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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.
After the Italian armistice in 1943, German military forces entered Albania and it came under German occupation. Albanian troops were mostly equipped by Italians, and Albanian partisans used weapons from various sources.
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.
List of German divisions in World War II. This article lists divisions of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) and Waffen-SS active during World War II, including divisions of the Heer (army), Luftwaffe (air force), and the Kriegsmarine (navy). Upgrades and reorganizations are shown only to identify the variant names for what is notionally a ...
German infantry weapons in the Askifou War Museum, Crete. Lists of World War II military equipment are lists of military equipment in use during World War II (1939–1945). They include lists of aircraft, ships, vehicles, weapons, personal equipment, uniforms, and other equipment. There are aggregated military equipment lists by country, and ...
Anti-Tank Weapons. Panzerbüchse (German: "anti-tank rifles") Panzerbüchse 35 (polnisch) (PzB 35 (p)) - a captured Polish Kb ppanc wz.35 anti-tank rifle. Panzerbüchse 38 anti-tank rifle. Panzerbüchse 39 anti-tank rifle. Panzerbüchse Boyes - a captured British Boys 0.55 Anti-tank rifle. Rocket weapons.
2-3 rounds per minute. Muzzle velocity. 240 m/s (790 ft/s) (HE) Effective firing range. 4,700 m (5,100 yd) Sights. Rblf36. The 15 cm sIG 33 (schweres Infanterie Geschütz 33, lit. "heavy infantry gun") was the standard German heavy infantry gun used during Second World War. It was the largest weapon ever classified as an infantry gun by any nation.
Panzergrenadier (pronunciation ⓘ), abbreviated as PzG (WWII) or PzGren (modern), meaning "Armour"-ed fighting vehicle "Grenadier", is the German term for the military doctrine of mechanized infantry units in armoured forces who specialize in fighting from and in conjunction with infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) – that is, armoured troop carriers designed to carry a mechanized squad of six ...