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Assault Rifle(S) - Sturmgewher-44 : The world's first assault rifle, the trend of adopting assault rifles didnt catch on until after the war
Sturmgewehr 44 Nationality Germany Type Assault rifle Inventor Gustloff Date of design 1943 Service duration July 1944 - May 1945 Cartridge 7. ...
Handguns - Beretta Modello 1934: A fine compact pistol adopted as the Italian service pistol before World War II, has become one of the most popular collectors' pistols.
- Beretta Modello 1935
- FN Model 1910: Developed before World War I, many M1910s were in service worldwide during World War II, and the type was produced for Luftwaffe aircrews during German occupation of Belgium from 1940-1944. This pistol is what was used to initiate the First World War (The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria)
- Browning HP: A 9 mm pistol in service with many nations prior to World War II, and which was produced during the occupation for German forces. Additionally led to Canadian production for the Allies. The HP continues in production today but has been supplanted in many cases by the Czech CZ-75B 9mm.
- CZ vz 38: Entering service with the Czech army when Czechoslovakia collapsed, the design was not overly successful, and served in second-line duties during World War II.
- Enfield No.2 Mk.1: Common name for Revolver No 2.
- Glisenti Model 1910: A less-successful design which was the standard Italian sidearm in World War I. Many remained in service in World War II.
- Inglis High Power: A Canadian re-engineering of the Browning High Power.
- Luger P 08: Standard German pistol from 1908 to 1938, the Luger remained in widespread German service through the war and was manufactured until the mid-30s.
- Colt M1911A1: .45ACP calibre pistol of Browning design, standard service pistol of American forces until recent replacement by the Beretta 92FS (M9) in the late 1980s, but still in limited usage by the US armed forces.
- M1917 revolver: A .45ACP cal revolver developed for service with United States forces in World War I, but was still in service with the Military Police through World War II.
- M1942 Liberator: A covert operations pistol ordered by the OSS for dropping into occupied territories. It was a single-shot weapon of incredibly simple nature.
- Vis: Service pistol of the Polish forces entering World War II, remained in production for the Waffen-SS through 1944.
- Revolver No.2: A .38SW (not to be confused with .38 SW SPL) revolver derived from the Webley Mk.4, but put into production at Enfield. Standard service revolver of British forces in World War II. The .38SW was a poor replacement for the much better .455 Webley.
- Smith & Wesson 0.38/200: A .38 S&W (200gr bullet) revolver ordered by the United Kingdom for production in the United States early in the war. This 200gr bullet was replaced by a 176gr in respect to The Hague Convention.
- Tokarev TT-30: A 7.62 mm automatic pistol which was the first in Soviet service. Few were made and few of those remained in World War II.
- Tokarev TT-33: Standard pistol of the Soviet Union, derived from FN-Browning designs, but sturdier and easier to manufacture. Licensed manufacture extended to many other countries.
- Type 14: Standard Japanese service pistol, of 8 mm calibre.
- Type 26: Japanese revolver.
- Type 94: Commercially available pistol from prior to World War II purchased and produced for military use by Japan during the war. The weapon was of poor design and manufacture, making it unsafe to operate.
- Walther AP: Original derivative of the PP for military service, not adopted.
- Walther HP: Further development of the PP for military service, not adopted but led to P 38.
- Walther P 38: 9mm luger pistol designed in 1938 which officially replaced Luger during WW2. Steel framed models were replaced by aluminum models during the cold war and gun was renamed P-1.
- Walther PP: Small pistol designed for police service and available in 9 mm short (.380ACP), 9mm Ultra, .32, .25, or .22 calibres. Served as military sidearms in World War II.
- Walther PPK: Shortened derivative of Walther PP designed for covert operations and other roles where concealment is required.
- Webley Mk.IV: A .38 S&W (not to be confused with .38 S&W Special) derived from the .455 British service revolver of World War I, led to the Enfield No.2. Served widely with British and Commonwealth forces in World War II.
The Beretta M1934 was a compact self-loading, or semi-automatic blowback pistol, which was issued as a standard service firearm to the Italian armed forces in 1934. ...
The Beretta M1935 is a compact . ...
The FN Model 1910 was a blowback-operated, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale of Belgium. ...
The Browning Hi-Power is a semi-automatic, single-action, 9 mm pistol. ...
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The Browning Hi-Power is a semi-automatic, single-action, 9 mm pistol. ...
The Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), popularly known as the Luger pistol is a semi-automatic self-loading pistol patented by Georg Luger in 1898 and manufactured by Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) starting in 1900. ...
The M1911 is a single-action, semiautomatic handgun chambered for the . ...
The M1917 revolver was a US six shot revolver of 45 ACP caliber. ...
The FP-45/M1942 FP-45 Liberator on display in the Invalides The FP-45 Liberator was a pistol manufactured for the United States military during World War II. The pistol was designed for the United States Army in 1942 by the Inland Guide Lamp Manufacturing Division of the General...
Vis (Polish designation , German designation 9 mm Pistole 35(p), often simply called the Radom in English sources) is a 9 mm caliber, single-action, semi-automatic pistol. ...
Enfield No. ...
The Webley Revolver (also known/referred to as the Webley Break-Top Revolver or Webley Self-Extracting Revolver) was, in various marks, the standard issue service pistol for the armed forces of the United Kingdom, the British Empire, and the Commonwealth from 1887 until 1963. ...
The TT-30 (7,62 mm Samozarjadnyi Pistolet Tokareva obrazets 1933 goda, Russian: 7,62-мм ÑамозарÑдный пиÑтолет Токарева образца 1933 года) is a semi-automatic pistol developed by Fedor Tokarev for the Soviet military to replace the old Nagant M1895 revolvers in use since tsarist times. ...
Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistol Introduced Year : 1925 Caliber : 8 mm Barrel Length : 117 mm Length : 230 mm Weight : 900 g Magazine : 8 rounds Production Qty : 280,000 Kijiro Nambu was the designer of the Nambu pistols. ...
The Type 26 (or Model 26) hammerless revolver was the first modern pistol adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army. ...
The 94 Shiki Kenju 8 mm Pistol (ä¹å››å¼æ‹³éŠƒ) was a small and light-weight (1 pound 11 ounces) semi-automatic pistol, produced in large numbers by Japan prior to and during the Second World War. ...
A pre-war commercial version of what would later become the P.38, about 30,000 Walther HP pistols were produced. ...
The Walther P38 was a 9 mm pistol that was developed by Walther as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. It was intended to replace the costly Luger P08, the production of which was scheduled to end in 1942. ...
The Walther PP ( Polizei Pistole ) was introduced in 1929. ...
The Walther PP series pistols include the Walther PP, PPK, and PPK/S. They are blowback-operated semiautomatic pistols manufactured by Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen in Germany and under license from Walther in France and the United States [1]. These pistols feature an exposed hammer, a double-action trigger mechanism...
The Webley Revolver (also known/referred to as the Webley Break-Top Revolver or Webley Self-Extracting Revolver) was, in various marks, the standard issue service pistol for the armed forces of the United Kingdom, the British Empire, and the Commonwealth from 1887 until 1963. ...
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Submachine Guns The Mark I Austen was a 9 millimeter Australian submachine gun developed during the Second World War by the Lithgow Small Arms Factory. ...
The MAB 38 and its variants were the official submachine guns of the Italian Army during World War II. The MAB (Moschetto Automatico Beretta) 1938A was introduced in 1938. ...
The Lanchester was a submachine gun used by the British during World War II. History In 1940, with the Dunkirk evacuation completed, the Royal Air Force decided to adopt some form of submachine gun for airfield defense. ...
For the Clash song, see Tommy Gun (song). ...
The M3 Grease Gun (more formally United States Submachine Gun, Cal. ...
The MP18 was one of the first submachine guns. ...
The MP18 was a submachine gun used by the German Army during World War I. Produced from 1916 to 1945, it and its derivatives were also later used in World War II. History In 1915 the German Rifle Testing Commission at Spandau decided to develop a new weapon for trench...
MP18 Type Submachine gun Nationality Germany Era World War I History Date of design Production period 1916-1945 Service duration Operators Germany War service World War 1, 2 Specifications Type Calibre 9 mm Barrel length 200 mm Ammunition 9 x 19 mm Magazine 20, 30, 50 box Action open bolt...
