List of German military equipment of World War II
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II. Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.[1]
Personal arms and captured arms
editKnives and bayonets
editImage | Name/designation | Type | Role/s | Length | From (year) | Notes |
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Seitengewehr 42 | Combat knife, bayonet | Close combat | 17.95 cm (7.07 in) | 1944 | Never produced in large quantities | |
S84/98 III bayonet | Combat knife, bayonet | 25.1 cm (9.9 in) | 1935 | |||
Seitengewehr 98 | Combat knife, bayonet | Close combat | 50 cm (20 in) | 1898 | First incorporated into the German army as a bayonet for the Mauser M1898 rifle |
Small arms
editRevolvers, pistols, and pistol carbines (manual and semi-automatic)
editImage | Name/designation | Type | Role/s | Action | Origin | Variant/s | Base model/s | Manufacturer/s | Cartridge/s | Effective firing range (m) |
From (year) | Estimated wartime quantity | Unloaded mass (kg) |
Notes | |
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Bodeo M1889 | Revolver | Sidearm | Double action | Kingdom of Italy | Type A Enlisted model and Type B officer's model | - | Societa Siderurgica Glisenti | 10.35mm Ordinanza Italiana | 1889 | ? | 0.950 | During World War II, the Wehrmacht designated the Bodeo as Revolver 680(i) when utilized as an alternative firearm. | |||
''Lebel'' Modèle 1892 | Revolver | Sidearm | Double action, single action | French Third Republic | - | - | Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne | 8mm French Ordnance | 1892 | ? | 0.85 | Designated as Revolver 637(f) | |||
Beretta M1934 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | Kingdom of Italy | - | - | Beretta | .380 ACP | 1934 | ? | Designated as Pistole 671(i) | ||||
Beretta M1935 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | Kingdom of Italy | - | - | Beretta | .32 ACP | 1935 | ? | Designated as Pistole 672(i) | ||||
Webley revolver | Revolver | Sidearm | Double action, single action | United Kingdom | MK I, MK I, MK III, MK IV, MK V and MK VI | - | Webley & Scott | .455 Webley, .45 ACP |
1887 | ? | 2.4 | Designated as Revolver 646(e) for the MK I to Revolver 655(e) for the MK VI. | |||
- | Pistole vz. 22 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, rotating barrel | Czechoslovakia | - | - | Zbrojovka Brno, Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod |
.380 ACP | 1921 | ? | 0.67 | Captured after the defeat of Czechoslovakia and used in very limited numbers. The destination for the pistol is still unknown. | ||
Pistole vz. 24 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated, rotating barrel | Czechoslovakia | - | - | Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod, Böhmische Waffenfabrik (Under German Occupation) |
.380 ACP | 1923 | ? | 0.67 | Designated as Pistole 24(t) | |||
ČZ vz. 27 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated, rotating barrel | Czechoslovakia | - | Pistole vz. 24 | Česká zbrojovka, Böhmische Waffenfabrik (Under German Occupation) |
.32 ACP | 1939 | ? | 0.67 | Designated as Pistole 27(t) | |||
ČZ vz. 38 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | Czechoslovakia | - | - | Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod | .380 ACP | 1939 | ? | Designated as Pistole 39(t) | ||||
Nagant M1895 | Revolver | Sidearm | Double action, single action | Russian Empire, Belgium |
Various | - | Various | 7.62×38mmR | 1895 | ? | Designated as Revolver 612(r) | ||||
TT pistol | Pistol | Close-quarters/sidearm | Short recoil actuated, locked breech, single action | Soviet Union | Various | - | Various | 7.62x25mm Tokarev 9x19mm Parabellum |
1930 | ? | Designated as Pistole 615(r) and used by the Army and the Volkssturm. | ||||
Dreyse M1907 | Pistol | Close-quarters/sidearm | Blowback-operated, unlocked breech | German Empire | K. Sachs. Gend and Dreyse Rheinmetal ABT. Sommerda | - | Rheinmetall | .32 ACP | 25 | 1905 | ? | 0.710 | Used by the Volkssturm and the Volksgrenadier units in 1943–1945. | ||
