List of common World War II infantry weapons

 

This is a list of infantry weapons which were in mainstream use during World War II (1939–1945).

Kingdom of Albania[edit]

Handguns

• Glisenti Model 1910
• Beretta M1934
• Colt M1911
• Walther P38
• Mauser C96
• Nagant Model 1895
• Tokarev TT-33
• Browning HP
• FN Model 1910
• Webley Mk.VI

Rifles

• Carcano modello 1891
• 1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer
• Karabiner 98k
• Lee–Enfield No. 1 Mk. III
• Pattern 1914 Enfield
• Mosin–Nagant M91/30

Submachine guns

• Beretta Model 1918
• Beretta Model 38
• MP 18
• MP 35
• MP 38
• MP 40
• Sten
• PPS-43
• PPSh-41
• Lanchester submachine gun^{[citation needed]}
• Thompson M1928

Machine guns

• Breda modello 1930
• Breda Modello 1937
• SG-43 Goryunov
• Degtyaryov DP-28
• Schwarzlose MG M.07/12
• MG 34
• Bren light machine gun^{[citation needed]}
• Vickers machine gun

Australia[edit]

Handguns

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

Rifles

• Lee–Enfield No. 1 Mk III
• Lee-Metford

Submachine Guns

• Owen Gun
• Thompson M1928A1
• Sten
• Austen submachine gun

Machine guns

• Lewis Gun
• Bren light machine gun
• Browning M1917
• Browning M1919
• Vickers machine gun

Anti-tank weaponry

• PIAT
• Boys anti-tank rifle

Grenades

• Mills bomb No. 36M

Flamethrowes

• M2 flamethrower
• Flamethrower, Portable, No 2^{[citation needed]}

Mortars

• Stokes mortar
• Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar
• Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar
• Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar

Austria[edit]

The Federal State of Austria was annexed in 1938 by Germany into the Reich and the Austrian armed forces into the German Wehrmacht.
Handguns

• Luger P08
• Roth–Steyr M1907
• Steyr M1912
• Dreyse M1907
• Mauser C96
• Walther P38
• Smith & Wesson Model 10

Rifles

• Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Submachine guns

• MP 34
• MP 40

Machine guns

• MG 30
• Browning M1918
• Schwarzlose MG M.07/12

Belgium[edit]

Handguns

• Nagant M1895
• Browning Hi-Power
• Ruby pistol
• FN Modèle 1903
• FN Modèle 1910
• FN Modèle 1922

Rifles

• Mauser Model 1889
• Mauser Modèle 1935
• Gewehr 98
• Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I
• Mosin–Nagant M91/30

Submachine guns

• MP 28
• Sten

Light machine guns

• Lewis gun
• FN Modèle 1930
• Browning M1918
• MG 08/15

Medium machine guns

• Hotchkiss Modèle 1914
• MG 08

Heavy machine guns

• Browning M1917
• Vickers machine gun

Anti-tank guns

• PIAT

Bayonets

• Modèle 1924

Brazil[edit]

Brazil under authoritarian rule of Vargas entered the war in 1942 on the Allied side but did not deploy troops until 1943. Much of its equipment was provided by Lend Lease from the US.
Handguns

• Colt M1911
• Colt M1917 revolver
• Browning Hi-Power
• Luger P08

Rifles

• M1 Garand ( Lend Lease)
• M1 Carbine Lend Lease
• Springfield M1903 Lend Lease
• Vz. 24 Lend Lease

Submachine guns

• M1A1 Thompson Lend Lease
• M3 grease gun Lend Lease
• M50 Reising Lend Lease
• MP18

Machine Guns

• Browning M1917 Lend Lease
• Browning M1918 Lend Lease
• Browning M1919 Lend Lease
• Browning M2 Lend Lease
• Hotchkiss M1914

Shotguns

• Winchester 1897 Lend Lease
• Browning Auto-5 Lend Lease
• Ithaca 37 Lend Lease
• Coach gun

Flamethrowers

• M2 flamethrower

Anti-tank weapons

• M1 Bazooka
• M18 recoilless rifle

Grenades

• Mk 2 grenade
• Molotov Cocktail

Bulgaria[edit]

Handguns

• Tokarev TT-33
• Luger P08 pistol
• Walther PP

Rifles

• Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
• Mosin–Nagant M91/30
• Karabiner 98k

Submachine Guns

• ZK-383
• MP 34
• MP 40
• PPSh-41
• PPS-43

Machine Guns

• Madsen machine gun
• MG 08
• MG 30
• MG 34
• Maxim M1910
• Degtyaryov DP-28
• Schwarzlose MG 07/12
• Bren light machine gun^{[citation needed]}

Mortars

• 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
• Brandt Mle 27/31

Anti-tank weapons

• Solothurn S-18/100
• Panzerschreck
• Panzerfaust

Canada[edit]

Handguns

• Colt M1911
• Smith & Wesson Triple Lock
• Browning Hi-Power
• Smith & Wesson Victory Model
• Webley Revolver
• Enfield Revolver
• Colt Police Positive

Sub-machine guns

• Sten
• M50 Reising
• Thompson submachine gun

Rifles

• No. III Lee–Enfield
• No. 4 Mk I Lee–Enfield
• Ross Rifle
• M1 Carbine
• U.S. Enfield M1917

Machine guns

• Bren light machine gun
• Lewis Gun
• Vickers machine gun
• Browning M1917
• Browning Automatic Rifle
• Browning M1919
• M1941 Johnson machine gun

