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 capitulation of Germany to the Allied forces.

Knives and bayonets

Small arms

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

Rifles

Grenades and grenade launchers

Mines

Recoilless rifles

Flamethrowers

Machine guns

Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns

Artillery

Infantry mortars

Heavy mortars and 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

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

Tankettes

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

Tanks

Self-propelled guns

Tank-based

Other

  • Schlepper 25PS
  • 7.7 cm FK WD Schlepper 50PS
  • French AMD Panhard 178 (Pz.Sph. 204(f) mit KwK 42)
  • 8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 12 - AA gun in field gun mount on SdKfz 8 chassis
  • 8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 18 - AA gun in field gun mount on SdKfz 9 chassis

Armored cars

Armored carriers

  • SdKfz 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 (sdKfz.138/1)
  • SdKfz 252 half-track ammunition carrier
  • Borgward B III - armoured ammunition carrier

Engineering and command

  • Springer vehicle (demolition vehicle)
  • Borgward IV (demolition vehicle)
  • Goliath tracked mine
  • Räumer S (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
  • SdKfz 247 - armored command car
  • SdKfz 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)
  • Strabokran - tank-lifting maintenance crane

Trucks

Passenger cars

Motorcycles

Tractors and prime movers

Miscellaneous vehicles

Navy ships and war vessels

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Aircraft

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

Secret weapons

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Radars

Missiles and bombs

Cartridges and shells

See also

References

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