List of Bulgarian military equipment of World War II

• Mannlicher bayonet-knives - mod. 1888,[1] mod. 1890[2] and mod. 1895.[3] NCO versions also existed.[4] Modified versions from trophy rifles in World War I to fit Mannlicher rifles also were used.[5] Some were made into field (trench) knives, used by officers and NCOs instead of sabres in the trenches.[6]
• Mosin-Nagant Bayonet mod. 1891[7] - 68 377 Mosin-Nagant with bayonets and 5 948 Mosin-Nagant without bayonets are listed in Bulgarian army inventory of 11.1938.[8]
• S84/98 III bayonet[9] - also the Polish(bayonet wz.29),[10] Czechoslovak(bayonet vz. 24)[11] and Yugoslav(bayonet mod. 1924)[12] variations. The Czech variation could be used on the Zk-383 sub-machine gun as well.[13]
• Combat knife mod. 1942 - used in reconnaissance units. Introduced in 1942–1943 in limited quantities.[14]
• Fallschirmjägermesser - used by the Bulgarian Paratroopers (1943-1944).[15]

On 01.12.1939 the Bulgarian army had 18 256 sabres and 1 059 field knives.[16]

• NCO Sabre mod. 1927[17] - 3 361 available at 01.01.1944 2 964 by 01.01.1945, 2 868 by 01.01.1946[18]
• Guards Sabre[19] - Mod. 1909 for Officers and Mod. 1903/1924/1936 for the troopers in the Guards Cavalry Regiment. 712 available at 01.01.1944, 691 by 01.01.1945, 699 by 01.01.1946[18]
• Cavalry sabre "Napred"[20] - the sabre "Napred"("Forward") was supplied for the Bulgarian Cavalry Regiments from Austria-Hungary (Johann Zelinka, Wien) before the Balkan wars and was also used in World War I and II.[20] 4 007 available at 01.01.1944, 2 659 by 01.01.1945, 2 102 by 01.01.1946[18]
• German Cavalry Sword Mod. 1889 (Germany) - supplied from Germany in World War I for the troopers of the Bulgarian Cavalry Regiments (in Bulgaria known as "Оrel" ("Eagle")).[21] 5 853 available at 01.01.1944, 5 301 by 01.01.1945, 4 525 by 01.01.1946[18]
• Cavalry sabre mod. 1925 - also known as "Lyv"(Lion), produced between the wars.[22] 3 293 available at 01.01.1944, 2 771 by 01.01.1945, 2 933 by 01.01.1946[18]
• Generals sword - Two variants are known - mod. 1925 and mod. 1928. Very limited edition.[23]

The Bulgarian Police gradually eliminated during the 1930s the use of the old sabres by the police officers[24] and by 1940s only the mounted police kept their cavalry sabres (402 by 01.12.1940[25]). 500 more cavalry sabres were produced for the police in a workshop in Sofia in 1942 and then 2000 former French army cavalry sabres were supplied in 1943–1944.[26]

8 444 pistols available on 01.12.1939 with the Bulgarian army[16]

• 7.65mm Model 1900/1902 Parabellum (Germany) - pre WWI deliveries[27][28] 144 still available on 01.01.1944, 111 on 01.01.1945, 109 on 01.01.1946[18]
• 9mm Parabellum P-08 (Germany) - pre WWI and World War I deliveries [27][28] 7 812 available on 01.01.1944, 6 183 on 01.01.1945 and 5 262 on 01.01.1946[18]
• Dreyse M1907 (Germany) - World War I deliveries[28] 763 available on 01.01.1944, 658 available on 01.01.1945 and 598 on 01.01.1946[18]
• Langenhan pistol (Germany) - World War I deliveries[28] 764 available on 01.01.1944, 539 available on 01.01.1945 and 463 on 01.01.1946[18]
• Mauser Model 1914 (Germany) - World War I deliveries along with Model 1910[28] 1 437 available on 01.01.1944, 1 225 available on 01.01.1945 and 1 173 on 01.01.1946[18]
• Sauer 38H (Germany) - 2 000 ordered in 1941 and delivered in 1941-1943[29] 4 239 available on 01.01.1944, 2 927 available on 01.01.1945 and 2 741 available on 01.01.1946[18]
• Walther P38 (Germany) - 8 000 ordered in 1941, but Germany cancelled the deal. 2 000 ordered in 1942 and delivered in 1943[30] 2 703 available on 01.01.1944, 2 550 available on 01.01.1945 and 2 279 available on 01.01.1946[18]
• Radom pistol (Poland, Austria, Germany) - known as "VIS" or "Steyr" pistol in Bulgaria. 4 500 ordered in 1942.[31] and delivered in 1943–1944. 4 230 available on 01.01.1944, 3 599 available on 01.01.1945 and 2 986 available on 01.01.1946.[18]
• Star Model B (Spain) - 14 999 supplied in 1943-1944 from Star Bonifacio Echeverria[32] 10 142 available on 01.01.1944, 10 936 on 01.01.1945 and 9 685 on 01.01.1946[18]
• Browning Hi-Power (Belgium, Germany) - 800 in 7.65mm and 800 in 9mm are known to have been officially delivered in 1943 from Germany. Inventory shows however that more have been delivered - 935 9mm and 1 687 7.65mm available on 01.01.1944, 643 9mm and 685 7.65mm available on 01.01.1945 and 493 9mm and 1 109 7.65mm available on 01.01.1946[18]
• ČZ vz. 27 (Czechoslovakia, Germany) - 6 500 delivered in 1943. 5 758 available on 01.01.1944, 4 983 on 01.01.1945 and 4 527 on 01.01.1946[18]
• Walther PP (Germany) - 3 699 delivered. 2 703 available on 01.01.1944, 2 550 available on 01.01.1945 and 2 279 available on 01.01.1946[18]

44 851 pistols were available with the Bulgarian army on 01.09.1944.[33] In 1945 the Soviet deliveries included around 6 000 TT pistol, of which 4 921 are available on 01.01.1946.[18]

The Bulgarian Police had its own supply of pistols. On 01.12.1940 it had 8 002 9mm pistols, 1 034 7.65mm pistols and 215 6.35mm pistols, including 800 ČZ vz. 38, 350 Sauer 38H, 650 Sauer Model 1930, 3 000 Beretta M1923, 120 7.65mm Melior Mod. 1920, Mauser Model 1914, Walther Model 4, 3 924 7.65mm and 9mm Parabellum P-08, etc.[34] Deliveries continued during the war including 1 300 ČZ vz. 38, 120 CZ 36, 1 500 ČZ vz. 27, 520 Parabellum P-08, 5 000 Walther P38, 1 400 Walther PP, 500 Walther PPK, 3 000 Star Model B, etc.[35]

The Bulgarian Partisans were using a wide assortment of pistols. It is estimated they had 3 180 pistols by 09.1944.[36][37]

• ZK-383 (Czechoslovakia) 9mm - 4000 bought in 10.1941. 1900 supplied in 12.1942 and 2100 in 02.1943. Additional 1600 ordered in 03.1943, but only minimal quantities were delivered of this additional order, before Bulgaria joins the Allies in 09.1944[38] 4 083 exist in the inventories by 01.01.1944, 3 357 by 01.01.1945, 3 043 by 01.01.1946[18]
• MP 40 (Germany) 9mm - 8 475 ordered under the "Barbara" supply programme from Germany in 1943–1944. 7 700 supplied by 06.1944.[39] 7 680 exist in the inventories by 01.01.1944, 5 429 by 01.01.1945, 5 440 by 01.01.1946[18]

By 01.09.1944 the Bulgarian army has 11 033 sub-machine guns (SMG),[33] 1534 of these are lost in the fighting by the end of the year. 01.1945 - 9320 9mm SMG are still available.[40] In 1945 massive soviet arms deliveries included 10 615 SMG - 7.62mm PPSh-41 and PPS-43

The Bulgarian Gendarmerie formed in 1944 to fight the partisans and supplied from the army stocks also used several hundred SMG, mostly MP 40 and MP 41.

