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Contents. M3 submachine gun. World War II–era Guide Lamp M3 submachine gun with 30-round magazine and other accessories. The Buffalo Arms bolt in this original M3 is dated January 1944. The M3 is an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted by the U.S. Army on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3. [ 12 ]
Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...
14.7 km (9.13 mi) The 3-inch gun M5 was an anti-tank gun developed in the United States during World War II. The gun combined a 3-inch (76.2 mm) barrel of the anti-aircraft gun T9 and elements of the 105 mm howitzer M2. The M5 was issued exclusively to the US Army tank destroyer battalions starting in 1943. It saw combat in the Italian Campaign ...
7.00 mi (11,270 m) The M101A1 (previously designated Howitzer M2A2 on Carriage M2A2) howitzer is an artillery piece developed and used by the United States. It was the standard U.S. light field howitzer in World War II and saw action in both the European and Pacific theaters and during the Korean War.
Fortress and siege guns 5-inch/51-caliber gun: 127 mm (5 in) Various United States: Was primarily used as a naval gun, however, also saw use as coastal defence and fortification 8-inch gun M1888: 203 mm (8 in) Coastal defence and fortification United States: Saw little service in the war, was primarily used in World War I: 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun
List of World War II weapons of the United States; Captured US firearms in Axis use in World War II; List of World War II weapons of Yugoslavia; See also
The Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. . The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe as a replacement for the ...
Submachine guns. [edit] Thompson M1A1(Captured examples used by the Italian Army prior to 8 September 1943) Beretta M1938A & M1938/42[235] FNAB-43(Used by Italian Social Republic)[377] TZ-45(Last ditch weapon issued by the end of war to Republican forces)[378] OVP 1918(Limited use)[379][380] Rifles.