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This article lists equipment, weapons and vehicles formerly used by the New Zealand Army.
Infantry equipment[]
Uniforms[]
Camouflage patterns[]
Name | Origin | Image | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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ERDL | United States | ![]() |
1968 | 1980 | |
Tigerstripe | ![]() |
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DPM | ![]() |
1980 | 1997 | ||
NZDPM | ![]() |
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1997 | 2013 | |
NZDDPM | ![]() |
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2003 | 2013 | |
MultiCam | United States | ![]() |
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NZMCU | ![]() |
2013 | 2019 |
Small arms[]
Rifles and Carbines[]
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Calibre | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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Paget’s Carbine | Pattern 1827 | 1840 | |||||
Lovell’s Carbine | Pattern 1844 | 1844 | |||||
Pattern 1853 Enfield | ![]() |
Pattern 1853 | 1858 | 1885 | [1][2] | ||
Pattern 1853 Carbine | 1858 | 1885 | |||||
Pattern 1856 | 1858 | 1885 | [3] | ||||
Constabulary carbine | Pattern 1840 | 1858 | |||||
Lancaster Royal Engineers carbine | Pattern 1855 | 1858 | |||||
Westley-Richards carbine | Monkey Tail | 1861 | |||||
Terry | ![]() |
Pattern 1861 Carbine | 1861 | 1881 | [1] | ||
Pattern 1861 | 1863 | 1867 | |||||
Colt Model 1855 revolving carbine | United States |
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Model 1855 | 1864 | |||
Hay Rifle | Pattern 1858 | 1865 | 1885 | [1] | |||
M1854 Sharps rifle | United States | ![]() |
M1854 | 1865 | |||
Snider-Enfield | Pattern 1866 | .577 Snider | 1868 | 1907 | [1][4][5] | ||
Pattern 1867 | 1868 | 1907 | [1][4][5] | ||||
Pattern 1872 Constabulary Carbine | 1872 | 1907 | [1][4][5] | ||||
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Pattern 1869 Cavalry Carbine | 1875 | 1907 | [1][4][5] | |||
Pattern 1869 Artillery Carbine | 1875 | 1907 | |||||
Pattern 1880 Yeomanry Carbine | 1880 | 1907 | [1][4][5] | ||||
Hay-Snider | Pattern 1869 | 1869 | 1907 | [1] | |||
M1885 Remington–Lee | United States | M1885 | .43 Spanish | 1887 | 1888 | [1][5] | |
Martini-Henry | ![]() |
Mk I | .577/450 Martini–Henry | 1890 | 1903 | [1][5] | |
MK I Artillery Carbine | |||||||
MK I Cavalry Carbine | |||||||
Mk II | [1][5] | ||||||
Mk III | [1][5] | ||||||
Mk IV | [1][5] | ||||||
Martini-Enfield | ![]() |
Mk I | .303 British | 1898 | 1946 | [1][6][5][7] | |
Mk I Artillery Carbine | 1898 | 1946 | |||||
Magazine Lee-Metford | ![]() |
Mk II | .303 British | 1900 | 1945 | [1][4][8][5][7] | |
Mk II* | |||||||
Magazine Lee-Enfield | ![]() |
Mk I | .303 British | 1900 | 1945 | [1][6][5][7] | |
Mk I* | |||||||
Mk I New Zealand Carbine | 1901 | 1903 | |||||
Mk I Cadet Rifle | .22 Long Rifle | 1914 | [1] | ||||
Martini Cadet rifle | ![]() |
.310 Cadet | 1902 | 1911 | [1] | ||
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | ![]() |
Mk I | .303 British | 1905 | [1][9] | ||
Mk I* | |||||||
Mk I*** | |||||||
Mk I .22 | .22 Long Rifle | 1913 | 1925 | [1] | |||
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No. 1 Mk III | .303 British | 1909 | 1955 | [1][4] | ||
No. 1 Mk III* | |||||||
No. 2 Mk IV* | .22 Long Rifle | 1924 | 1945 | [1] | |||
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No. 4 Mk I | .303 British | 1942 | 2009 | [1][4] | ||
No. 4 Mk I* | |||||||
No. 4 Mk II | |||||||
No. 8 Mk I | .22 Long Rifle | 1952 | 2009 | [1] | |||
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No. 5 Jungle Carbine | .303 British | 1955 | [1] | |||