Shotguns

• Winchester M1897
• Ithaca 37

Flamethrowes

• Flamethrower, Portable, No 2

Anti-tank weapons

• M9 Bazooka
• Boys anti tank rifle
• PIAT

Grenades

• Mills bomb
• No 68 AT Grenade
• Mk.2 Frag Grenade^{[citation needed]}

Slovak Republic[edit]

First Slovak Republic was a puppet state of Germany during the war
Handguns

• Pistole vz. 24
• Pistole vz. 22

Rifles

• ZB vz. 24
• Karabiner 98k

Light machine guns

• ZB vz. 26
• ZB vz. 30

Heavy machine guns

• Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 as “Kulomet vz. 24 (Schwarzlose)“

Mortars

• 80 mm vz. 36 – medium mortar

Republic of China[edit]

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

• Astra Model 900
• Mauser C96 (Chinese copy)
• Mauser M712
• Browning Hi-Power (Burma Campaign X-Forces and Y-Forces)
• Tokarev TT-30/TT-33
• FN M1900 (Chinese copy)
• FN Model 1922
• Nambu Type 14 (Captured from Japanese forces)
• Type 94 (Captured from Japanese forces)
• Type 26 revolver (Captured from Japanese forces)
• Luger P08
• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (Issued to officers only)
• Nagant M1895
• Colt M1911A1 – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• M1917 revolver – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease

Rifles

• Type 24 rifle– main service rifle (Chinese licensed copy of Gewehr 98)
• Hanyang Type 88
• Mosin–Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944
• Mauser Karabiner 98k (Mainly issued to the early German trained divisions)
• Karabinek wz. 1929
• Gewehr 88
• Gewehr 98
• Carcano
• ZH-29
• Vz. 24
• FN 1924
• SVT-40 (only used by communist forces)
• Arisaka Type 30 rifle, Type 38 rifle, Type 44 carbine, and Type 99 rifle (Captured from Japanese forces)
• M1 Garand – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• M1 Carbine – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• Springfield M1903 – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk1 – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• M1917 Enfield – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• M1941 Johnson rifle – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• 1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer
• General Liu rifle
• Mondragón rifle

Submachine guns

• MP34
• MP18
• MP40
• Erma EMP
• M3 submachine gun (Provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease)
• M1A1 Thompson (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)

Shotguns

• Winchester M1897 – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• Winchester M12 – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• Browning Auto-5 – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• Ithaca 37 – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• IZH-43 – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease

Light machine guns

• Browning Automatic Rifle – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• ZB vz.26 (purchased in large quantity from former Czechoslovakia and locally produced)
• ZB-30
• Bren LMG
• Lewis gun
• Lahti-Saloranta M/26
• Degtyaryov DP-28
• 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)
• Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun
• FM 24/29 light machine gun
• Madsen machine gun

Medium machine guns

• Browning M1919 Medium Machine Gun (Provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease)
• MG34 (Chinese copy)

Heavy machine guns’

• Japanese Type 3 heavy machine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
• Chinese Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun (Chinese copy of MG 08)
• Chinese Type 30 Heavy Machine Gun (locally produced copies of Browning M1917 chambered for 7.92mm Mauser rounds)^[1]
• Browning M1917 – provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease
• PM M1910

Flamethrowers

• M2 flamethrower

Anti-tank weapons

• M18 recoilless rifle
• Boys anti tank rifle
• M1 Bazooka
• PTRD
• Chinese Type 36 recoilless rifle (local copy of M18 recoilless rifle)

Grenades

• Type 23 (Chinese copy of Model 24 grenade)

Close quarters weapons

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

Independent State of Croatia[edit]

Independent State of Croatia was a fascist state and a puppet of Germany created in 1941.
Handguns

• FN Model 1922
• Walther P38

Rifles

• Karabiner 98k – main rifle
• Carcano
• vz. 24

Assault rifles

• Sturmgewehr 44

Submachine Guns

• Thompson submachine gun
• Erma EMP
• MP 40
• PPSh-41
• Suomi KP/-31

Machine guns

• Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914
• ZB vz. 26
• MG 34
• MG 42

mortars

• Stokes mortar (60 mm)
• Brandt Mle 27/31 (81 mm)
• 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
• Granatwerfer 42

Grenades

• Stielhandgranate Model 24
• Model 24 smoke grenade

Anti-tank weapons

• Panzerfaust
• Panzerschreck

Knives and bayonets

• Kampfmesser 42
• Seitengewehr 98

Denmark[edit]

Denmark was invaded by Germany in 1940 and occupied. Danish army was reduced to about 3,000. After complete takeover by Germany in 1943, a force-in-exile was equipped by Sweden.
Handguns

• Bergmann–Bayard pistol M10
• Danish M1880/85 Army Revolver
• Browning Hi-Power
• Smith & Wesson Model 10

Rifles

• Gevær M/89
• Karabiner 98k
• Gevær m/96
• Ljungman Ag m/42
• Lee–Enfield

Submachine guns

• Lettet-Forsøgs submachine gun
• Sten Gun used by the Danish resistance movement

Machine Guns

• Browning M1919
• Madsen machine gun
• M29 medium machinegun (Heavybarrel version of the standard M24)

Anti-tank weapons

• Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
• 37 mm Fodfolkskanon m1937 (Danish Bofors 37 mm)

Hand Grenades

• Danish M.1923
• Makeshift grenades and bombs

Czechoslovakia[edit]

Czechoslovakia was occupied by Germany by March 1939 dividing the country into a German protectorate, Slovak Republic and Carpathian Ukraine. Czech forces in exile ended up as units within the western Allies and Soviet forces.
Handguns