The MP35 (German maschinenpistole 1935) was a submachine gun used by the German Army and police during World War II. It was developed in the early 1930s by the German gun company Bergmann from the earlier Bergmann submachine gun, the MP28, itself developed from the first submachine gun, the...
The MP40 was the standard German submachine gun for most of WWII. It was descended from the virtually identical MP38, the only differences being cost-saving alterations to some of the components. ...
The MP40 (Maschinenpistole 40, literally machine pistol 40) was a submachine gun developed in Germany and used extensively by paratroopers and platoon and squad leaders, and other troops during World War II. The MP40 had a relatively lower rate of fire and low recoil, which made it more manageable than...
Mitraillette MAS modéle 38 Type submachine gun Nationality France Era WW2 History Date of design 1938 Production period 1939 - 1946 Service duration 1939 - 1950 Operators France, Germany War service WW2, First Indochina War Specifications Type MAS 38 Calibre 7,65 Barrel length 224 mm Ammunition 7. ...
The Type 100 (一〇〇å¼æ©Ÿé–¢çŸéŠƒ Hyaku-shiki kikan-tanju) was a Japanese submachine gun used during World War II, and the only submachine gun produced by Japan in any quantity. ...
The Owen Gun, which was known officially as the Owen Machine Carbine, was an Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn (Evo) Owen in 1939. ...
The PPD (Pistolet-Pulemet Degtyarova, Russian: ПиÑтолет-пулемёт ДегтÑрёва) is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. ...
Designed by Georgii Shpagin, the PPSh-41 (Pistolet-Pulemet Shpagina, Russian: ПиÑтолет-пулемёт Шпагина, nicknamed Phe-phe-sha, Shpagin and Burp Gun) was one of the most mass produced weapons of World War II. It was designed as an inexpensive alternative to the PPD-40 which was expensive and time consuming to build. ...
Designed by Aleksei Sudaev and first issued during the Siege of Leningrad, PPS-43 (Pistolet-Pulemet Sudaeva, Russian: ПиÑтолет-пулемёт Судаева) was a result of further simplification of the PPSh-41, and it is often considered the best submachine gun of World War II. It was initially produced as PPS-42, but soon...
The Reising (sometimes called the Buck Rogers Gun) was an American submachine gun patented in 1940 and manufactured by Harrington & Richardson. ...
This article is about the submachine gun. ...
The Suomi-konepistooli KP/-31 (Suomi-submachine gun KP/-31) was a descendant of the M/-22 prototype and the KP/-26 production model, which was introduced to the public in 1925. ...
Rifles - Arisaka Type 38
- Arisaka Type 38 (Cavalry Rifle)
- Arisaka Type 44 (Cavalry Rifle)
- Arisaka Type 97 (Sniper Rifle)
- Arisaka Type 99 + Type 99 (Sniper Rifle)
- Berthier mle 1916
- Carcano M1891
- Carcano M1891 Moschetto da Cavalleria (Cavalry Carbine)
- Carcano M1891TS Moschetto per Truppe Speciali (Special Troop Carbine)
- Carcano M1938 Carbine
- Chiang Kai-Shek rifle rifle used by Nationalist Revolutionary Army of China
- DeLisle carbine
- Enfield M1917
- Fallschirmjägergewehr 42: Select fire rifle, designed for Fallschirmjäger, produced in fairly small numbers.
- Fusil MAS 36
- Gewehr 41(W): Walther design for a self-loading service rifle. Limited service led to development of Gewehr 43.
- Gewehr 43: Standard self-loading rifle of the German army from development through the end of the war.
- Lebel mle 1886
- Gewehr 98: Standard service rifle of the German army in both wars, of sound design with excellent accuracy and range.
- Karabiner 98k: An attempt to provide a shorter service rifle, issued through World War II, but never supplanted the G 98.
- Lee Enfield No.I Mk.III*: Standard rifle of British and Commonwealth forces at beginning of war, supplemented and replaced by No.IV
- Lee Enfield No.IV Mk.I: Appeared in larger numbers, mid-war, to replace No.I Mk.III rifle
- Lee Enfield No.V Mk.I 'Jungle Carbine': Appeared in 1944 with intention to replace other Lee Enfield rifles, for use in the jungles of the far east.
