List of World War II weapons of the United States
Below are lots of different types of weapons used in World War II by the United States.
Small arms
Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)
- Colt M1911A1
- Colt/S&W M1917 revolver
- Colt Official Police (Colt M1927 Aka "Colt Commando")
- FP-45 Liberator (Dropped into occupied territories for use by insurgents)
- Smith & Wesson M&P
Submachine Guns
- Thompson submachine gun (.45 ACP)
- M3 submachine gun (.45 ACP)
- M50 Reising submachine gun (.45 ACP)
Rifles
- M1903 Springfield (.30-'06)
- M1 Garand (.30-'06)
- M1917 Enfield rifle (.30-'06)
- M1941 Johnson rifle (.30-'06)
- M1 and M1A1 carbine. *Winchester 94
Shotguns
Grenades and grenade launchers
Mines
Recoilless rifles
Flamethrowers
Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns
- Lewis Gun
- Browning M1917A1 (.30-'06)
- Browning M1918A2
- Browning M1919A4/A6 and family (.30-'06)
- M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun (LMG) (.30-'06)
- Browning M2HB (.50 BMG)
Vehicle and aircraft machine guns and autocannons
- M4 cannon
- M2 cannon
- 50 caliber machine gun (Browning M2)
- M1919 Browning machine gun
Blades
Kabar 1917/1910 bolo V44 bowie Marine raider stiletto
Tanks
- M2 Light tank
- M2 Medium Tank
- M3 Stuart[1]
- M5 Stuart
- M24 Chaffee
- M3 Lee
- M4 Sherman
- M26 Pershing
- M6 (Prototype)
- T29 (Prototype)
- T30 (Prototype)
- T32 (Prototype)
- LVT-1 alligator
- M10 Tank Destroyer
- M18 Hellcat
- M36 Tank Destroyer
Artillery
Infantry mortars
Heavy mortars & rocket launchers
Field artillery
- 75 mm Gun M1917 - copy of British gun re-chambered for French cartridge, produced for export
- QF 2.95-inch Mountain Gun - imported from Britain, used in Philippines
- 75 mm Gun M2/M3/M6
- M116 howitzer (75 mm) -also known as "75mm Pack Howitzer M1"
- 76 mm gun M1
- M101 howitzer (105mm) - still used in US and worldwide as late as in 2014
- M3 howitzer (105mm)
- Canon de 155mm GPF
- M114 155 mm howitzer - also known as M1 155 mm Howitzer
- M2 155 mm Field Gun (Long Tom)
- 4.5-inch Gun M1 - version to fire British ammunition
- M115 203 mm howitzer
- 8-inch Gun M1
- M1 240 mm Howitzer
Fortress and siege guns
- 5"/51 caliber gun (coastal defense)
- 8-inch M1888 (obsolete)
- M1918 240 mm howitzer (obsolete)
- 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun
- 12-inch coast defense mortar (also railway version)
- 12-inch Gun M1895
- 14-inch M1920 railway gun
- 16"/50 caliber M1919 gun
Anti-tank guns
- National Forge & Ordnance 37mm gun (1941) - export (to Dutch) only
- M3 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
- M1 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun
- M5 3-Inch Anti-Tank Gun
- 105mm Gun T8 AT/AA gun (cancelled)
Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)
See also
References
- ↑ M43 Hellcat Tank Destryer
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