List of common World War II infantry weapons

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Contents 1 Australia 2 Canada 3 China 4 Czechoslovakia 5 Finland 6 France 7 Germany 8 Greece 9 Hungary 10 Italy 11 Japan 12 New Zealand 13 Norway 14 Poland 15 Romania 16 Soviet Union 17 United Kingdom 18 United States of America 19 References

[edit] Australia

Rifles

• Lee-Enfield

Submachine Guns

• Owen
• Austen submachine gun

Machine guns

• Lewis Gun

[edit] Canada

Pistol

• Enfield revolver
• Browning Hi-Power
• Webley Mk.VI (.455) & Mk.IV (.38/200)
• Welrod
• Smith & Wesson M&P
• Colt M1911A1

Rifles

• Lee Enfield SMLE
• M1941 Johnson rifle
• Pattern 14 (P14) "No.3"

Submachine guns

• Sten
• Thompson M1928, M1928A1, M1, M1A1
• M50 Reising submachine gun

Machine guns

• Johnson machine gun
• Lewis Gun
• Bren light machine gun
• Vickers machine gun
• M2 Browning machine gun
• M1919 machine gun

Flamethrowers

• Flamethrower, Portable, No 2

Anti-Tank Weapons

• PIAT
• Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55 in, Boys

Grenades

• mills bomb
• Grenade, Rifle No. 68 AT
• Grenade, Hand, No.74 ST
• No.75 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade
• Grenade, Hand, No. 82 "Gammon Bomb"

Sniper Rifle

• Lee Enfield (scoped)

Combat knives

• Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife

[edit] China

List of Nationalist Revolutionary Army weapons, excluding warlords and Communists

Handguns

• Luger
• Mauser C96
• Browning Hi-Power (Burma Campaign X-Forces and Y-Forces)
• Colt M1911 (U.S Lend Lease)
• Tokarev TT-30/TT-33

Rifles

• Chiang Kai-Shek rifle main battle rifle (Chinese licensed copy of Gewehr 98)
• Hanyang 88
• Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944
• Mauser Karabiner 98k (limited, mainly given to the early German trained division)

Submachine Guns

• MP18
• Thompson M1928A1 (U.S Lend Lease, later local produced Chinese copies)
• Sten
• PPSh-41

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)

Heavy Machine Guns

• Chinese Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun (Chinese copy of Maxim Gun)

Anti-Tank Gun

• PaK 36

Howitzers

• 15 cm sFH 18

Grenades

• Model 24 grenade (Chinese copies)

Swords

• Dadao (in the early phase of the war)
• Miao dao

[edit] Czechoslovakia

Handguns

• ČZ vz. 38
• Pistole vz. 22
• ČZ vz. 27

Rifles

• vz. 24
• vz. 33

Machine Guns

• ZB vz. 26
• ZB-30

[edit] Finland

Handguns

• M23 Luger
• Lahti L-35

Rifles

• M91
• M24
• M27
• M28
• M28-30
• M39

Submachine Guns

• Suomi-konepistooli KP-31

Machine Guns

• Lahti-Saloranta 26
• Maxim PM1910 Medium Machine Gun

Anti-Tank Weapons

• Lahti L-39

[edit] France

Handguns

• Mle 1935
• MAB Model D pistol

Rifles

• Berthier rifle
• Lebel Model 1886 rifle
• Fusil MAS36
• Fusil MAS36 CR39

Submachine Guns

• MAS-38
• Thompson M1928
• Bergmann MP18

Machine Guns

• FM-24/29
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Chutlerut
• Reibel machine gun

[edit] Germany

Handguns

• Walther P38
• Luger P08
• Walther PP, PPK (private purchase for officers)

Rifles

• Fallschirmjägergewehr 42
• Gewehr 43
• Mauser Karabiner 98k
• Sturmgewehr 44
• Volkssturmgewehr 1-5

Submachine Guns

• MP28
• MP3008
• MP34
• MP38/MP40

Machine Guns

• MG08
• MG 34
• MG 42

Sniper Rifles

• Gewehr 43 (scoped)
• Karabiner 98k (scoped)

