List of World War II weapons of France
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This is a list of weapons used by the military forces of the French Third Republic in WW2.
Handguns[]
- MAB Model A
- MAB Model D pistol
- Modèle 1935 pistol
- Star Model 14
- MAS 1873 revolver
- Modèle 1892 revolver
- Ruby pistol
Rifles[]
- Fusil Automatique Modele 1917
- Lebel and Berthier rifles
- Fusil MAS36
- Fusil MAS36 CR39
- M1917 Enfield, supplied by the US through Lend-lease to Free French forces
- M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
- Meunier rifle
Submachine guns[]
- MAS-38
- Erma EMP-35
- Thompson M1928 and M1928A1
- MP 28
- MP40 Captured from German troops
- Sten
Machine guns[]
- Breda Model 30 Captured from Italian troops
- Bren light machine gun - supplied by the British
- Chauchat
- FM-24/29
- MAC 1931
- MAC 1934
- Model 1924/1929D machine gun
- St. Étienne Mle 1907
- Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun
- Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun
- Reibel machine gun
- 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
- Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun
- Darne machine gun
Anti-Tank weapons[]
- Boys anti-tank rifle
- 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun
- 47 mm APX anti-tank gun
- AC 37 anti-tank gun
- AC 47 anti-tank gun
- 47 mm Model 1931 anti-tank gun
- Canon de 75 modèle 1897 modifié 1933
Anti-Aircraft weapons[]
- Darne machine gun
- Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun
- Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
- 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun
- Canon anti-aérien de 75mm modèle 1939
Artillery[]
- Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP
- Lahitolle 95 mm cannon
- Canon Court de 105 M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider
- Canon Court de 105 M(montagne) modele 1919 Schneider
- Canon de 105 court mle 1934 Schneider
- Canon de 105 court mle 1935 B
- Canon de 105 L mle 1936 Schneider
- Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider
- Canon de 155 C modèle 1915 St. Chamond
- Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider
- Canon de 155mm GPF
- Canon de 194 mle GPF
- Canon de 65 M (montagne) modele 1906
- Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1919 Schneider
- Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1928
- Canon de 75 modèle 1897
- Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider
Grenades and mines[]
Mortars[]
- Brandt Mle 1935
- Brandt mle 27/31
- Lance Grenades de 50 mm modèle 37
- Mortier de 150 mm T Mle 1917 Fabry
Armoured vehicles[]
- Armoured cars
- AMC Schneider P 16
- Laffly S15 TOE
- Panhard 178
- Armoured personnel carriers
Armoured personnel carriers
- Lorraine 37L \ 38L
Armoured utility vehicles[]
Light tanks[]
- AMR 33
- AMR 35
- FCM 36
- Hotchkiss H35, and derived variants
- Renault FT
- Renault R-35
- Renault R-40
- Char D1
- Medium tanks
- Cavalry tanks
- Armoured combat tanks
- Heavy tanks
- Char B1
- Char 2C
- ARL 44 (Prototype)
- AMX M4 (Prototype for the AMX 50.)
- AMX 50 (Later replace with the AMX 30.)
- FCM F1 (Prototype)
See also[]
- List of French World War II military equipment
Notes[]
- ^ Beckhusen, Robert (5 September 2019). "France's Somua S35 Was a Better Tank, so Why Did Nazi Germany Beat Them?". The National Interest. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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