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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 ...
M1941 Johnson machine gun.30-06 Springfield Light machine gun United States: Browning M2HB (.50 BMG) .50 BMG: Heavy machine gun United States: Bren light machine gun.303 British: Light machine Gun United Kingdom.30 AN/M2 "Stinger" field modification: 7.62 mm caliber: Machine gun United States: Used by the USMC Only Vehicle and aircraft machine ...
The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew-served, belt-fed, water-cooled machine gun that served alongside the much lighter air-cooled Browning M1919 .
The increasing American involvement in Vietnam created a demand for small arms, especially the new M60 machine gun. The Navy had surplus machine guns left over from World War 2 and Korea, but they were chambered for the earlier .30-06 Springfield cartridge rather than the new standard 7.62mm NATO cartridge.
M1917 Browning machine gun; M1918 Browning automatic rifle; M1919 Browning machine gun; M1941 Johnson machine gun; Madsen machine gun; Maxim M/32-33; Maxim–Tokarev; MG 08; MG 13; MG 15; MG 17 machine gun; MG 30; MG 34; MG 42; MG 45; MG 131 machine gun; MG 151 cannon; Mitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm
Chauchat M1915 (5000 Machine guns donated by France. They were not issued during Winter War as arrived in January-February of 1940. Mostly issued to Finnish home front units, field artillery and some shortly equipped infantry units during early Continuation War.) Lewis machine gun (Small number used on aircraft and as anti-aircraft machine gun ...
M60 machine gun; M73 machine gun; M85 machine gun; M134 Minigun; M240 machine gun; M242 Bushmaster; M249 light machine gun; M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun; M1917 Browning machine gun; M1918 Browning automatic rifle; M1919 Browning machine gun; M1921 Browning machine gun; M1941 Johnson machine gun; Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system; Mk 48 ...
The United Defense M42, sometimes known as the Marlin for the company that did the actual manufacturing, was an American submachine gun used during World War II.It was produced from 1942 to 1943 by United Defense Supply Corp. for possible issue as a replacement for the Thompson submachine gun and was used by Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents. [1]