Anti-tank Weapons

• Panzerfaust
• Raketenpanzerbüchse "Panzerschreck"
• Panzerbüchse 38 & Panzerbüchse 39
• Raketen-Panzerbüchse 43 - "Dolly"

Flamethrowers

• Flammenwerfer 35

Grenades

• Model 24 Stielhandgranate Offensive Hand Grenade
• Model 43 Stielhandgranate Offensive Hand Grenade
• Model 39 Eiergranate Hand Grenade
• Splittering

[edit] Greece

Rifles

• Lee Enfield
• M1 Garand
• Mannlicher-Schönauer

Submachine Gun

• EPK (Pyrkal) Machine gun
• Thompson submachine gun

Machine Gun

• Schwarzlose MG M.07/12

[edit] Hungary

Handguns

• 37M pistol

Rifles

• 35M rifle
• 43M rifle

Submachine Guns

• Danuvia 39M
• Danuvia 43M

Machine Guns

• Solothurn 31M light MG
• Schwarzlose 7/31M heavy MG

Anti-tank Weapons

• Solothurn 36M 20mm anti-tank rifle (S-18/100)

[edit] Italy

Handguns

• Beretta Modello 1934
• Beretta Modello 1935
• Glisenti M1910

Submachine Guns

• Beretta Modello 1918
• Moschetto Automatico Beretta 1938
• FNAB-43
• TZ-45
• OVP

Rifles

• Carcano M1891
• Carcano M1891 Moschetto da Cavalleria (Cavalry Carbine)
• Carcano M1891TS Moschetto per Truppe Speciali (Special Troop Carbine)
• Carcano M1938 Carbine

Machine Guns

• Breda Modello 30
• Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914
• Fiat-Revelli Modello 1935
• Breda Modello 1937

Hand Grenades

• Bomba a Mano mod.35
• Bomba a Mano mod.42

[edit] Japan

Handguns

• Nambu Type 14
• Type 26
• Nambu Type 94

Rifles

• 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

• Nambu Type 100

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
• Type 100 submachine 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

• Type 93 / Type 100

Grenade Dischargers

• Type 10
• Type 89

Swords

• Shin guntō

[edit] New Zealand

Handguns

• Smith & Wesson M&P

Rifles

• Lee Enfield

Submachine Gun

• Charlton Automatic Rifle
• Owen submachine gun

[edit] Norway

Handguns

• Colt M1914 - Semi-Auto Pistol Kongsberg Colt
• Nagant M1893 Revolver

Rifles

• Krag-Jørgensen

Submachine Guns

• Sten (Used by the post Norwegian Campaign resistance, not the army.)

Machine Guns

• Madsen M/22
• Colt M/29
• Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun

[edit] Poland

Handguns

• Radom Pistolet wz.35 Vis

Rifles

• Karabin wz.98a (kb wz.98a)
• Karabinek wz.29 (kbk wz.29)
• rkm Browning wz.1928
• Lee Enfield (Used by the exiled army)

Submachine gun

• Błyskawica (Used by the polish resistance)
• KIS (weapon)

Machine Guns

• Ckm wz.30
• Bren (Used by the exiled army)

Anti-Tank Weapons

• Kb ppanc wz.35

Grenades

• Fragmentation Grenade wz.1933
• Concussion Grenade wz.1933

Flamethrower

• K pattern flamethrower (Used by the polish resistance)

Grenade launcher

• Granatnik wz.36

Melee Weapons

• Lance (Polish Cavalry) secondary weapon close quarters combat

Swords

• Szabla (Polish Cavalry) secondary weapon close quarters combat

[edit] Romania

Rifles

• vz.24

Submachine guns

• Orita M1941

[edit] Soviet Union

Handguns

• Nagant M1895
• Tokarev TT-30/TT-33
• Mauser C96

Rifles

• Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944
• Tokarev SVT-38, SVT-40
• AVS-36

