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World War II saw rapid technological innovation in response to the needs of the various combatants. Many different weapons systems evolved as a result. Many different weapons systems evolved as a result.
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 ...
The following is a list of World War II German Firearms which includes German firearms, prototype firearms and captured foreign firearms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Deutsches Heer, the Volkssturm and other military armed forces in World War II.
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1918–1941) Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II; Chronology of the ...
Also used as a railway gun 12-inch gun M1895: 305 mm (12 in) Coastal artillery United States: 14-inch M1920 railway gun: 355.6 mm (14 in) Railway gun United States: 16-inch/50-caliber M1919 gun: 405 mm (16 in) Coastal artillery United States: Anti-tank guns 37 mm gun M3: 37 mm (1.45 in) Anti-tank gun United States: Ordnance QF 6-pounder: 57 mm ...
40mm Bofors guns in Greece 1940 QF 3.7 inch Heavy anti-aircraft gun set up for firing. QF 3-inch 20 cwt; Oerlikon 20 mm cannon-light anti-aircraft gun; 20 mm Polsten – lower cost development of Oerlikon; 40 mm Bofors; QF 3.7 inch AA gun; QF 4.5-inch Mark I to Mark V; QF 5.25-inch gun; Z Battery; Unrotated Projectile, including "fast aerial ...
The 5 cm Pak 38 (L/60) (5 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 38 (L/60)) was a German anti-tank gun of 50 mm calibre.It was developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG as a successor to the 3.7 cm Pak 36, and was in turn followed by the 7.5 cm Pak 40.