List of German military equipment of World War II

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The following is a list of German 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. Following political instability build-up in Europe from 1930, the Germans, which aimed to dominate Europe, attacked Poland on 1 September 1939, marking the start of World War II. The war in Europe ended 8 May 1945 with the unconditional surrender of Germany to the Allied forces.

The Germans used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.[1]

Personal arms[]

| Close combat | 17.95 cm (7.07 in) | 1944 | Never produced in large quantities |- | S84/98 III [de] |



| |- | Seitengewehr 98 | Combat knife/ bayonet | Close combat | 50 cm (20 in) | 1898 | First incorporated into the German army as a bayonet for the Mauser M1898 rifle |}

Small arms[]

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)[]

Name/designation Type Role/s Action Origin Base Model/s Manufacturer/s Cartridge/s Effective firing range
(m) 		From (year) Estimated wartime quantity Unloaded mass
(kg) 		Notes
Bodeo Model 1889 Revolver Sidearm Double action  Kingdom of Italy Societa Siderurgica Glisenti 10.35mm Ordinanza Italiana 1889 ? 0.950
ČZ vz. 27 Pistol Close-quarters/sidearm Blowback-operated  Czechoslovakia Pistole vz. 24 Česká zbrojovka .32 ACP 1939 ? 0.67
Dreyse M1907 Pistol Close-quarters/sidearm Blowback-operated, unlocked breech  German Empire Rheinmetall .32 ACP 25 1905 ? 0.710
Luger P08 pistol Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Short recoil, Toggle-locked  German Empire Borchardt C-93 Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken 7.65×21mm Parabellum,
9×19mm Parabellum 		50 1900 ? 0.871
Mauser C96 Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Short recoil  German Empire Mauser 7.63×25mm Mauser,
9×19mm Parabellum 		1896 ? 1.13
Mauser HSc Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Blowback-operated  Nazi Germany Mauser .32 ACP,
.380 ACP 		40 1935 251,988 0.700
Nazi belt buckle pistol Belt buckle pistol Close-quarters  German Empire
 Nazi Germany 		.32 ACP,
.22 LR 		1915 ?
Sauer 38H Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Straight blowback  Nazi Germany Sauer .25 ACP,
.32 ACP,
.380 ACP 		25 1938 200,000 0.705
Steyr M1912 Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Recoil-operated  Austria-Hungary Roth–Steyr M1907 Steyr 9mm Luger,
9mm Steyr 		50 1912 ? 1.2 Converted to 9mm Parabellum as the P12(Ö)
Vis pistol Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Recoil-operated, closed bolt  Poland Browning Hi-Power FB Radom 9×19mm Parabellum 1939 ? 0.950 Also known as Radom wz.35 Vis - occupied Polish production
Volkspistole Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Blowback-operated  Nazi Germany Walther,
Mauser 		9×19mm Parabellum 50 1945 ? 1.088
Walther P38 Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Short recoil, locked breech  Nazi Germany Walther, Mauser, Spreewerk 9×19mm Parabellum 50 1939 1,000,000 0.800
Walther PP Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Straight blowback  Weimar Republic Walther .32 ACP,
.380 ACP,
.22 LR,
.25 ACP,
9×18mm Ultra 		1929 ?
Astra 300 Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Blowback/Single Spain Astra 400 Astra-Unceta y Cia SA 9mm Largo 1941 ? 0.641 Imported from Spain
Astra 400 Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Blowback/Single Spain Astra-Unceta y Cia SA 9mm Largo 1921 ? 1.14 Imported from Spain
Astra 600 Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Blowback-operated Spain Astra 400 Astra-Unceta y Cia SA 9×19mm Parabellum 1944 ? 1.08 Imported from Spain
Browning Hi-Power Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Short recoil, tilting barrel United States
Belgium 		Fabrique Nationale *7.65×21mm Parabellum,
9×19mm Parabellum,
.40 S&W 		50 1940 ? 1.00 Occupied Belgian production
FÉG 37M Pistol Pistol Close-quarters/sidearm Blowback-operated Hungary Frommer 29M Fémáru, Fegyver és Gépgyár (FÉG) .380 ACP, .32 ACP 1937 ? 0.770 Imported from Hungary
Star Model B Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Short recoil, tilting barrel Spain Star Bonifacio Echeverria 9×19mm Parabellum 1922 ? Imported from Spain
FN 1922 Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Blowback-operated Belgium Fabrique Nationale (FN) .380 ACP,
.32 ACP 		1940 ? 0.700 Occupied Belgian production
Kongsberg Colt Pistol Close-quarters/ sidearm Recoil-operated, closed bolt Norway Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk .45 ACP 1940 ? Occupied Norwegian Production