Luger P08 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, toggle-locked | German Empire | Various | Borchardt C-93 | Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Mauser | 7.65×21mm Parabellum, 9×19mm Parabellum |
50 | 1900 | 3,000,000 | 0.871 | |||
Lange Pistole 08 | Pistol carbine | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, toggle-locked | German Empire | Various | Borchardt C-93 | Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Mauser | 7.65×21mm Parabellum, 9×19mm Parabellum |
1913 | 2,000 | Used by Artillerymen in the German Army and Waffen-SS units, and these continued in use until the end of the war in 1945. | ||||
Luger M1900 Carbine | Pistol carbine | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, toggle-locked | German Empire | Various | Borchardt C-93 | Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Mauser | 7.65×21mm Parabellum, 9×19mm Parabellum |
1900 | ? | Used in very limited numbers during the late 1943 until the demise of the Nazi Germany in 1945. | ||||
Mauser C96 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil | German Empire | Various | - | Mauser | 7.63×25mm Mauser, 9×19mm Parabellum |
1896 | 1,100,000+ | 1.13 | 19,000 Mauser C96 were used by the Army in 1942–1945 and the government purchased 7,800 Mauser M1930 variants for the Luftwaffe. | |||
Mauser HSc | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | Nazi Germany | HSc Super | - | Mauser | .32 ACP, .380 ACP |
40 | 1935 | 251,988 | 0.700 | |||
Mauser M1914 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Recoil Operation | German Empire, Nazi Germany |
Model 1910 and Model 1934 | - | Mauser | .25 ACP (M1910), .32 ACP |
1910 | 3,455 | Used mostly by the German police and the Kriegsmarine. | ||||
Nazi belt buckle pistol | Belt buckle pistol | Close-quarters | German Empire Nazi Germany |
- | - | - | .32 ACP, .22 LR |
1915 | 12~ | - | - | ||||
Sauer 38H | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Straight blowback | Nazi Germany | - | - | Sauer | .25 ACP, .32 ACP, .380 ACP |
25 | 1938 | 200,000 | 0.705 | |||
Steyr M1912 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Recoil-operated | Austria-Hungary | Doppelpistole M1912
and Repetierpistole M1912/P16 |
Roth–Steyr M1907 | Steyr | 9mm Luger, 9mm Steyr |
50 | 1912 | ? | 1.2 | Converted to 9mm Parabellum as the P12(ö) | ||
Radom vz. 35 Vis | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Recoil-operated, closed bolt | Poland | - | Browning Hi-Power | FB Radom | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1939 | ? | 0.950 | Occupied Polish production | |||
Volkspistole | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | Nazi Germany | - | - | Walther, Mauser, Gustloff |
9×19mm Parabellum | 50 | 1945 | 16~ | 1.088 | Prototype semi-automatic pistol. | ||
Walther P38 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, locked breech | Nazi Germany | Various | - | Walther, Mauser, Spreewerk | 9×19mm Parabellum | 50 | 1939 | 1,000,000 | 0.800 | Standard issue pistol during World War II | ||
Walther PP | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Straight blowback | Weimar Republic | Various | - | Walther | .32 ACP, .380 ACP, .22 LR, .25 ACP, 9×18mm Ultra |
1929 | ? | |||||
Walther PPK | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Straight blowback | Weimar Republic | Various | Walther PP | Walther | .32 ACP, .380 ACP, .22 LR, .25 ACP, 9×18mm Ultra |
1929 | ? | Shorter version of the Walther PP. | ||||
Walther Model 7 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | German Empire | - | - | Walther | .25 ACP | 1915 | ? | Used by the Luftwaffe, Tank crews and even the Waffen-SS, served with the model 8. | ||||
Walther Model 8 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | Weimar Republic | - | - | Walther | .25 ACP | 1920 | ? | Used by the Luftwaffe, tank crews and even the Waffen-SS, served with the model 7. | ||||
Walther Model 9 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | Weimar Republic | - | - | Walther | .25 ACP | 1921 | ? | Used by Tank crews as their pocket pistol. | ||||
Astra 300 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback/single | Francoist Spain | - | Astra 400 | Astra-Unceta y Cia SA | 9mm Largo | 1941 | 85,000 | 0.641 | Imported from Spain | |||
