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 Germany, which aimed to dominate Europe, have attacked the Poland on 1 September 1939, marking the start of the World War II. The war in Europe ended 8 May 1945 with capitulation of Germany to the allied forces.

Knives and bayonets

• Kampfmesser 42

Small arms

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

• Bodeo Model 1889
• ČZ vz. 27
• Dreyse M1907
• FÉG 37M Pistol
• Luger P08 pistol
• Mauser HSc
• Nazi belt buckle pistol
• Sauer 38H
• Steyr M1912
• Vis pistol (also known as Radom wz.35 Vis) - occupied Polish production
• Volkspistole
• Walther P38
• Walther PP
• Astra 300 (imported from Spain)
• Astra 400 (imported from Spain)
• Astra 600 (imported from Spain)
• Browning Hi-Power (occupied Belgian production)
• FÉG 37M Pistol (imported from Hungary)
• Star Model B (imported from Spain)

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

• EMP 44
• Erma EMP
• MAS-38
• Mauser C96
  • Astra 900 (imported from Spain)
  • Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer
• Beretta Model 38
• MP 18
  • MP28
• MP 3008
• MP 34
• MP 40
• MP 35
• Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 (substitute short assault rifle)
• Wimmersperg Spz (planned subsitute assault rifle)
• Suomi KP/-31 (imported from Finland)
• ZK-383 (occupied Czech production)

Rifles

• Gewehr 41
• Gewehr 43
• Gewehr 98
  • Gewehr 98/40 (imported from Hungary)
  • Karabiner 98a
  • Karabiner 98b
• HIW VSK
• Karabiner 98k - main German rifle during WWII
• M30 Luftwaffe drilling - shotgun and rifle
• vz. 24 (upgraded to Karabiner 98k standards, occupied Czech production)
• vz. 33 (occupied Czech production)
• ZH-29

Grenades and grenade launchers

• Schiessbecher
• Hafthohlladung
• Panzerwurfmine
• Model 24 grenade
• Model 39 grenade
• Model 43 grenade
• Molotov cocktail

Mines

• Glasmine 43
• S-mine
• Teller mine (all models)
• Topfmine (all models)
• Hohl-Sprung mine 4672
• Panzer stab 43
• Riegel mine 43
• Schu-mine 42

Recoilless rifles

• Panzerfaust
• 7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40
• 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40
• 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 42
• SG 113 - planned anti-tank weapon for aircraft

Flamethrowers

• Einstossflammenwerfer 46
• Flammenwerfer 35
• Flammenwerfer 41
• Abwehrflammenwerfer 42

Machine guns

Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns

• Barnitzke machine gun
• FG 42 (assault rifle/light machine gun)
• Grossfuss Sturmgewehr (assault rifle/light machine gun)
• StG 44 (assault rifle/light machine gun)
  • Krummlauf
• StG 45(M) (assault rifle/light machine gun)
• Light machine gun Knorr-Bremse 1935/36
• MG 08
• MG 13
• MG 15 (former aircraft gun)
• MG 17 machine gun
• MG 30
• MG 34
• MG 42
• MG 45
• MG39 Rh
• Schwarzlose MG M.07/12
• VMG 1927
• ZB vz. 26
• ZB vz. 30
• ZB-53

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns

• MG 17 machine gun
• MG 81 machine gun
• MG 151 cannon
• Mauser MG 213
• MG FF cannon
• MK 101 cannon
• MK 103 cannon
• MK 108 cannon
• MK 112 (55mm aircraft cannon)
• MG 131 machine gun
• BK 37 (37mm aircraft cannon)
• BK 5 cannon (50mm aircraft cannon)

Artillery

Infantry mortars

• Krieghoff Model L
• 5 cm Granatwerfer 36
  • 5 cm Granatwerfer 19 (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 & rocket launchers

• 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40
• 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (multiple-rocket launcher)
• 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)
• 30 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (multiple-rocket launcher)
• 30 cm Raketenwerfer 56 (multiple-rocket launcher)
• 8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer (copy of Russian Katyusha rocket launcher)
• Panzerwerfer (self-propelled multiple-rocket launcher with HEAT warheads)
  • Panzerwerfer 42 (also known as 15 cm Do-Gerat 42)
• 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 WWII
• 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
• 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 gun)
• 10.5 cm leFH 18/40
• 10.5 cm leFH 18/42 (developed but not accepted by army)
• 10.5 cm leFH 43 (development incomplete by end of WWII)
• 10.5 cm leFH 18M
• 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
• 24 cm Kanone 4 (prototype only)
• 24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E) (railroad gun)
  • 24 cm Theodor Kanone (E)
• 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 British
• 4.2 cm Pak 41
• 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))
• M-32 45 mm anti-tank gun - captured from Russian
• 5 cm Pak 38 (also known as PaK 97/38) - modernized French gun of 1897
• 7.5 cm Pak 39
• 7.5 cm Pak 40
• 7.5 cm Pak 41
• 7.5 cm Pak 97/38
• 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) (conversion of Russian 76 mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22))
• 8 cm PAW 600
  • Panzerwurfkanone 10H64
• Hammer (81.4mm rocket?)
• Panzertod (unclear if build)
• 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)

• Sturmpistole
• Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (PzB 35) - captured from Poland
• Panzerbüchse 39 (PzB 38/39)
  • Granatbüchse 39
• Panzerschreck (also known as Raketenpanzerbüchse 43/54)
• Solothurn S-18/1000
  • Solothurn S-18/1100