The Bulgarian Police was supplied independently from the army and also had SMG. In fact in 1939 only the police had a modest amount of SMGs (20 MP-18/1, 70 MP-28/2),[41] while army had none. The deliveries to the police during the war included 300 MP28/2, 2400 MP 41 (1941-1944), 500 Suomi KP/-31 (1942)[42]

The Bulgarian Partisans also used in 1941-1944 a significant amount of SMGs (2040 estimated by 09.1944).[36][37] Besides the captured police and army ones, they also used Allied and Soviet supplied ones like PPSh-41 and Thompson submachine gun[43]

By 01.01.1946 the Bulgarian army had 3043 ZK-383, 5440 MP 40, 6152 PPS-43 and 4421 PPSh-41.[18]

• Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 (Austria-Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia) - the main rifle of the Bulgarian army in the Balkan wars and World War I, this family of rifles and carbines remained with the Bulgarian army also in the Interwar period and in World War II. Multiple versions were used by the Bulgarian army, including domestic re-chambered "S" versions from the 1930s. Bulgaria was acquiring in the 1930s these rifles in small quantities and as parts from Czechoslovakia, Austria and Poland from the leftover Austro-Hungarian production, adding them to the available stocks. An army inventory list of 11.1938[8] showed the following availability - 184 713 rifles M1895 and 37 465 carbines M1895, 23 806 rifles M1888, 13 513 rifles M1888/90, 2 982 rifles M1890, 9 482 rifles M1886/1890, 4 567 carbines M1890, 7 899 carbines M1895/34, 2 066 carbines M1888/18 and 1 252 carbines M1886/34. In 1940 additional 74 000 rifles and carbines from the former Czechoslovakian and Austrian army stocks were delivered from Germany.[44] On 01.01.1944 the availability of Mannlicher rifles and carbines was 175 176 rifles M1895 and 99 936 carbines M1895, older rifle models (1886, 1888, 1890) - 39 897, carbines M1895/34 and M1886/34 - 52 021, older Mannlicher carbines (1888/18, 1890) - 8 608.[18] On 01.01.1945 the availability of Mannlicher rifles and carbines was 125 048 rifles M1895 and 87 225 carbines M1895, 28 163 older Mannlicher rifles, carbines M1895/34 and M1886/34 - 42 724, older Mannlicher carbines - 7 407.[18]
• Mosin–Nagant (Russia, Soviet Union) - in the Bulgarian army during World War I this was the second most used rifle in the Bulgarian army. 50 000 were ordered in 1912 from Russia, then in 1915-1918 there were massive deliveries from Germany and Austro-Hungary (over 325 000) of captured Russian rifles, plus the Bulgarian army managed to capture over 35 000 on its own. After the end of the war over 200 000 were sold in 1918–1921 to the White Russians.[45] Some were destroyed by the Allied Control commission after World War I, but also some were confiscated from the retreating to Bulgaria White Russian Armies.[46] By 11.1938 there were still some 74 325 in stock.[8] On 01.12.1939 there are 69 493,[16] then in 1940-1941 48 000 were sold to Finland,[47] on 01.01.1944 - 15 192 available, on 01.01.1945 - 13 785, on 01.01.1946 - 14 149.[18] 6 405 were supplied by the Soviet Union in 1945[18]
• Karabiner 98k (Germany) - 85 526 were to be supplied from Germany under the Barbara supply programme in 1943–1944. 52 221 were delivered by 06.1944 - besides the German carbines, there were also former Polish (Karabinek wz. 1929), Yugoslav (see below) and Czechoslovak (vz. 24) "Mauser"s included in the deliveries.[48] Some sources suggest the total deliveries have reached 71 500. 42 638 were available on 01.01.1944, 69 977 on 01.01.1945 and 68 637 on 01.01.1946[18]

There were also some deliveries of Italian Carcano rifles - 8000 in 1943–1944, former Yugoslav army's Model 24 Mausers - approximately 6–8000.[18] In 1945 the Soviet Union supplied 978 Mosin-Nagant sniper rifles and 5-6000 SVT-40 automatic rifles.[18]

On 01.12.1939 the Bulgarian army had 225 276 rifles Mannlicher and 112 608 carbines Mannlicher and 69 493 rifles Mosin-Nagant.[16]

On 01.09.1944 the Bulgarian army had 219 649 rifles and 227 312 carbines.[33]

On 01.01.1945 the Bulgarian army had 207 800 rifles and 140 000 carbines.[40]

The Bulgarian Police had on 01.12.1940 6 363 Mannlicher Carbines, mostly converted domestically from rifles.[25] In 1940-1944 Mannlicher parts and used rifles and carbines are supplied (4 600 second-hand rifles and carbines and parts for 12 200 more) and the older Carbines in use are slowly discarded. By 31.03.1943 - 8 834 carbines are available with the Police. The number increased to 12 509 carbines and 1000 rifles at the beginning of 1944.[49] In 1941 after the occupation of Yugoslavia and Greece, the Germans supplied to the Bulgarian Police 2 954 former Greek Army Mannlicher–Schönauer mod.1903/14 and 3 530 former Yugoslav army FN Model 24 and Model 30 - Mauser Mod. 1924 and 1929.[50] In 1943 after the Italian units on the Balkans have been disarmed, 28 800 Carcano rifles and carbines have been given to the Bulgarian Police - 18 000 were given to the Municipal Police, 3 300 to the State Police, the others were used as reserve or to arm paramilitary units.[51] In 07.1943 the Bulgarian Police also bought 2600 Mosin–Nagant and supplied these to the Municipal Police.[52] The Municipal Police and the Paramilitary units were also using a wide assortment of older pre-WWI vintage rifles and carbines like Berdan rifle, Mauser, etc.[53]

The Bulgarian Partisans used a wide assortment of older and contemporary rifles and carbines of various origin, estimated to number approximately 7 600 by 09.1944.[36][37]

Bulgaria had a long tradition (since the beginning of 20th century) of producing its own hand grenades[54] This was continued in the Interwar period and during World War II in the State Military Factory at Kazanlak[55]

• Bulgarian defensive hand stick grenade - evolution of the older Bulgarian "Odrin" hand grenade[56] combined with a stick.[57]
• Bulgarian offensive hand stick grenade - based on the Stielhandgranate Model 1917[58]

German supplied hand grenades were also used[55] like:

• Model 24 grenade
• Model 39 grenade - 165 000 supplied in 1943[59]
• Model 1943 Stielhandgranate
• Blendkörper 1H and Blendkörper 2H, Nebelkerzen, Nebelhandgranate - these German smoke grenades[60] were supplied to Bulgaria during the war. For example, in 1943 205 732 smoke greandes were delivered [59]

The Bulgarian Police had its own modest supply of grenades - 1 954 available on 01.12.1940. It was supplied both from the Bulgarian State Military Factory and from German deliveries, as well from captured Allied and Soviet airdrop deliveries to the Bulgarian partisans.[61]

The Bulgarian partisans were using the grenades cited above, its own illegally produced grenades and Allied and Soviet supplied grenades like the British No. 36 Mk. 1 Mills bomb[55]

Soviet Union supplied in 1944-1945 some 300 000 grenades,[55] like RGD-33,[62] RPG-6,[63] etc.