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

Rifles

• vz. 24
• vz. 33
• ZH-29
• Steyr Mannlicher M1895
• Lee–Enfield

Submachine guns

• ZK-383
• MP40
• Sten Gun

Machine Guns

• ZB vz. 26
• ZB vz. 30
• ZB-50
• ZB-53

Finland[edit]

Handguns

• Browning Hi-Power
• FN Model 1903
• Colt M1911 (captured)
• FN Model 1910 (used by Home Guard)
• FN Model 1922
• Lahti L-35
• Luger pistol (used by Finnish officers)
• Mauser C96 (614 pistols used)
• Walther P38 (Finnish UN peacekeeping forces, P1 variant.)
• Nagant M1895 (captured)
• Ruby pistol
• Smith & Wesson Model 10
• Pistole vz. 24
• TT-33 (captured)
• Beretta Modello 1934
• Beretta Modello 1935 (used by Home Guard)

Rifles

• Mosin–Nagant M39
• M28 rifle a.k.a. Pystykorva
• m/96 Mauser a.k.a. Carl Gustav M96
• Gewehr 98
• Karabiner 98k
• Carcano Special variant with rifle grenades
• Lee–Enfield
• Winchester 1895

Submachine Guns

• Suomi KP/-31
• PPD-40 (captured)
• PPSh-41 (Russian Lend Lease during Lapland War)
• PPS-43 (captured)
• MP 28 (and other variants of this weapon made is Switzerland and Finland)
• MP 40 (Delivered with German vehicles)
• Sten (captured)

Machine guns

• Chauchat (mainly used in anti-aircraft role)
• Lahti-Saloranta M/26
• ZB vz. 26
• Lewis gun
• Maxim M/32-33
• Maxim M1910
• SG-43 Goryunov
• Browning M1918
• Browning M1919
• Vickers machine gun
• Degtyaryov DP-28 (captured)
• Kg/1940 Light machine gun (used by Swedish volunteers)
• Madsen machine gun (used by Danish and Norwegian volunteers)
• MG 08
• MG 34 (Limited use)

Flamethrowers

• Lanciafiamme Modello 35

Anti-tank weapons

• Lahti L-39
• Boys anti-tank rifle (as 14 mm pst kiv/37)
• Panzerschreck
• Panzerfaust
• Solothurn S-18/100
• 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun
• Bofors 37 mm (as 37 PstK/36)
• Madsen 20 mm

Grenades

• Molotov cocktail
• Model 24

Anti-aircraft weapons

• 7,62 ITKK 31 VKT
• 20 ITK 40 VKT
• Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
• 20 ITK 30
• 20 ITK 38K
• 20 ITK 35
• 75 ITK 37
• Vickers Model 1931 (as 76 ITK 34)

Knives

• Puukko

Mines

• Panssarimiina m/36
• Panssarimiina m/39
• Panssarimiina m/44
• Panssarimiina m/S-39
• m/S-40

France[edit]

Following the Battle of France in 1940, French forces were divided into Vichy Government in France and overseas and Free French forces which were equipped by the other Western allies.
Handguns

• Modèle 1892 revolver
• MAS 1873 revolver
• SACM M1935A
• Savage Model 1907
• Luger P08
• Star Model 14
• Smith & Wesson Model 10
• Ruby pistol
• Union pistol

Rifles

• Berthier 1892m16 carbine
• Berthier 1907/15 rifle
• MAS-36
• Lebel Model 1886 rifle
• Karabiner 98k (French Resistance)
• M1941 Johnson rifle
• Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk.I
• Semi-automatic rifle R.S.C. Mle 1917-Mle 1918

Shotguns

• Winchester 1897
• Winchester M12

Submachine Guns

• MAS-38
• MP 18
• MP 40
• Erma EMP
• Thompson M1928
• Sten

Machine guns

• MAC 24/29
• Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun
• Chauchat
• Lewis gun
• Bren light machine gun
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Reibel machine gun
• Darne machine gun
• M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
• Browning M1919

Anti-tank weapons

• PIAT
• M1 Bazooka
• Fusil anti-char Boys

Grenades

• F1 grenade (France)
• OF 37 offensive grenade
• VB rifle grenade

Mortars

• Brandt mle 27/31

Third Reich (Nazi Germany)[edit]

Handguns

• Walther P38
• Luger P08
• Walther PP, PPK
• Colt M1911
• Colt M1914
• Astra 400
• Astra 600
• Astra 900
• Sauer 38H
• Ruby pistol
• Pistolet wz.35 Vis
• Pistole vz. 24
• Steyr M1912
• Mauser HSC
• Dreyse M1907
• Nagant M1895
• Mauser C96
• Browning HP
• Tokarev TT-33 (Captured from Soviets)
• Beretta M1934 under designation Pistole 671(i)

Rifles

• Karabiner 98a
• Karabiner 98b
• Karabiner 98k
• Karabinek wz. 1929
• Krag-Jørgensen
• Lee–Enfield
• 35M rifle
• Carcano
• Gewehr 41
• Gewehr 43
• Gewehr 98
• Gewehr 88 (Used by Volkssturm)
• Winchester Model 1895 (Issued to Volkssturm units.)
• Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 (Possibly 10,000 of all designs)
• Mosin–Nagant M91/30 (captured and designated as the Gewehr 252–256 series)
• M1 Garand (Captured from the Americans used under the designation of 7.62mm Selbstladegewehr 251 (a))
• M1 Carbine (Captured were classified as the Selbstladekarabiner 455(a))
• vz. 24 (used as G24(t))
• vz. 33 (used as G33/40(t))

