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This is a list of weapons which were in mainstream use during WWII.

Flag of Albania Albania[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Assault rifles

Machine Guns

Flag of Argentina Argentina[]

Handguns

Rifles

Sub Machine Guns

Machine Guns

Flag of Australia Australia[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Anti-Tank Weapons

Grenades

Flag of Austria Austria[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium[]

Handguns

Rifles

Machine Guns

Flag of Brazil Brazil[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 Canada[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Anti-tank weapons

Knives

Taiwan Republic of China[]

List of National Revolutionary Army weapons, including Chinese warlords and Communists.

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine guns

Assault rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

  • Browning M1919 Medium Machine Gun (Provided by the U.S. through Lend Lease)
  • MG34 (Chinese copy)

Heavy machine guns'

  • Chinese Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun (Chinese copy of MG 08)
  • Chinese Type 30 Heavy Machine Gun (locally produced copies of Browning M1917 chambered for 7.92mm Mauser rounds)[1]
  • PM M1910

Anti-tank weapons

Grenades

Close quarters weapons

Flag of Colombia Colombia[]

Handguns

Light Machine guns

Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia[]

Handguns

Rifles

Sub Machine Guns

Machine Guns

Flag of Denmark Denmark[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine Guns

Anti-tank weapons

  • Madsen 20mm
  • 37 mm Fodfolkskanon m1937 ( Danish Bofors 37 mm )

Hand Grenades

  • Danish M.1923

Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic[]

Handguns

Rifles Cristóbal Carbine Submachine guns

  • M1A1 Thompson

Flag of Estonia Estonia[]

Handguns

Rifles

Machineguns

Submachine guns

Flag of Finland Finland[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Anti-tank weapons

Grenades

Anti-aircraft weapons

France France[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Anti-Tank Weapons

Grenades

Flag of German Reich (1935–1945) Nazi Germany[]

Pistols

Rifles

SubMachine Guns

Machine guns

Assault rifles

Sniper rifles

Shotguns

Anti-tank weapons

Flamethrowers

Grenades

Close quarter weapons

Mortars or Granatwerfer

Hungary Hungary[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Anti-tank Weapons

Grenades

  • L-28M Goldmann
  • 31M Vesiczky
  • 36M Vécsey
  • 37M Demeter
  • 42M Vecsey
  • 43M smoke grenade
  • Lila füstgyertya

Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned Kingdom of Italy[]

Pistols

Sub-Machine Guns

Rifles

Machine Guns

Mortars

Anti-tank Weapons

Hand Grenades

  • Bomba a Mano mod.35
  • Bomba a Mano mod.42

Empire of Japan Empire of Japan[]

Pistols

Rifles

Sub-Machine guns

Anti-tank Weapons

Machine Guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

  • Type 93 / Type 100

Grenade Dischargers

Swords

Flag of Latvia Latvia[]

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machineguns

Flag of Lithuania Lithuania[]

Handguns

Rifles

Machineguns

Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg[]

Rifles

Machineguns

Flag of the Netherlands The Netherlands[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

  • MP 28
  • Thompson M1928 (By the KNIL)

Machine Guns

Anti-Tank Weapons

Flag of New Zealand New Zealand[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Anti-tank Weapons

Grenades

Flag of Norway Norway[]

Handguns

Rifles

  • Krag-Jørgensen
  • M1917 Enfield (Parachuted to the resistance movement as Military aid)
  • Pattern 1914 Enfield (Parachuted to the resistance movement as Military aid)
  • Lee-Enfield (Parachuted to the resistance movement as military aid)
  • Karabiner 98k (Captured from German forces, used by the Resistance)
  • M1 Carbine (Parachuted to the Resistance movement)
  • AG-42 (Supplied to resistance movement by Sweden)
  • Mosin-Nagant (Smuggled from Finland & USSR, used by resistance in the North)
  • Mas36 (Leftover from French forces after the battle of Narvik, used by the resistance)

Submachine Guns

  • Sten (Used by the post Norwegian Campaign resistance, not the army.)
  • MP40 (Captured from German forces, used by resistance)
  • Thompson M1928A1 (Parachuted to the resistance movement as military aid)

Machine Guns

Flag of Mexico Mexico[]

Handguns

Rifles

Assault Rifles

Sub Machine Guns

Machineguns

Sniper Rifles

Flag of Mongolia Mongolia[]

Rifles

Submachineguns

Machineguns

Poland Poland[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine gun

Machine Guns

Anti-Tank Weapons

Grenades

  • Fragmentation Grenade wz.1933
  • Concussion Grenade wz.1933

Flamethrower

Grenade launcher

Close quarter Weapons

Romania Romania[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 South Africa[]

Pistols

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine Guns

Anti-Tank Weapons

Mortars

Flag of Thailand Thailand[]

Handguns

Rifles

Submachine Guns

Machine Guns

Anti-tank Weapons

Grenades

Grenade Dischargers

Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom[]

Pistols
Rifles
Sub-machine guns
Machine guns
Anti-tank Weapons
Grenades
Mortars
Flamethrowers
Sniper rifles
Knives

United States[]

Pistols

Rifles

Assault rifles

Sub-machine guns

Machine guns

Sniper rifles

Shotguns (Commonly used by the Marines in the Pacific theater, limited use in Europe)

Anti-tank weapons

Flamethrowers

Grenades

Grenade launcher

Mortars

Knives

Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia[]

Handguns

Rifles

Close quarter weapons

Submachine Guns

Assault rifles

  • Stg 44

Machineguns

Grenades

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union[]

Pistols

Shotguns

  • IZH-43

Sub-Machine Guns

Assault Rifles

Rifles

Machine Guns

Grenades

Knives

References[]

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