Astra 400 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback/single | Francoist Spain | Various | - | Astra-Unceta y Cia SA | 9mm Largo | 1921 | 6,000~ | 1.14 | Imported from Spain | |||
Astra 600 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | Francoist Spain | - | Astra 400 | Astra-Unceta y Cia SA | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1944 | 11,000~ | 1.08 | Imported from Spain | |||
Astra 900 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil | Francoist Spain | - | Mauser C96 | Astra-Unceta y Cia SA | 9x19 Parabellum | 1944 | 1050~ | Imported from Spain | ||||
Browning Hi-Power | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, tilting barrel | United States Belgium |
Various | - | Fabrique Nationale | *7.65×21mm Parabellum, 9×19mm Parabellum, .40 S&W |
50 | 1940 | 300,000+ | 1.00 | Occupied Belgian production | ||
FÉG 37M | Pistol | Close-quarters/sidearm | Blowback-operated | Kingdom of Hungary | P.Mod 37.Kal 7.65 variant (German issue) | Frommer 29M | Fémáru, Fegyver és Gépgyár (FÉG) | .380 ACP, .32 ACP | 1937 | ? | 0.770 | Imported from Hungary | |||
Star Model B | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil, tilting barrel | Spain | Various | Colt M1911 | Star Bonifacio Echeverria | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1922 | ? | Designated as Pistole Star Modell B (.08) and imported from Spain for the Luftwaffe during the Battle of France. | ||||
FN M1910 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | Belgium | Various | - | Fabrique Nationale (FN) | .380 ACP, .32 ACP |
1910 | ? | 0.590 | Occupied Belgian production | |||
FN M1922 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | Belgium | Various | - | Fabrique Nationale (FN) | .380 ACP, .32 ACP |
1922 | ? | 0.700 | Occupied Belgian production | |||
Kongsberg M1914 Colt | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Recoil-operated, closed bolt | Norway | - | Colt M1911 | Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk | .45 ACP | 1940 | 8200 | Occupied Norwegian Production | ||||
MAB Model D | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Blowback-operated | France | Type I and Type II | - | Manufacture d'armes de Bayonne | 7.65×17mm Browning SR .380 ACP |
1933 | ? | Occupied France Production | ||||
Pistolet Modèle 1935A | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil | France | - | - | Manufacture d'armes de Bayonne | 7.65x20mm Long | 1935 | ? | Occupied France Production and designated as Pistole 625(f). | ||||
Colt M1911/A1 | Pistol | Close-quarters, sidearm | Short recoil | United States | Various | - | Colt Manufacturing Company | .45 ACP | 1911 | ? | Designated as Pistole 660(a). | ||||
M1917 Revolver | Revolver | Sidearm | Double-action | United States | Slightly differing versions of the M1917 were made by Colt and Smith & Wesson | - | Smith & Wesson, Colt Manufacturing Company |
.45 ACP | 1917 | ? | Designated as Revolver 661(a) for the Smith & Wesson version and the Revolver 662(a) for the Colt version. |
Automatic pistols and submachine guns
editRifles
editImage | Name/designation | Type | Role/s | Action | Origin | Manufacturer/s | Cartridge/s | Effective firing range (m) |
From (year) | Estimated wartime quantity |
Unloaded mass (kg) |
Notes |
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Gewehr 41(M) | Rifle | Front-line, assault | Bolt-action, gas trap, rotating-bolt | Nazi Germany | Mauser | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 400 | 1941 | 6,673 | 4.9 | ||
Gewehr 41(W) | Rifle | Front-line/assault | Gas trap, flapper locking | Nazi Germany | Walther | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 400 | 1941 | 145,000 | 4.9 | ||
Gewehr 43 | Rifle | Front-line/assault | Short-stroke piston, flapper locking | Nazi Germany | Walther | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 500 | 1943 | 402,713 | 4.4 | ||
Gewehr 43 sniper rifle | Sniper rifle | Long-range precision | Short-stroke piston, flapper locking | Nazi Germany | Walther | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 800 | 1943 | 53,435 | 4.4 | ||