Sub-machine guns

• Astra 903
• MP 18/MP 28
• MP 34
• MP 35
• MP 38
• MP 40
• MP 41
• MP 3008 (10,000) (Use in 1945 only)
• MAS-38
• ZK-383
• Erma EMP
• Suomi KP/-31
• PPSh-41 (Captured from Soviets, Issued as the MP 717)
• Sten (Captured from British, Issued as the MP 748 (e))
• Beretta Model 38 (Produced by the Wehrmacht under the designations MP.738 and MP.739)

Machine guns

• Maxim Gun
• VMG-27 – Light machine gun
• MG 08
• MG 13
• MG 15
• MG 17
• MG 30
• MG 34
• MG 42
• Breda M30
• Bren light machine gun (used captured examples[27] under the designation 7.7 mm Leichtes MG 138(e))
• Browning Automatic Rifle (Captured From the Americans used under the designation of IMG 28(p))
• Browning wz. 1928 (Captured from Polish in 1939)
• Lewis gun (Captured From the British)
• Madsen machine gun (taken into service after 1940)
• Degtyaryov DP-28 (Captured From the Soviets)
• ZB vz.26 (used as MG26(t))
• ZB vz.24 (used as G24(t))
• Maschinengewehr 30(t)
• ZB-53 (used as G26(t))
• FM 24/29 light machine gun (Captured by the Wehrmacht and redesignated as MG Model 24/29(f))

Assault Rifles

• StG44
• MKb42(H)
• FG 42 – Battle Rifle

Sniper rifles

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

Shotguns

• M30 Luftwaffe drilling

Anti-tank weapons

• Panzerfaust
• Panzerschreck (Approx 290,000)
• Panzerbüchse 38 & Panzerbüchse 39
• 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 (3,000)
• Sturmpistole
• 37 mm Fodfolkskanon m1937 (Danish Bofors 37mm. used as 3,7 cm PaK 157(d))
• wz.36 (Polish Bofors 37 mm mm.used as 3,7 cm PaK 36(p))
• PTRS-41 (used as Panzerbüchse 784(r))
• Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (used as Panzerbüchse 35(p))
• Solothurn S-18/100
• 13.9-mm Panzerabwehrbüchse 782(e) (Boys anti-tank rifle in German service)
• Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon (used in motorcycle sidecar and Armoured cars)

Flamethrowers

• Flammenwerfer 35
• Einstossflammenwerfer 46
• Flammenwerfer 41

Grenades

• Model 24 Stielhandgranate
• Model 43 Stielhandgranate
• Model 39 Eiergranate –
• Splitterring
• S-mine (anti-personnel mine)

Grenade Launcher

• Schiessbecher (attach on Kar98k rifle only)

Close quarter weapons

• Kampfmesser 42
• S84/98 III Bayonet

Mortars

• 5 cm leGrW 36
• 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
• Kz 8 cm GrW 42
• Granatwerfer 42

Greece[edit]

Handguns

• Ruby pistol
• Nagant M1895
• Bergmann M1908
• FN Model 1910/22
• Colt Official Police

Rifles

• FN M1930 Mauser
• Mannlicher–Schönauer M1903/14/27/3
• Lebel Model 1886 rifle
• Berthier Fusil Mle 1907/15
• Mousqueton Berthier Mle 1892/M16
• Gras rifle
• Lee–Enfield (used by exiled Greek forces)

Submachine guns

• Sten (used by exiled Greek forces)
• Thompson submachine gun (used by exiled Greek forces)
• M3 Submachine gun (used by exiled Greek forces)

Light machine guns

• Chauchat
• Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun
• Breda M30
• Bren light machine gun (used by exiled Greek forces)

Machine guns

• Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun
• Hotchkiss M1926
• St. Étienne Mle 1907
• Schwarzlose MG M.07/12

Anti-tank guns

• PIAT

Mortars

• Brandt Mle 27/31

Hungary[edit]

Handguns

• FÉG 37M Pistol
• Frommer Stop
• Walther P38
• FÉG 29M
• Frommer Lilliput
• 20M flare pistol
• 42M flare pistol
• 43M flare pistol

Rifles

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

Submachine Guns

• Danuvia 39M
• Danuvia 43M
• MP35
• MP40
• PPSh-41 (Captured)

Machine Guns

• MG 34
• Solothurn 31M light MG
• Schwarzlose 7/31M heavy MG
• Madsen LMG (Madsen golyószóró)
• Degtyaryov DP-28
• 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)
• Stielhandgranate Model 24
• Lila füstgyertya

Italy[edit]

Handguns

• Beretta Modello 1923
• Beretta Modello 1934
• Beretta Modello 1935
• Bodeo Modello 1889
• Glisenti Mdello 1910
• Roth–Steyr Modell 1907
• Steyr Modell 1912
• Ruby pistol
• Walther P38
• Mauser C96

Rifles

• Carcano modello 1891
• Carcano modello 1938
• Carcano modello 1941
• Revelli modello 1939
• Steyr-Mannlicher Modell 1895
• Karabiner 98k

Submachine guns

• Beretta modello 1918
• Beretta modello 1938
• FNAB-43
• MP 40
• OVP
• TZ-45
• Sten (Used by Italian resistance movement).
• M1A1 Thompson (Captured examples pressed into use by the Italian Army prior to 8 September 1943).

Light machine guns

• Breda modello 1930
• Breda Mod. 5C
• Bren light machine gun (Used by Italian resistance movement).
• FM 24/29 light machine gun

Medium machine guns

• Breda Mod. 5G
• Breda Modello 1937
• Breda Modello 1938
• Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914
• Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935

Heavy machine guns

• Breda Modello 1931
• Vickers machine gun (chambered in 6.5×52mm Carcano).

