List of World War II infantry weapons

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This is a list of infantry weapons which were in mainstream use during World War II (1939–1945).

Australia

Two Australian soldiers equipped with Owen submachine guns

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Austria

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Belgium

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Brazil

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Bulgaria

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Canada

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

China

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

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Independent State of Croatia

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Automatic rifles

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Czechoslovak Republic

Czechoslovakian soldiers with a ZB vz. 26 and a ZB vz. 24.

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Denmark

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Anti-tank weapons

Estonia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Finland

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mines

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Anti-aircraft weapons

France

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Guided explosive weapons

Germany

German paratrooper carrying a MG 42

Edged weapons

Flare guns

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Select fire intermediate cartridge automatic rifles

Rifles

Sniper rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Mines

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Guided explosive weapons

Greece

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Hungary

Flare guns

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mines

Anti-tank weapons

Italy

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Japan

Japanese soldiers with a Type 92 machine gun during the 1941 Battle of Changsha

Edged weapons

Flare guns

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Semi-automatic rifles

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade dischargers

Mines

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Guided explosive weapons

  • I-Go (Remote controlled explosive machine)

Latvia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Lithuania

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Luxembourg

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

British Malaya

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Anti-tank weapons

Manchukuo

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenade dischargers

Mexico

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Mongolia

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Netherlands

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Anti-tank weapons

New Zealand

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Anti-tank weapons

Norway

Sidearms

Shotguns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

  • Makeshift grenades and bombs

Poland

Sidearms

Submachine gun

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Romania

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Slovak Republic

Sidearms

Rifles

Light machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Mortars

South Africa

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Soviet Union

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Soviet partisans in Belarus, armed with PPD-40 submachine gun and a Mosin-Nagant rifle

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Automatic rifles and battle rifles

Rifles

Anti-tank rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Mines

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Thailand

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade dischargers

Anti-tank weapons

United Kingdom (including British Empire)

British soldiers at Tobruk, equipped with Lee-Enfield rifles and Thompson submachine guns

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Sniper rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Guided explosive weapons

United States of America

Two American soldiers with M1 Garand rifles

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns (Commonly used by the Marines in the Pacific theater, limited use in Europe)

Rifles

Sniper rifles

Recoilless rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Yugoslavia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

See also

References

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