List of German military equipment of World War II
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 |
| |- | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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[]
- Blendkörper 1H
- Blendkörper 2H
- Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40
- Gewehr-Panzergranate
- Gewehr-Sprenggranate
- Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate
- Gross Panzergranate 46 & 61
- Hafthohlladung
- Kampfpistole
- Leuchtpistole 34
- Leuchtpistole 42
- Model 24 grenade
- Model 39 grenade
- Model 43 grenade
- Molotov cocktail
- Panzerwurfkörper 42
- Panzerwurfmine
- Propaganda-Gewehrgranate
- Schiessbecher
- Sprengpatrone
- Sturmpistole
- Wurfgranate Patrone 326
- Wurfkorper 361
Mines[]
- Behelfs-Schützenmine S.150
- Glasmine 43
- Hohl-Sprung mine 4672
- Holzmine 42
- Panzer stab 43
- Riegel mine 43
- Schu-mine 42
- S-mine
- Teller mine (all models)
- Topfmine (all models)
Recoilless rifles[]
- Panzerfaust
- Panzerschreck
- 7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40
- 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40
- 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 42
- – planned anti-tank weapon for aircraft
Flamethrowers[]
- Einstossflammenwerfer 46
- Flammenwerfer 35
- Flammenwerfer 41
- Abwehrflammenwerfer 42
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
|
Nazi Germany | 30x184B | 1940 | 139 | |||
MK 103 | Autocannon | Gas operated/ recoil operated |
|
Nazi Germany | MK 101 | 30x184B | 1943 | 141 | ||
MK 108 | Autocannon | API Blowback |
|
Nazi Germany | 30×90RB | 1943 | 58 | |||
MK 112 (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[]
- Krieghoff Model L
- 5 cm Granatwerfer 36
- M19 Maschinengranatwerfer (automatic, bunker version of 5 cm Granatwerfer 36 on fixed mount)
- 5 cm Granatwerfer 40 – not accepted by army as army has started to retire 50mm mortars
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
- Kz 8 cm GrW 42 (Kurzer 8 cm Granatwerfer 42) - weight reduction of 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 73 (1944) – no data on usage
- 8 cm minomet vz. 36 – captured from Czechs
- 8 cm Granatwerfer 33(ö)
- 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35
- Granatwerfer 42 (12 cm sGrWr 42)
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)
- Wurfrahmen 40 (rocket crates carrier/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[]
- 2 cm KwK 30 – Panzer II tank gun
- 3.7 cm KwK 36 – Panzer III tank gun
- Skoda 37 mm A7
- 5 cm KwK 38 – Panzer III tank gun
- 5 cm KwK 39 – Panzer III tank gun
- 7.5 cm FK 16 nA
- 7.5 cm FK 18
- 7.5 cm FK 38
- 7.5 cm FK 7M85 (7.5 cm FK 40) – AT gun modified for dual AT/field gun role, 10 built
- 7.5 cm FK 7M59 – simplified production version
- 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 – most common German mountain gun of World War II
- 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 (7.5 cm le.IG 37)
- 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 42 (7,5 cm le.IG 42)
- 7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 (7,5 cm le.IG 18)
- 7.5 cm KwK 37 – Panzer IV tank gun
- 7.5 cm KwK 40 – Panzer IV tank gun
- 7.5 cm KwK 42 – Panther tank gun
- Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901 – Anti-tank, field gun and coastal defense
- Obice da 75/18 modello 34 (Acquired from the Italians by the Wehrmacht and redesignated 7.5 cm LeFH 255(i))
- 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (Captured from Russia by the Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 36/39 (r))
- 8 cm kanon vz. 30
- 8.8 cm KwK 36 – Tiger I tank gun
- 8.8 cm KwK 43 – Tiger II tank gun
- 10 cm houfnice vz. 30 (howitzer)
- 10 cm K 17
- 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze
- 10 cm schwere Kanone 18
- Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider
- 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40
- 10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35
- 10.5 cm leFH 16
- 10.5 cm leFH 18 (most common German field gun)
- 10.5 cm leFH 18/40
- (developed but not accepted by army)
- (development incomplete by end of World War II)
- 10.5 cm leFH 18M
- 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) (Captured from Russia by the Wehrmacht and redesignated 12.2 cm s.F.H.396(r))
- Skoda K-series (among these guns "15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 1937" was most common)
- 15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette
- 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25
- 15 cm Kanone 18
- 15 cm Kanone 39
- 15 cm sFH 13 (obsolete)
- 15 cm sFH 18 (2nd most common German gun)
- 15 cm sIG 33 (heaviest infantry gun)
- 152 mm gun M1910/34 – captured from Russian
- 152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) – captured from Russian
- 17 cm Kanone 18 (heaviest German field artillery piece)
- 15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette (surplus guns on excess carriages of 17 cm Kanone 18)
- 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) – captured from Russian
- Obice da 210/22 – produced under German control after surrender of Italy
- Canon de 220 L mle 1917 – captured from French
Fortress and siege guns[]
- Rheinbote (rocket artillery)
- V-3 cannon
- 12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun (coastal defense)
- 15 cm K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun)
- 17 cm K (E) (railroad gun)
- 15 cm Kanone 16 (coastal defense)
- 15 cm SK C/28 (coastal defense and 8 made into field guns)