Automatic pistols and submachine guns[]

Name/designation Type Role/s Action Origin Base model/s Manufacturer/s Cartridge/s Effective firing range (m) Cyclic rate of fire (round/min) From (year) Estimated wartime quantity Unloaded mass (kg) Notes
EMP 44 Submachine gun Close-quarters Straight blowback  Nazi Germany Erma Werke 9×19mm Parabellum 150–200 500 1943 ? 3.6
Erma EMP Submachine gun Close-quarters Blowback  Weimar Republic Erma Werke 9×19mm Parabellum,
7.63×25mm Mauser,
9×23mm Largo,
7.65×21mm Parabellum 		150 550 1931 10,000 4
MAS-38 Submachine gun Close-quarters Off-axis bolt-travel delayed blowback  France 7.65mm Longue 100 600–700 1938 ? 4,340
Astra 900 Machine Pistol Close-quarters/ Sidearm Short recoil  Spain Astra-Unceta y Cia SA 7.63×25mm Mauser,
9mm Largo 		150–200 900–1000 1927 ? 1,275 Imported from Spain
Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer Machine pistol Close-quarters/ Sidearm Short recoil  German Empire Mauser 7.63×25mm Mauser,
9×19mm Parabellum 		150–200 900–1000 1896 ? 1.13
Beretta Model 38 Submachine gun Close-quarters Blowback  Kingdom of Italy 9×19mm Parabellum 200 550–600 1938 ? 3.25–4.2
MP 18 Submachine gun Close-quarters Blowback, open-bolt  German Empire Bergmann Waffenfabrik 9×19mm Parabellum 200 350–500 1918 30,000 4.18
MP 28 Submachine gun Close-quarters Blowback, open-bolt  German Empire Bergmann Waffenfabrik 9×19mm Parabellum 200 550–600 1928 ? 4.0
MP 34 Submachine gun Close-quarters Blowback, open-bolt  Weimar Republic Waffenfabrik Steyr 9×19mm Parabellum,
9×23 Steyr,
9×25mm Mauser,
7.63×25mm Mauser,
.45 ACP,
7.65×21mm Parabellum 		150–200 600 1929 ? 4.25
MP 35 Submachine gun Close-quarters Blowback, open-bolt  Nazi Germany Bergmann,
Schultz & Larsen 		9×19mm Parabellum 150–200 540 1935 ? 4.24
MP 40 Submachine gun Close-quarters Straight blowback, open bolt  Nazi Germany Steyr-Mannlicher,
Erma Werke,
Haenel 		9×19mm Parabellum 100–200 500–550 1940 1,100,000~ 3.97
MP 3008 Submachine gun Close-quarters Blowback, open-bolt  Nazi Germany 9×19mm Parabellum 100 450 1945 10,000 3.2
Suomi KP/-31 Submachine gun Close-quarters Straight blowback  Finland Tikkakoski 9×19mm Parabellum 200 750–900 1931 ? 4.6 Imported from Finland.[2]
Danuvia 39M Submachine gun Close-quarters Lever-delayed blowback  Hungary 9×25mm Mauser 750 1939 ? 4.4 Imported from Hungary.[3]
Orița M1941 Submachine gun Close-quarters Blowback  Romania 9×19mm Parabellum 200 400–600 1943 ? 4 Imported from Romania.[4]
ZK-383 Submachine gun Close-quarters Blowback  Czechoslovakia 9×19mm Parabellum 250 500–700 1938 ? 4.83 Occupied Czech production

Rifles[]

