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List of Greek military equipment of World War II. This is a list of equipment of the Greek/ Hellenic Armed Forces during World War II. This list does not include weapons used by the Greek resistance during the occupation of Greece.
Made by the Greek vehicle manufacturer ELBO, includes 90 upgraded Leonidas I. [33][68] 1,995. M113A1/1E. United States. 1,034 M113A1, 313 M113A1G (German variant of the M113A1) and 648 M113A2. Most equipped with a M2 Browning heavy machine gun, a number will be an equipped with a GMG grenade launcher.
FN M1900. FN M1903. Colt M1907 Army Special. Mannlicher M1901. Chamelot-Delvigne M1873. Colt M1927 Official Police. Nagant M1895. Bergmann Bayard M1908.
The German invasion of Greece, also known as the Battle of Greece or Operation Marita (German: Unternehmen Marita[13]), were the attacks on Greece by Italy and Germany during World War II. The Italian invasion in October 1940, which is usually known as the Greco-Italian War, was followed by the German invasion in April 1941.
Anti-tank weapons. EVO M1984 Aris IV AT rocket launcher [28] (Greek made) Anti-aircraft weapons. EPTAE M1990 Aris AA missile launcher [29] (Greek made) EVO 30mm M1982 Artemis AA gun [30] (Greek made) Drones. EADS 3 Sigma Nearchos [31] (Greek made) EAV (HAI) Ε1-79 Pegasos I [32] (Greek made) Other vehicles. AEC Matador (British made gun carrier)
The 19th Mechanized Division (Greek: 19η[a] Μηχανοκίνητη Μεραρχία) was a mechanized infantry division of the Hellenic Army, established on 15 January 1941. Its formation was not completed until late March. Its nucleus was the pre-war Mechanized Cavalry Regiment, augmented with captured Italian tankettes and cars ...
The Battle of Crete (German: Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta, Greek: Μάχη της Κρήτης), codenamed Operation Mercury (German: Unternehmen Merkur), was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island of Crete. It began on the morning of 20 May 1941, with multiple German airborne landings on Crete.
The Leopard 2 is a third generation German main battle tank (MBT). Developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s, the tank entered service in 1979 and replaced the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West German army. Various iterations of the Leopard 2 continue to be operated by the armed forces of Germany, as well as 13 other European ...