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This is a list of Imperial German infantry regiments [1] before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 217 regiments of infantry (plus the instruction unit, Lehr Infantry Battalion). Some of these regiments had a history stretching back to the 17th Century, while others were only formed as late as October 1912. [2]
After World War II the Spanish state arms company CETME (founded 1949) employed the German arms designer Ludwig Vorgrimler. Vorgrimler had worked for Mauser before and during the war, and was the designer of the experimental German assault rifle known as "Gerät 06" or Stg.45(M). The design evolved into the CETME rifle, later adopted in 1958 by ...
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.
Combat service and support regiments under division HQ One of the divisions in a corps area usually also managed the corps Landwehr region ( Landwehrbezirk ). In 1914, besides the Guard Corps (two Guard divisions and a Guard cavalry division), there were 42 regular divisions in the Prussian Army (including four Saxon divisions and two ...
This is a list of Imperial German artillery regiments [1] before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 100 regiments of Field artillery (plus the Lehr instruction unit) and 24 regiments of Foot artillery (plus another Lehr instruction unit) who operated the heavier pieces. Some of these regiments had a history ...
Denmark: some converted as training rifles post-WWII [47] Ethiopia: acquired during the interwar period [48] France: some Kar 98a after WW1, [49] Kar 98b after WW2. [39] German Empire: [50] Standard issue rifle. Weimar Republic: [33] Kar98a and Kar98b versions, in compliance to restrictions set by the Treaty of Versailles.
Mauser M1915 and M1916 Selbstlader (semi-automatic rifle) Mondragón M1908 (semi-automatic rifle) Reichsrevolver M1879 and M1883; Schwarzlose M1908 (semi-automatic pistol) Seitengewehr 84/98 III (bayonet) Seitengewehr 98/05 (bayonet) Steyr M1912 (semi-automatic pistol) Walther 4 [citation needed] (semi-automatic gun, also known as vest gun ...
The Tankgewehr M1918 (transl. Tankgun), also known as the Mauser 13mm anti-tank rifle and T-Gewehr in English, [2] [3] is a German anti-tank rifle [4] —the first rifle designed for the sole purpose of destroying armored targets—and the only anti-tank rifle to see service in World War I. Approximately 16,900 were produced.