Name/designation Type Role/s Action Origin Manufacturer/s Cartridge/s Effective firing
range (m) 		From (year) Estimated
wartime quantity 		Unloaded mass
(kg) 		Notes
Gewehr 41(M) Rifle Front-line/Assault Bolt-action/Gas trap, rotating-bolt Nazi Germany Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser 1941 6,673
Gewehr 41(W) Rifle Front-line/ Assault Gas trap, flapper locking Nazi Germany Walther 7.92×57mm Mauser 400 1941 145,000 4.9
Gewehr 43 Rifle Front-line/ Assault Short-stroke piston, flapper locking Nazi Germany Walther 7.92×57mm Mauser 500 1943 402,713 4.4
Gewehr 43 sniper rifle Sniper rifle Long-Range precision Short-stroke piston, flapper locking Nazi Germany Walther 7.92×57mm Mauser 800 1943 53,435 4.4
Gewehr 98 Front-line infantry Bolt action German Empire Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser 500 1898 ? 4.09
Karabiner 98a Carbine Front-line Bolt action German Empire Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser 1908 ?
Karabiner 98b Rifle Front-line Bolt action German Empire Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser 1923 ?
Gewehr 98 sniper rifle Sniper rifle Long-Range Precision Bolt action German Empire Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser 800≥ 1935 ? 4.09
HIW VSK Rifle Front-line infantry Bolt-action Nazi Germany Hessische Industrie Werke 7.92×57mm Mauser 1944 ?
HIW VSK Carbine Carbine Front-line infantry Blow forward Nazi Germany Hessische Industrie Werke 7.92×33mm Kurz 1944 ?
Karabiner 98k Rifle Front-line infantry Bolt-action Nazi Germany Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser 500 1935 14,000,000~ 4.1 Main German rifle during World War II
Karabiner 98k sniper rifle Sniper rifle Long-Range Precision Bolt-action Nazi Germany Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser 1000≥ 1935 132,000 4.1
M30 Luftwaffe drilling Combination rifle/shotgun Hunting/self-defence Blitz lock system Nazi Germany Sauer 9.3x74mmR,
12 Gauge 		1941 2456 3.4 Issued to Luftwaffe aircraft as survival weapon
Gewehr 98/40 (FÉG 35M) Rifle Front-line Bolt-action Hungary 7.92×57mm Mauser 1941 138,000 3.98 Imported from Hungary
Gewehr 24(t) (vz. 24) Rifle Front-line infantry Bolt-action Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser,
7×57mm Mauser,
7.65×53mm Mauser 		1939 330,000 4.2 Upgraded to Karabiner 98k standards, occupied Czech production
StG 44
(Sturmgewehr 44) 		Assault rifle Front-line/assault Long-stroke piston, tilting-bolt Nazi Germany Mauser 7.92×33mm Kurz 450 1945 1200 4
vz. 33
as Gewehr 33(t) 		Rifle Front-line infantry Bolt-action Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser 1939 131,503 3.1 Occupied Czech production

Grenades and grenade launchers[]

Mines[]

Recoilless rifles[]

  • Panzerfaust
  • Panzerschreck

Flamethrowers[]

Machine guns[]

Infantry rifles and dual-purpose machine guns[]

