List of common World War II infantry weapons

Contents 1  Australia 2  Canada 3 China 4  Czechoslovakia 5  Finland 6 France 7 Germany 8 Greece 9 Hungary 10 Italy 11 Japan 12  New Zealand 13  Norway 14 Poland 15 Romania 16  Soviet Union 17  United Kingdom 18  United States 19 References

 Australia

Handguns

• Webley Mk.VI (.455) & Mk.IV (.38/200)
• Enfield revolver
• Browning Hi-Power

Rifles

• Lee-Enfield
• Rifle No. 5 Mk I
• Charlton Automatic Rifle

Submachine Guns

• Owen
• Austen submachine gun
• Thompson M1928A1
• Sten

Machine guns

• Lewis Gun
• Bren light machine gun
• Vickers machine gun

Anti-Tank weapons

• PIAT
• Boys anti-tank rifle

 Canada

Handguns

• Enfield revolver
• Browning Hi-Power
• Smith & Wesson Model 10

Rifles

• Lee-Enfield SMLE
• Pattern 1914 Enfield
• Ross rifle

Submachine Guns

• Sten
• Thompson submachine gun
• M50 Reising submachine gun
• M3 grease gun

Machine Guns

• Bren light machine gun
• Lewis Gun
• M1941 Johnson machine gun
• Vickers machine gun

Anti-tank weapons

• Boys anti-tank rifle
• PIAT

China

List of National Revolutionary Army weapons, including warlords and Communists.

Handguns

• Mauser C96 (Chinese Copy)
• Browning Hi-Power (Burma Campaign X-Forces and Y-Forces)
• Tokarev TT-30/TT-33 Chinese copy
• FN M1900 (Chinese copy)
• Nambu Pistol (captured from Japanese forces)
• Luger P08
• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (Issued to officers only)
• Nagant M1895

Rifles

• Type 24 rifle-main battle rifle (Chinese licensed copy of Gewehr 98)
• Hanyang Type 88
• Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944
• Mauser Karabiner 98k (mainly given to the early German trained divisions)
• Gewehr 98
• Browning Automatic Rifle (U.S Lend Lease)
• Mondragón rifle
• ZH-29
• Vz. 24
• FN 1924
• SVT-40 (Only used by communist forces)
• Arisaka Type 38 rifle, Type 44 carbine, and Type 99 rifle (captured from Japanese forces)
• M1 Garand (U.S Lend Lease)
• M1 Carbine (U.S Lend Lease)
• Springfield M1903 (U.S Lend Lease)

Submachine Guns

• MP18
• M3 submachine gun (U.S Lend Lease)
• Thompson SMG (U.S Lend Lease and locally produced Chinese copies)
• Sten
• PPSh-41 (Only used by communist forces)
• PPS (Only used by communist forces)
• Type 100 submachine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
• United Defense M42 (U.S Lend Lease and locally produced Chinese copies)

Light Machine Guns

• ZB vz.26 (purchased in large quantity from former Czechoslovakia, later local produced Chinese copies)!
• Browning M1919 Medium Machine Gun (U.S Lend Lease)
• MG34 (Chinese copy)
• Bren LMG
• Degtyaryov machine gun (Only used by communist forces)
• Type 11 light machine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
• Type 96 light machine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
• Type 99 light machine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
• FM-24/29

Heavy Machine Guns'

• Chinese Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun (Chinese copy of MG 08)
• Browning M1917 (locally produced copies chambered for 7.92mm Mauser rounds)^[1]
• PM M1910

Anti-Tank weapons

• Boys anti tank rifle
• PTRD

Grenades

• Model 24 grenade (Chinese copy)

Close quarters weapons

• Dadao
• Miao dao
• HY1935 bayonet
• Qiang (spear)
• Type 30 bayonet (captured from Japanese forces)

 Czechoslovakia

Handguns

• ČZ vz. 38
• Pistole vz. 22
• ČZ vz. 27
• Pistole vz. 24

Rifles

• vz. 24
• vz. 33
• ZH-29

Sub Machine Guns

• ZK-383

Machine Guns

• ZB vz. 26
• ZB-30
• ZB-50
• ZB-53

 Finland

Handguns

• Lahti L-35
• Luger pistol Used by the finnish officers
• Ruby pistol

Rifles

• Mosin-Nagant variants
• M28 rifle a.k.a Pystykorva
• M39 rifle a.k.a Ukko-Pekka
• Carcano Special variant with rifle grenades

Submachine Guns

• Suomi KP/-31
• MP-40 Came with purchase of Nazi armoured vehicles
• PPSh-41 Russian Lend Lease while during Lapland War

