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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 ...
List of World War II weapons of the United States; Captured US firearms in Axis use in World War II; List of World War II weapons of Yugoslavia; See also
The most important American design of the war was the M4 Medium Tank, or "Sherman" in British service. The M4 Medium became the second-most-produced tank of World War II, and was the only tank to be used by virtually all Allied forces (thanks to the American lend-lease program); approximately 40,000 M4 Mediums were produced during the war. [30]
15% RDX, 70% TNT and 15% powdered aluminium. Used by the Luftwaffe. Explosive “D”. Ammonium picrate. US Army/Navy. Type 91 Explosive. Trinitroanisol (TNA) Japanese Army/Navy. Two nuclear explosives, containing mixtures of uranium and plutonium, respectively, were also used at the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
QF 25 pounder: British 87.6 mm howitzer. QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer: British 94mm mountain gun. QF 25 Pounder Short Mk 1: Australian derivation of the British 25 Pounder. RCL 3.7 inch Gun: British 94 mm recoilless rifle. sFH 18: German 150 mm howitzer. sGrW 34: 81 mm medium mortar used by Germany during the war.
Gewehr/Karabiner 43(Gewehr 43 was the early production name and Karabiner 43 was the later production name. Semi-Auto rifle with 10-feed magazine. Made by Walther) [242] [73] [237] [246] [247] Gewehr 41 [242] [73] [248] [249] Volkssturmgewehr (Low cost weapons used to arm the Volkssturm in 1945) [242] Mauser Model 1889; GRC Gewehr 88 Obsolete ...
World War II was a global war that started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Following the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941 , the United States joined the war and started actively supporting the Allies' campaign .
The Bazooka (/ b ə ˈ z uː k ə /) [8] is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World War II.Also referred to as the "stovepipe", the innovative Bazooka was among the first generation of rocket-propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat.