List of infantry weapons of World War I

The Allies of World War I, sometimes referred to as the Entante Powers (from Triple Entente), were the countries at war with the Central Powers during World War I. The main allies were France, the Russian Empire, the British Empire, Italy and the United States. France, Russia, the United Kingdom (and, by default, its empire), entered World War I in 1914, as a result of their Triple Entente alliance. Many other countries later joined the Allied side in the war.

Here is a complete list:

Allied states:

Belgium (including Belgian colonial forces),

British Empire: Australia, British crown colonies, Canada, India, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland

France (including French colonial forces),

Kingdom of Greece (May 1917 and after),

Kingdom of Italy (April 1915 and after),

Empire of Japan,

Kingdom of Montenegro,

Portugal (March 1916 and after) (including Portuguese colonial forces),

Kingdom of Romania (August 1916-May 1918),

Russian Empire (until November 1917),

Kingdom of Serbia,

United States of America (April 1917 and after),

Albania,

Andorra,

Armenia (May 1918 and after),

Bolivia (April 1917 and after),

Brazil (October 1917 and after),

China (August 1917 and after),

Costa Rica (May 1918 and after),

Cuba (April 1917 and after),

Czechoslovakia,

Ecuador (December 1917 and after),

Guatemala (April 1918 and after),

Liberia (August 1917 and after),

Haiti (July 1918 and after),

Honduras (July 1918 and after),

Nicaragua (May 1918 and after),

Panama (December 1917 and after),

Peru (October 1917 and after),

San Marino (June 1915 and after),

Siam (July 1917 and after),

Uruguay (October 1917 and after),

Central Powers:

Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria, Hungary, and parts of the Balkan states, Bosnia, Hertzegovnia, Croatia, part of Montenegro, and others),

Bulgaria,

German Empire (Germany and its states, as well as member states and colonies of its empire in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.),

Ottoman Empire (Turkey and its empire),

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

Austria-Hungary
Handguns


 * M1870 Gasser
 * Rast-Gasser M1898
 * Roth-Steyr M1907
 * Steyr Mannlicher M1894
 * Steyr Mannlicher M1901
 * Steyr M1912
 * Dreyse M1907
 * Frommer Stop
 * Mauser C96

Rifles


 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1888 and M1888/1890
 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
 * Mannlicher-Schönauer
 * Mondragón rifle
 * M1867 Werndl-Holub
 * Lee-Enfield

Machine Guns


 * Salvator-Dormus M1893
 * Schwarzlose MG M.07/12
 * Skoda M1909 machine gun
 * MG 08
 * Madsen machine gun

Flamethrowers


 * Kleinflammenwerfer
 * Flammenwerfer M.16.

Mortars


 * 8 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15
 * 9 cm Minenwerfer M 14
 * 9 cm Minenwerfer M 17
 * 10.5 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15
 * 12 cm Minenwerfer M 15
 * 12 cm Luftminenwerfer M 16
 * 14 cm Minenwerfer M 15
 * 15 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15 M. E.

[[belgium|🇧🇪]] Kingdom of Belgium
Handguns


 * FN Browning M1903
 * FN Browning M1910
 * Nagant M1895
 * Bergmann-Bayard pistol
 * Ruby pistol
 * Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless

Rifles


 * Mauser Model 1889
 * Albini rifle (Force Publique)
 * M1870 Belgian Comblain

Machine Guns


 * Hotchkiss M1914
 * Hotchkiss M1909
 * Chauchat
 * Lewis Gun
 * M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun

Shotguns


 * Browning Auto-5 (Inactive Garde Civique)

[[undefined|British Empire]]
Handguns
 * Webley Revolver
 * Webley Self-Loading .455” Mark I (Royal Navy, since 1911, and later Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Flying Corps)
 * Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver
 * Enfield revolver
 * Colt M1911 (Royal Flying Corps and Royal Navy, Limited use)
 * Colt New Service
 * Smith & Wesson Model 10
 * Smith & Wesson M1917 revolver
 * Smith & Wesson Triple Lock
 * Lancaster pistol
 * Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
 * Mauser C96 (Private purchase by officers)

Rifles
 * Lee-Enfield
 * Lee-Metford
 * Pattern 1914 Enfield
 * Martini-Enfield
 * Martini-Henry
 * Ross rifle (Canadian units)
 * Winchester Model 1894 (Royal Flying Corps, Limited use)
 * Winchester Model 1895
 * Winchester Model 1907
 * Type 30 rifle
 * Type 38 rifle
 * Type 38 cavalry rifle
 * Mauser-Vergueiro
 * Farquhar-Hill rifle (Field trials only)
 * Huot Automatic Rifle (Field trials only)
 * Periscope rifle

'''Machine Guns
 * Vickers machine gun
 * Maxim gun
 * Lewis Gun
 * Hotchkiss Mark I
 * M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun (Canadian units)
 * M1917 Browning machine gun

Shotguns
 * Marlin Model 1894
 * Winchester Model 1887
 * Sawn-off shotgun (Used by British and ANZAC trench raiders, unsanctioned)