Name/designation Type Role/s Action Origin Manufacturer/s Cartridge/s Effective firing range (m) Cyclic rate of fire (round/min) From (year) Estimated wartime quantity Unloaded mass (kg) Notes
Barnitzke machine gun General-purpose machine gun Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Delayed Blowback  Nazi Germany 7.92×57mm Mauser ?
FG 42 Battle rifle/ light machine gun Front-line/ Assault/ Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Gas-operated, rotating bolt  Nazi Germany Rheinmetall,
Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik,
L. O. Dietrich 		7.92×57mm Mauser 300–600 750–900 1943 7000 4.2–4.95
Grossfuss Sturmgewehr Assault rifle Front-line/ Assault Gas-delayed blowback  Nazi Germany Metall- und Lackwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß 7.92×33mm Kurz 500–550 9 4.7
StG 44 Assault rifle Front-line/ Assault Long-stroke piston, tilting bolt, selective fire  Nazi Germany C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik 7.92×33mm Kurz 300–600 500–600 1943 425,977 4.6
Knorr-Bremse 1935/36 Automatic rifle/ light machine gun Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Long-stroke piston, open bolt  Sweden Svenska Automatvapen AB 6.5×55mm Swedish 480 1940 ? 8.5
MG 08 Heavy machine gun Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Short recoil, Toggle locked  German Empire DWM,
Spandau and Erfurt arsenals 		7.92×57mm Mauser,
7.65×53mm Mauser,
7x57mm Mauser,
13×92mm TuF (TuF variant) 		100–2000 450–500 1908 ? 69
MG 13 General-purpose machine gun Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Short recoil  Weimar Republic 7.92×57mm Mauser 100–2000 600 1930 ? 13.3
MG 15 General-purpose machine gun Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Recoil-operated  Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany 		Rheinmetall 7.92×57mm Mauser 1000–1050 ? 12.4 Former aircraft gun
MG 30 General-purpose machine gun Anti-Aircraft/ Airspace Denial/ Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Recoil-operated   Switzerland
 Austria 		Steyr-Werke AG 7.92×57mm Mauser,
8×56mmR,
7×57mm Mauser 		700–900 1930 ? 9.5
MG 34 General-purpose machine gun Anti-Aircraft/ Airspace Denial/ Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Recoil-operated, open bolt, rotating bolt  Nazi Germany Rheinmetall-Borsig AG Soemmerda,
Mauserwerke AG,
Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG,
Waffenwerke Brünn 		7.92×57mm Mauser 200–2000 600–1700 1935 577,120 12.1
MG 42 General-purpose machine gun Anti-Aircraft/ Airspace Denial/ Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Recoil-operated, roller-locked  Nazi Germany Mauser,
Wilhelm Gustloff Stiftung,
Steyr-Daimler-Puch,
Großfuß AG,
MAGET 		7.92×57mm Mauser 200–2000 900–1500 1942 423,600 11.6
MG 45 General-purpose machine gun Anti-Aircraft/ Airspace Denial/ Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Roller-delayed blowback  Nazi Germany 7.92×57mm Mauser 200–732 1350–1800 1944 10 9
MG39 Rh General-purpose machine gun Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Gas-operated  Nazi Germany 7.92×57mm Mauser 100–1600 1937 ? 9.58
MG 81 General-purpose machine gun Anti-Aircraft/ Airspace Denial/ Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Recoil-operated  Nazi Germany 7.92×57mm Mauser 200-800 1400–1600 1940 ? 6.5 Former aircraft mounted weapon
Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 Medium machine-gun Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Toggle-delayed blowback  Austria-Hungary Steyr 8×50mmR Mannlicher,
8×56mmR,
7.92×57mm Mauser,
6.5×53mmR,
6.5×55mm,
7.62×54mmR,
.303 British 		400–880 1908 ? 41.4
VMG 1927 General-purpose machine gun Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Short recoil  Weimar Republic 8×57mm IS 1927 ? 11.48
Wimmersperg Spz Substitute assault rifle/ light machine gun Front-line/ Assault Gas-operated  Nazi Germany 7.92×33mm Kurz 400 1944 ?
ZB vz. 26 General-purpose machine gun Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Gas-operated, tilting breechblock  Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno, Military Technical Institute Kragujevac 7.92×57mm Mauser 100–1000 500 1924 ? 9.65
ZB vz. 30 General-purpose machine gun Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Gas-operated, tilting breechblock  Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno, Military Technical Institute Kragujevac 7.92×57mm Mauser 100–1000 550–650 1930 ? 9.10
ZB-53 Medium machine gun Anti-Aircraft/ Airspace Denial/ Fire Support/ Suppression/ Defense Gas-operated  Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser 500–800 1936 ? 21

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns[]

