List of common World War II infantry weapons

Czechoslovakian soldiers with a ZB vz. 26 and a vz. 24.

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

 Commonwealth of Australia

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine guns

Anti-tank weaponry

Grenades

Flamethrowes

Mortars

Federal State of Austria

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine guns

 Kingdom of Belgium

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Anti-tank guns

Bayonets

  • Modèle 1924

United States of Brazil

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine Guns

Shotguns

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Grenades

 Kingdom of Bulgaria

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

 Dominion of Canada

Sidearms

Sub-machine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Shotguns

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Grenades

Slovakia Slovak Republic

Sidearms

Rifles

Light machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Mortars

  • 80 mm vz. 36 – medium mortar

 Republic of China

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

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Grenades

Close quarters weapons

CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak Republic

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine Guns

Independent State of Croatia Independent State of Croatia

Sidearms

Rifles

Assault rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine guns

Mortars

Grenades

Anti-tank weapons

Knives and bayonets

 Kingdom of Denmark

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine Guns

Anti-tank weapons

Hand Grenades

  • Danish M.1923
  • Makeshift grenades and bombs

 Republic of Finland

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine guns

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Grenades

Anti-aircraft weapons

Knives

Mines

France French Third Republic

Sidearms

Rifles

Shotguns

Submachine Guns

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Grenades

Mortars

 German Reich

Sidearms

Rifles

Sub-machine guns

Machine guns

Assault Rifles

Sniper rifles

Shotguns

Anti-tank weapons

Flamethrowers

Grenades

Grenade Launcher

Close quarter weapons

Mortars

 Kingdom of Greece

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Light machine guns

Medium Machine guns

Anti-tank guns

Mortars

 Kingdom of Hungary

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Anti-tank Weapons

Grenades

 Kingdom of Italy (Fascist)

Sidearms

Assault Rifles & Battle Rifles

Rifles

Submachine guns

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Mortars

Anti-tank Weapons

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Bayonets

  • Modello 1891 "sciabola baionetta"
  • Modello 1891/38 "pugnale baionetta"

 Empire of Japan

Sidearms

Rifles

Sub-Machine guns

Anti-tank Weapons

Machine Guns

Grenades

Mortars

Flamethrowers

Grenade Dischargers

Swords

 Republic of Lithuania

Sidearms

Submachine Guns

Rifles

Machine Guns

 Republic of Estonia

Sidearms

Rifles

Sub-machineguns

Machine-guns

Anti-tank Guns

 Republic of Latvia

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine guns

Grenades

 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Anti-tank Guns

 British Malaysia

Sidearms

Shotguns

Sub-Machine Guns

Rifles

Machine Guns

Anti-Tank Weapons

Grenades

Knives

 Manchukuo

Sidearms

  • Mauser Type 1 Pistol
  • Mauser Type 2 or 3 Pistol

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenade Dischargers

 United Mexican States

Sidearms

Rifles

Sub-machine guns

Machine guns

Anti-Tank Guns

Mongolian People's Republic

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine guns

Kingdom of Netherlands

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Grenades

Anti-Tank Weapons

 Dominion of New Zealand

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Anti-tank Weapons

Grenades

 Kingdom of Norway

Sidearms

  • Colt M1914 - Norwegian produced Colt M1911, standard issue for the Norwegian army until 1940.
  • Nagant M1895 - Earlier service pistol that preceded the M14 in service. Still in use by 1940.
  • Colt M1911 - Some were purchased prior to production of M14.
  • Luger P08

Rifles

Machine Guns

Grenades

  • Makeshift grenades and bombs

 Republic of Poland

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine gun

Machine Guns

Anti-Tank Weapons

Grenades

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

Grenade launchers

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

 Kingdom of Romania

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine guns

Anti-tank guns

 Union of South Africa

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine Guns

Anti-Tank Weapons

Mortars

 Soviet Union

Sidearms

Shotguns

  • IZh-43

Sub-Machine Guns

Assault rifles & Battle Rifles

Rifles

Anti-tank Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade Launchers

Knives

Flamethrowers

Anti-Tank Weapons

Mines

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

 Kingdom of Thailand

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Grenades

Grenade dischargers

 United Kingdom (including British Empire)

Sidearms

Rifles

Sub-machine guns

Machine guns

Shotguns

Anti-tank Weapons

Grenades

Mortars

Flamethrowers

Sniper rifles

Knives

 United States of America

Sidearms

Rifles

Assault Rifles & Battle Rifles

Sub-machine guns

Machine guns

Sniper rifles

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

Anti-tank weapons

Flamethrowers

Recoilless rifles

Grenades

Grenade launcher

Mortars

Edged weapons

Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machineguns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

  • Flammenwerfer 42 Captured from the Wehrmacht

Anti tank

See also

References

  1. "鳶け斻 - 犖栠條馱釦". www.chinesefirearms.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
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