Gewehr 98 | Rifle | Front-line infantry | Bolt action | German Empire | Mauser | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 500 | 1898 | 9,000,000+ | 4.09 | ||
Karabiner 98a | Carbine | Front-line | Bolt action | German Empire | Mauser | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1908 | 1,500,000 | ||||
Karabiner 98b | Rifle | Front-line | Bolt action | German Empire | Mauser | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1923 | ? | ||||
Gewehr 98 sniper rifle | Sniper rifle | Long-range precision | Bolt action | German Empire | Mauser | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 800≥ | 1935 | 15,000 | 4.09 | ||
HIW VSK | Rifle | Front-line infantry | Bolt-action | Nazi Germany | Hessische Industrie Werke | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1944 | ? | ||||
HIW VSK Carbine | Carbine | Front-line infantry | Blow forward | Nazi Germany | Hessische Industrie Werke | 7.92×33mm Kurz | 1944 | ? | ||||
Karabiner 98k | Rifle | Front-line infantry | Bolt-action | Nazi Germany | Mauser | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 500 | 1935 | 14,000,000~ | 4.1 | Main German rifle during World War II | |
Karabiner 98k sniper rifle | Sniper rifle | Long-range precision | Bolt-action | Nazi Germany | Mauser | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1000≥ | 1935 | 132,000 | 4.1 | ||
M30 Luftwaffe drilling | Combination rifle, shotgun | Hunting/self-defence | Blitz lock system | Nazi Germany | Sauer | 9.3x74mmR, 12 Gauge |
1941 | 2456 | 3.4 | Issued to Luftwaffe aircraft as survival weapon | ||
Gewehr 98/40 (FÉG 35M) | Rifle | Front-line | Bolt-action | Kingdom of Hungary | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1941 | 138,000 | 3.98 | Imported from Hungary | |||
Gewehr 24(t) (vz. 24) | Rifle | Front-line infantry | Bolt-action | Czechoslovakia | Zbrojovka Brno | 7.92×57mm Mauser, 7×57mm Mauser, 7.65×53mm Mauser |
1939 | 330,000 | 4.2 | Upgraded to Karabiner 98k standards, occupied Czech production | ||
StG 44 (Sturmgewehr 44) |
Assault rifle | Front-line/assault | Long-stroke piston, tilting-bolt | Nazi Germany | Mauser | 7.92×33mm Kurz | 450 | 1945 | 425,977 | 4 | ||
vz. 33 as Gewehr 33(t) |
Rifle | Front-line infantry | Bolt-action | Czechoslovakia | Zbrojovka Brno | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1939 | 131,503 | 3.1 | Occupied Czech production |
Grenades and grenade launchers
editMines
edit- Behelfs-Schützenmine S.150
- Glasmine 43
- Hohl-Sprung mine 4672
- Holzmine 42
- Panzer stab 43
- Riegel mine 43
- Schu-mine 42
- S-mine
- Teller mine (all models)
- Topfmine (all models)
Recoilless rifles
edit- 7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40
- 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40
- 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 42
- SG 113 – planned anti-tank weapon for aircraft
Flamethrowers
editInfantry rifles and machine guns
editInfantry rifles and dual-purpose machine guns
editVehicle and aircraft machine guns
editArtillery
editDemolition charges
editInfantry mortars
edit- Krieghoff Model L
- 5 cm Granatwerfer 36
- M19 Maschinengranatwerfer (automatic, bunker version of 5 cm Granatwerfer 36 on fixed mount)
- 5 cm Granatwerfer 40 – not accepted by army as army has started to retire 50mm mortars
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
- Kz 8 cm GrW 42 (Kurzer 8 cm Granatwerfer 42) - weight reduction of 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 73 (1944) – no data on usage
- 8 cm minomet vz. 36 – captured from Czechs
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 33(ö)
- 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35
- Granatwerfer 42 (12 cm sGrWr 42)
Heavy mortars and rocket launchers
edit- (copy of Russian Katyusha rocket launcher)
- Reihenwerfer
- 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40
- 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (multiple-rocket launcher)
- Panzerwerfer (self-propelled multiple-rocket launcher with HE warheads)
- Panzerwerfer 42 (also known as 15 cm Do-Gerat 42)
- 20 cm leichter Ladungswerfer
- 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (multiple-rocket launcher)
- 21 cm heavy mortar 69
