List of World War II weapons of Turkey
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The Turkish Armed Forces utilized a wide range of weapons from 3 September 1939, the date of the German invasion of Poland, to V-E Day, 8 May 1945, which is generally accepted as the end of the Second World War in Europe.
Small arms
editRifles
edit- Mauser Model 1903 - Models 1903 and 1905 were still in service in the 1960s.[1]
- Gewehr 88/05
- Mauser Gewehr 98
- Mauser Model 1887 Turkish Mauser M1871/84 version
- Ottoman-Mauser Model 1890 Turkish Mauser M1889 version
- Mauser Model 1893
- Mauser M1903
- Mauser M1905 and Mauser M1908
- Mauser Karabiner 98k
- vz. 24
- vz. 98/22
- Mosin-Nagant M1891/30
- Berthier M1916
- M1 Carbine
- M1 Garand
Sidearms
edit- Beholla M1915
- Browning FN M1903
- Browning FN M1910 & FN M1922
- CZ vz. 27
- Frommer M1912 Stop
- Luger P08
- Mauser C96
- Walther PP
- Smith & Wesson No. 3
Submachine guns
editLight machine guns
editMachine guns
editArmoured fighting vehicles
editThe Turkish Army utilized a wide range of fighting vehicles during the Second World War.
Tanks
edit- T-26- Soviet AFV's bought before World War II in 1930s
- T-27
- T-28
- Panzer III- Both Axis and western Allies in 1943 gifted tanks to Turkey to try to get them to join their side.
- Panzer IV
- Valentine tank - Turkey received 200 Valentine IIIs between 1941 and 1944.[3]
- M4 Sherman - 34 delivered in January 1945.[3]
Light tanks
editArmoured cars
editArmoured personnel carriers (apcs)
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Smith, Joseph E. (1969). "Turkey". Small Arms of the World (11 ed.). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company. pp. 570-572. ISBN 978-0-8117-1566-9.
- ^ Bloomfield, Lincoln P.; Leiss, Amelia Catherine (30 June 1967). The Control of local conflict : a design study on arms control and limited war in the developing areas (PDF). Vol. 3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for International Studies. p. 861. hdl:2027/uiug.30112064404368. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2020.
- ^ a b Mahé, Yann (February 2011). "Le Blindorama : La Turquie, 1935 - 1945". Batailles & Blindés (in French). No. 41. Caraktère. pp. 4–7. ISSN 1765-0828.