Machine Guns

• Lahti-Saloranta M/26
• Maxim M/32-33
• DP machine gun
• Kg/1940 Light machine gun Swedish variant of Browning Automatic Rifle. (Used by the swedish volunteers)

Anti-tank weapons

• Lahti L-39
• Boys anti-tank rifle
• Panzerschreck
• Panzerfaust
• Solothurn S-18/100
• 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun

Grenades

• Molotov cocktail
• Model 24

Anti-aircraft weapons

• 7,62 ITKK 31 VKT
• 20 ITK 40 VKT

Heavy guns

• Canon de 75 modèle 1897
• Canon de 155 C modèle 1915 St. Chamond

France

Handguns

• Mle 1935
• MAB Model D pistol
• Star Model 14

Rifles

• MAS-36
• Berthier rifle
• Lebel Model 1886 rifle
• Berthier carbine
• Fusil Automatique Modele 1917

Submachine Guns

• MAS-38
• Thompson M1928
• Sten
• Bergmann MP18
• Erma EMP-35
• Ribeyrolle 1918 automatic carbine

Machine Guns

• FM-24/29
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun
• Reibel machine gun
• MAC 1934
• Darne machine gun

Germany

Handguns

• Walther P38
• Luger P08
• Walther PP, PPK
• Sauer 38H
• Mauser HSC
• Dreyse M1907 - late war use as emergency measure
• Mauser C96
• Pistole 640

Rifles

• Gewehr 41
• Gewehr 43
• Mauser Karabiner 98k
• Gewehr 98

Submachine Guns

• MP 18/MP 28
• MP 34
• MP 35
• MP 40
• MP 3008 (10,000) - use in 1945 only
• PPSH-41 (captured)

Machine Guns

• MG 08
• MG 13 - second line units later in war
• MG 15 (about 18,000)
• MG 17
• MG 30
• MG 34
• MG 42
• MG 45

Automatic Rifles

• Sturmgewehr 44
• FG-42
• Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 (possibly 10,000 of all designs)

Sniper Rifles

• Gewehr 43 (scoped)
• Gewehr 98 (scoped)
• Karabiner 98k (scoped)

Anti-tank Weapons

• Panzerfaust
• Panzerschreck (approx 290,000)
• Panzerbüchse 38 & Panzerbüchse 39
• 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 (3,000)

Flamethrowers

• Flammenwerfer 35
• Einstossflammenwerfer 46

Grenades

• Model 24 Stielhandgranate Offensive Hand Grenade
• Model 43 Stielhandgranate Offensive Hand Grenade
• Model 39 Eiergranate Hand Grenade
• Splitterring
• S-mine (anti-personnel mine)

Close quarter weapons

• Kampfmesser 42

Greece

Handguns

• Ruby pistol

Rifles

• Lee Enfield
• M1 Garand
• Mannlicher-Schönauer
• Gras rifle

Submachine Gun

• Thompson submachine gun

Machine Gun

• Schwarzlose MG M.07/12
• Modified Hotchkiss machine gun
• EPK (Pyrkal) Machine gun
• Saint Etienne Machine-Gun

Hungary

Handguns

• FÉG 37M Pistol
• Frommer Stop
• FÉG 29M
• Frommer Lilliput
• 20M flare pistol
• 42M flare pistol
• 43M flare pistol

Rifles

• 35M rifle
• 43M rifle
• Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
• 95M Mannlicher
• 31M rifle
• 30M rifle
• 38M rifle

Submachine Guns

• Danuvia 39M
• Danuvia 43M

Machine Guns

• Solothurn 31M light MG
• Schwarzlose 7/31M heavy MG
• Madsel LMG (Madsen golyószóró)
• 1934M Stange (MG34)
• 1942M Grunov (MG42)
• 42M (MG131)

Anti-tank Weapons

• Solothurn 36M 20mm anti-tank rifle (S-18/100)
• Panzerschreck
• Kis Páncélököl (Panzerfaust Klein)
• Nagy Páncélököl (Panzerfaust 30)
• 43M kézi páncéltörő vető (Hungarian bazooka variant)
• 44M kézi páncéltörő vető (Hungarian panzerschreck variant)
• 36M mine
• 43M mine

Grenades

• L-28M Goldmann
• 31M Vesiczky
• 36M Vécsey
• 37M Demeter
• 42M Vecsey

• 39A/M fire Grenade (Molotov cocktail)

• 43M smoke grenade

• Lila füstgyertya

Italy

Handguns

• Beretta Modello 1934
• Beretta Modello 1935
• Glisenti M1910
• Roth-Steyr M1907