- 28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (multiple-rocket launcher)
- Schweres Wurfgerät 40/41 (rockets launched directly from crates)
- Wurfrahmen 40 (rocket crates carrier/launcher)
- Schweres Wurfgerät 40/41 (rockets launched directly from crates)
- 30 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (multiple-rocket launcher)
- 30 cm Raketenwerfer 56 (multiple-rocket launcher)
- 38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer
- Karl-Gerät (Gerät 040 and Gerät 041) - self-propelled 600mm and 540mm mortars family
Field artillery
edit- 2 cm KwK 30 – Panzer II tank gun
- 3.7 cm KwK 36 – Panzer III tank gun
- Skoda 37 mm A7
- 5 cm KwK 38 – Panzer III tank gun
- 5 cm KwK 39 – Panzer III tank gun
- 7.5 cm FK 16 nA
- 7.5 cm FK 18
- 7.5 cm FK 38
- 7.5 cm FK 7M85 (7.5 cm FK 40) – AT gun modified for dual AT/field gun role, 10 built
- 7.5 cm FK 7M59 – simplified production version
- 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 – most common German mountain gun of World War II
- 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 (7.5 cm le.IG 37)
- 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 42 (7,5 cm le.IG 42)
- 7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 (7,5 cm le.IG 18)
- 7.5 cm KwK 37 – Panzer IV tank gun
- 7.5 cm KwK 40 – Panzer IV tank gun
- 7.5 cm KwK 42 – Panther tank gun
- Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901 – Anti-tank, field gun and coastal defense
- Obice da 75/18 modello 34 (Acquired from the Italians by the Wehrmacht and redesignated 7.5 cm LeFH 255(i))
- 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (Captured from Russia by the Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 36/39 (r))
- 8 cm kanon vz. 30
- 8.8 cm KwK 36 – Tiger I tank gun
- 8.8 cm KwK 43 – Tiger II tank gun
- 10 cm houfnice vz. 30 (howitzer)
- 10 cm K 17
- 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze
- 10 cm schwere Kanone 18
- Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider
- 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40
- 10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35
- 10.5 cm leFH 16
- 10.5 cm leFH 18 (most common German field gun)
- 10.5 cm leFH 18/40
- 10.5 cm leFH 18/42 (developed but not accepted by army)
- 10.5 cm leFH 43 (development incomplete by end of World War II)
- 10.5 cm leFH 18M
- 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) (Captured from Russia by the Wehrmacht and redesignated 12.2 cm s.F.H.396(r))
- Skoda K-series (among these guns "15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 1937" was most common)
- 15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette
- 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25
- 15 cm Kanone 18
- 15 cm Kanone 39
- 15 cm sFH 13 (obsolete)
- 15 cm sFH 18 (2nd most common German gun)
- 15 cm sIG 33 (heaviest infantry gun)
- 152 mm gun M1910/34 – captured from Russian
- 152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) – captured from Russian
- 17 cm Kanone 18 (heaviest German field artillery piece)
- 15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette (surplus guns on excess carriages of 17 cm Kanone 18)
- 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) – captured from Russian
- Obice da 210/22 – produced under German control after surrender of Italy
- Canon de 220 L mle 1917 – captured from French
Fortress and siege guns
edit- Rheinbote (rocket artillery)
- V-3 cannon
- 12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun (coastal defense)
- 15 cm K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun)
- 17 cm K (E) (railroad gun)
- 15 cm Kanone 16 (coastal defense)
- 15 cm SK C/28 (coastal defense and 8 made into field guns)
- 15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16 (coastal defense and exported)
- Canon de 155mm GPF (coastal defense)
- 20.3 cm K (E) (railroad gun)
- 21 cm K 12 (E) (railroad gun)
- 21 cm Mörser 16
- 21 cm Mörser 18
- 21 cm Kanone 38 – 1 cannon sent to Japan, 7 used domestically
- 21 cm Kanone 39
- 22-cm-Mörser (p) – captured from Poland and Yugoslavia
- 24 cm Haubitze 39
- 24 cm Kanone 3
- 24 cm Kanone 4 (prototype only)