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 WWIII, 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
• 5 cm FlaK 41
• Schräge Musik - also sent to Japan
  • Jagdfaust - air-to-air vertical-fire automated cannon
  • SG 116
• 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)
• 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
• 12.8 cm FlaK 40 twin mount

Vehicles

Nazi Germany has 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

• 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)
• SdKfz 140/1 Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) mit 2 cm KwK 38
• SdKfz 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 (Jagdpanzer Krokodil)

Self-propelled guns

Tank-based

• Flakpanzer I
• Flakpanzer 38(t)
• Möbelwagen
• Wirbelwind
• Ostwind
• Flakpanzer IV mit 3 cm FlaK Vierling (official designator for Zerstörer 45)
• Kugelblitz
• Flakpanzer Coelian (dual 5.5 cm autocannons)
• Marder I
• Panzerjäger I
• Sturmpanzer I (Bison)
• 15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf)
• 7.62 cm PaK 36(r) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. D/E (Sd.Kfz. 132)
• Marder II (LaS 762)
• 5 cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II
• Wespe
• SdKfz 138 Marder III
• SdKfz 139 Marder III
• SdKfz 138/1 Grille (artillery)
• Jagdpanzer 38(t) (Hetzer)
• Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B
• Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III or StuH 42)
• Jagdpanzer IV
• Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV)
• Panzer IV/70 - Panzer IV-based SPG armed with 75mm gun from Panther tank
• Brummbär (also known as Sturmpanzer, Sturmpanzer 43 or Sd.Kfz. 166)
• Heuschrecke 10 (also known as "Waffenträger Geschützwagen IV")
• 10.5 cm K (gp.Sfl.) (Dicker Max)
• Hummel (artillery)
• Nashorn (Hornisse)
• Sturer Emil (2 built)
• Jagdpanther (SdKfz 173)
• Sturmtiger
• Elefant (also known as SdKfz 184 or Ferdinand)
• Jagdtiger (SdKfz 186)

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

• Panzerspähwagen Kfz 13
• SdKfz 221
• SdKfz 222
• SdKfz 223
• SdKfz 231 (see also Schwerer Panzerspähwagen armored cars family)
• SdKfz 232
• SdKfz 233
• SdKfz 234 (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)
• SdKfz 260 (light armored radio car)
• SdKfz 261 (light armored radio car)
• SdKfz 263 (heavy armored radio car)
• Panzerwagen ADGZ
• M39 Pantserwagen (captured from Dutch)
• Panhard 178 (captured from French)

Armored carriers

• SdKfz 3 (early) - unarmed personnel carrier of 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

• Opel Blitz (also Maultier (late SdKfz 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
• SdKfz 4 half-track
• Ford B3000 S, V3000S, V3000A
• Ford model BB
• Ford model V8-51
• Tatra 111

Passenger cars

• VW Type 82 (also known as Volkswagen Kübelwagen)
• VW Type 166 (also known as Volkswagen Schwimmwagen) - amphibious car
• Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht
• SdKfz 15
• BMW 325
• Horch 901
• Mercedes-Benz W 133 III
• Mercedes-Benz W 139
• Mercedes-Benz W 152
• Mercedes-Benz W31
• Tatra V 809
• Trippel SG 6 amphibious car
• Volkswagen Kübelwagen

Motorcycles

• BMW R75
  • Wehrmachtsgespann
• Zündapp KS 750
• BMW R 17
• BMW R 71
• Zündapp DB / DBK
• Zündapp KS 600
• Zündapp K 800
• NSU
• DKW NZ 350
• Nimbus (motorcycle) - Denmark-built

Tractors & prime movers

• Landwasserschlepper (also known as Land-Wasser-Schlepper) amphibious tractor
• Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper, also AA and multiple-rocket launcher versions do exist.
• SdKfz 2 (HK 101) - lightest German tractor of WWII (half-track and motorcycle hybrid)
• SdKfz 6 half-track
• SdKfz 7 half-track
• SdKfz 8 half-track
• SdKfz 9 half-track
• SdKfz 10 light half-track
• Sd.Kfz. 11 half-track
• Bergepanzer III (recovery vehicle on Panzer III chassis)
• Bergepanzer IV (recovery vehicle on Panzer IV chassis)
• Bergepanther (recovery vechicle on Panther chassis)
• SdKfz 254 tracked artillery tractor
• Raupenschlepper, Ost (also known as RSO) - advanced tracked tractor
• Saurer RR-7

Miscellaneous vehicles

• Army trailer
• Infantry trailers
• Infantry cart IF8
• Meillerwagen - V-2 rocket transporter
• Trailer attachment hook
• Railroad destroyer

Navy ships and war vessels

Main article: List of Kriegsmarine ships

• Siebel ferry - main Vermacht landing craft

Aircraft

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

Secret weapons

Main article: Wunderwaffe

• V-1 flying bomb
• V-2

Radars

• Freya radar
• Egon
• Würzburg radar
• FuG 25a Erstling
• Seetakt radar
• Flensburg radar detector

Missiles & bombs

• R4M (AA/AT rocket)
• Werfer-Granate 21 (air-to-air rocket)
• Blohm&Voss L10 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)
• SD 4 HL anti-armour cluster bomb
• High explosive bombs
  • 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
• Shrapnel bombs
  • 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
• Armor-piercing bombs
  • PC 500 'Pauline'
  • PC 1000 'Pol'
  • PC 1600
• PC 1800 RS 'Panther'

Cartridges and shells

• Panzergranate 39

See also

• List of World War II firearms of Germany