- 15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16 (coastal defense and exported)
- Canon de 155mm GPF (coastal defense)
- 20.3 cm K (E) (railroad gun)
- 21 cm K 12 (E) (railroad gun)
- 21 cm Mörser 16
- 21 cm Mörser 18
- 21 cm Kanone 38 – 1 cannon sent to Japan, 7 used domestically
- 21 cm Kanone 39
- 22-cm-Mörser (p) – captured from Poland and Yugoslavia
- 24 cm Haubitze 39
- 24 cm Kanone 3
- (prototype only)
- 24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E) (railroad gun)
- 24 cm Kanone M. 16 – bought from Czechs in 1938
- 28 cm Haubitze L/12
- Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider – captured from France
- 28 cm schwere Bruno Kanone (E)
- Krupp K5 (28 cm railroad gun)
- 35.5 cm Haubitze M1
- 38 cm Siegfried K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun)
- 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun (coastal defense)
- 40.6 cm SK C/34 gun (coastal defense)
- 42 cm Gamma Mörser
- 42 cm Haubitze M. 14/16
- Schwerer Gustav (80 cm 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)[]
- Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (PzB 35) – captured from Poland
- Panzerbüchse 39 (PzB 38/39)
- Panzerschreck (also known as Raketenpanzerbüchse 43/54)
- Solothurn S-18/1000
- Panzerfaust anti-tank recoilless grenade launcher
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
- Henschel Hs 297 – launch 35 73mm-caliber short-range rockets
Heavy anti-aircraft guns[]
- Rheintochter (surface-to-air rocket)
- Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 (acquired from Italy)
- 76 mm air defense gun M1938 (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Flak 38(r))
- 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 8.5 cm Flak 39(r))
- 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun
- Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy)
- 10.5 cm FlaK 38
- 12.8 cm FlaK 40
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
- E-5
- E-10
- E-25
- E-50
- E-75
- Panzerkampfwagen E-100
Self-propelled guns[]
Tank-based[]
Anti-aircraft
- Flakpanzer I
- Flakpanzer 38(t)
- Möbelwagen
- Wirbelwind
- Ostwind
- Flakpanzer IV mit 3 cm FlaK Vierling (official designator for )
- Kugelblitz
- Flakpanzer Coelian (dual 5.5 cm autocannons)
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
- Sturmpanzer I (Bison)
- Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III or StuH 42, StuG III most-produced German AFV)
- Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV)
- Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B
- Brummbär also known as Sturmpanzer, Sturmpanzer 43 (Sd.Kfz. 166)
- Grille (Sd.Kfz. 138/1)
- 15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf)
- Sturmtiger
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[]
- – 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
- (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)
- – 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
- Polski Fiat 621- Captured from Polish
- Tatra 111
- Zis-5- Captured from Soviets
Passenger cars[]
- Volkswagen Kübelwagen
- Volkswagen Schwimmwagen – amphibious car
- Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht
- BMW 325 (lightweight class)
- (medium weight class)
- Mercedes-Benz W31
- Trippel SG6 amphibious car
Motorcycles[]
Motorcycles were often paired with a sidecar as a
.- BMW R75
- Zündapp KS 750
- BMW R 17
- Zündapp KS 600
- Zündapp K 800
- NSU
- DKW NZ 350
- Nimbus (motorcycle) – Denmark-built
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[]
- – Army trailer
- – Infantry trailers
- – Infantry cart IF8
- Meillerwagen – V-2 rocket transporter
- – Trailer attachment hook
- Railroad plough
[]
- Siebel ferry – main Wehrmacht landing craft
Aircraft[]
Secret weapons[]
- V-1 flying bomb
- V-2
- Panzer VIII Maus
Radars[]
- Freya radar
- Würzburg radar
- FuG 25a Erstling
- Seetakt radar
- Flensburg radar detector
Missiles and bombs[]
- Anti-tank bombs
- SD 4 HL
- Armor-piercing bombs
- SC 10
- SC 10 DW
- PC 500 'Pauline'
- PC 1000 'Pol'
- PC 1600
- PC 500 RS
- PC 1000 RS
- PC 1800 RS
- PD 500
- Cluster bombs
- High explosive bombs
- Shrapnel bombs
- SD 1
- SD 1 FRZ
- SD 2
- SD 10 A
- SD 10 FRZ
- SD 10 C
- SD 15
- SBe 50
- SD 50
- SD 70
- SBe 250
- SD 250
- "Esau"
- SD 1700 "Sigismund"
- Rockets and Missiles
- R4M (AA/AT rocket)
- Werfer-Granate 21 (air-to-air rocket)
- Blohm & Voss L 10 unmanned torpedo glider
- Fritz X anti-ship guided bomb (also known as PC 1400)
- Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship guided bomb
- Henschel Hs 294 anti-ship guided bomb
- Henschel Hs 298 radio-guided air-to-air missile
- Ruhrstahl X-4 wire-guided air-to-air missile
- Kramer Rk 344, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
Cartridges and shells[]
50 cal shells
See also[]
- List of Sd.Kfz. designations
- List of World War II firearms of Germany
- German designations of foreign artillery in World War II
- German designations of foreign firearms in World War II
- Uniforms of the German Army (1935–1945)
References[]
- ^ "World War 2 Weapons". Military Dictionary. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163
- ^ John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163
- ^ John Walter, Guns of the Third Reich, Greenhill Books, 2004, p. 163
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- World War II armoured fighting vehicles of Germany
- World War II military equipment of Germany
- Lists of World War II military equipment
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