- 24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E) (railroad gun)
- 24 cm Kanone M. 16 – bought from Czechs in 1938
- 28 cm Haubitze L/12
- Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider – captured from France
- 28 cm schwere Bruno Kanone (E)
- Krupp K5 (28 cm railroad gun)
- 35.5 cm Haubitze M1
- 38 cm Siegfried K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun)
- 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun (coastal defense)
- 40.6 cm SK C/34 gun (coastal defense)
- 42 cm Gamma Mörser
- 42 cm Haubitze M. 14/16
- Schwerer Gustav (80 cm siege guns)
Anti-tank guns
edit- 25mm Puteaux anti-tank gun model 1937 (captured from French)
- 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun (captured from British)
- 2.8 cm sPzB 41
- PaK 36 (37mm)
- 3.7 cm kanon PÚV vz. 34
- Bofors 37 mm (M1934/36) – captured from Danish, Polish and British forcers
- 4.2 cm Pak 41
- 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 184(r))
- 47 mm APX anti-tank gun (captured from French)
- 47mm Schneider anti-tank gun model 1936 (captured from French)
- M35 Bohler and Breda 47mm guns of unclear origin
- Austrian 4.7 cm IG 35/36
- 47 mm kanon P.U.V. vz. 36 (German designation 4.7 cm Pak(t))
- Cannone da 47/32 (German designation Pak 35/36(ö))
- 45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) – (German designation 4.5 cm Pak 184(r) and 4.5 cm Pak 184/6(r))
- 5 cm Pak 38
- 57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 208(r))
- 7.5 cm Pak 39
- 7.5 cm Pak 40
- 7.5 cm Pak 41
- 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 (also known as PaK 97/38) – modernized French gun of 1897
- 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) (conversion of Russian 76 mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22))
- 8 cm PAW 600
- Thor's Hammer/Panzertod (105mm recoilless gun firing 81.4mm subcaliber projectile)[5]
- 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 (rocket artillery, also known as "Püppchen")
- 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun
- 8.8 cm Pak 43 – most-produced heavy ATG
- Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy)
- 12.8 cm Pak 44
Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)
edit- Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (PzB 35) – captured from Poland
- Panzerbüchse 39 (PzB 38/39)
- Panzerschreck (also known as Raketenpanzerbüchse 43/54)
- Solothurn S-18/1000
- Panzerfaust anti-tank recoilless grenade launcher
Anti-aircraft weapons
editLight anti-aircraft guns
edit- Fliegerfaust hand-held anti-air rocket launcher
- 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling – the most produced German artillery piece of World War II, based on Russian 2-K AA gun design which was too complex to mass-produce in USSR
- Gebirgsflak 38 – reduced-weight version of 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling
- Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77 (Scotti)
- 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun (captured from French)
- 3 cm MK 303 Flak
- 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43
- 3.7 cm SK C/30 – naval AA gun
- 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 3.7 cm M39(r))
- 5 cm FlaK 41
- Schräge Musik – also independently developed by Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service (both in use by May 1943)
- Henschel Hs 297 – launch 35 73mm-caliber short-range rockets
- Solothurn ST-5 caliber 20 mm (.79 in)
Heavy anti-aircraft guns
edit- Rheintochter (surface-to-air rocket)
- Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 (acquired from Italy)
- 76 mm air defense gun M1938 (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Flak 38(r))
- 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 8.5 cm Flak 39(r))
- 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun
- Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy)
- 10.5 cm FlaK 38
- 12.8 cm FlaK 40
- 12.8 cm FlaK 40 twin mount
Vehicles
editNazi Germany had captured many models of foreign equipment. In the list below, only most prominent captured models are listed. For full listing of captured vehicles see List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II