M1904 Winchester Training rifle | United States | M1904 | .22 Long Rifle | 1910 | 1945 | [1] | |
Birmingham Small Arms Air rifle | Model D | 1911 | 1918 | [1] | |||
Pattern 1914 Enfield | ![]() |
No. 3 Mk I | .303 British | 1916 | 1960 | [1] | |
No. 3 Mk I* | |||||||
No. 3 Mk I*(T) | 1918 | 1960 | |||||
Ross rifle | ![]() |
Mk III | .303 British | 1916 | 1970 | [1] | |
MK IIIB | |||||||
Browning 22 Semi-Auto | United States | ![]() |
.22 Long Rifle | [1] | |||
Winchester Model 1895 | United States | ![]() |
M1895 | .303 British | [1] | ||
M1903 Springfield | United States | ![]() |
M1903 | .30-06 Springfield | 1942 | 1960 | [1] |
M1 carbine | United States | ![]() |
M1 | .30 Carbine | 1943 | [1] | |
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle | ![]() |
L1A1 | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960 | 1990 | [1][4][10] | |
M16 rifle | United States | ![]() |
M16A1 | 5.56x45mm NATO | [1] | ||
Parker Hale M82 sniper rifle | 7.62x51mm NATO | [1] | |||||
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare sniper rifle | ![]() |
[1] | |||||
Steyr AUG | ![]() |
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5.56x45mm NATO | 1988 | 2017 | [1][11] | |
Accuracy International AW50 precision rifle | [1] |
Pistols and revolvers[]
Shotguns[]
Submachine guns[]
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Calibre | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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M1928 Thompson | United States | ![]() |
M1928A1 | .45 Automatic Colt Pistol | 1940 | [12] | |
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M1 | 1943 | [12] | ||||
M1A1 | [12] | ||||||
Sten | ![]() |
Mk II | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1941 | [12] | ||
Mk III | 1943 | [12] | |||||
Owen | ![]() |
9×19mm Parabellum | [12] | ||||
M3 submachine gun | United States | ![]() |
M3 | .45 Automatic Colt Pistol | 1944 | 1953 | [12] |
M3A1 | |||||||
Lanchester | ![]() |
Mk I* | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1949 | 1972 | [12] | |
L2A3 Sterling | L2A3 | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1959 | 1989 | [12] | ||
L34A1 | 1989 | [12] |
Machine guns[]
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Calibre | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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Maxim | ![]() |
.577/450 Martini-Henry | 1896 | 1901 | [13] | ||
.303 British | 1901 | 1916 | [13] | ||||
Lewis | ![]() |
M1914 Lewis | .303 British | 1915 | 1960 | [13] | |
Vickers | Mk I | .303 British | 1916 | 1973 | [13] | ||
Mk I* | .303 British | 1916 | 1920 | [13] | |||
Mk III | .50 BMG | 1939 | 1945 | [13] | |||
Mk IV | .303 British | 1940 | 1942 | [13] | |||
Mk V | .50 BMG | 1939 | 1945 | [13] | |||
Mk VI | .303 British | 1940 | 1942 | [13] | |||
Mk VII | .303 British | 1940 | 1942 | [13] | |||
M1898 Hotchkiss | M1898 Hotchkiss | .303 British | 1900 | 1900 | [13] | ||
Pattern 1914 Hotchkiss | ![]() |
Pattern 1914 Mk I | .303 British | 1916 | 1945 | [13] | |
Vickers Gas Operated (Vickers K) | .303 British | 1939 | 1960 | [13] | |||
Bren | ![]() |
Mk I | .303 British | 1939 | 1983 | [13] | |
Mk II | .303 British | 1941 | 1983 | [13] | |||
L4A4 | 7.62×51mm NATO | 1973 | 1993 | [13] | |||
Besa | Mk I 15 mm | 1941 | 1942 | [13] | |||
Mk II 15 mm | [13] | ||||||
Mk III* 15 mm | [13] | ||||||
Mk I | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1941 | 1963 | [13] | |||
Mk II | [13] | ||||||
Mk III | [13] | ||||||
Charlton Automatic Rifle | ![]() |
.303 British | 1942 | 1945 | [14] | ||
M60 machine gun | United States | ![]() |