Anti-tank weapons


 * Elephant gun

Grenades
 * Grenade, No 1 Hales
 * Rifle grenades, 2, 3, 4 Hales
 * No.s 5, 23, 36 Mills
 * No. 6 Grenade
 * No.s 8, 9 Double Cylinder Jam Tin
 * No. 13 Battye
 * No. 15 Ball grenade
 * No. 27 Smoke Grenade
 * No. 34 Egg grenade

Mortars


 * 2 inch Medium Mortar
 * Newton 6 inch Mortar
 * Stokes Mortar
 * Livens Projector

Support Guns


 * Vickers-Crayford rocket gun

Swords
 * 1897 Pattern
 * 1908 and 1912 Pattern Cavalry Swords

Bayonets
 * M1907 bayonet


 * Knives
 * Kukri - used by Gurkha regiments

[[undefined|Kingdom of Bulgaria]]
Handguns


 * Nagant M1895
 * Luger P08
 * Smith & Wesson

Rifles


 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1888
 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1890
 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
 * Peabody-Martini
 * Berdan
 * Turkish Mauser rifles
 * Mauser M1880 and M1907
 * Mosin-Nagant
 * M1867 Russian Krnka

Machine guns


 * Maxim gun
 * Maschinengewehr 08

[[undefined|Empire of Japan]]
Handguns


 * Type 26 Revolver
 * Nambu Automatic Handgun

Rifles


 * Type 30
 * Type 38
 * Type 38 Carbine
 * Type 44 Carbine

Swords


 * Guntō

Bayonets


 * Type 30

[[france|🇫🇷]] French Republic
Handguns


 * Modèle 1892 revolver
 * MAS 1873 revolver
 * MAS 1874 revolver
 * Ruby pistol
 * Star Model 14
 * FN M1900
 * Colt M1911
 * Colt M1892
 * Savage Model 1907

Rifles


 * Lebel Model 1886 rifle
 * Berthier M1907-15 and M1916
 * Berthier carbine
 * Mannlicher Berthier
 * Fusil Automatique Modele 1917
 * Meunier rifle
 * Winchester Model 1907
 * Winchester Model 1910
 * Chassepot
 * Fusil Gras mle 1874

Machine Guns


 * St. Étienne Mle 1907
 * Hotchkiss M1909 Benet-Mercie machine gun
 * Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun
 * M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun
 * Chauchat

Submachine guns


 * Ribeyrolle 1918 automatic carbine

Anti-tank weapons


 * Puteaux SA 18

Grenades


 * F1 Grenade

Flamethrowers


 * Schilt
 * P3 and P4 Flamethrowers

Mortars


 * Mortier de 58 mm type 2

Support Guns


 * Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP

Knives


 * French Nail

[[undefined|German Empire]]
Pistols


 * M1879 Reichsrevolver
 * M1883 Reichsrevolver
 * Mauser Zig-Zag
 * Luger P08
 * Mauser C96
 * Beholla pistol
 * Dreyse M1907
 * Steyr M1912
 * Mauser 1910
 * Mauser 1914
 * Bergmann 1896
 * Bergmann-Bayard pistol
 * Schönberger-Laumann 1892
 * Schwarzlose Model 1908

Rifles


 * Gewehr 71/84
 * Gewehr 88
 * Gewehr 98
 * Mondragón rifle
 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Machine Guns


 * Maschinengewehr 08
 * Bergmann MG15 nA Gun
 * Madsen machine gun
 * Parabellum MG14
 * Parabellum MG17
 * Gast gun

Submachine guns


 * MP18

Anti-tank weapons


 * Elephant Gun
 * Mauser Anti-tank Rifle
 * MG 18 TuF

Grenades


 * Model 24 grenade

Mines


 * Flachmine 17

Flamethrowers


 * Kleinflammenwerfer
 * Grossflammenwerfer
 * Wechselapparat
 * Flammenwerfer M.16.