There was one rifle grenade launcher used in the period:

• Schiessbecher (Germany) - 3 600 Gewehrgranatgerät for the 7.92mm K98 were supposed to be delivered in 1943-1944 under the Barbara supply programme from Germany. 2 800 were actually delivered. 2 641 were available on 01.01.1944, 2 331 on 01.01.1945, 2 250 on 01.01.1946[18]

• Flammenwerfer 41 (Germany) - 210 supplied in 1943-1944 under the Barbara supply programme from Germany and were used by the Assault Pioneers/Engineers units in the Bulgarian army.[64]

• Madsen machine gun (Denmark) - 1000 Madsen M24 Light Machine guns ordered in 1928 and supplied from Denmark in the standard for the Bulgarian army 8×50mmR Mannlicher. A total of 2 570 have been supplied by 1945, 2 379 exist in the inventories by 01.01.1944, 1308 by 01.01.1945, 1390 by 01.01.1946[18]
• ZB vz. 26 (Czechoslovakia) - 3000 ZB-39 Light Machine Guns ordered in the end of 1938 in the standard for the Bulgarian army from 1934 8×56mmR. Delivered in 02–03.1940. In 07.1941 additional 334 units ordered and delivered in 04.1942.[65] 3 195 exist in the inventories by 01.01.1944, 2 731 by 01.01.1945, 2 539 by 01.01.1946.[18]
• ZB vz. 30 (Czechoslovakia) - Former Czechoslovak army 7.92mm machine guns were also delivered in 1939-1941 and used by the army as "Zbrojovka" light machine guns (ZB vz. 30) - 372 LMG of these were available on 01.01.1944, 263 LMG on 01.01.1945 and 109 LMG on 01.01.1946.[18]
• ZB-53 (Czechoslovakia) - Former Czechoslovak army 7.92mm machine guns were also delivered in 1939-1941 and used by the army as "Zbrojovka" heavy machine guns (ZB-53) - 212 HMG of these were available on 01.01.1944, 103 HMG on 01.01.1945 and 35 HMG on 01.01.1946.[18]
• MG 30 (Austria) - 244 former Austrian army 8mm light machine guns were delivered in 1939, with another delivery of 500 following that in late 1940.[66] Further deliveries in the following years brought the available "Steyr"s to at least 940, although 1233 are shown as available on 01.01.1944, 826 by 01.01.1945 and 982 by 01.01.1946.[18]
• MG 34 (Germany) - 4 522 light and 1 015 heavy 7.92mm MG 34 were supplied from Germany in 1943-1944. 1 067 HMG and 3 305 LMG were available at 01.01.1944, 1 191 HMG and 4 064 LMG on 01.01.1945 (alternative source indicates 1 012 HMG and 3 215 LMG[67]), 734 HMG and 4 134 LMG at 01.01.1946[18]
• MG 42 (Germany) - none were officially supplied, but some were captured in the 1944-1945 and some were delivered from Soviet Union trophies and the number available was 699 by 01.01.1946[18]
• Schwarzlose machine gun (Austria-Hungary, Austria) - 2 014 were supplied from Austria-Hungary during World War I, but only a few were retained after the end of the war during the 1920s, both officially as permitted armament of the Bulgarian armed forces as per the Neuilly treaty restrictions and also hidden from the Allied Control Commission. 150 were bought from Poland in 1935.[68] 1 000 more were supplied from the former Austrian army stocks in 1939-1940. Total deliveries are reported to be 3 404, 2 923 were available by 01.01.1944, 2 106 by 01.01.1945 and 2 234 by 01.01.1946[18]
• MG 08 (Germany) - these German heavy machine guns were supplied to Bulgaria before the Balkan wars and during World War I.[69] As with Schwarzlose machine gun, some were retained after the war, both officially and as hidden supplies. Inventories show 1262 different "Maxim" machine guns available on 01.01.1944, 1189 on 01.01.1945 and 1038 on 01.01.1946[18]
• Chauchat (France) - these French light machine guns were known to the Bulgarian army since World War I, where it used a limited number of captured ones. 36 former Yugoslav army LeMG 147(j) were delivered in 1943.[70] The Bulgarian police also used some.
• ZB-60 (Czechoslovakia) - 19 of these 15mm Anti-Air machine Guns were delivered. Inventories show 19 available on 01.01.1944, 30 on 01.01.1945 and 23 on 01.01.1946[18]

The Bulgarian Army had 4 252 light machine Guns and 3 296 heavy machine guns on 01.12.1939.[16] By 01.09.1944 the numbers had risen to 10 328 light machine guns and 5 191 heavy machine guns.[33] After the first phase of the war with Germany a number of these were lost and 01.01.1945 the Bulgarian army had 8 555 light machine guns (5 340 8mm Madsen, Zbrojovka and Steyr MG-30 and 3 215 7.92mm MG-34) and 4 605 heavy machine guns (3 505 8mm Maxims and Schwarzlose and 1 012 7.92mm MG-34).[40] The first Soviet deliveries arrived in 1945 and included 762 DP-28, 562 PM M1910 и 37 DShK[71] 1 362 DP-28, 717 PM M1910 and 2 DShK are shown as available on 01.01.1946[18]

The Bulgarian Police had their own modest amount of machine-guns, supplied independently from the Army. Thus on 01.12.1940 it had 27 machine guns,[72] both heavy and light - a curious mixture of Maxim gun, Lewis gun, Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun and Chauchat - mostly leftover trophies from World War I and/or seized during police actions.[73] 42 additional light machine guns ZB vz. 27 are bought in 1941 and then in 1943 50 heavy machine guns Ckm wz. 30 and 100 Browning wz. 1928 were bought from Germany in 1943 from the trophies from the 1939 Polish Army. Then finally on 09.1943 200 MG-34 were supplied to the police. Thus the Police had on 01.07.1944 50 heavy and 342 light machine guns. Of these the 50 heavy machine guns and 100 MG-34 were transferred to the newly formed Gendarmerie.[74]

The Bulgarian Partisans also had machine-guns. It is estimated they had 54 heavy machine guns and 531 light machine guns by 09.1944, including Soviet and Allied deliveries.[36][37]

• Schwarzlose machine gun - 14 on the L3/33 delivered in 1935.[75]
• MG08 - 8 on the Vickers Mk E delivered in 1936[76] 8 on the 4 Drazki class torpedo boats. 4 on the 2 Motor Launch class vedettes.[77]
• MG 15 - 36 on the 12 Dornier Do 11. ? on the Dornier Do 17
• MG 17 machine gun - 24 on the 12 He-51[78] 24 on the 12 Arado Ar 65. 38 on 19 Bf 109E.[79] 118 on the 59 Bf-109G-2.
• ZB-53 - 72 (2 each) on the 36 Panzer 35(t) delivered in 1940-1941[80] 19 (2 each) on the 10 Panzer 38(t) delivered in 1943[81]
• 7.92mm Colt-Browning MG 40 - 48 on the 12 PZL P.24[82]
• vz. 30 - 312? on 78 Avia B-534 [83] 24 on 12 Avia B-135[84] 96 on 32 Avia B-71
• Reibel machine gun - 40 on the R-35 delivered in 1941.[85] Later another 19 on the 19 H-39 for the Bulgarian Gendermerie in 1944.[86][87]
• MG 34 - 176 (2 each) on the 88 Panzer IV delivered in 1943-1944[88] 50 on the 50 StuG III delivered in 1943-1944[89] 20 on the 20 Sd.Kfz.222[90] 10 on the 5 Drazki class torpedo boats[91] 6 on the 3 Lürssen torpedo boats[92] 1 on each of the 13 MCK type minesweepers[93] 1 on each of the 4 Maritza type minesweepers[94]
• MAC 1934 - 400 or 396 on the 100 or 98 Dewoitine D.520.[95] 36 on the 12 Bloch MB.200.
• MG 131 machine gun - 164 on the 82 Bf-109G-6 and later modifications.

The Bulgarian army used German and Austro-Hungarian supplied mortars in World War I.[96][97] Most of these mortars (380 by the end of World War I[97]) were handed over to the Allied Control Commission after the war with 40 officially remaining as allowed weapons of the much reduced Bulgarian army by the Neuilly treaty. These "Erhardt" mortars[98][99][97] were obsolete by mid-30s, so one of the first delivery priorities for the Bulgarian army in the years before World War 2 was to obtain modern mortars.

