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V-1 flying bomb V-2 missile V-3 cannon. V-weapons, known in original German as Vergeltungswaffen (German pronunciation: [fɐˈgɛltʊŋsˌvafṇ], German: "retaliatory weapons", "reprisal weapons"), were a particular set of long-range artillery weapons designed for strategic bombing during World War II, particularly strategic bombing and aerial bombing of cities.
Typical Rüstsätze kits would include extra cannon or machine gun armament, most often mounted in underwing gun pods, bomb and drop tank fittings, extra armor, fuel, and various electrical system upgrades. The kits were numbered R1, R2, R3 and so forth. Some of these upgrades would become almost standard on certain fighters.
Standard heavy machine gun for the German Army (Bundeswehr designation "Maschinengewehr Kaliber .50"). Used mostly as vehicle armament, for example on the LIV (SO) Serval. Nexter P20 France: Automatic cannon: 20×102mm [43] Used with the Defenture VECTOR by the special forces , on the AGF Serval. [44] Shotguns Remington Model 870 ...
Artillery Gun Module, developed in house by KMW. [28] ATI, collaboration between Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems [29]. The Artillery Triuck Interface is made of: A truck Rheinmetall / MAN HX3 (10x10). A turret designed by Elbit uses an auto-loader and a proprietary Elbit FCS. A 155/L52 Rheinmetall gun, or a 155/L60 gun which is in development.
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.
Knock-down test of a 109 mph (175 km/h; 49 m/s) vortex ring gun. The vortex ring gun is an experimental non-lethal weapon for crowd control that uses high-energy vortex rings of gas to knock down people or spray them with marking ink or other chemicals. The concept was explored by the US Army starting in 1998, and by some commercial firms.
Remains of V-3 in Zalesie near Misdroy, Wolin Island, Poland (2008). The V-3 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 3, lit. 'Vengeance Weapon 3') was a German World War II large-caliber gun working on the multi-charge principle whereby secondary propellant charges are fired to add velocity to a projectile.
MG FF cannon - German 20mm aircraft cannon during early World War II. Developed from the Swiss Oerlikon FF. 2 cm KwK 30 - variant for armored cars and light tanks, slightly shortened barrel; 20 mm Polsten - Equivalent British 20mm anti-aircraft gun, developed from a Polish design which was, in turn, derived from a version of the Swiss Oerlikon.