Mortars

• Mortaio 45/5 modello 1935
• Mortaio 81/14 modello 1935

Anti-tank Weapons

• Panzerschreck
• Panzerfaust 30
• Solothurn S-18/100
• Solothurn S-18/1000
• Solothurn S-18/1100
• Wz. 35 (ex-Polish)
• Boys anti-tank rifle (Captured in the North African campaign).

Grenades

• Breda Mod. 35
• Breda Mod. 42
• SRCM Mod. 35
• OTO Mod. 35
• OTO Mod. 42
• OTO Tipo L
• Passaglia Grenade

Flamethrowers

• Lanciafiamme Modello 35
• Lanciafiamme Mod. 41
• Lanciafiamme Mod. 41 d’assalto

Bayonets

• Modello 1891 “sciabola baionetta”
• Modello 1891/38 “pugnale baionetta”

Japan[edit]

Handguns

• Nambu Type 14
• Nambu Type 94
• Type 26 Revolver
• Hamada Type pistol
• Sugiura pistol
• Luger P08
• Astra 900
• Mauser C96
• FN M1910
• Colt M1903
• Smith & Wesson Model 3

Rifles

• vz. 24
• Carcano
• TERA rifle
• Arisaka Type 5
• Arisaka Type 30
• Arisaka Type 35
• Arisaka Type 38
• Arisaka Type 38 Cavalry Rifle
• Arisaka Type 44 Cavalry Rifle
• Arisaka Type 97 Sniper Rifle
• Arisaka Type 99
• Arisaka Type 99 Sniper Rifle
• Arisaka Rifle
• Type I Rifle

Sub-Machine guns

• Nambu Type 100
• Tokyo Arsenal Model 1927
• Nambu Type II
• Beretta Model 38
• MP18
• MP34

Anti-tank Weapons

• Type 97 20 mm anti-tank rifle
• Type 99 mine
• Lunge AT mine (Suicide mine. Last years of the war)

Machine Guns

• ZB vz. 26
• Browning M1918 (captured from Chinese forces)
• Type 11 Light Machine Gun
• Type 89 machine gun
• Type 92 machine gun (copy of Lewis gun)
• Type 98 machine Gun
• Type 96 Light Machine Gun
• Type 97 heavy tank machine gun
• Nambu Type 99
• Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
• Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
• Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun

Grenades

• Model 24 Stielhandgranate
• Type 4 Grenade
• Type 10 Fragmentation Hand/Discharger Grenade
• Type 91 Fragmentation Hand/Discharger Grenade
• Type 97 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
• Type 98 grenade
• Type 99 Hand/Rifle Fragmentation Grenade

Mortars

• Type 98 50 mm Mortar
• Type 11 70 mm Infantry Mortar
• Type 97 81 mm Infantry Mortar
• Type 99 81 mm mortar
• Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar
• Type 97 90 mm Infantry Mortar
• Type 2 12 cm Mortar
• Type 90 light mortar
• Type 96 150 mm Infantry Mortar
• Type 97 150 mm Infantry Mortar

Flamethrowers

• Type 93 / Type 100

Grenade Dischargers

• Type 10
• Type 89

Swords

• Shin guntō
• Type 30 bayonet
• Type 42 bayonet

Republic of Lithuania[edit]

Lithuania was occupied by USSR at the start of the war, then taken over by Germany before being once more occupied by Soviet forces
Handguns

• Tokarev TT-33
• Luger P08
• M1895 Nagant
• Mauser C96
• Ruby pistol

Submachine Guns

• MP 18
• MP40
• PPD-40

Rifles

• Mauser 24L
• Mauser 98
• Gewehr 88
• Pattern 1914 Enfield
• Mosin–Nagant

Machineguns

• ZB vz.26
• MG 08/15
• Madsen machine gun
• MG 08
• PM M1910

Republic of Estonia[edit]

Handguns

• Browning Hi-Power
• Nagant 1895

Rifles

• Mosin–Nagant
• Lee Enfield

Sub-machineguns

• Tallinn Arsenal
• Suomi KP/-31

Machine-guns

• Madsen machine gun
• Maxim M1910

Anti-tank Guns

• Solothurn S-18/1100

Republic of Latvia[edit]

Handguns

• Luger P08
• Nagant 1895

Rifles

• vz. 24
• Ross Rifle
• No. 4 Mk I Lee–Enfield
• Mosin-Nagant Model 1891/30

Submachine guns

• Tallinn Arsenal

Machine guns

• Lewis Gun
• Vickers machine gun

Grenades

• Stielhandgranate Model 24

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg[edit]

Luxembourg was occupied by Germany in 1940. Some Luxembourg joined the Allies and formed an artillery troop of 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, equipped by the British and part of the Guards Armoured Division
Handguns

• Webley Revolver
• Browning Hi-Power

Rifles

• Gewehr 98
• Karabiner 98k
• Swedish m/96 Mauser
• Lee–Enfield
• Pattern 1914
• Ross Rifle

Submachine Guns

• Sten
• M1A1 Thompson

Machine Guns

• MG 08
• Vickers machine gun
• Bren light machine gun
• Browning M1918
• Browning M1919

Anti-tank Guns

• Boys_anti-tank_rifle
• M1 Bazooka
• PIAT

British Malaysia[edit]

The Federated Malay States, the unfederated Malay States and Straits Settlements were British protectorates and crown colonies in South east Asia. They were occupied by Japanese in 1941.
Handguns