• 8 cm Granatwerfer 34 (Germany) - 320[100] (or 254 by other sources) were ordered in 1936 from Germany (in addition 120 were ordered in 1938[101]). Unlike the later mortars, officially known in the Bulgarian army as "M34", these are named "Rheinmetall M36". The total deliveries of these "Rheinmetall" mortars are estimated at 480, of the "M34" at 1400. 196 of these arrived in 1937, 160 more in 1938–1939,[102] 160 in the first half of 1940,[103] 1400 in 1943. There were 479 "Rheinmetall" and 1006 "M34" by 01.01.1944, 366 and 1229 respectively on 01.01.1945 and 387 and 1165 respectively on 01.01.1946[18]
• Brandt Mle 27/31 (France) - Bulgaria negotiated unsuccessfully in 1936 with France for a contract for supply of 60 Brandt mortars in 1936.[104] Later in 1942-1944 up to 812 former French army 8.14 cm GrW 278(f) were delivered from Germany 518 were available on 01.01.1944, 380 on 01.01.1945 and 328 on 01.01.1946.[18]
• 5 cm Granatwerfer 36 (Germany) - 812 delivered in 1943[105] 794 available on 01.01.1944, 669 (698 by other sources) by 01.01.1945, 529 by 01.01.1946[18]

The Bulgarian army had 367 mortars on 01.12.1939.[16] By 01.09.1944 the availability was increased to 2198 80mm mortars and 800 50mm mortars.[33] On 01.01.1945 the army had 1465 (1595 by other sources[18]) M34 and Rheinmetalls, 380 Brandts and 698 50mm M36.[33] Soviet equipment arrived in 1945 - 278 82mm 82-BM-37 and 90 120mm 120-PM-43 mortar[18]

The Bulgarian partisans also had a few mortars - 9 by 09.1944[36][37]

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The Bulgarian divisional artillery in World War 2 still retained quick-firing 75mm field pieces of pre-World War I origin that were coming of diverse sources:

• Schneider-Canet 75mm field gun Mod. 1904 (France)[106] - 324 ordered for the Bulgarian army in 1906 and delivered until 1909.[107] This was the main gun of the divisional artillery regiments in the Balkan wars and in the World War I.
• Schneider-Canet 75mm field gun Mod. 1907 (France)[108] - former Serbian army guns, about 180 captured in 1915. Also 9 more of this type were captured from the French army on the Salonika front in 1916.[109]
• Schneider-Canet 75mm field gun Mod. 1908 (France)[110] - former Greek army guns, 8 captured in 1916 [111]
• Krupp 75mm field gun Mod. 1904 and Mod. 1908 (Germany)[112] - former Romanian army guns, about 115 captured in 1916-1917[111]
• Krupp 75mm field gun Mod. 1904, Mod. 1908, Mod. 1910 and Mod. 1913 (Germany)[113][114]- former Turkish army guns, about 140-150 captured from the Ottoman Empire in 1912–1913, then 20-25 from the Serbian army in 1915 and 30-35 from the Greek army in 1916 (also former Turkish guns).[109]

Usually in the Bulgarian Army documents this motley of Schnedier and Krupp 75mm guns is simply listed as 75мм полски оръдия ("75mm field guns") or 75мм возими оръдия ("75mm horse-drawn guns"), which makes it difficult to differentiate between the models listed above. It is known that during the World War I until 09.1918 340 of the above-mentioned guns were put out of action (but most were repaired or replaced) and 40 more captured by the Entente forces.[115] 707 75mm field guns were available in 09.1918 just before the Allied Offensive with the number dropping to 487 at 01.01.1919.[116] 248 were officially listed as captured in September 1918 by the Entente forces.[117] Then a number of guns were destroyed by the Allied Control Commission after the war as per the Neuilly treaty restrictions, but some were retained as officially permitted weapons and quite a lot were hidden and later retaken into service. Thus on 01.12.1939 the Bulgarian army still had 412 of these 75mm guns.[16] At the end of 1942 there were 276 75mm "Schneider" and 215 75mm "Krupp" in the Bulgarian army.[118] In 05.1943 there were 394 75mm field guns,[16] in 08.1944 - 474 75mm field guns[119] and in 01.1945 - 421.[40]

There were a number of modernization efforts in 1930-1940s carried out in Bulgaria of these 75mm field guns which involved:

1. Stanchev and Dobrev Gun Carriage (СД-34) - in 1934-1935 the artillery Engineer Colonel Dimitar Stanchev (Deputy Head of the State Military Factory) and the artillery technician Gocho Dobrev (Head of the Artillery Workshop at the State Military Factory) developed a project for modernizing the gun carriage of the 75mm Krupp field guns[120] (in 1939 Dobrev and another technician Stoyan Minkov developed a similar proposal for the 75mm Schneider field guns[121]). The idea was to use the gun carriage of the 10.5 cm leFH 16 as a model and to implement it on the 75mm guns in the Bulgarian army via replacement at the State Military Factory in Kazanlak. This modernization, carried out gradually from 1936 onwards, allowed to increase the maximum elevation of the guns from 26 to 40-45 degrees and thus to increase the range from 6 to 11 km.[122][123] Initially this modernization created problems with the Equilibrators and the Recoil mechanisms - the absorbers and the recuperators. As these were not replaced in the initial modernized carriages and were estimated for lower degrees, when gun elevation was used at 40-45 degrees with the new carriage, the recoil needed to be finalized by hand. The Equilibrators problem was fixed by the Artillery Engineer Captain Ivan Stefanov along with the artillery technician Chushkov in 1936, but the Recoil mechanisms was finally fixed after trials only in 1942-1943 by a group of artillery engineers (captain Petar Ivanov and Captain Ivan Kisyov) led by Ivan Stefanov.[124]
2. Converting to towed carriage for motor traction - in 1936 a group of artillery technicians led by Lazar Velitchkov developed special towed carriages for towing 75mm guns with speeds to up to 40 km/h by the then available trucks "Steyr" and "Morris Commercial" [125]
3. Replacing the worn gun barrels - in 1936-1937 the Artillery Engineer Captain Ivan Stefanov developed a project for the replacement of the barrels of the 75mm field guns, which were in bad condition. After detailed studies and negotiations with Krupp and Rheinmetall in Germany, this project was approved and equipment for a new workshop in the State Military Factory in Kazanlak was acquired in order to allow the replacement of the gun barrels in 1938–1940. In 1936-1944 approximately 400 guns were modernized in the factory with new gun carriages, barrels, equilibrators and recoil mechanisms [126][127]

Each Bulgarian Divisional Artillery Regiment had 1-2 artillery battalions with 12-24 75mm field guns (3-6 batteries) during the World War II.[128]

• 7.7 cm FK 16 (Germany) [129] - 20 were received during World War I[130] (18 survived the war[115]). 14 were still in use on 01.12.1939.[16] Somewhere in the 1943-1944 these were withdrawn from service.[131]
• 9cm Feldkanone C/80 (Germany) [132] - 10 of these 19th century not-quick firing guns were still in service on 01.12.1939, but were retired in 1940.[16]
• Canon de 75 mle GP III (Belgium, Germany) - 32 horse-traction ones were acquired in 1942 from Germany from the former Belgium army stocks.[133] Unlike the former Belgian 105mm howitzers also obtained at that time, that saw wide use with the Bulgarian artillery, virtually nothing is known about the use of these guns. 2 surviving examples are still listed in 1947 as "7.5 см возими оръдия белгийски" in the army inventory lists of old guns, discontinued from service.

The Bulgarian army had 189 75mm mountain guns on 01.12.1939,[16] including:

• Canon de 75 mm Modèle 1907 Schneider-Canet (France)[134] - these pre-WWI quick-firing mountain guns (and the captured variations from other armies in the Balkans in 1912-1917) were being replaced by the Skoda mountain guns during World War I and later by other modern mountain guns, but a small number of these were retained at least until 08.1944.
• Krupp 75mm mountain gun Mod. 1904 (Germany) - these pre-WWI quick-firing mountain guns (and the captured variations from other armies in the Balkans in 1912-1917) were being replaced by the Skoda mountain guns during World War I and later by other modern mountain guns, but a small number of these were retained at least until 08.1944.

48 of the old Schneider and Krupp quick firing mountain guns were still in service in 08.1944[119]

• Skoda 75 mm Model 15 (Austria-Hungary)[135] - 144 of these mountain guns were received during World War I.[136] 36 were lost until 09.1918, including 4 that were captured.[115] 47 more were lost during the September 1918 retreat, captured by the Entente forces.[117] The remaining guns were retained during the interwar period and served in World War II. 104 were available in 08.1944[119] and 94 in 01.1945 [40]
• Bofors 75 mm Model 1936 (Sweden, Germany) - in 1936 48 of these guns were ordered from Krupp in Germany[100] and 56 arrived in 1938.[101] 40 more arrived in 1940.[103] 8 more arrived in 1942. 104 were available in 08.1944,[119] 71 in 01.1945.[40] Bulgarian designation was "Krupp-Bofors Mod. 1936" or just "Bofors".