- M1 Carbine
- M1 Garand
- M1903 Springfield
- Machinenkarabiner 42(H)
- Machinenpistole 43 (MP43)
- Mosin-Nagant M1891/30
- Mosin-Nagant M1938 Carbine
- Mosin-Nagant M1944 Carbine
- Pattern 14 (P14)
- Simonov AVS-36]]
- Hanyang 88(widely used in the regional forces of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, an inferior copy of the German Karabiner 98k)
- Tokarev SVT-38
- Tokarev SVT-40
- Winchester Model 1897 and Winchester Model 1912 (two shotguns that were used by the USMC in the dense jungle of Pacific War)
Arisaka is a family of Japanese military bolt-action rifles, in production from approximately 1898 until the end of World War II in 1945. ...
The Type 38 Rifle Arisaka (三八å¼æ©å…µéŠƒ Sanpachi-shiki hoheijyuu) was a bolt-action rifle. ...
Arisaka is a family of Japanese military bolt-action rifles, in production from approximately 1898 until the end of World War II in 1945. ...
The Japanese Type 38 cavalry rifle was a short barreled version of the bolt-action Type 38 Rifle, it was used by the Japanese cavalry during World War II. It entered service in 1905. ...
Arisaka is a family of Japanese military bolt-action rifles, in production from approximately 1898 until the end of World War II in 1945. ...
A Type 44 rifle showing the bayonet folding backwards. ...
Arisaka is a family of Japanese military bolt-action rifles, in production from approximately 1898 until the end of World War II in 1945. ...
-Type 97 Sniper Rifle Introduced Year : 1937 Caliber : 6. ...
Arisaka is a family of Japanese military bolt-action rifles, in production from approximately 1898 until the end of World War II in 1945. ...
Type 99 Rifle Type service rifle Nationality Japan Era World War 2 History Date of design 1939 Production period 1939 - 1945 Service duration 1939 - 1945 Operators Japan War service Specifications Type Calibre 7. ...
The Type 99 was a Japanese sniper rifle used during the Second World War. ...
There are two notable Frenchmen of this surname. ...
The Type Zhongzheng rifle (ä¸æ£å¼), also known as the Chiang Kai-shek Rifle and Type 24 (二四å¼) after the Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, was a Chinese-made copy of the German Mauser Standard Modell, the forerunner of the Karabiner 98k. ...
The National Revolutionary Army (NRA) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: , sometimes shortened to åœ‹è» or National Army) was the National Army of the Republic of China from 1925 until 1949. ...
The De Lisle carbine was a British sniper rifle used during World War II. It has a very effective silencer and was designed to be very quiet in action - indeed working the bolt to chamber the next round makes more noise than firing a round. ...
The M1917 Enfield, the American Enfield (frequently misidentified or mislabelled as the P17, P1917, or Pattern 1917), formally named United States Rifle, cal . ...
The Fallschirmjagergewehr 42, shown with magazine and detachable bayonet. ...
Fallschirmjäger Fallschirmjäger photo taken from The Hague, Bezuidenhout during the invasion of the Low Countries, morning of May 10, 1940 (often rendered Fallschirmjager in English; from German Fallschirm parachute and Jäger, a term for light infantry; literally hunter; ranger) are German paratroopers. ...
The MAS Modèle 36 was the last bolt-action rifle to be standard in adopted by any large army. ...
The Gewehr 43 or Karabiner 43 (G43, K43, Gew 43, Kar 43) is a 7. ...
The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil dInfanterie Modèle 1886) is a French bolt action rifle, and which has the distinction of being the first military rifle designed to use smokeless powder-based cartridges. ...
This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
The Karabiner 98 Kurz (often abbreviated Kar98k or K98k) was a bolt-action rifle adopted as the standard infantry rifle in 1935 by the Wehrmacht,[3] and was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles. ...
Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1 with bayonet, scabbard attached The Lee-Enfield was the British armys standard bolt action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle from 1895 until 1956. ...
Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1 with bayonet, scabbard attached The Lee-Enfield was the British armys standard bolt action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle from 1895 until 1956. ...
Jungle Carbine was an informal term used for the Rifle No. ...