Tankette
edit- AMR 35 – captured from French, some converted to mortar carrier
Tanks
editSelf-propelled guns
editTank-based
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Things
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Assault & infantry guns
Self propelled artillery
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Other
edit- Schlepper 25PS – 37mm gun on Hanomag chassis
- 7.7 cm FK WD Schlepper 50PS – 77mm gun on Hanomag chassis
- Pz.Sph. 204(f) mit KwK 42 – gun on French Panhard 178 armoured car
- 8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 12 – AA gun in field gun mount on Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track chassis
- 8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 18 – AA gun in field gun mount on Sd.Kfz. 9 half-track chassis
- Mittler Schutzenpanzerwagen S307(f) mit Reihenwerfer – mortar on French SOMUA MCG half-track truck chassis
Armored cars
edit- Panzerspähwagen Kfz 13
- Leichter Panzerspähwagen (light armored cars)
- Sd.Kfz. 221
- Sd.Kfz. 222
- Sd.Kfz. 223
- Sd.Kfz. 260 (light armored radio car)
- Sd.Kfz. 261 (light armored radio car)
- Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (heavy armored cars)
- Sd.Kfz. 231
- Sd.Kfz. 232
- Sd.Kfz. 233
- Sd.Kfz. 263 (heavy armored radio car)
- Sd.Kfz. 234 – 8 wheeled armored car (also known as Puma or Stummel)
- Sd.Kfz. 250 half-track (machine gun and mortar versions)
- Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track (machine gun and mortar versions)
- Panzerwagen ADGZ
- M39 Pantserwagen (captured from Dutch)
- Panhard 178 (captured from French)
Armored carriers
edit- Sd.Kfz. 3 (early) – unarmed personnel carrier of the 1920s
- French Somua MCG/MCL mittlerer gepanzerter Zugkraftwagen S307/303(f)
- French Unic P107 leichter Zugkraftwagen U304(f))
- Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen 'Kätzchen' – 2 built
- Munitions Selbstfahrlafette auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Wespe chassis as ammunition carrier)
- Munitionspanzer 38(t) (sf) Ausf.K (Sd.Kfz..138/1)
- Sd.Kfz. 252 half-track ammunition carrier
- Borgward B III – armoured ammunition carrier
Engineering and command
edit- Springer vehicle (demolition vehicle)
- Borgward IV (demolition vehicle)
- Goliath tracked mine
- Räumer S (mine clearance vehicle, prototype only)
- Brückenleger auf Panzerkampfwagen II (bridge layer on Panzer II chassis)
- Minenräumer III (also known as Minenräumpanzer III) – mine-clearing vehicle on Panzer III chassis
- Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen (command version of Panzer I)
- Panzerbefehlswagen III (command version of Panzer III)
- Panzerbefehlswagen IV (Pz. Bef. Wg. IV) (command version of Panzer IV)
- Befehlspanzer Panther (command version of Panther tank)
- Kugelpanzer – cable-laying vehicle, supplied to Japan
- Sd.Kfz. 247 – armored command car
- Sd.Kfz. 253 half-track artillery observer
- Infanterie Sturmsteg auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV (infantry assault bridge version of the Panzer IV)
- Instandsetzungskraftwagen I (maintenance vehicle version of the Panzer I)
- Strabokran – tank-lifting maintenance crane
Trucks
edit- Opel Blitz (also Maultier (late Sd.Kfz. 3) half-track versions)
- Mercedes-Benz L3000
- Krupp Protze
- Kfz.19 – Telephone truck
- Kfz.21 – Staff car
- Kfz.68 – Radio mast carrier
- Kfz.69 – Standard configuration for towing the 3,7 cm PaK 36
- Kfz.70 – Standard configuration for personnel carrying
- Kfz.81 – Ammo carrier conversion for 2 cm FlaK gun, usually towed
- Kfz.83 – Generator carrier for anti-aircraft spotlight, usually towed
- Borgward B 3000
- Sd.Kfz. 4 half-track
- Ford B3000 S, V3000S, V3000A
- Ford Modell BB
- Ford Modell V8-51
- Polski Fiat 621- Captured from Polish
- Tatra 111
- Zis-5- Captured from Soviets
Passenger cars
edit- Volkswagen Kübelwagen
- Volkswagen Schwimmwagen – amphibious car
- Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht
- Mercedes-Benz W 133 III
- Mercedes-Benz W 139
- Mercedes-Benz W 152
- Mercedes-Benz W31
- Tatra V 809
- Trippel SG6 amphibious car
Motorcycles
editMotorcycles were often paired with a sidecar as a Wehrmachtsgespann .
