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Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.
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
.303 British (7.7×56mmR) or .30/06: 1917? 13 kg: occasional AA gun, limited production during World War II Vickers machine gun (various marks and models) 475: 2000.303 British (7.7×56mmR) 1912? 23 kg: Vickers Gas Operated was standard flexible MG on aircraft early in World War II. M2HB Browning machine gun: 550: 1800.50 BMG (12.7×99mm) 1921: ...
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 ...
In 1944 several 7.2-inch barrels were placed in the US Carriage M1 used by the 155 mm Long Tom already in use by the British Army, becoming the BL 7.2-inch howitzer Mk V. Few Mk Vs were produced and it was never issued to batteries, as it was apparent that the Carriage M1 was capable of accepting greater recoil forces.
The 4.7 inch calibre was superseded by the 4.5 inch calibre on the Z-class destroyers in 1943. The new 4.5 inch guns all had 55-degree elevation mounts and fired a shell slightly heavier than that of 4.7-inch Mk IX and XII guns, although slightly lighter than that fired by the 4.7 inch Mk XI gun.
The BL 4.5 inch medium gun was a British gun used by field artillery in the Second World War for counter-battery fire. Developed as a replacement for the BL 60-pounder gun it used the same carriage as the BL 5.5-inch medium gun but fired a lighter round further.
7.62cm FlaK M31(r) 7.62 cm Flugabwehrkanone M31(r) 76 mm air defense gun M1931: 7.62/8.8cm FlaK M31(r) 7.62/8.8 cm Flugabwehrkanone M31(r) 76 mm air defense gun M1931** 7.5cm FlaK M32(f) 7.5 cm Flugabwehrkanone M32(f) Canon de 75 mm contre aéronefs mle 32: 7.5cm FlaK M33(f) 7.5 cm Flugabwehrkanone M33(f) Canon de 75 mm contre aéronefs mle 33