• Webley Mk IV
• Colt M1911A1
• Browning HP
• S&W Model 10
• Nambu Type 14
• Luger P-08

Shotguns

• Winchester M1897
• Winchester Model 12
• Remington Model 11
• Browning Auto-5

Sub-Machine Guns

• Owen
• Sten Mk II
• Thompson M1928
• M3
• M50 Reising
• MP40
• MP18
• Nambu Type 100/42
• Nambu Type 100/44

Rifles

• Lee–Enfield No.1 Mk III
• Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I
• Lee–Enfield No.5 Mk I
• M1 Carbine
• Arisaka Type 38
• Arisaka Type 99

Machine Guns

• Bren Mk I
• Bren Mk II
• Lewis Mk I
• Vickers Mk I
• Browning M1917A1
• Browning M1918A2
• Browning M1919A4
• Browning M2HB
• MG08
• Nambu Type 11
• Nambu Type 96
• Nambu Type 99
• Nambu Type 92

Anti-Tank Weapons

• PIAT
• Boys Anti-Tank Rifle

Grenades

• Type 97 Grenade
• No.36M Mk.I
• Mk.2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
• Molotov Cocktail

Knives

• Keris
• Parang
• Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
• Bayonet

Mexico[edit]

Handguns

• Obregón pistol
• Colt M1911
• Smith & Wesson M&P

Rifles

• vz. 24
• Mauser M1895, M1902, M1936
• Gewehr 98
• M1 Garand
• M1 Carbine
• Winchester 1895

Sub-machine guns

• Erma EMP
• M1A1 Thompson
• M3 submachine gun

Machine guns

• Browning M1919
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Mendoza C-1934
• Lewis gun
• Madsen machine gun
• Vickers machine gun

Anti-Tank Guns

• M9 Bazooka

Mongolian People’s Republic[edit]

Rifles

• Mosin–Nagant

Submachine guns

• PPSh-41
• PPS-43

Machine guns

• Maxim M1910
• SG-43 Goryunov
• DShK

Kingdom of Netherlands[edit]

Although the Royal Dutch Army was defeated and Netherlands were occupied by Germany in 1940, the Dutch government-in-exile formed the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade which was equipped with Allied weapons. In the Pacific, the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army was largely composed of indigenous troops of the Dutch colonies (now Indonesia)
Handguns

• FN Model 1903
• FN Model 1910/22
• Browning Hi-Power
• Mauser C96 (used by the KNIL)
• Borchardt-Luger
• Sauer M30

Rifles

• M.95
• Lee–Enfield
• vz. 24
• M1941 Johnson rifle (By the KNIL)
• M1 Carbine

Submachine Guns

• MP 28 (By the KNIL)
• Thompson M1928 (By the KNIL)
• Owen Gun (By the KNIL)
• Sten (By the KNIL)

Machine Guns

• Schwarzlose MG M.07/12
• Lewis Gun
• Bren light machine gun
• Browning M1918 (By the KNIL)
• Vickers machine gun
• Madsen machine gun (By the KNIL in carbine version)
• MG08

Grenades

• Mk 2 grenade (By the KNIL)

Anti-Tank Weapons

• Solothurn S-18/1100 (By the KNIL)
• Bofors_37_mm
• PIAT
• M1 Bazooka

New Zealand[edit]

Handguns

• Smith & Wesson M&P
• Webley Revolver
• Luger P08
• Enfield No. 2
• Browning Hi-Power

Rifles

• Lee–Enfield

Submachine Guns

• Owen submachine gun
• Thompson submachine gun
• Sten

Machine Guns

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

Anti-tank Weapons

• Boys anti-tank rifle
• PIAT

Grenades

• Mills bomb

Norway[edit]

Following occupation by Germany early in the war, most of the Norwegian army was captured. Only a small number formed the land part of Free Norwegian forces.
Handguns

• Colt M1911
• Colt M1914
• Nagant M1895
• Luger P08

Rifles

• Krag–Jørgensen Model 1898
• Lee–Enfield (used by the resistance movement)
• Ljungman Ag m/42
• Karabiner 98k
• Swedish m/96 Mauser
• vz. 24

Machine Guns

• Madsen M/22 and M/14
• Colt M/29
• Browning M1917
• Browning M1918
• Lewis gun
• Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun

Grenades

• Makeshift grenades and bombs

Poland[edit]

Following invasion by Germany from west and USSR from east, Poland was first split into two then occupied completely by Germany. Exiled Polish forces were formed Polish Armed Forces in the East and Polish Armed Forces in the Westequipped by USSR and western Allies respectively. A large organized force, the Home Army fought within occupied Poland.
Handguns

• Nagant M1895
• Ruby pistol
• Browning Hi-Power
• Radom Pistolet wz.35 Vis
• Colt M1911(used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)
• TT-33 (used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)
• Nagant wz.1932

Rifles

• Karabin wz.98a
• Karabinek wz.29
• Karabiner 98k
• Gewehr 98
• Lee–Enfield (used by the exiled army)
• Mosin–Nagant (used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)
• SVT-40
• Kbsp wz. 1938M
• Karabinek wz. 91/98/23
• Karabinek wz. 91/98/25
• karabinek wz. 91/98/26

Submachine gun

• Sten (used by Polish Armed Forces in the West)
• MP 18 (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)
• Bechowiec-1 (used by the resistance movement)
• Błyskawica submachine gun (used by the resistance movement)
• Mors wz. 39
• Thompson submachine gun (used by Polish Armed Forces in the West)
• Horoszmanów submachine gun (used by the resistance movement)