Name/designation Type Action Application/s Origin Base model/s Manufacturer/s Cartridge/s From (year) Unloaded mass (kg) Notes
MG 15 Light machine gun Recoil operated  Nazi Germany MG 30 Rheinmetall 7.92×57mm Mauser 1932 12.4
MG 17 Light machine gun Recoil operated, closed bolt aircraft  Nazi Germany MG 30 Rheinmetall-Borsig 7.92×57mm Mauser 1934 10.2
MG 81 Light machine gun Recoil-operated aircraft  Nazi Germany MG 34 7.92×57mm Mauser 1940 6.5
MG 131 Heavy machine gun Recoil operated, short recoil, closed bolt aircraft  Nazi Germany 13×64mmB 1940 16.6
MG 151/15 Autocannon  Nazi Germany Waffenfabrik Mauser AG 15×96mm cartridge 1940 42.7
MG 151/20 Autocannon  Nazi Germany Waffenfabrik Mauser AG 20×82mm cartridge 1941 42
Mauser MG 213 Autocannon Gas operated, Single barrel 5-rounds revolver  Nazi Germany 20×146mm cartridge 1944 75
Mauser MK 213 Autocannon Gas operated, Single barrel 5-rounds revolver  Nazi Germany 30×146mm cartridge 1944 75
MG FF Autocannon API Blowback aircraft  Nazi Germany Oerlikon FF F cannon 20×80mm RB 1936 26.3
MK 101 Autocannon Recoil operated
  • Henschel Hs 129
  • Heinkel He 177A-1/U2 Zerstörer
  Nazi Germany 30x184B 1940 139
MK 103 Autocannon Gas operated/ recoil operated
  • Henschel Hs 129 B-1
  • Dornier Do 335
  • Flakpanzer IV "Kugelblitz"
  Nazi Germany MK 101 30x184B 1943 141
MK 108 Autocannon API Blowback
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110G-2 bomber destroyers
  • Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/U4
  Nazi Germany 30×90RB 1943 58
MK 112 [de] (55mm aircraft cannon) Autocannon  Nazi Germany 55mm 1945 271
MK 214A Autocannon  Nazi Germany Fixed QF 50×419mmR
Schräge Musik Autocannon  Nazi Germany
BK 3.7 Anti-tank autocannon Short recoil  Nazi Germany 37×263mm 1942 295
BK 5 Anti-tank autocannon  Nazi Germany Fixed QF 50×419mmR 1943 540
BK 7.5 Anti-tank autocannon  Nazi Germany Fixed QF 75×714mmR

Artillery[]

Demolition charges[]

Infantry mortars[]

Heavy mortars and rocket launchers[]

  • 8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer (copy of Russian Katyusha rocket launcher)
  • Reihenwerfer
  • 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40
  • 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (multiple-rocket launcher)
  • Panzerwerfer (self-propelled multiple-rocket launcher with HE warheads)
    • (also known as 15 cm Do-Gerat 42)
  • 20 cm leichter Ladungswerfer
  • 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (multiple-rocket launcher)
  • 21 cm heavy mortar 69
  • 28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (multiple-rocket launcher)
    • Schweres Wurfgerät 40/41 (rockets launched directly from crates)
  • 30 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (multiple-rocket launcher)
  • 30 cm Raketenwerfer 56 (multiple-rocket launcher)
  • 38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer
  • Karl-Gerät (Gerät 040 and Gerät 041) - self-propelled 600mm and 540mm mortars family

Field artillery[]

Fortress and siege guns[]

Anti-tank guns[]

  • 25mm Puteaux anti-tank gun model 1937 (captured from French)
  • 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun (captured from British)
  • 2.8 cm sPzB 41
  • PaK 36 (37mm)
  • 3.7 cm kanon PÚV vz. 34
  • Bofors 37 mm (M1934/36) – captured from Danish, Polish and British forcers
  • 4.2 cm Pak 41
  • 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 184(r))
  • 47 mm APX anti-tank gun (captured from French)
  • 47mm Schneider anti-tank gun model 1936 (captured from French)
  • M35 Bohler and Breda 47mm guns of unclear origin
  • Austrian 4.7 cm IG 35/36
  • 47 mm kanon P.U.V. vz. 36 (German designation 4.7 cm Pak(t))
  • Cannone da 47/32 (German designation Pak 35/36(ö))
  • 45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) – (German designation 4.5 cm Pak 184(r) and 4.5 cm Pak 184/6(r))
  • 5 cm Pak 38
  • 57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 208(r))
  • 7.5 cm Pak 39
  • 7.5 cm Pak 40
  • 7.5 cm Pak 41
  • 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 (also known as PaK 97/38) – modernized French gun of 1897
  • 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) (conversion of Russian 76 mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22))
  • 8 cm PAW 600
  • Thor's Hammer/Panzertod (105mm recoilless gun firing 81.4mm subcaliber projectile)[5]
  • 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 (rocket artillery, also known as "Püppchen")
  • 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun
    • 8.8 cm Pak 43 – most-produced heavy ATG
  • Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy)
  • 12.8 cm Pak 44

