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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.
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 ...
The evolution of German military rifles is a history of common and diverse paths followed by the separate German states, until the mid-19th century when Prussia emerged as the dominant state within Germany and the nation was unified. This article discusses rifled shoulder arms developed in or for the military of the states that later became ...
Although supplemented by semi-automatic and fully automatic rifles during World War II, the Karabiner 98k remained the primary German service rifle until the end of the war in 1945. [4] Millions were captured by the Soviets at the conclusion of World War II and were widely distributed as military aid. The Karabiner 98k therefore continues to ...
The Gewehr 43 or Karabiner 43 (abbreviated G43, K43, Gew 43, Kar 43) is a 7.92×57mm Mauser caliber semi-automatic rifle developed by Germany during World War II.The design was based on that of the earlier G41(W) but incorporated an improved short-stroke piston gas system similar to that of the Soviet SVT-40.
Starting in 1943, the German military moved to replace both the Karabiner 98k rifle and MP 40 with the new, revolutionary StG 44. [ 20 ] [ 19 ] By the end of World War II in 1945, an estimated 1.1 million MP 40s had been produced of all variants.
The Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) or MKb 42(H) (machine carbine Model 1942 (Haenel)) was an early German assault rifle firing an intermediate round of World War II. Designed in 1940 – 1941 by Hugo Schmeisser working for C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik, several thousand were made and the gun was used on the Eastern Front in 1943.
Panzerbüchse (German: "anti-tank rifles") Panzerbüchse 35 (polnisch) (PzB 35(p)) - a captured Polish Kb ppanc wz.35 anti-tank rifle; Panzerbüchse 38 anti-tank rifle; Panzerbüchse 39 anti-tank rifle; Panzerbüchse Boyes - a captured British Boys 0.55 Anti-tank rifle; Rocket weapons Raketen-Panzerbüchse 43 ('rocket tank rifle 43'), aka ...