Machine Guns

• Ckm wz.30
• Browning M1917
• Browning M1918
• rkm Browning wz.1928
• Machine gun Type C
• Maxim wz. 1910
• Lewis gun
• Ckm wz.32 (A Polish variant of the M1919 chambered in 7.92mm.)
• Bren (used by the exiled army)
• DP (used by Polish Armed Forces in the East)

Anti-Tank Weapons

• PIAT
• Panzerschreck
• Panzerfaust
• Kb ppanc wz.35
• wz.36 (Polish Bofors 37mm)

Grenades

• Molotov Cocktail
• Fragmentation Grenade wz.1933
• Concussion Grenade wz.1933
• wz.S smoke grenade

Grenade launchers

• Granatnik wz.36

Flamethrowers

• Zieliński flamethrower
• Sender flamethrower
• WS-1 flamethrower
• WS-2 flamethrower

Mortars

• wz.18 mortar
• wz.28 mortar
• wz.18/31 mortar
• wz.31 mortar
• wz.32 heavy mortar
• wz.40 mortar

Romania[edit]

Handguns

• Ruby pistol
• Tokarev TT-33
• Beretta M 1934
• Steyr M1912
• Beretta M 1935

Rifles

• Mannlicher M1895 – Issued to second line troops.
• Carcano
• vz.24
• Mosin–Nagant – Captured From Soviets

Submachine guns

• Orita M1941
• PPSh-41 – Captured From Soviets
• MP28
• MP40
• Beretta Model 38

Machine guns

• Browning M1919
• Lewis gun
• ZB vz. 26
• ZB-30
• MG 34
• PM M1910
• ZB-53

Anti-tank guns

• PIAT^{[citation needed]}
• Panzerschreck
• Panzerfaust
• Bofors 37 mm

South Africa[edit]

Handguns

• Webley Revolver

Rifles

• Lee–Enfield
• Rieder Automatic Rifle
• Jungle Carbine

Submachine guns

• Sten

Machine Guns

• Vickers machine gun
• Bren light machine gun

Anti-Tank Weapons

• M1 Bazooka
• PIAT
• 3.5-inch rocket launcher

Mortars

• 2-inch mortar

Soviet Union[edit]

Handguns

• TT-33
• Nagant 1895
• Korovin TK
• Mauser C96
• Colt M1911 (received in the form of Lend-Lease aid)

Sub-Machine Guns

• PPD-34/38
• PPD-40
• PPSh-41
• PPS-42
• PPS-43
• M50 Reising (received in the form of Lend-Lease aid)
• Thompson submachine gun (received in the form of Lend-Lease aid)
• MP-18 (Captured from Enemy)
• MP-40 (Captured from Germans)

Assault rifles

• Fedorov Avtomat (Used in Winter War)

Rifles

• Mosin–Nagant M91/30
• Mosin–Nagant M38 Carbine
• Mosin–Nagant M44 Carbine
• Tokarev SVT-38
• Tokarev SVT-40
• SKS
• M1 Carbine (received in the form of Lend-Lease aid)
• Karabinek wz. 1929 (Captured in 1939)
• Karabiner 98k (Captured from Germans)

• AVS-36 -automatic rifle
• AVT-40 -automatic rifle

Anti-tank Rifles

• Boys anti-tank rifle (received as Lend-Lease from UK)
• PTRD-41
• PTRS-41

Machine guns

• DP-28
• DTM-4
• Maxim-Tokarev
• RPD (limited)
• SG-43 Goryunov
• DShK
• Lewis gun (received as Lend-Lease aid)
• DS-39 (production was discontinued after the German invasion)
• Browning wz. 1928 (Captured in 1939)
• LAD machine gun
• Maxim M1910
• Slostin

Grenades

• F1 grenade (Russia)
• RGD-33 grenade
• RG-41
• RG-42
• RPG-40
• RPG-43
• RPG-6
• Model 1914 grenade
• Molotov cocktail
• Stielhandgranate Model 24 (Captured from Germans)

Grenade Launchers

• Diakonov (Attach on M91/30 rifle only)

Knives

• NR-40

Flamethrowers

• ROKS-2
• ROKS-3

Anti-Tank Weapons

• PIAT
• Bofors 37 mm
• M1 Bazooka – US Lend Lease
• Panzerschreck – Captured From Enemy
• Panzerfaust 60 – Captured From Enemy

Mines

• TM-35 mine-Anti-Tank Mines
• PMK-40-Anti-Personnel Mines

Thailand[edit]

Handguns

• M1911 pistol
• Nambu Type 14

Rifles

• Type 45 Siamese Mauser
• Type 46 Siamese Mauser
• Type 47 Siamese Mauser
• Type 66 Siamese Mauser
• Type 99 Arisaka
• M1 Carbine
• Lee–Enfield
• Arisaka

Submachine guns

• MP 18
• Type 100

Machine guns

• Type 66 light machine gun
• Type 92 heavy machine gun
• Type 66 heavy machine gun
• Bren light machine gun
• Browning M1917
• Browning M1918
• Browning M1919
• Vickers machine gun

Anti-tank weapons

• Type 97 automatic cannon

Grenades

• Type 97 grenade
• Type 91 grenade

Grenade dischargers

• Type 10 grenade discharger

United Kingdom (including British Empire)[edit]

Handguns

• Webley Mk.VI (.455) & Mk.IV (.38/200)
• Enfield No. 2
• FN/Inglis Browning Hi-Power (As Pistol No.2 Mk.I)
• Smith & Wesson M&P
• Colt Official Police.
• Colt M1911