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

Anti-aircraft weapons[]

Light anti-aircraft guns[]

  • Fliegerfaust hand-held anti-air rocket launcher
  • 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling – the most produced German artillery piece of World War II, based on Russian 2-K AA gun design which was too complex to mass-produce in USSR
    • Gebirgsflak 38 – reduced-weight version of 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling
  • Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77 (Scotti)
  • 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun (captured from French)
  • 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43
  • 3.7 cm SK C/30 – naval AA gun
    • 3.7 cm FlaK 43
  • 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 3.7 cm M39(r))
  • 5 cm FlaK 41
  • Schräge Musik – also independently developed by Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service (both in use by May 1943)
    • Jagdfaust – air-to-air vertical-fire automated cannon
    •  [de]
  • Henschel Hs 297 – launch 35 73mm-caliber short-range rockets

Heavy anti-aircraft guns[]

Vehicles[]

Nazi Germany had captured many models of foreign equipment. In the list below, only most prominent captured models are listed. For full listing of captured vehicles see List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II

Tankette[]

  • AMR 35 – captured from French, some converted to mortar carrier

Tanks[]

  • Stridsvagn L-5 (incomplete prototype)
  • Leichttraktor
  • Grosstraktor
  • Panzer I
  • Panzer II
  • Skoda T-15 – Slovakian alternative to Panzer II, 5 built
  • Panzerkampfwagen II mit Schwimmkörper (Panzer II with floats)
  • Light Tank VK 1602 "Leopard"
  • Neubaufahrzeug (also known as Nb.Fz) - 5 built
  • Panzer 35(t)
  • Panzer 38(t)
  • Sd.Kfz. 140/1 Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) mit 2 cm KwK 38
  • Sd.Kfz. 140/1 Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) mit 7.5 cm KwK37 L/24
  • Panzer III
  • Panzerbeobachtungswagen III
  • Tauchpanzer III – amphibious (snorkel-fitted) Panzer III
  • Panzer IV
  • Panzerbeobachtungswagen IV (Pz. Beob. Wg. IV) – artillery observer
  • Panzerkampfwagen V Panther
  • Beobachtungspanzer Panther – artillery observer
  • Tiger I
  • Tiger II (also known as Königstiger or King Tiger)
  • Panzer VII Löwe – development halted
  • Panzer VIII Maus
  • Entwicklung series

Self-propelled guns[]

Tank-based[]

Anti-aircraft

Anti-tank

  • Panzerjäger I
  • 5 cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II
  • 7.62 cm PaK 36(r) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. D/E (Sd.Kfz. 132)
  • Marder I (Sd.Kfz. 135)
  • Marder II (LaS 762)
  • Marder III (Sd.Kfz. 138)
  • Marder III (Sd.Kfz. 139)
  • Jagdpanzer 38(t) (Hetzer)
  • Jagdpanzer IV
  • Panzer IV/70 – Panzer IV-based SPG armed with 75mm gun from Panther tank
  • Jagdpanther (Sd.Kfz. 173)
  • Nashorn (Hornisse)
  • Jagdtiger (Sd.Kfz. 186)
  • Elefant also known as Ferdinand (Sd.Kfz. 184))

Assault & infantry guns

Self propelled artillery

  • Wespe
  • Hummel
  • Heuschrecke 10 also known as "Waffenträger Geschützwagen IV")
  • 10.5 cm K (gp.Sfl.) (Dicker Max)
  • Sturer Emil (2 built)