Submachine Guns

• PPD-40
• PPSh-41
• PPS-43

Machine Guns

• DP-28 Light Machine Gun
• DShK 1938 Heavy Machine Gun
• DS-39
• Maxim PM1910 Medium Machine Gun
• SG-43 Goryunov

Anti-Tank Weapons

• PTRD-41 Bolt-action Anti-Tank Rifle
• PTRS-41 Semi-Automatic Anti-Tank Rifle

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

Mortars

• 37mm Spade Mortar
• 50-PM-38
• 50-PM-39
• 50-PM-40
• 50-PM-41
• 82-PM-36
• 82-PM-37
• 82-PM-41
• 82-PM-43
• 107-PBHM-38
• 120-HM-38
• 120-HM-43

Flamethrowers

• ROKS-2
• ROKS-3

Sniper Rifles

• Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944 (scoped)
• Tokarev SVT-38, SVT-40 (scoped)

Swords

• Shashka

Knife

• NR-40

[edit] United Kingdom

Handguns

• Enfield Revolver No.2 Mk.I
• Webley Mk.VI (.455) & Mk.IV (.38/200)
• Browning FN-Inglis No.2 Mk.I* Pistol
• Welrod
• Smith & Wesson M&P

Rifles

• Lee-Enfield SMLE
• Jungle Carbine
• De Lisle carbine
• Pattern 14 (P14) "No.3"
• M1 carbine

Submachine Guns

• Sten
• Lanchester
• Thompson M1928

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

• PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank)
• Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55 in, Boys

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, or "Hawkins Grenade"/"Hawkins Mine"
• No.77 White Phosphorus Hand Grenade
• No.82 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade "Gammon Grenade/Bomb"

Mortars

• 2-inch mortar
• Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar

Flamethrowers

• No.II Mk.II Flamethrower "Lifebuoy"

Unusually

• Smith Gun

Sniper Rifle

• Lee-Enfield (scoped)

Swords

• Claymore The later weapon was a much shorter, one-handed sword popular with Scottish troops and some English officers from the 17th century onwards, even seeing limited combat during World War II; a modern "claymore" was carried in World War II by Lt. Col. Jack Churchill DSO, MC & BAR.

Melee Weapons

• Bow
• Arrows - used by Col. Jack Churchill during WWII.

Knifes

• Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife

[edit] United States of America

Handguns

• Smith & Wesson M&P
• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (issued to General Officers only)
• Colt M1911A1
• Colt M1917 revolver
• Colt Official Police {Colt M1927 Aka "Colt Commando"}
• FP-45 Liberator

Rifles

• M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
• M1 Garand
• M1 Carbine
• M1903 Springfield
• M1917 Enfield rifle
• M1941 Johnson rifle

Shotgun

• Winchester Model 1897
• M12 Shotgun (Commonly used by the Marines in the Pacific theater)
• Browning Auto-5
• Ithaca 37

Submachine Guns

• Thompson M1928, M1928A1, M1, M1A1
• M3/A1 'Grease Gun'
• M50 Reising submachine gun
• United Defense M42

Machine Guns

• Lewis gun
• M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
• Browning M1917A1 Heavy Machine Gun
• Browning M1919 Medium Machine Gun
• M1941 Johnson machine gun
• Browning M2 Heavy Machine Gun

Sniper Rifles

• M1 Garand (scoped)
• M1903 Springfield (scoped)

Anti-Tank Weapons

• Rocket Launcher, M1/A1 "Bazooka"
• Bazooka Rocket launcher, M9/A1 "bazooka"

Flamethrowers

• M2 flamethrower

Grenades

• Mk.2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade

Grenade launcher

• M7 grenade launcher

Mortars

• M1 Mortar
• M2 4.2 inch mortar
• M2 Mortar

Knife

• Ka-Bar
• United States Marine Raider Stiletto
• M1 bayonet
• M1905 bayonet
• M1942 bayonet
• V-42 Stiletto

[edit] References

• Bishop, Chris (Gen. Ed.) (1998). The Complete Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. London: Brown Books. ISBN 1-897884-36-2.