List of infantry weapons of World War I

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This is a list of infantry weapons of World War I (1914-1918).

Austro-Hungarian Empire[]

Edged weapons

Flare guns

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • Steyr M1912 doppel machinen pistole (Double barrel version)
  • Steyr M1912/P16 machinen pistole (Single barrel version)

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

  • M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate
  • M1917 Eierhandgranate

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Support guns

Kingdom of Belgium[]

Sidearms

Shotguns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

British Empire[]

Lee-Enfield Magazine Mark I* rifle ("long Tom")

Edged weapons

Flare guns

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

  • No.1 grenade
  • No.2 grenade (Also known as "Hales")
  • No.3 rifle grenade (Also known as "Hales")
  • No.5, No.23 and No.36 grenade (Also known as "Mills")
  • No.6 and No.7 grenade
  • No.8 and No.9 double cylinder grenade (Also known as "Jam tin")
  • No.15 and No.16 grenade (Also known as "Ball")
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Obstacle clearing explosive charges

  • McClintock Bangalore torpedo

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Projectile weapons

Anti-aircraft weapons

Kingdom of Bulgaria[]

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Flamethrowers

French Third Republic[]

Lebel M1886 rifle

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

Flamethrowers

  • Schilt portable flamethrower

Mortars

Projectile weapons

Support guns

  • Puteaux 37mm M1916

German Empire[]

Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle and bayonet

Edged weapons

  • (Sword)
  • (Bayonet)
  • (Bayonet)

Flare guns

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • Bergmann MP 18-I

Rifles

  • Elefantengewehr
  • GRC Gewehr 88/05, Gewehr 88/14, Gewehr 91 and Karabiner 88
  • Mauser Gewehr 71 and 71/84
  • Mauser Gewehr 98
  • Mauser Karabiner 98A
  • Mauser M1887
  • Mauser M1915 and M1916 Selbstlader
  • Mondragón M1908
  • Werder M1869

Machine guns

  • Bergmann MG 15 (Water cooled version)
  • Bergmann MG 15nA (Air cooled version)
  • DWM MG 99, MG 01, MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18 and MG 09
  • DWM Parabellum MG 14 and MG 14/17
  • Gast M1917
  • Madsen M1902
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Grenades

Anti-tank mines

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Support guns

Anti-tank weapons

Anti-aircraft weapons

Kingdom of Greece[]

Edged weapons

  • Bayonet
  • Improvised knife

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

  • Stokes mortar

Kingdom of Italy[]

Edged weapons

  • (Sword bayonet)

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

  • Bezossi M1915[6]

Flamethrowers

  • Schilt portable flamethrower

Mortars

  • Stokes mortar
  • Saint Étienne 58mm T No.2

Empire of Japan[]

Murata rifle

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Kingdom of Montenegro[]

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Ottoman Empire[]

Sidearms

Submachine guns

  • Bergmann MP 18-I

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

  • M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate

Flamethrowers

Portuguese Republic[]

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

  • Lewis M1917
  • Vickers Mk I

Mortars

  • Stokes mortar

Kingdom of Romania[]

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Russian Empire[]

Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifle

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

  • Chauchat M1915
  • Colt–Browning M1895/14
  • Hotchkiss M1909
  • Lewis Mk I and M1917
  • Madsen M1902
  • Maxim M1905
  • Maxim M1910
  • Vickers Mk I

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Support guns

Kingdom of Serbia[]

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

  • Chauchat M1915
  • DWM MG 08
  • Hotchkiss M1914
  • Lewis Mk I
  • Zastava M1905
  • PM M1910
  • Schwarzlose M1907/12

Grenades

Flamethrowers

  • Schilt portable flamethrower

Mortars

  • Saint Étienne 58mm T No.2

United States[]

Springfield M1903 rifle

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Shotguns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

Support guns

  • Puteaux 37mm M1915

Weapons used in trench raids[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g passioncompassion1418 (ed.), "Some world war one German grenades".
  2. ^ landships (ed.), "Saint Chamond 142mm M1915 Delattre".
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b passioncompassion1418, "Van Deuren 70mm M1915".
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f passioncompassion1418 (ed.), "Some world war one British grenades".
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Chinn, "The machine gun: Part III full automatic machine gun development".
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n passioncompassion1418 (ed.), "Some world war one French grenades".

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