Other[]

  •  [et] – 37mm gun on Hanomag chassis
  • 7.7 cm FK WD Schlepper 50PS – 77mm gun on Hanomag chassis
  • Pz.Sph. 204(f) mit KwK 42 – gun on French Panhard 178 armoured car
  • 8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 12 – AA gun in field gun mount on Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track chassis
  • 8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 18 – AA gun in field gun mount on Sd.Kfz. 9 half-track chassis
  • Mittler Schutzenpanzerwagen S307(f) mit Reihenwerfer – mortar on French SOMUA MCG half-track truck chassis

Armored cars[]

  • Panzerspähwagen Kfz 13
  • Leichter Panzerspähwagen (light armored cars)
    • Sd.Kfz. 221
    • Sd.Kfz. 222
    • Sd.Kfz. 223
    • Sd.Kfz. 231
    • (light armored radio car)
    • (light armored radio car)
  • Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (heavy armored cars)
    • Sd.Kfz. 232
    • Sd.Kfz. 233
    • Sd.Kfz. 263 (heavy armored radio car)
  • Sd.Kfz. 234 – 8 wheeled armored car (also known as Puma or Stummel)
  • Sd.Kfz. 250 half-track (machine gun and mortar versions)
  • Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track (machine gun and mortar versions)
  • Panzerwagen ADGZ
  • M39 Pantserwagen (captured from Dutch)
  • Panhard 178 (captured from French)

Armored carriers[]

  • Sd.Kfz. 3 (early) – unarmed personnel carrier of the 1920s
  • French Somua MCG/MCL mittlerer gepanzerter Zugkraftwagen S307/303(f)
  • French Unic P107 leichter Zugkraftwagen U304(f))
  • Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen 'Kätzchen' – 2 built
  • Munitions Selbstfahrlafette auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Wespe chassis as ammunition carrier)
  • Munitionspanzer 38(t) (sf) Ausf.K (Sd.Kfz..138/1)
  • Sd.Kfz. 252 half-track ammunition carrier
  • – armoured ammunition carrier

Engineering and command[]

  • Springer vehicle (demolition vehicle)
  • Borgward IV (demolition vehicle)
  • Goliath tracked mine
  •  [de] (mine clearance vehicle, prototype only)
  • Brückenleger auf Panzerkampfwagen II (bridge layer on Panzer II chassis)
  • Minenräumer III (also known as Minenräumpanzer III) – mine-clearing vehicle on Panzer III chassis
  • Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen (command version of Panzer I)
  • Panzerbefehlswagen III (command version of Panzer III)
  • Panzerbefehlswagen IV (Pz. Bef. Wg. IV) (command version of Panzer IV)
  • Befehlspanzer Panther (command version of Panther tank)
  • Kugelpanzer – cable-laying vehicle, supplied to Japan
  • Sd.Kfz. 247 – armored command car
  • Sd.Kfz. 253 half-track artillery observer
  • Infanterie Sturmsteg auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV (infantry assault bridge version of the Panzer IV)
  • Instandsetzungskraftwagen I (maintenance vehicle version of the Panzer I)
  •  [de] – tank-lifting maintenance crane

Trucks[]

  • Opel Blitz (also Maultier (late Sd.Kfz. 3) half-track versions)
  • Mercedes-Benz L3000
  • Krupp Protze
    • Kfz.19 – Telephone truck
    • Kfz.21 – Staff car
    • Kfz.68 – Radio mast carrier
    • Kfz.69 – Standard configuration for towing the 3,7 cm PaK 36
    • Kfz.70 – Standard configuration for personnel carrying
    • Kfz.81 – Ammo carrier conversion for 2 cm FlaK gun, usually towed
    • Kfz.83 – Generator carrier for anti-aircraft spotlight, usually towed
  • Borgward B 3000
  • Sd.Kfz. 4 half-track
  •  [de]
  •  [de]
  •  [de]
  • Polski Fiat 621- Captured from Polish
  • Tatra 111
  • Zis-5- Captured from Soviets

Passenger cars[]

Motorcycles[]

Motorcycles were often paired with a sidecar as a  [de].