7.62×51mm NATO | 1965 |
Artillery[]
Vehicles[]
Tanks[]
Main article: Tanks of New Zealand
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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A7V | ![]() |
1918 | 1919 | German tank captured by the New Zealand Division | ||
Bob Semple tank | ![]() |
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1940 | 1942 | [15][16][17][18] | |
Schofield tank | ![]() |
1940 | 1943 | [15] | ||
Tank Light Mk VI, Vickers | ![]() |
Mk II Mk III Mk VI B | 1940 | 1941 | [15] | |
Tank Infantry Mark II, Matilda | ![]() |
Mk IV CS A 12 | 1941 | 1944 | [15] | |
Tank Infantry Mk III, Valentine | ![]() |
Mk II Mk III Mk V | 1941 | 1960 | [15] | |
Tank, Cruiser, Mk V, Covenanter | Bridgelayer | 1942 | c. 1950s | [19] | ||
M3 Stuart | United States | ![]() |
M3 M3A1 M3A3 | 1941 | 1970 | [15] |
M4 Sherman | United States | ![]() |
IB, IC, III, VC | 1943 | 1945 | [15][20] |
M4 Sherman Firefly | United States | ![]() |
1944 | 1945 | [15] | |
M10 Tank Destroyer | United States | ![]() |
1944 | 1945 | [21] | |
Centurion | ![]() |
Mk III Mk V | 1953 | 1968 | [15] | |
M41 Walker Bulldog | United States | ![]() |
M41A1 | 1960 | 1982 | [15] |
Reconnaissance vehicles[]
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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Car Light Reconnaissance, Canadian GM (R.A.C.), Otter | ![]() |
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Mk II | 1941 | 1944 | [15] |
M3 White Scout Car | ![]() |
M3A1 | 1941 | 1945 | [15] | |
Daimer Dingo | ![]() |
Mk II | 1942 | 1962 | [15] | |
Daimler Ferret | ![]() |
Mk I Mk II | 1956 | 1982 | [15][22] | |
FV101 Scorpion | ![]() |
CVR (T) | 1982 | 1998 | [15][23][22] |
Armoured vehicles[]
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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Universal Carrier | ![]() |
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No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 | 1939 | 1958 | [15] |
Armoured Car, Marmon-Herrington | ![]() |
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Mk II Mk III | 1941 | 1941 | [15] |
Armoured Car, Humber | ![]() |
Mk II Mk III | 1941 | 1942 | [15] | |
Car Armoured Light Standard, Beaverette | ![]() |
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Beaverette NZLP | 1942 | 1945 | [15] |
T17E1 Staghound | ![]() |
1943 | 1944 | [15] | ||
Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, New Zealand Pattern | ![]() |
1943 | 1957 | [15] | ||
Armoured Car, Daimler | ![]() |
Mk II | 1953 | 1960 | [15] | |
M113 Armored Personnel Carrier | ![]() |
M113A1 | 1970 | 2005 | [15][24][25][23][22] |
Utility and transport vehicles[]
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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Land Rover Series I | ![]() |
Series I 80" | 1951 | |||
Bedford RL | ![]() |
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1958 | 1989 | Built under licence in New Zealand. | |
Land Rover Series II | Series II 109" | 1959 | ||||
Series IIA 88" | 1965 | |||||
Series IIA 109" | 1965 | |||||
Land Rover 101 Forward Control | Series IIB 110" WB Forward Control | 1967 | ||||
Land Rover Series III Stage One | Series III 109" V8 | 1982 | ||||
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle | ![]() |
Borrowed U.S. vehicles in Afghanistan were used by the New Zealand Special Air Service.[26] |
See also[]
- List of equipment of the New Zealand Army
- List of individual weapons of the New Zealand Defence Force
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 "New Zealand Arms Register - Arms Register". http://www.armsregister.com/arms_register/rifles.html.
- ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/59105.
- ↑ "Loading... | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/49546.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "Firearms" (in en-GB). 2015-12-10. https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-themes/technology-and-weapons/firearms/.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 McKie, Robert (2021-11-21). "New Zealand Arms to Afghanistan" (in en-GB). https://rnzaoc.com/2021/11/22/20403/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Martini-Enfield 'Artillery' carbine" (in en). https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/martini-enfield-carbine.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "The New Zealand Carbine – The NZ Antique and Historical Arms Association" (in en-GB). http://www.antiquearms.org.nz/articles/the-new-zealand-carbine/.
- ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/49869.
- ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/57751.
- ↑ "L1A1 Self Loading Rifle | VietnamWar.govt.nz, New Zealand and the Vietnam War". https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/photo/l1a1-self-loading-rifle.
- ↑ "Hated army rifles unlikely to be sold" (in en-NZ). https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hated-army-assault-rifles-unlikely-to-be-sold/J2L4RWJOLSPG4MAY4KGDP575AY/.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 "New Zealand Arms Register - Arms Register". http://www.armsregister.com/arms_register/sub_machine_guns.html.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 "New Zealand Arms Register - Arms Register". http://www.armsregister.com/arms_register/machine_guns.html.
- ↑ "Charlton Automatic Rifle" (in en-US). 2012-10-09. https://www.forgottenweapons.com/light-machine-guns/charlton-automatic-rifle/.
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 15.17 15.18 15.19 15.20 15.21 15.22 "New Zealand Arms Register". http://www.armsregister.com/arms_register/armoured_fighting_vehicles.html.
- ↑ "New Zealand's Bob Semple Tank, Or is it a Tractor?" (in en-US). 2020-11-23. https://1964.co.nz/semple-tractor-new-zealand/.
- ↑ "New Zealand - Bob Semple Tank" (in en). https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/new-zealand---bob-semple-tank.html.
- ↑ "A Bob Semple tank crosses the Bridge of Remembrance during a defence parade through Christchurch : [26 Apr. 1941 - Christchurch City Libraries Heritage Photograph Collection"] (in en). https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/photos/disc5/img0034.asp.
- ↑ Cooke, Peter (2000). Defending New Zealand: Ramparts on the Sea 1840–1950s. Wellington, New Zealand: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. pp. 346, 363. ISBN 9780473089238.
- ↑ Plowman, Jeffrey; Thomas, Malcolm (2000). 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade in Italy. 1. pp. 22. ISBN 0473065347.
- ↑ "Infantry and M10 Training for Anti-Tankers | NZETC". https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Arti-c19-1.html.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 "Cambrai Day Parade - Queen Alexandra's Squadron Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps by Paul D. Handel". http://anzacsteel.hobbyvista.com/Armoured%20Vehicles/cambraidayph_1.htm.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "NZLAV - The Future NZ Army". October 23, 2003. https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0310/S00197.htm.
- ↑ "APC dedicated to former officer" (in en-NZ). https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/armoured-personnel-carrier-restored-ahead-of-hastings-anzac-parade/WFGAIHVB5NCHJPYEUNN275NYSI/.
- ↑ "Loading an APC in Vietnam" (in en). https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/loading-an-apc-in-vietnam.
- ↑ "NZ troops 'beg for, borrow or steal' decent gear – full interview" (in en). Newshub. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/syspages/--headline--.html.
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