- BMW R75
- Zündapp KS 750
- BMW R 17
- BMW R 71
- Zündapp DB/ DBK
- Zündapp KS 600
- Zündapp K 800
- NSU
- DKW NZ 350
- Nimbus (motorcycle) – Denmark-built
Tractors and prime movers
edit- Landwasserschlepper (also known as Land-Wasser-Schlepper) amphibious tractor
- Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper, also AA and multiple-rocket launcher versions do exist.
- Sd.Kfz. 2 (HK 101) – lightest German tractor of World War II (half-track and motorcycle hybrid)
- Maultier half-truck
- Sd.Kfz. 4 half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 6 half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 7 half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 9 half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 10 light half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 11 half-track
- Bergepanzer III – PzKpfw III chassis
- Bergepanzer IV – PzKpfw IV chassis
- Bergepanther (Sd.Kfz. 179) – PzKpfw V Panther chassis 347 produced (1943–1945)
- Bergetiger – PzKpfw VI Tiger I chassis
- Bergepanzer 38(t) – Jagdpanzer 38 chassis, 170 produced (1944–1945)
- Bergepanzer T-34 – Captured T-34 chassis
- Sd.Kfz. 254 tracked artillery tractor
- Raupenschlepper, Ost (also known as RSO) – advanced tracked tractor
- Saurer RR-7
Miscellaneous vehicles
edit- Heeresfeldwagen – Army trailer
- Infanteriefahrzeug – Infantry trailers
- Infanteriekarren IF8 – Infantry cart IF8
- Meillerwagen – V-2 rocket transporter
- Einheitsprotzhaken – Trailer attachment hook
- Railroad plough
Navy ships and war vessels
edit- Siebel ferry – main Wehrmacht landing craft
Aircraft
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editRadars
editMissiles and bombs
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Cartridges and shells
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "World War 2 Weapons". Military Dictionary. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163
- ^ John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163
- ^ John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163
- ^ Panzerabwehrkanonen
Further reading
edit- Chamberlain, Peter; Gander, Terry (1975). Light and Medium Field Artillery. World War 2 Fact Files series. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0356082156.
- Frank, Reinhard (1994). Cars of the Wehrmacht: A Photo Chronicle. German Vehicles in World War II series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0887406874.
- ——————— (1997). Trucks of the Wehrmacht: A Photo Chronicle. German Vehicles in World War II series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0887406866.
- ——————— (1997). German Light Half-Tracked Prime Movers 1934-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764302620.
- ——————— (1997). German Medium Half-Tracked Prime Movers 1934-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764302639.
- ——————— (1997). German Heavy Half-Tracked Prime Movers 1934-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764301675.
- Gander, Terry; Chamberlain, Peter (1979). Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery, and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces, 1939-1945. Garden City, NY, USA: Doubleday. ISBN 0385150903.
- —————— (2004). Heavy Artillery of World War II. Vital Guide series. Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1840374144.
- Garson, Paul (2017). Two-Wheeled Blitzkrieg: German Wartime Motorcycles. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445672366.
- Hinrichsen, Horst (1994). Motorcycles of the Wehrmacht: A Photo Chronicle. German Vehicles in World War II series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0887406858.
- ———————— (1997). German Military Motorcycles in the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht 1934-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764301926.
- ———————— (2000). Heavy Sidecar Motorcycles of the Wehrmacht 1935-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764312723.
- Lepage, Jean-Denis (2007). German Military Vehicles of World War II: an illustrated guide to cars, trucks, half-tracks, motorcycles, amphibious vehicles and others. Jefferson, NC, USA: McFarland Books. ISBN 9780786428984.
- Thomas, Paul (2018). German Reconnaissance and Support Vehicles 1939-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives. Images of War series. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781526720894.