List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II

In World War II, the Luftwaffe (German air force), used a variety of weapons to keep their aircraft equipped with the most modern weaponry available at that time, until later in the war when resources got thin. Here is a list of some of these weapons:

Machine guns

(Maschinengewehr)

• MG 15
• MG 17
• MG 81 & 81Z
• MG 131

Cannons (Maschinenkanone and related types)

• MG FF and FF/M ^[1]
• MG 151, /15 or /20 ^[1]
• MK 101
• MK 103
• MK 108

^[1] The official designation for MG FF and MG 151 was Maschinengewehr but they are cannons.

Bordkanone heavy aircraft cannon

• BK 3.7
• BK 5
• BK 7.5

Rockets and Missiles

• Kramer Rk 344, air-to-air missile (liquid-fuel, rocket-powered)
• Henschel Hs 293, guided anti-ship, boost-glide missile
• R4M rocket
• Werfer-Granate 21 heavy-calibre air-to-air unguided rocket

Bombs

High explosive

• SC 10
• SC 50
• SC 250
• SC 500
• SC 1000 "Herrmann"
• SC 1800 "Satan"
• SC 2000
• SC 2500 "Max"
• SC 500J
• PD 500
• PD 1000
• SB 1000
• SB 1800
• SB 2500

Anti-personnel

"Splitterbomben" (Shrapnel)

• SD 1
• SD 2
• SD 4/HL
• SD 4/HL RS
• SD 9/HL
• SD 10 A
• SD 50
• SD 70
• SD 250
• SD 500
• SD 1400 "Esau"
• SD 1700 "Sigismund"
• SD 500A
• SD 500E

Armour-piercing

"Panzersprengbombe-Cylindrisch" (Armor-piercing bombs)

• PC 500* 'Pauline'
• PC 1000* 'Pol'
• PC 1400 'Fritz' (starting point for the Fritz X gravity precision-guided munition)
• PC 1600
• PC 1800 RS 'Panther'

Prototype only

• the Düsenkanone 88 rotary-magazine heavy calibre cannon, meant to largely be recoilless
• Henschel Hs 298, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
• MK 115
• SG 116
• Ruhrstahl X-4
• Jagdfaust

See also

• Schräge Musik
• List of Luftwaffe air-dropped ordnance, in German Wikipedia

External links

• http://www.luftarchiv.de/