machine Gun
- M1941 Johnson machine gun
- Lewis gun
Sniper Rifles
- M1 Garand (scoped)
- M1903 Springfield (scoped)
- M1917 Enfield (scoped)
Shotgun (Commonly used by the Marines in the Pacific theater, limited use in Europe)
- Ithaca 37
- Trench gun M1897 (Used in the Western front)
- M12 Shotgun
- Browning Auto-5
- Coach gun
- Remington 31
Anti-Tank Weapons
Flamethrowers
Grenades
Grenade launcher
Mortars
Knife
- Ka-Bar
- M1 bayonet
- M1905 bayonet
- M1942 bayonet
- Mark I trench knife
- V-42 Stiletto
- United States Marine Raider Stiletto
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Sweden
Handguns
Rifles
Submachineguns
Machineguns
- Kg m/40 light machine gun
- Schwarzlose MG M.07/12, (kulspruta m/14)
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Switzerland
Handguns
Rifles
Machineguns
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Rifles
- 7,62mm M1944
- 7,9mm Mauser 10
- Mauser 98
- 7,9mm Polish Mauser M29
- 7,9mm Mauser FN24
- 7,9mm Mauser FN30
- Steyr
Submachinegun
Machineguns
[edit] References
- ^ Chinese firearms: Hanyang Arsenal http://www.chinesefirearms.com/110108/history/hanyang_g.htm