Submachine Guns

• Moschetto Automatico Beretta 1938
• OVP (firearm)
• FNAB-43
• TZ-45
• Beretta Model 1918

Rifles

• Carcano M1891
• Carcano M1891 Moschetto da Cavalleria (Cavalry Carbine)
• Carcano M1891TS Moschetto per Truppe Speciali (Special Troop Carbine)
• Carcano M1938 Carbine
• Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Machine Guns

• Breda Modello 30
• Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914
• Fiat-Revelli Modello 1935
• Breda Modello 1937

Mortars

• Brixia Model 35

Hand Grenades

• Bomba a Mano mod.35
• Bomba a Mano mod.42

Japan

Handguns

• Nambu
• Type 94

Rifles

• Type 38
• Arisaka Type 99
• Type 30 rifle

Submachine Guns

• Type 100 SMG
• Type II

Sniper Rifles

• type 97 sniper rifle
• type 99 sniper rifle

Machine Guns

• type 99 light machine gun
• type 96 light machine gun
• type 92 heavy machine gun

grenades

• type 99 grenade
• type 97 grenade

Close quarter weapons

• type 30 bayonet

mortars

• type 89 mortar

 New Zealand

Handguns

• Smith & Wesson M&P
• Webley Revolver
• Enfield revolver

Rifles

• Lee Enfield
• Jungle Carbine

Submachine Guns

• Owen submachine gun
• Thompson submachine gun
• Sten

Machine guns

• Charlton Automatic Rifle (1500)
• Lewis gun
• Vickers machine gun

Anti-tank weapons

• Boys anti-tank rifle
• PIAT

 Norway

Handguns

• Colt M1914
• Nagant M1895
• Lahti L-35 (smuggled from Sweden & Finland)
• Walther P38 (Captured from German forces, used by the resistance)

Rifles

• Krag-Jørgensen
• M1917 Enfield (Parachuted to the resistance movement as Military aid)
• Pattern 1914 Enfield (parachuted to the resistance movement as Military aid)
• Lee-Enfield (parachuted to the resistance movement as military aid)
• Karabiner 98k (captured from German forces, used by the Resistance)
• M1 Carbine (Parachuted to the Resistance movement)
• AG-42
• Mosin-Nagant (smuggled from Finland & USSR, used by resistance in the North)
• Mas36 (leftover from French forces after the battle of Narvik, used by the resistance)

Submachine Guns

• Sten (Used by the post Norwegian Campaign resistance, not the army.)
• MP40 (captured from German forces, used by resistance)
• Thompson M1928A1 (parachuted to the resistance movement as military aid)
• Madsen M50

Machine Guns

• Madsen M/22
• Colt M/29
• Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun`
• Browning M1919
• MG34 (captured from German forces,used by the resistance)
• kg/1940 Light machine gun
• Weibel M/1932

Poland

Handguns

• Nagant M1895
• Radom Pistolet wz.35 Vis
• TT pistol (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)

Rifles

• Kbsp wz. 1938M
• Karabin wz.98a (kb wz.98a)
• Karabinek wz.29 (kbk wz.29)
• rkm Browning wz.1928
• Lee Enfield (Used by the exiled army)
• Mosin–Nagant (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)

Submachine gun

• Bechowiec-1
• Błyskawica (Used by the Polish Resistance)
• KIS (weapon)
• Choroszmanów
• Samoróbka
• Teteryka
• Wz.39
• Sten (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the West)
• PPS (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the East
• PPSh-41 (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)

Machine Guns

• Ckm wz.30
• Machine gun Type C
• Bren (Used by the exiled army)
• DP (Used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)

Anti-Tank Weapons

• Kb ppanc wz.35

Grenades

• Fragmentation Grenade wz.1933
• Concussion Grenade wz.1933

Flamethrower

• K pattern flamethrower (Used by the polish resistance)

Grenade launcher

• Granatnik wz.36

Close quarter Weapons

• Lance (Polish Cavalry) secondary weapon close quarters combat

Swords

• Szabla (Polish Cavalry) secondary weapon close quarters combat

Romania

Handguns

• Ruby pistol
• Beretta M 1934

Rifles

• vz.24
• Karabiner 98k
• Mosin-Nagant

Submachine guns

• Orita M1941
• PPSh 41

 Soviet Union

Handguns

• Nagant M1895
• Tokarev TT-30/TT-33

Rifles

• Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944
• Tokarev SVT-38, SVT-40
• AVS-36 - taken out of service in 1941
• Fedorov Avtomat Fully auto
• SKS (Used in very small numbers)