Mortars


 * 7.58 cm Minenwerfer


 * 9.15 cm leichte Minenwerfer System Lanz

Support Guns


 * 7.62 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/16.5


 * 7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/20


 * 7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/27

Swords
 * Imperial Artillery Sabre

[[undefined|Kingdom of Greece]]
Handguns


 * MAS 1873 revolver


 * MAS 1874 revolver


 * Steyr Mannlicher M1901


 * Ruby pistol


 * Nagant M1895

Rifles


 * Mannlicher-Schönauer


 * Berthier rifle


 * Lebel 1886


 * Various Turkish Mauser rifles


 * Gras rifle

Machine Guns


 * Schwazlose MG M.07/12


 * Chauchat

[[undefined|Kingdom of Italy]]
Pistols


 * Glisenti Model 1910


 * Bodeo Model 1889


 * Ruby pistol


 * Mauser C96

Rifles


 * Carcano


 * M1870 Italian Vetterli


 * Berthier rifle

Machine Guns


 * Villar-Perosa


 * Fiat-Revelli Modello 14


 * Perino Model 1908


 * St. Étienne Mle 1907


 * Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun


 * Chauchat


 * Gardner gun


 * Lewis gun


 * Vickers machine gun


 * M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun

Submachine Guns


 * Beretta Model 1918

[[undefined|Kingdom of Montenegro]]
Pistols


 * M1870 Gasser


 * Smith and Wesson Model 3

Rifles


 * Mosin-Nagant


 * Berdan Rifle

Machine Guns


 * Maxim gun

[[undefined|Ottoman Empire]]
Handguns


 * Smith & Wesson


 * FN Browning M1903


 * Mauser C96


 * Pistole Parabellum 1908

Rifles


 * Enfauser


 * Mauser Models 1887, 1889, 1890, 1893 and 1903


 * Gewehr 88 (Sent by Germany late in the war)


 * Gewehr 98 (Sent by Germany late in the war)


 * Peabody-Martini


 * Winchester M1866


 * Snider-Enfield

Machine Guns


 * Maxim gun


 * Maschinengewehr 08


 * Bergmann MG15 nA Gun

Flamethrowers


 * Kleinflammenwerfer (Supplied by Germany in small numbers)

[[portugal|🇵🇹]] Portuguese Republic
Pistol


 * Savage Pistol


 * Parabellum Pistol

Rifles


 * Mauser-Vergueiro


 * Lee-Enfield (Portuguese forces in the Western Front)


 * Kropatschek

Machine Guns


 * Vickers Machine Gun


 * Lewis Gun


 * Maxim-Vickers Gun

Mortars


 * Stokes Mortar

[[undefined|Kingdom of Romania]]
Sidearms


 * Steyr M1912

Rifles


 * Mosin-Nagant


 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1893


 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Machine Guns


 * Schwarzlose MG M.07/12

[[undefined|Russian Empire]]
Pistols


 * Nagant M1895


 * Mauser C96


 * Browning M1903


 * Luger P08


 * Smith & Wesson Model 3


 * Colt M1911

Rifles


 * Berdan rifle


 * Mosin-Nagant


 * Type 30 rifle


 * Type 38 Rifle (Northern front)


 * Type 38 cavalry rifle


 * Lebel 1886 (Caucasian front)


 * Fusil Gras mle 1874 (Supplied by France)


 * Chassepot (Supplied by France)


 * Kropatschek (Supplied by France)


 * Vetterli rifle


 * Fedorov Avtomat


 * Winchester Model 1895


 * Winchester Model 1907


 * Winchester Model 1910

Machine Guns


 * M1910 Maxim Gun


 * Maxim gun


 * Vickers machine gun


 * Lewis gun


 * Chauchat


 * Madsen machine gun


 * M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun

Shotguns


 * Double-barreled shotgun

Grenades


 * Model 1914 grenade

Mortars


 * 9 cm Mortar Type GR


 * Aasen mortar

Support Guns


 * 37 mm trench gun M1915

Swords


 * Shashka

[[undefined|United States of America]]
Handguns


 * Colt M1911


 * M1917 revolver


 * Smith & Wesson Model 10


 * Colt New Service


 * Colt M1892


 * Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (Used by the Navy)

Rifles


 * M1903 Springfield


 * M1892-99 Springfield


 * Model 1891 Mosin Nagant


 * M1917 Enfield


 * Lee-Enfield (AEF soldiers in Commonwealth units)


 * M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle


 * Winchester Model Lee 1895 (Used by the Navy)


 * Winchester Model 1895


 * Winchester Model 1907


 * Remington Model 8


 * Berthier rifle (AEF soldiers in French units)

Machine Guns


 * M1917 Browning Machine Gun


 * Chauchat


 * Lewis Gun


 * Hotchkiss M1909 Benet-Mercie machine gun


 * Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun


 * M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun


 * Vickers machine gun

Shotguns


 * Winchester M1897


 * Winchester M1912


 * Browning Auto-5


 * Remington Model 10


 * Winchester Model 1887

Grenades


 * F1 Grenade


 * Mk 1 grenade


 * Mk 2 grenade


 * Mills bomb

Mortars


 * Stokes Mortar


 * Livens Projector

Support Guns


 * Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP

Bayonets


 * M1905 bayonet


 * M1917 bayonet

Knives


 * Mark I trench knife

[[undefined|Kingdom of Serbia]]
Handguns


 * Nagant M1895

Rifle


 * Mosin-Nagant


 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1895


 * Berdan rifle


 * Serbian and Turkish Mauser rifles


 * Berthier rifle


 * Fusil Gras mle 1874

Machine Guns


 * Maxim Gun


 * Schwarzlose MG M.07/12


 * Chauchat

Grenades


 * Vasić M.12 model

Common trench raiding weapons

 * Trench raiding club
 * Trench knife
 * Pickaxe handle
 * Hatchet
 * Brass knuckles
 * Entrenching tool
 * Spade
 * Mace
 * Fascine knife
 * Billhook
 * Knife bayonet
 * Stiletto
 * Push dagger


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