List of Belgian military equipment of World War II

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The following is a list of Belgian 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. On 10 May 1940, Nazi Germany, which aimed to dominate Europe, attacked Belgium as part of their war with France. By 28 May 1940 the Belgian mainland had surrendered to German forces, although the colony of Belgian Congo remained independent throughout the war. Belgian power was not restored until final Axis collapse in late 1944. This list covers the equipment of the Belgian Army and the Force Publique of Belgian Congo, but not the Free Belgian Forces or Belgian mainland forces after October 1944, which was equipped completely by foreign forces.

Knives and bayonets[]

Small arms[]

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)[]

Automatic pistols and submachine guns[]

  • MP 28 (Pieper Bayard mle 1934) 1.500-1.811[1]

Rifles[]

Grenades and grenade launchers[]

Recoilless rifles[]

Flamethrowers[]

Machine guns[]

Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns[]

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns[]

Artillery[]

Infantry mortars[]

Heavy mortars & rocket launchers[]

Field artillery[]

Fortress and siege guns[]

Anti-tank guns[]

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)[]

Anti-aircraft weapons[]

Light anti-aircraft guns[]

Heavy anti-aircraft guns[]

Vehicles[]

  • armoured car (12 imported from France in 1930)

See also Belgian combat vehicles of World War II

Tankettes[]

Tanks[]

Self-propelled guns[]

Tank-based[]

Other[]

Armored cars[]

Armored carriers[]

Engineering and command[]

Trucks[]

Passenger cars[]

Motorcycles[]

FN 12a SM

Tractors & prime movers[]

Miscellaneous vehicles[]

Navy ships and war vessels[]

List of ships of the Second World War

Aircraft[]

Secret weapons[]

Radars[]

Missiles & bombs[]

Cartridges and shells[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2018-11-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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