In 05.1943 there were 200 mountain guns in the Bulgarian army.[105]

• 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 (Germany) - 90 were supposed to be supplied in 1944 under the Barbara supply programme from Germany, but only 20 were delivered before Bulgaria switched sides. Bulgarian designation was "75mm D/19 Mod. 1936"[137]

Each Bulgarian Divisional Artillery Regiment had 1 artillery battalion with 12 75mm mountain guns (3 batteries) during the World War II. There were also separate artillery battalions (4 batteries with 16 guns in total) on army level (4 in total)[138]

• 10.5cm Gebirgshaubitze L/12[139] (Germany) - 16 delivered from Germany during World War I.[136] 14 survived the war[117] and were still available during World War II with the Bulgarian army.[140][105][119]

During World War I Germany supplied 172[136] of the following models of 105mm field howitzers:

• 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 (Germany) [141] - supplied from Germany during World War I. Bulgarian designation is 105-мм возима гаубица Д-12 “Круп” обр. 98/09.
• 10.5 cm leFH 16 (Germany) [142] and 10.5cm lFH Krupp (Germany)[143] - supplied from Germany during World War I. Bulgarian designations is 105-мм возима гаубица Д-20 “Круп” обр. 1916 and 105-мм возима гаубица Д-22 “Круп” ("Рейнска гаубица") обр. 1916

Also a similar model was captured from Romania in 1916-1917:

• 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze M.12 (Romania, Germany) [144] - about 40 of these guns were captured from Romanian army in 1916-1917[111] and some were still in use in the Bulgarian army in World War II.[118][40] Bulgarian designation is 105-мм возима гаубица Д-14 “Круп” обр. 1912 румънска.

120 of the above-mentioned types of 105mm field howitzers survived the war (incl. 67 L/12 and 45 L/20 and L/22, etc.)[145] 117 were available in 08.1944,[119] 91 in 01.1945.[40] In 1943-1944 these old 105mm howitzers underwent modernization at the State Military Factory similar to the one of the 75mm field guns and including:

1. Replacing the worn gun barrels with new ones - starting with the L/20 howitzers, but also on the L/12 ones.[146][127]
2. Replacing the recoil mechanisms (absorbers and recuperators, springs) with the recoil reduced from 1400mm to 850-1000mm.[127][147]

• Obusier de 120 mm mle 15TR (France) [148] - 36 of the earlier model Mle. 1909 bought by Bulgaria in 1907. 24 more of the Mle. 1910[149] and Mle. 1915 [150] were captured from the Serbian army in 1915.[111] 38 survived the war,[116] 36 were available in 12.1939,[140] 35 in 08.1944,[119] then 22 were lost during the retreat of the Bulgarian 5th army in early days of September 1944[151] and 13 remained in 01.1945[40] Bulgarian designation is 120мм скорострелна полска возима гаубица Д/13 "Шнайдер".

Howitzers supplied in the Interwar period and during World War II included:

• Rheinmetall 105mm L/30 gun-howitzers (Germany - early development versions of 10.5 cm leFH 18)[152] - 40 ordered in 1938,[153] 60 received in 1939,[103] 24 more ordered in 1939[154] and received in 1940.[155] Total received and available in 08.1944 and 01.1945 - 84.[156]
• 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzers (Germany) - 252 were to be delivered in 1943–1944, 232 were actually available in 08.1944[119] and 210 in 01.1945.[40] In 1945 the Soviet Union provided at least 100 more, plus some were captured in 1944-1945 by the Bulgarian army, as in 1947 there were still 352 in armament in the Bulgarian army.
• Obusier de 105 GP 105mm[157] (Belgium, Germany) - 180 were supplied from Germany from the trophies from the former Belgian army. 40 were motor drawn and 140 horse drawn.[158] 180 available in 08.1944[119] and 158 in 01.1945.[40] Bulgarian designation is 105мм гаубица Д/22 "Белгийска".

Each Bulgarian Divisional Artillery Regiment had 1-2 artillery battalions with 12-24 105mm or 120mm field howitzers (3-6 batteries) during the World War II.[128] The Army level (Heavy) Artillery Regiments (4 in total) also had 2 battalions with 24 105mm howitzers, as well as 1 battalion in the Motorized Artillery Regiment that was directly subordinated to the Bulgarian High Command. The Army level regiments and the HQ Arty Regiment were using the most modern howitzers available and capable of motorized traction, as these 5 regiments were fully motorized, unlike the divisional artillery regiments, which were (apart from the one in the Armoured Brigade and the one in the Cavalry Division) entirely horse-drawn.[128]

• 10.5cm Belagerungskanone L/30[159] (Germany) - 18 captured in 1913 from Turkey at Edirne, 12 available at the Bulgaria's entry into the World War I.[115] 12 survived the war[115] Bulgarian designation is 105мм (10.5см) скорострелно оръдие Д-30 “Круп”.
• 10 cm K 14 [160] (Germany) - 16 transferred from Germany during World War I.[130] 11 or 12 survived the war.[115] Bulgarian designation is 105мм (10.5см) скорострелно оръдие Д-35 “Круп”.

The above guns were used also in World War II, with 22 available in 12.1939,[16] 24 in 08.1944[119] and 23 in 01.1945.[161] In 1935-1937 these were modernized by creating a special towed carriage for motor traction - in 1936 a group of artillery technicians led by Marin Aleksandrov developed special towed carriages from second hand rear axis of discarded trucks "Benz" and "Renault" from WWI for towing by Pavesi tractors.[162][163] Projects for replacing the worn barrels, modernizing the springs and the recoil mechanisms, etc. were also developed, but there is no data that these have been actually carried out.[164]

• 10 cm schwere Kanone 18 (Germany) - In June 1939 Bulgaria ordered 18 of these guns from Germany.[165] 34 were received in 1940.[155] Further 36 of the L/52 calibre were to be supplied under the Barbara programme, but by 06.1944 none have been delivered.[105] Nevertheless, some more must have been supplied, as army inventory lists 46 in 08.1944[119] and 44 in 01.1945.[161] Bulgarian designation is 105мм Д/52 и Д/56 "дълго оръдие" Круп.
• 120 mm Schneider-Canet M1897 long gun (France) [166] - 10 of these 19th century slow firing guns were still available in 12.1939,[167] but were retired with the delivery of the Krupp "long guns".[105] Bulgarian designation is 120мм нескорострелно оръдие Д/28 "Шнайдер".
• 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) (Soviet Union) - 24 of these guns, captured by Germans in Soviet Union, were delivered under the Barbara supply programme in 1943.[105] Known as 122мм моторизирани оръдия Д/46.[168]
• 15cm sFH 05[169] (Germany) - 18 of these L/14 quick-firing howitzers were captured from the Ottoman Empire in 1913 at Edirne and were pressed into service with the Bulgarian army. Fourteen were available at the start of World War I, thirteen survived the war.[170] 12 were still available in 08.1944 and 01.1945[171] The Aleksandrov specially developed carriages for motor traction (see above at 10 cm K14) were applicable for motor traction of these howitzers as well by Pavesi tractors.[162][163]
• 15 cm sFH 13 [172] (Germany) - 24 were transferred from German to Bulgarian control during World War I. Only 6 survived the war, the rest being captured by the Entente forces in September 1918.[170] These 6 were used also during World War II up to 1945.[171] Bulgarian designation is 150мм скорострелна гаубица Д/14 “Круп-13” (Обр. 13, Мод. 1913).
• lg. 15 cm sFH13 [173](Germany) - 8 of the longer barreled L/17 sFH 13 have been transferred from Germany during World War I. 7 survived the war[174] and were used in World war II up to 1945.[171] The Bulgarian designation is 150-мм скорострелна гаубица Д/17 “Круп”
• 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze M 14 [175](Austria-Hungary) - imported from Austria-Hungary during World War I in limited quantity. 4 are known to have been in service at 08.1944.[119] 5 were listed in 1947 as guns not longer in service. Bulgarian designation is 150мм гаубица Д/14 “Шкода” обр. 1916.
• 15 cm sFH 18 (Germany) - 24 received from Germany in 1939, 20 more in 1940.[176] 51 available in 08.1944,[119] 50 in 01.1945[161] Bulgarian designation is 150мм гаубица Д/30 "Круп" обр. 1939.
• 152 mm howitzer M1910 [177] (Russia, Germany) - 24 captured ones supplied by Germany in World War I.[178] 3 survived the war[179] and were in storage in World War II. Some sources suggest their active use.[118] Bulgarian designation is 150мм Д/15 руска гаубица.
• Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider (France) - 28 of these howitzers were bought from Germany (either French or Belgian army origin) in 1942.[105][118][180]
• 220 mm TR mle 1915/1916 (France) - 8 of these howitzers were bought from Germany (either French or Belgian army origin) in 1942.[105][118][180]