Submachine Guns

• PPD-40
• PPSh-41
• PPS
• MP 40 (Captured from German forces)

Machine Guns

• DP-28 Light Machine Gun
• DShK 1938 Heavy Machine Gun
• DS-39 - production stopped 1941
• PM M1910 medium machine gun -
• SG-43 Goryunov medium machine gun - 1943 onwards
• RPD (Used in the last stages of the war)
• MG-42 (Captured from German forces)

Anti-Tank Weapons

• PTRD-41 Bolt-action Anti-Tank Rifle
• PTRS-41 Semi-Automatic Anti-Tank Rifle

Grenades

• F1 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
• RGD-33 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
• RG-41 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade
• RG-42 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
• RPG-43 HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) Hand Grenade
• RPG-6 HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) Hand Grenade
• Molotov Cocktail

Flamethrowers

• ROKS-2
• ROKS-3

Sniper Rifles

• Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944 (scoped)
• Tokarev SVT-38, SVT-40(scoped)

Swords

• Shashka

Knife

• NR-40

 United Kingdom

Handguns

• Enfield Revolver No.2 Mk.I
• Webley Mk.VI (.455) & Mk.IV (.38/200)
• Browning FN-Inglis No.2 Mk.I* Pistol
• Smith & Wesson M&P
• Colt M1911A1

Rifles

• Short Magazine Lee-Enfield
• Rifle No. 5 Mk I
• Pattern 14 (P14) "No.3"
• M1 carbine

Submachine guns

• Sten - about 4 million produced from all sources
• Lanchester
• Thompson M1928, M1928A1, M1

Machine Guns

• Bren light machine gun
• Lewis light machine gun
• Vickers K machine gun
• Vickers machine gun
• Besa machine gun
• M2 Browning machine gun

Anti-Tank Weapons

• Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT)
• Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55 in, Boys

Grenades

• No.36M Mk.I Fragmentation Hand/Rifle Grenade or "Mills Bomb"
• Grenade, Rifle No. 68 AT - HEAT anti-tank rifle grenade
• No.69 Mk.I Bakelite Concussion Hand Grenade
• No.76 Special Incendiary Phosphorus Hand Grenade
• No.73 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade "Thermos Grenade"
• No.74 ST Grenade, or "Sticky Bomb" - an anti-tank hand grenade
• No.75 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade known as "Hawkins Grenade" or "Hawkins Mine"
• No.77 (White Phosphorus) Hand Grenade
• No.82 Hand Grenade - known as "Gammon Grenade/Bomb"

Mortars

• 2-inch mortar
• Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar

Flamethrowers

• No.II Mk.II Flamethrower "Lifebuoy"

Sniper rifles

• Lee-Enfield (scoped)
• Pattern 1914 (scoped)
• M1 Carbine (Scoped)(Light Intensifier)

Knives

• Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife

 United States

Handguns

• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
• Colt M1911A1
• Colt M1917 revolver
• Colt Official Police {Colt M1927 Aka "Colt Commando"}
• FP-45 Liberator
• Smith & Wesson M&P

Rifles

• M1 Garand
• M1 Carbine
• M1903 Springfield
• M1917 Enfield rifle
• M1941 Johnson rifle
• M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle

Submachine Guns

• Thompson M1928, M1928A1, M1, M1A1
• M3/A1 'Grease Gun'
• M50 Reising submachine gun
• United Defense M42 (15,000)

Machine Guns

• Browning M1917A1 Heavy Machine Gun
• Browning M1919 Medium Machine Gun
• Browning M2 Heavy Machine Gun
• M1941 Johnson machine gun
• Lewis gun

Sniper Rifles

• M1 Garand (scoped)
• M1903 Springfield (scoped)
• M1917 Enfield (scoped)

Shotgun (Commonly used by the Marines in the Pacific theater, limited use in Europe)

• Ithaca 37
• Trench gun M1897 (Used in the Western front)
• M12 Shotgun
• Browning Auto-5
• Coach gun
• Remington 31

Anti-Tank Weapons

• Rocket Launcher, M1/A1 "Bazooka"
• M18 recoilless rifle

Flamethrowers

• M2 flamethrower

Grenades

• Mk.2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade

Grenade launcher

• M7 grenade launcher

Mortars

• M1 Mortar
• M2 4.2 inch mortar
• M2 Mortar

Knife

• Ka-Bar
• M1 bayonet
• M1905 bayonet
• M1942 bayonet
• Mark I trench knife
• V-42 Stiletto
• United States Marine Raider Stiletto

References