Tractors and prime movers[]

  • Landwasserschlepper (also known as Land-Wasser-Schlepper) amphibious tractor
  • Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper, also AA and multiple-rocket launcher versions do exist.
  • Sd.Kfz. 2 (HK 101) – lightest German tractor of World War II (half-track and motorcycle hybrid)
  • Maultier half-truck
  • Sd.Kfz. 4 half-track
  • Sd.Kfz. 6 half-track
  • Sd.Kfz. 7 half-track
  • Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track
  • Sd.Kfz. 9 half-track
  • Sd.Kfz. 10 light half-track
  • Sd.Kfz. 11 half-track
  • Bergepanzer III – PzKpfw III chassis
  • Bergepanzer IV – PzKpfw IV chassis
  • Bergepanther (Sd.Kfz. 179) – PzKpfw V Panther chassis 347 produced (1943–1945)
  • Bergetiger – PzKpfw VI Tiger I chassis
  • Bergepanzer 38(t) – Jagdpanzer 38 chassis, 170 produced (1944–1945)
  • Bergepanzer T-34 – Captured T-34 chassis
  • Sd.Kfz. 254 tracked artillery tractor
  • Raupenschlepper, Ost (also known as RSO) – advanced tracked tractor

Miscellaneous vehicles[]

  •  [de] – Army trailer
  •  [de] – Infantry trailers
  •  [de] – Infantry cart IF8
  • Meillerwagen – V-2 rocket transporter
  •  [] – Trailer attachment hook
  • Railroad plough

Navy ships and war vessels[]

Main article: List of Kriegsmarine ships
  • Siebel ferry – main Wehrmacht landing craft

Aircraft[]

Main article: List of World War II military aircraft of Germany

Secret weapons[]

Main article: Wunderwaffe
  • V-1 flying bomb
  • V-2
  • Panzer VIII Maus

Radars[]

Missiles and bombs[]

Cartridges and shells[]

50 cal shells

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "World War 2 Weapons". Military Dictionary. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  2. ^ John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163
  3. ^ John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163
  4. ^ John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163
  5. ^ Panzerabwehrkanonen

Further reading[]

  • Chamberlain, Peter; Gander, Terry (1975). Light and Medium Field Artillery. World War 2 Fact Files series. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0356082156.
  • Frank, Reinhard (1994). Cars of the Wehrmacht: A Photo Chronicle. German Vehicles in World War II series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0887406874.
  • ——————— (1997). Trucks of the Wehrmacht: A Photo Chronicle. German Vehicles in World War II series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0887406866.
  • ——————— (1997). German Light Half-Tracked Prime Movers 1934-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764302620.
  • ——————— (1997). German Medium Half-Tracked Prime Movers 1934-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764302639.
  • ——————— (1997). German Heavy Half-Tracked Prime Movers 1934-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764301675.
  • Gander, Terry; Chamberlain, Peter (1979). Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery, and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces, 1939-1945. Garden City, NY, USA: Doubleday. ISBN 0385150903.
  • —————— (2004). Heavy Artillery of World War II. Vital Guide series. Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1840374144.
  • Garson, Paul (2017). Two-Wheeled Blitzkrieg: German Wartime Motorcycles. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445672366.
  • Hinrichsen, Horst (1994). Motorcycles of the Wehrmacht: A Photo Chronicle. German Vehicles in World War II series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0887406858.
  • ———————— (1997). German Military Motorcycles in the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht 1934-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764301926.
  • ———————— (2000). Heavy Sidecar Motorcycles of the Wehrmacht 1935-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764312723.
  • Lepage, Jean-Denis (2007). German Military Vehicles of World War II: an illustrated guide to cars, trucks, half-tracks, motorcycles, amphibious vehicles and others. Jefferson, NC, USA: McFarland Books. ISBN 9780786428984.
  • Thomas, Paul (2018). German Reconnaissance and Support Vehicles 1939-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives. Images of War series. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781526720894.

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