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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.
During World War I, the Imperial German Army contracted with Mauser for 150,000 C96 pistols chambered in 9mm Parabellum to offset the slow production of the standard-issue DWM P.08 pistol. They use the same clip-loaded internal box magazines as the 7.63mm Mauser and also hold ten rounds.
They remained in service until 1990 when they were replaced by the SIG P225 pistol as the P75. [4] During World War II this pistol found its way to the Norwegian resistance. Quite a few of these pistols have, alongside home-made Sten-guns and illegal radios, been found hidden within the house-walls of Norwegian resistance members and sympathisers.
Semi-automatic pistol Czechoslovakia: 1,000,000+ [133] Mauser C96 (and derivatives) Semi-automatic pistol Machine pistol German Empire: 1,000,000+ 920,000-984,000 C96, [134] 98,000 M712 'Schnellfeuer' [135] Tens of thousands of Spanish and Chinese copies [136] [137] Beretta Model 38: Submachine gun Italy: 1,000,000 Marlin Model 1894: Lever ...
The Astra 600 is a Spanish semi-automatic pistol that was used during World War II by the Wehrmacht.Designed by Unceta y Cia, it was a shortened version of the Astra 400 manufactured to fire 9×19mm Parabellum, which was the standard pistol ammunition for Germany at the time.
Ortgies-Pistols 1919–1921 Ortgies-Pistols 1921–1924. Heinrich Ortgies designed the pistol while living in Liège, Belgium during World War I. [4] After the war, he moved to Erfurt, Germany, where in 1919 he commenced production of the pistol in his own factory. The weapons bore the mark "Ortgies & Co. – Erfurt" on their slides and a ...
Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-15090-3 .
Hebel Leuchtpistole Model 1894 was a flare gun used in both World Wars by Germany and various countries. The term Hebel (German > "lever") referred to the pistol's lever-action, not the manufacturer. The lever in front of the trigger guard was flipped up and forward to open the breech.