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Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-15090-3 .
Lists of military equipment used by Germany, both current and former equipment of the German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, West Germany/East Germany, and modern-day Germany. By type [ edit ]
West Germany: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO [37] The MG3 is a further development of the MG42 from the Second World War and is still used in the Bundeswehr today. Since production already ended in the 1970s, it is currently planned to have several thousand new cases milled.
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.
West Germany was formed as a result of the division of germany after World War II. As part of the Western Bloc West Germany was a member of NATO and an important part of the alliance. Especially so since any conflict with the Soviet Union was most likely going to start in West Germany itself or on its border with East Germany.
The Gewehr 88 was the first rifle adopted by Germany that used Smokeless powder. Gewehr 98: Mauser-Werke various others 7.92×57mm Mauser: Wehrmacht Waffen-SS Volkssturm: Standard German infantry rifle of World War I. Saw limited use in World War II, including issue to Adolf Hitler's SS bodyguard unit. - Gewehr 98 Sniper Rifle: Mauser-Werke ...
This category is for articles about weapons developed by West Germany that entered service during the Cold War. Note: Vehicles are not normally categorized as weapons - vehicles can be found at Category:Military vehicles of Germany.
Before the war began the German armed forces Heereswaffenamt compiled a list of known foreign equipment and assigned a unique number to each weapon. These weapons were called Fremdgerät or Beutegerät ("foreign device" or "captured device") and their technical details were recorded in a fourteen-volume set that was periodically updated.