Rifles

• No. III Lee–Enfield
• No. 4 Mk I Lee–Enfield
• Rifle No. 5 Mk I
• Martini-Enfield
• Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914
• Mosin–Nagant M91/30

Sub-machine guns

• Sten – about 4 million produced from all sources
• Lanchester submachine gun
• Thompson M1928, M1928A1, M1A1

Machine guns

• M1941 Johnson machine gun
• Browning M1917
• Browning M1919
• Browning M2
• Bren light machine gun
• Lewis Gun
• Vickers K machine gun
• Vickers machine gun
• Vickers-Berthier

Shotguns

• Winchester 1897
• Winchester M12
• Ithaca M37

Anti-tank Weapons

• Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT)
• Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55 in, Boys
• Bofors 37 mm

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 Concussion hand grenade
• No. 76 Special Incendiary Grenade – phosphorus hand grenade
• No. 73 Grenade also known as “Thermos Grenade” – anti-tank 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 grenade – white phosphorus hand grenade
• No.82 Hand Grenade – known as “Gammon Grenade/Bomb”

Mortars

• 2-inch mortar
• Ordnance ML 3-inch Mortar

Flamethrowers

• Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 “Lifebuoy”

Sniper rifles

• Lee–Enfield No 4 Mk 1 (T)
• Pattern 1914 Enfield (with telescopic sight)
• M1D Garand (with telescopic sight)

Knives

• Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
• Smatchet
• Kukri – used by Gurkha regiments
• BC-41

United States[edit]

Handguns

• Colt M1911
• Colt M1903
• Colt M1917 revolver
• Colt Official Police (Colt M1927 Aka “Colt Commando”)
• Smith & Wesson M&P

Rifles

• M1 Garand
• M1 Carbine
• Springfield M1903A1
• M1917 Enfield
• Lee–Enfield
• M1941 Johnson rifle
• M4 Survival Rifle
• Winchester Model 1895
• Winchester Model 70

Carbines

• Thompson Light Rifle – .30 Carbine version of Thompson SMG
• M2 Carbine

Sub-machine guns

• M1A1 Thompson
• M3A1
• M50 Reising
• United Defense M42 (15,000)

Machine guns

• Browning M1918A2
• Lewis Gun
• Browning M1917A1 Heavy Machine Gun
• Browning M1919A4 Medium Machine Gun
• Browning M1919A6 Medium Machine Gun
• Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun
• M1941 Johnson machine gun

Sniper rifles

• M1D Garand (scoped)
• Springfield M1903A4 (scoped)
• M1917 Enfield (scoped)

Shotguns (commonly used by the Marines in the Pacific theater, limited use in Europe)

• Winchester M1897
• Winchester M12 – used also on the Western Front
• Browning Auto-5
• Winchester Model 21
• Remington 31
• Ithaca 37
• Stevens M520-30 and M620

Anti-tank weapons

• Rocket Launcher, M1/A1 “Bazooka”
• Rocket Launcher, M9 “Bazooka”
• Boys anti-tank rifle
• M18 recoilless rifle (uncommon in Europe; some action in Pacific)

Flamethrowers

• M2 flamethrower
• M1A1 Flamethrower
• Ronson flamethrower

Recoilless rifles

• M18 recoilless rifle

Grenades

• Mk.2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
• Molotov Cocktail

Grenade launcher

• M7 grenade launcher (attach on M1 Garand rifle only)

Mortars

• M1 Mortar
• M2 4.2-inch mortar
• M2 Mortar

Edged weapons

• Ka-Bar
• M1 bayonet
• M1917 bayonet
• M1905 bayonet
• M1942 bayonet
• Mark I trench knife
• M3 fighting knife
• M4 bayonet
• V-42 Stiletto
• United States Marine Raider Stiletto

Yugoslavia[edit]

Following invasion by Axis forces Yugoslavia was occupied and split. The Yugoslav government-in-exile was abroad while communist partisans took control of Yugoslav territory from Axis and were able to proclaim a Provisional Government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia. Partisans were supplied by the Allies.
Handguns

• Ruby pistol
• FN Model 1910/22
• Luger P08 pistol captured in huge numbers from the Germans
• TT-33
• Nagant M1895
• Walther P38
• Mauser C96

Rifles

• M24 series
• Gewehr 98
• Kbk wz. 1929
• SKS
• vz. 24
• Kar98k captured from the Germans
• Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
• Carcano

Submachine guns

• Erma EMP-35
• MP 40 Captured in vast quantities
• Beretta Model 38
• Danuvia 43M Captured from Hungarian soldiers
• Sten gun Received from British
• Tommy gun Received from British
• PPSh-41 Received from Soviets in 1944
• PPS-43 Received from Soviets in 1944
• Suomi KP/-31 captured from the Ustase

Machineguns

• Breda 30
• Breda M37
• Chauchat
• Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914
• ZB vz. 26
• MG-42 captured from the Germans
• MG-34 captured from the Germans
• Madsen machine gun captured from the Germans in small numbers
• Bren light machine gun

Grenades

• Vasić model M 12
• Model 24 grenade
• Model 39 grenade

Flamethrowers

• Flammenwerfer 42

Anti tank

• PIAT received from the British
• M1 Bazooka received from the Americans
• Boys anti-tank rifle received from the British

See also[edit]

• Specifications for World War II infantry weapons
• List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons
• Lists of World War II military equipment
• List of World War II weapons
• List of prototype World War II infantry weapons
• German designations of foreign artillery in World War II
• German designations of foreign firearms in World War II
• World War II
• Allies of World War II
• Axis powers
• Neutral powers during World War II

References[edit]