The Bulgarian army had 5 regiments of heavy artillery - 4 were army ones (each army was supposed to have one, but 5th was never formed) and 1 (formed in 1942 and containing the heaviest calibres available 105mm to 220mm) was directly subordinated to the Bulgarian army High Command. All were motorized, with the army ones having 4 battalions (usually 2 of 105mm and 2 of 150mm) and a ATG battery and the High Command one 5 battalions.[128]

In 12.1939 Bulgaria had 2 battalions of coastal artillery (defending the Black sea ports of Varna and Burgas respectively) with 28 old guns,[167] including:

• Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891[181] (France) - 4 of these pre-WWI naval guns were bought from France in 1900 for the Bulgarian torpedo gunboat Nadezhda, but were mostly used as coastal guns. Still in use in World War II.[182] In 1939 these were modernized by increasing the elevation from 12 to 40 degrees and thus the range has been increased to 16 km.[121] Bulgarian designation is 100мм оръдие Д/50 “Шнайдер”.
• 107 mm gun M1910 (Russia) - 4 of these captured heavy field guns were assigned to the coastal artillery of Burgas during World War I and survived until World War II.[183] Bulgarian designation is 105мм брегово оръдие Д/28
• 120 mm Schneider-Canet M1897 long gun[166] (France) - 2 of these slow-firing heavy field guns have been "loaned" to the coastal artillery during World War I for the defense of Varna. Abandoned after the war in their position, these were officially retired only in 1949, but in practice were never used during the Interwar period or World War II.[184] Bulgarian designation is 120мм нескорострелно оръдие Д/28
• 150 mm/L25 Krupp Model 1891 heavy fortress gun [185] (Germany) - 2 of these pre-WWI slow-firing fortress guns in a single turret have been captured from Romania in World War I and were still in use in World War II.[186] Bulgarian designation is 150мм двуцевно нескорострелно оръдие Д/25 "Круп" обр. 1885.
• 15 cm Ring Kanone C/92[187] (Germany) - 2 of these pre-WWI slow-firing heavy guns have been "loaned" to the coastal defense of Burgas during World War I, then have been abandoned after the war and were officially retired only in 1944.[188] Bulgarian designation is 150мм дълго нескорострелно оръдие Д/30 "Круп".
• 15 cm L/40 Feldkanone i.R [189] (Germany) - 4 of these pre-WWI naval guns on wheeled carriages have been transferred from Germany in World War I and 2 were still in use in World War II.[190] Bulgarian designation is 150мм оръдие Д/40 германско "Круп".
• 152 mm 45 caliber Pattern 1892[191] (Russia) - 4 of these pre-WWI Russian guns, captured and delivered from Germany in 1916 to defend the Black sea port of Varna. Still in use in World War II.[192] Bulgarian designation is 150мм брегово оръдие Д/45 "Шнайдер".
• 21 cm L/35[193] (Germany) - 2 of these pre-WWI slow-firing guns, captured from Romania,[111] survived World War I and were still in use in the coastal defense of the port of Burgas at the Black sea during World War II.[194] Bulgarian designation is 210мм нескорострелно оръдие Д/35.
• 9-inch mortar M1877 [195] (Russia) - 2 of these pre-WWI mortars, that have been captured in World War I and used to defend Varna. Still in use at the beginning of World War II, but have been withdrawn from service by 1943.[196] Bulgarian designation is 230мм Д/7 мортира.
• Schneider-Canet 240mm coast gun M. 1907[197] (France) - 2 pre-WWI coastal guns, bought in 1906 from France to defend the Black sea port of Varna. Still in use in World War II.[198] Bulgarian designation is 240мм брегово оръдие Д/45 “Шнайдер”.
• 254 mm 45 caliber Pattern 1891[199] (Russia) - 2 pre-WWI Russian guns, captured and delivered from Germany in 1916 to defend the Black sea port of Varna. Still in use in World War II [200] Bulgarian designation is 250мм брегово оръдие Д/45.

In 09.1940 Bulgaria acquired from Germany 5 more guns (former naval ones, received in 1942):[201][202]

• 24 cm SK L/40 (Germany) - 2 of these were acquired for the coastal defense of Burgas. One was found to be practically worn out, the other was 90% worn out.[203] Bulgarian designation is 240мм брегово оръдие Д/40
• 17 cm SK L/40 gun (Germany) - 3 of these were acquired for the coastal defense of Varna, complete with a stereoscopic range-finder (6m base).[203] These were found to be 75% worn out. Bulgarian designation is 170мм брегово оръдие Д/40

After the occupation of Aegean Thrace, in 05.1941 a new coastal artillery battalion was formed there.[204] Initially Bulgaria have been loaned from the German Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie-Abteilung 829:

• Canon de 155mm GPF (France) - 12 of these 15.5 cm K 418(f) were loaned to Bulgaria from Germany in 05.1941.[204] Later in 03.1943 another 18 guns were supplied from Germany.[205] All were used in the coastal artillery of the Aegean Thrace. Bulgarian designation is 155мм брегово оръдие Д/28 "Филу-Пюис" (Филу-Питу).

By 1944 the coastal artillery has expanded to 4 artillery regiments - 2 on the Black sea (Varna and Burgas) and 2 on the Aegean sea (Kavala and Dedeagach/Alexandroupolis). In 1943-1944 under the Barbara programme the following guns were supplied from Germany as coastal artillery:

• Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider (France) - 6 10.5 cm K 338(j) and 12 10.5 cm K 331(f) were supplied from Germany in 1943 (former Yugoslav and French army trophies).[206] Bulgarian designation is 105мм Д/28 оръдие "Шнайдер" обр. 1913 и 1918
• 10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35 (Czechoslovakia) - 6 10.5 cm K 339(j) were supplied from Germany in 1943 (former Yugoslav army trophies).[206] Bulgarian designation is 105мм оръдие "Шкода" Д/42 обр. 1935
• Canon de 220 L mle 1917 (France) - 12 22-cm Kanone 532(f) were supplied from Germany in 1943. 4 were placed in defense of Burgas, the other 8 were placed in the Aegean coastal defense (one battery of 4 for each of the two regiments).[207] Bulgarian designation is 220мм Д/35 оръдие "Шнайдер" обр. 1917

In 05.1944 six Pz. Kpfw.38(t) turrets were supplied from Germany and installed in the Aegean coast defenses.[208] In 09–11.1944 the coastal artillery units along the Aegean retired along with their guns into Bulgaria along the Bulgarian troops. Their guns were distributed to the existing defenses alongside the gulfs of Varna and Burgas on the Black sea. The coastal artillery was also using searchlights - it is known that 2 110mm searchlights were delivered along with the 17 cm SK L/40 guns[203] and 3 150mm searchlights were used on the Black sea coast as well[209]

The Bulgarian army did not have any Anti-tank guns by 1939, only the 20mm Solothurn anti-tank rifles.[16]