The M1 Carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber . ...
The M1 Garand (more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber . ...
The Springfield M1903, formally the United States Rifle, Caliber . ...
The Mosin-Nagant (Мосин-Наган) is a military rifle of Russia and later the Soviet Union, in service in various forms from 1891 until the 1960s, when it was finally replaced in its final function as a sniper rifle by the SVD...
The Mosin-Nagant (Мосин-Наган) is a military rifle of Russia and later the Soviet Union, in service in various forms from 1891 until the 1960s, when it was finally replaced in its final function as a sniper rifle by the SVD...
The Mosin-Nagant (Мосин-Наган) is a military rifle of Russia and later the Soviet Union, in service in various forms from 1891 until the 1960s, when it was finally replaced in its final function as a sniper rifle by the SVD...
History During the Boer War the British were faced with accurate long-range fire from the famous Mauser rifles, model 1895, in 7x57mm caliber. ...
The Type 88, sometimes known as Hanyang 88, was a Chinese rifle that was issued to the regular Nationalist Revolutionary Army during Second Sino-Japanese War. ...
The National Revolutionary Army (NRA) (Chinese: 國民革命軍; pinyin: guo2 min2 ge2 ming4 jun1) was the national army of the Republic of China. ...
The Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva 40 is a Soviet semi-automatic rifle, which saw widespread service in World War II. It was the first self-loading battle rifle which was issued to service in large numbers. ...
The Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva 40 is a Soviet semi-automatic rifle, which saw widespread service in World War II. It was the first self-loading battle rifle which was issued to service in large numbers. ...
Winchester Model 1897 The Winchester Model 1897 is a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine. ...
Winchester Model 1912 12-gauge hammerless pump-action shotgun manufactured in 1948 The Winchester Model 1912 (also commonly known as the Model 12, or M12) is a hammerless slide-action, i. ...
Remington pump-action shotgun held by a Florida Highway Patrol cadet shotgun, see: Shotgun (disambiguation). ...
United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...
It has been suggested that Greater East Asia War in the Pacific be merged into this article or section. ...
Machine Guns Fucile Mitragliatore Breda Modello 30 Type Light machine gun Nationality Italian Era World War II History Date of design 1930 Production period 1930 - 1945 Service duration 1930 - 40. ...
The Breda Modello 37 was an Italian heavy machine gun, adopted in 1937. ...
The Bren (from Brno (the Czechoslovakian town of design) and Enfield, the location of the British Royal Small Arms Factory), usually called the Bren Gun, was a series of squad automatic weapon/light machine guns adopted by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles into the 1980s. ...
The Browning Automatic Rifle (more formally first as the Rifle, Caliber . ...
The Browning M1919 was a . ...
It has been suggested that K6 HMG be merged into this article or section. ...
The ZB vz. ...
The Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyarev pakhotnyi (Degtyarev hand-held infantry machine gun), more commonly called the DP-28, was a light machine gun used by the Soviet Union starting in 1928. ...
The DShK 1938 (ДШК, for ДегтÑрёва Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova Shpagina Krupnokaliberniy, Degtyarev-Shpagin Large-Calibre) is a Soviet heavy anti-aircraft machine gun firing 12. ...
The FM 24/29 was a light machine gun in use by the French army from 1924. ...
The Type 11 Light Machine Gun (一一年å¼è»½æ©Ÿé–¢éŠƒ) was a Japanese machine gun produced after the First World War. ...
Type 96 LMG -Type 96 Light Machine Gun Introduced year : 1936 Caliber : 6. ...
MG34 The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG34, was a German machine gun that was first produced and accepted for service in 1934, and first issued to units in 1935. ...
The MG42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or Machine Rifle 42) was a machine gun that was developed for and entered service with Nazi Germany in 1942, during World War II. The 7. ...
Preserved mitrailleuse mle 31 in Saumur armour museum The mitrailleuse mle 1931 (machine gun, model of 1931), also known as the Reibel or MAC 31, was a machine gun used on French tanks of the WWII era and in fortifications such as the Maginot line. ...
The SG-43 Goryunov was a Soviet medium machine gun that was introduced during the Second World War and is chambered for the 7. ...
The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a name primarily used to refer to the water-cooled . ...
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