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The following is a list of World War II German Firearms which includes German firearms, prototype firearms and captured foreign firearms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Deutsches Heer, the Volkssturm and other military armed forces in World War II.
The Ross rifle is a straight-pull bolt action rifle chambered in .303 British that was produced in Canada from 1903 until 1918. [1]The Ross Mk.II (or "model 1905") rifle was highly successful in target shooting before World War I, but the close chamber tolerances, lack of primary extraction and length made the Mk.III (or "1910") Ross rifle unsuitable for the conditions of trench warfare ...
Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...
Maxim M1910 (Large numbers captured from the Soviets during World War 2. During World War 2 these machineguns were issued to troops of Finnish Army in very large numbers for variety of roles.) [150] [94] Maxim M/09-21 (Finnish modification of Soviet Maxim M1910. Issued mostly to Finnish frontline troops) [150] [125] [131] [94]
3inch Self Propelled M10 – Gun Motor Carriage M10, provided under lend-lease from America. 17pdr Self propelled M10C – M10 rearmed with 17-pdr gun; AEC Mk I Gun Carrier "Deacon" – 6pdr on armoured wheeled chassis; Carrier, Valentine, 25-pdr gun, Mk.I, Bishop – interim design for 25 pdr on tank chassis
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.
Was used as an automatic rifle, machine gun, assault rifle, and squad automatic weapon: M1919 Browning machine gun: Various Medium machine gun United States: M1941 Johnson machine gun.30-06 Springfield Light machine gun United States: Browning M2HB (.50 BMG) .50 BMG: Heavy machine gun United States: Bren light machine gun.303 British: Light ...
The M1944 Hyde sub-machine gun came with an uncommon quick-change barrel system. The bolt is similar to the Solothurn MP-34, where the spring is contained within the buttstock. Photos of the Hyde gun appeared in the first edition of The World’s Assault Rifles by Daniel Musgrave and Thomas B. Nelson, published in 1967. No known examples of the ...