• 3.7 cm PaK 36 (Germany) - 100 (some sources claim 99[105]) delivered in 1940.[210]
• 3,7cm KPÚV vz. 37 (Czechoslovakia) - 450 delivered in 1942[105]
• 5 cm Pak 38 (Germany) - 404 supplied under the Barbara supply programme from 1942 until 02.1944.[105]
• 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 (France) - 100 supplied under the Barbara supply programme in 1943[105]
• 7.5 cm PaK 40 (Germany) - 240 were to be supplied under the Barbara supply programme in 1943–1944,[105] 180 have arrived in Bulgaria by 06.1944,[211] some sources claim the deliveries reached 220 by the time Bulgaria switched sides[212]

Thus the available Ant-tank guns in 08.1944 were 220 75mm PaK 40, 100 75mm Pak 97/38, 404 50mm Pak 38, 450 37mm Skoda and 100 37mm PaK 36.[33] On 01.01.1945 the respective availability was 203 75mm PaK 40, 100 75mm Pak 97/38, 362 50mm Pak 38, 279 37mm Skoda and 90 37mm PaK 36.[40] The Soviet Union delivered in mid-1945 90 45 mm anti-tank gun M1942 (M-42)[67]

• 2 cm KwK 30 (Germany) - 12 on the Sd.Kfz.222[213]
• 3,7cm UV vz. 34(Skoda A-3) (Czechoslovakia) - 26 on the first batch of Panzer 35(t)[214]
• 3,7cm UV vz. 38(Skoda A-7) (Czechoslovakia) - 10 on the second batch of the Panzer 35(t)[214] 10 on the Panzer 38(t)[81]
• Puteaux SA 18 (France) - 40 on the Renault R-35[215] 19(?) on the Hotchkiss H39[86][87]
• 47mm QFSA (Great Britain) - 8 on the Vickers Mk E[76][216]
• 7.5 cm KwK 40 (Germany) - 88 on the Panzer IV[88]
• StuK 40 L/48 (Germany) - 50 on the Sturmgeschütz IIIG[89]

• Canon de 65 mm Modèle 1891 (France) - 2 of these former Bulgarian torpedo gunboat Nadezhda guns were mounted on the training vessel Asen in 1931–1945.[217]
• QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss (France) - 2 of these 47mm guns on each of the Drazki class patrol boats before 1937 and after 1942.[218]
• 3.7 cm SK C/30 (Germany) - 2 of these 37mm guns on each of the Drazki class patrol boats in 1937–1942.[218] 1 of these 37mm guns on each of the SC-1-class submarine chaser from 1941[217]
• 2cm Flak 30/38 (Germany) - 1 of these 20mm guns on each of the SC-1-class submarine chaser from 1941[217] 2 "Oerlikons" on the training vessel Asen in 1942–1945.[217] 1 "Rheinmetall" on each of the three Lürssen torpedo boats[92]
• Hispano-Suiza HS.804 - 2 of these 20mm guns on each of the 4 TM Power Motor Torpedo Boats in 1942-1944.[219]

• MG FF cannon (Germany) - 38 on 19 Bf-109E[220]
• MG 151 cannon (Germany) - at least 145 on the Bf-109G
• Hispano-Suiza HS.404 (France) - 98 or 100 of these 20mm guns on each of the Dewoitine D.520[95]

• 2cm Flak 30/38 (Germany) - 250 ordered from Rheinmetall-Borsig in 1936[100] and arrived in 1937–1938. 162 more are ordered from Rheinmetall-Borsig in 1938[101] and arrived in 1940,[229] but were not yet shown in the army inventory as of 01.12.1939 - 250 available.[16] The modifications listed of these 412 guns were 250 Flak 30 (horse traction), 16 Flak 38 (horse traction), 24 Solothurn ST-5 (motor traction), 72 Flak 38 (motor traction), 50 Oerlikon 20 mm cannon (fixed mounts).[230] 12 Flak 38 (motor traction) and 24 Flak 38 (fixed mounts) were planned under the Barbara supply programme from Germany and delivered in 1944, however there is alternative data for supply in 1944 of a total of 88 20mm Flak 38,[231] bringing the total 2 cm Flak 30/38 deliveries to 500. Each Infantry or Cavalry Division in the Bulgarian army was supposed to have a battery of 15 (5 platoons by 3) of these guns.[232]
• 3.7 cm Flak 36 (Germany) - 9 were delivered under the Barbara supply programme in 1943 [231] and were used exclusively in the anti-air unit of the Bulgarian Armored Brigade[233]
• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) - 153 were delivered by the Soviet Union in 05.1945[71]

• 7.5 cm Flak L/59 (Germany)[234] - 20 (motor traction) were supplied in 1941 with 5 fire command units (rangefinders) Wikog ("Kommandogerät „Wikog” 9 SH") by Rheinmetall-Borsig.[231] In 1945 12 of these guns formed the Heavy AA Unit of the 1st Bulgarian Army fighting within 3rd Ukrainian Front of the Soviet Army.[232]
• 8 cm PL kanon vz. 37 (Czechoslovakia) - 16 were supplied in 1941, 7 more in 1943 and 12 more (last batch are former Yugoslav army) in 1944. All were motor traction ones and in addition 5 Škoda T7 vz.37 anti-aircraft central target finders and 6 Škoda vz.25 letoměr (Tepas) were supplied.[231] 12 were listed with the 22nd infantry division of the 1st Occupation Corps on 01.08.1944[235] and were captured by the Axis forces in the beginning of September 1944 during the retreat and the disarming of the Corps.
• 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 (Germany) - 20 8.8 cm Flak 18 (motor traction - Sonderanhänger 201 (Sd. Ah. 201)) were ordered in 1936 from Krupp in Germany[100] and supplied in 1937 with 5 fire command units Pschorr (Kommandogerät „Pschorr” 27). Further 66 8.8 cm Flak 36 (motor traction - Sonderanhänger 202 (Sd. Ah. 202)) were supplied in 1943[231] along with 14 Fire Control Units Kommandogerät 40 and 14 Kommandohilfsgerät 35 and then a next batch of 50 (positional - fixed mounts) 8.8 cm Flak 37 in the beginning of 1944.[231] These guns formed the backbone of the Anti-Air Defense of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia during the 1943-1944 Allied bombing raids. Another 76 8.8 cm Flak 37 (positional - fixed mounts) were delivered in 1944, but have not reached the air defense and army units before Bulgaria switched sides in 09.1944.[231]

Three sources[236][237] and [238] claim that 76 mm air defense gun M1931 were used from 1946 in the Bulgarian army, but no data for supply of such guns can be found, as after the war Soviet Union was supplying 37mm and 85mm guns. One theory[239] is that these are 12 captured guns, used during the war by the German forces to defend its facilities in Varna on the Black Sea Coast, which were then abandoned during the retreat from Bulgaria.

• 150 cm Flakscheinwerfer 34 (Germany) - 6 were ordered in 1936 (motor traction), from Siemens-Schuckert and delivered in 1937.[231]
• 150 cm Flakscheinwerfer 37 (Germany) - 75 delivered in 1943 and 39 in 1944. The first batch were motor traction, the second batch - positional (fixed).[231]
• 60 cm Flakscheinwerfer 36 (Germany) - 12 delivered in 1943[231]

• Entfernungsmesser 34 (EM34) 0.7M rangefinder (Germany)- 110 available in 1944[231]
• Entfernungsmesser 36 (EM36) 1M rangefinders (Germany) - 13 available in 1944[231]

• L3/33 (Italy) - 14 were ordered in 1934 from Italy and were supplied in 1935. On Bulgarian insistence these were armed with 1 8mm Schwarzlose machine gun. Bulgarian designation is "Ансалдо-Фиат" or "Ансалдо".[240][241] Scrapped in 1945[242]

