List of Bulgarian military equipment of World War II

The following is a list of Bulgarian 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. Bulgaria was neutral country until 1 March 1941. Then it allied with Axis Powers until 9 September 1944 and then it aligned with allies for the rest of war.

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

 * Luger pistol (Parabellum pistol P08 from Germany)
 * Walther PP

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

 * ZK-383 (Czechoslovakia) - standard Bulgarian SMG
 * MP 34 (Austria)
 * MP 40 (Austria)
 * PPSh-41 Soviet Union

Rifles

 * Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
 * Karabiner 98k (Germany)
 * SVT-40 Soviet Union

Grenades and grenade launchers

 * Bulgarian defensive hand sick grenade
 * Bulgarian offensive hand stick grenade
 * Illegally produced grenades

Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns

 * MG 34 (Germany)
 * MG 08 (Germany)
 * MG 30 (Austria)

Infantry mortars

 * 8 cm Granatwerfer 34

Field artillery

 * SIG 33 (Germany)
 * Krupp 75mm field gun M.1904 (M04/12 modification)
 * Schneider-Canet 75mm field gun M. 1904
 * 10 cm schwere Kanone 18 (105mm D/56 Krupp "long gun") -36
 * 10 cm K 04 (ex-Turkish) -12 - most likely did not survive to WW2
 * 10 cm K 14 (ex-Romanian or left in Bulgaria by Germans after WWI) -12
 * 10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35 (60 captured by Germans from Yugoslavia, or directly Czech Vz.35 from Czech)
 * Skoda 75 mm Model 15 mountain gun
 * 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) - Captured by Germans in Soviet Union
 * Schneider-Canet 120mm field howitzer M. 1909
 * Rheinmetall 105mm L/30 gun-howitzers (early development versions of 10.5 cm leFH 18)
 * 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzers (166 bought in 1943)

Anti-tank guns

 * Bulgarian 37mm D/70 AT gun
 * German 5 cm Pak 38 AT gun

Anti-tank weapons (besides ant-tank guns)

 * Solothurn S-18/100 (Swiss)
 * Panzerschreck (Germany)
 * Panzerfaust (Germany)

Light anti-aircraft guns

 * Solothurn ST-5 (20mm gun, basis for 2cm Flak 30 development
 * 2cm Flak 30

Heavy anti-aircraft guns

 * 8.8 cm Flak 18

Tankettes

 * L3/33 Italian tankette - 8
 * Vickers Mk E British tankette - 8

Tanks

 * Renault R35 French light infantry tank - 39
 * Somua S-35 French cavalry tank - 6
 * Hotchkiss H35 French light tank - 19
 * Panzer 35(t) Czechoslovakian light tank - 36
 * Panzer 38(t) (TNH P-S) Czechoslovakian light tank - 10
 * Panzer I German light tank - 1 sold in 1937
 * Panzer IV German medium tank - 46[3] or 91[4]
 * T-34 Soviet Union Medium tank send after 9 September 1944

Tank-based

 * Semovente 47/32 Italian tank destroyer
 * Jagdpanzer IV German tank destroyer
 * Sturmgeschütz III German assault gun - 55 ordered, 25 delivered
 * Sturmgeschütz IV German assault gun

Armored cars

 * SdKfz.232 Schwerer Panzerspähwagen German armoured car

Trucks

 * Autocarro blindato Fiat 626 NM Italain truck - 100

Tractors & prime movers

 * Spa TL37 tractor

Navy ships and war vessels

 * WWI-era destroyers (4 at start of WWII)
 * Drazki-class patrol boat (5 remained at start of WW2)
 * ex-Dutch minesweepers or torpedo boats (6 captured by Germans)
 * rivercrafts (6 at beginning of WWII)

Aircraft

 * Bulgarian DAR 10 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only)
 * Czechoslovakia Avia B-534 fighters - 78[5]
 * Czechoslovakia Avia B-135 fighters
 * Poland PZL P.11 fighter — few
 * France Dewoitine D.520 fighter -100
 * Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB3/KB4 Chuchuliga II bomber
 * Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB5 Chuchuliga III bomber
 * Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB6 Papagal bomber
 * Bulgaria Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan army liaison monoplane
 * Germany Arado Ar 65 biplane fighter - 12
 * Germany Heinkel He-51 fighters - 12
 * Germany Messerschmitt Bf 108 communications aircraft
 * German Dornier Do 17M bomber -11
 * Germany Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter - 19 E-3s and 145 G-2/6/10s
 * Germany Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" - 12 Ju 87 R-2 and R-4s and 40 Ju 87 D-5s.[6]
 * Germany Junkers Ju 88 bomber — dozens delivered
 * Czechoslovakian Avia B-71 bombers (Czech-built Tupolev SB-2s) - 32
 * Soviet Union Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft - after 9 September 1944
 * Soviet Union Tupolev Tu-2 - after 9 September 1944