List of British military equipment of World War II

The following is a lists of British military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. This also would largely apply to Commonwealth of Nations countries in World War II like Australia, India and South Africa as the vast majority of their equipment will have been British as they were at that time part of the British Empire .

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Uniforms/protective equipment
Two British soldiers in battledress with 1937 webbing wearing "Brodie" helmet

Knives and bayonets

Weapons

Vehicles

Aircraft

Radar

Missiles and bombs

Aerial bombs
British aerial bombs: 2000lb, 4000lb and 12000lb blockbusters, 1000lb and 500lb GP bombs

Cartridges and shells
.303 British cartridge for British rifles and machine guns

See also


References
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  2. Dunstan, Simon (1984). Flak jackets : 20th Century Military Body Armour. Volstad, Ron. London: Osprey. ISBN 0-85045-569-3. OCLC 12519792.
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  4. "Green Beret". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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  7. "Beret, Royal Tank Regiment". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  8. "British soldiers in France in 1939(in WW2) wearing service dress".
  9. Jewell, Brian (1981). British Battledress, 1937-61. Men At Arms. illustrated by Mike Chappell. London: Osprey. ISBN 0-85045-387-9. OCLC 9732793.
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