List of Bulgarian military equipment of World War II

The following is a list of Bulgarian military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. Bulgaria was neutral country until 1 March 1941. Then it allied with Axis Powers until 9 September 1944 and then it aligned with allies for the rest of war.

Small arms

Machine guns

Artillery

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

• Solothurn S-18/100 - 308^[3]
• Panzerschreck (Germany)
• Panzerfaust (Germany)

Anti-aircraft weapons

Vehicles

Navy ships and war vessels

• Gunboat "Dorostor"
• 3 of 56-ton No. 1 German-built torpedo boats, "Varna", "Rila" and unknown vessel commissioned in July 1941^[11]
• 6 of 97-ton Drazki-class patrol boats
• 2 of 77-ton French-built patrol boats, "Belomorets" and "Chernomorets"
• 2 of 41-ton Minyor-class US-built patrol boats, "Kapitan-leytenant K. Minkov" and "Vzriv" (from 1921)
• 4 of 31-ton No. 4 Dutch-built torpedo boats (6 captured by Germans)^[12]
• 10 of 30-ton Yugoslavia-built Granichar-class motor launches on Lake Ohrid^[13]
• 14 Bulgarian-built MFP-class landing ships^[14]
• 19 auxiliary vessels, including minesweepers, minelayers, tugs, training ships, barges and ferries
• 38 F-boats (June 1941)^[15]
• List of ships of the Second World War

Also, Bulgaria had a 14 merchant ships, one of which ("Rodina") was sunk near Burgas 19 September 1941^[16]

Aircraft

• Bulgarian DAR 10 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only)
• Czechoslovakia Avia B-534 fighters - 78^[17]
• Czechoslovakia Avia B-135 fighters - 12^[18]
• Poland PZL P.24B fighters — 14
• Poland PZL.43 light bombers
• France Dewoitine D.520 fighter -100
• Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB3/KB4 Chuchuliga II reconnaissance aircraft
• Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB5 Chuchuliga III reconnaissance aircraft
• Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB6 Papagal bomber
• Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan army liaison monoplane
• German Arado Ar 65 biplane fighter - 12
• German Heinkel He-51 fighters - 12
• German Messerschmitt Bf 108 communications aircraft
• German Dornier Do 17 bombers - 35 (11 Do 17P + 11 Do-17Kb1 + several Do-17 and Do-17M)^[19]
• German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter - 19 E-3s and 145 G-2/6/10s
• German Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" - 12 Ju 87 R-2 and R-4s and 40 Ju 87 D-5s.[6]
• Czechoslovakian Avia B-71 bombers (Czech-built Tupolev SB-2s) - 32
• Bloch MB.200 - 12 purchased from Germany in 1939
• Aero A.304
• Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft - after 9 September 1944
• Soviet Tupolev Tu-2 - after 9 September 1944

Missiles & bombs

Nercter 54

Cartridges and shells

Tuplolev 32 shells-334455 of them

References