• Vickers Mk E (Great Britain) - 8 (Mod. B) were purchased in 1936 and received in 1938 with 1 47mm OQF 3-pounder gun, but without the 1 7.92mm Vickers machine gun each. 1 8mm Maxim heavy machine gun was installed instead after their delivery in Bulgaria. Bulgarian designation is "Викерс".[243][216] Scrapped in 1945[242]
• Panzer 35(t) (Czechoslovakia) - 26 ordered in 1939 from Germany from the former Czechoslovak army stocks and delivered in February–April 1940 (armament is 1 37.2mm A-3 gun and 2 7.92mm ZB vz.37). 10 more with 37.2mm A-7 gun are bought also in 06.1940 (former Afghanistan army order) and arrive in October 1940-January 1941. 12 were lost in 1944 fighting.[244] Bulgarian designation is "Шкода".[245][246] Scrapped in 1958 [247]
• Renault R35 (France) - 40 purchased from Germany in 1941. Bulgarian designation is "Рено"[248][249] Scrapped in 1945[242]
• Panzer IVG and Panzer IVH (Germany) - 91 were supposed to be delivered for the Bulgarian Armoured Brigade under the Barbara Supply Programme for 1943. In 04.1943-02.1944 a total of 88 tanks (50 are known to be H, 11 G and the rest can not be identified in the documents[250]) were delivered to Bulgaria and 3 were left at the German training school at Nish (and subsequently captured by the Germans in 09.1944).[251] 43 were lost in the 1944 fighting.[244] In the beginning of 1945 when the Bulgarians formed their 1st army to fight within the 3rd Ukrainian front they included an armored battalion of 22 Panzer IV, 2 Sd. Kfz. 222 and 1 Sd. Kfz. 223.[252] 11 more tanks were lost in the 1945 fighting.[244] From March 1945[253] to the end of the year a total of 51 Panzer IV were received as trophies from the 3rd Ukrainian front (mostly IVJ)[254] Bulgarian designation is Майбах Т-IV. Scrapped in 1958 [247]
• Panzer 38(t) (Czechoslovakia) - 10 supplied in 05.1943 (instead of 10 planned Panzer III). 6 were lost in 1944 fighting.[244] Bulgarian designation is "Прага".[255][256] Scrapped in 1958 [247]
• Hotchkiss H39 (France) - 19 supplied in 03.1944. Initially 25 Panzer I were supposed to be delivered for training in 1943, but German army informed Bulgaria that instead they can deliver 19 Hotchkiss H39 and 6 Somua S35. The Bulgarian army refused the supply of these French tanks, but in 1944 the newly formed Bulgarian Gendermerie (reporting to the Interior Ministry at that time) accepted the Hotchkiss H39, although there is no evidence of their use. After the disbandment of the Gendermerie, these tanks were returned to the army and were scrapped.[86][87][257] Scrapped in 1948 [247]
• T-34-85 (Soviet Union) - the first tanks arrived in late 1945.[258] By 1950 466 were supplied[259]

In 1945 the following tanks were delivered from the Soviet Union to Bulgaria as trophies: 14 Panzer V,[260] 51 Panzer IV, 3 Panzer III,[261] 1 Turan I. 6 more Panzer V were delivered in 1946.[262] All except Panzer IV and Panzer III were scrapped by 1948[247]

• Sturmgeschütz III (Germany) - In 04.1943-12.1943 55 Sturmgeschütz 40G are delivered, forming 2 assault gun battalions for 1st and 2nd Bulgarian armies respectively (each with 25 StuGs, with 5 left in the German training school in Nish and then lost in 09.1944, when Bulgaria switched sides). 6 were lost in 1944 fighting (but only 1 irreparably).[244] Bulgarian designation is Майбах Т-3.[263][264] Scrapped in 1958[247]

In 03.1945 the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian front delivered to the 1st Bulgarian army directly the following trophies: 3 Sturmgeschütz III, 2 Sturmgeschütz IV, 4 Hetzer,[265] 2 40M Nimrod, 2 Semovente 47/32. These formed a separate assault guns battery (the 9 StuGs and Hetzers) and a recon platoon (the Italian and Hungarian vehicles) to the 1st army tank battalion. In addition the Bulgarians captured 1 abandoned Jagdpanzer IV in April 1945.[266][267] In 1945 in total Bulgaria received from the Soviet union the following self-propelled guns: 9 Sturmgeschütz III, 1 StuH, 2 Sturmgeschütz IV, 3 Jagdpanzer IV, 6 Panzer IV/70, 5 Hetzer, 3 Hummel, 2 40M Nimrod, 2 Semovente 47/32. 1 Wespe arrived in 1946.[262] All were scrapped in 1946–1948, except for the Sturmgeschütz IV, Panzer IV/70 and Jagdpanzer IV, which were scrapped in 1958[247] The first Soviet Su-76 arrived in 1946[268] - by 1950 156 were supplied.[269]

• Leichter Panzerspähwagen (Germany) - 20 delivered in 05.-06.1943 for the Reconnaissance battalion of the Armoured Brigade (12 Sd.Kfz.222 + 8 Sd.Kfz.223).[270][271] 4 vehicles were irreparably lost in the 1944 fighting.[272] Two M222 and one M223 were included as platoon in 01.1945 in the armored battalion attached to the Bulgarian 1st army participating in the war within 3rd Ukrainian front. Bulgarian designation is Хорх М222 и М223. Remaining armored cars were scrapped in 1958 [247]

In 1945 a limited amount of armoured cars is received from the Soviet Union trophies - 1 Sd. Kfz. 260/261, 1 Sd.Kfz. 251 and 1 AB-41.[262] In the first post WW2 years a total of 21 BA 64B were supplied.[247]

In 06.1940 there were 134 two-axle command and reconnaissance cars.[273] In 10.1941 there were 32 three-axle and 151 two-axle command and reconnaissance cars in the Bulgarian army and 4 three-axle and 1 two-axle command and reconnaissance cars in the Bulgarian Navy.[274] In 10.1943 there were 10 three-axle reconnaissance cars and 2 rescue three-axle cars Tatra in the Bulgarian Air Force.[275] In 05.1944 there were 40 three-axle and 600 two-axle reconnaissance cars in the Bulgarian army [276]

• Fiat 508 "Spider" recon car (Italy) - 20 supplied in 1934. Used as command and recon vehicle.[277]
• Phänomen Granit 30 reconnaissance car (Germany) - 62 ordered in 1936. Used by the motorized infantry formations.[278]
• Tatra 72 (Czechoslovakia) - 2 ordered in 1936. Used by the Bulgarian Air Force for Rescue operations.[279]
• Tempo G1200 (Germany) - 5 ordered in 1936. Used as training reconnaissance cars in the Automobile school. Additional ? were ordered in 1941.[280][281]
• Praga AV (Czechoslovakia)[282][283] - 10 supplied in 1939 for the Bulgarian Air Force. One was used personally by Boris III as a staff car.[284]
• BMW 325 (Germany) - 50 were ordered in 1940 and delivered in 1940–41. Used by the Heavy Artillery Regiments and 8 in the Armoured Regiment[285][286]
• Horch 901 (Germany) - 4 delivered in 1940. Several more were supplied in the following years. Used by the Armies HQ[287][288]
• Stoewer R200 Spezial Typ 40 (Germany) - the initial order for 10 was placed in 1941, then after the successful trials as a reconnaissance car additional 115 units were bought in 1941 and delivered in 1942-1943[289] 40 radio cars Kfz. 15 based on Steyr 1500A have been ordered in 1943 and ? delivered in 1943–1944. The Kfz. 15 were used by the Communication battalions[290]
• Steyr 1500A (Germany) - ? ordered and supplied in 1942–44.[291]
• Volkswagen Kübelwagen (Germany) - 124 Kfz. 1 delivered in 1943, ? more in 1944. Known in Bulgarian army as KDF. Widely used - anti-tank detachments, bridge battalions, assault gun detachments, the armored brigade and one car in the headquarters of each infantry regiment[292]
• Mercedes-Benz 170VK (Germany)[293] - 98 delivered in 1943 and ? in 1944. Used in the armies, corps, divisions and brigades headquarters and in the artillery and engineer regiments.[294]
• Skoda Superb 3000 type 952 (Czechoslovakia) - 5 radio cars Kfz. 15 based on this automobile were delivered in 11.1943 and were used in the motorized units of the Armoured Brigade.[295]

21 command and reconnaissance cars were lost in 09.1944 during the retreat from Macedonia and Serbia[296] 1395 cars (incl. passenger, training, etc.) were available in 10.1944 - 1041 participated in the war against Germany.,[297] 64 two-axle command and reconnaissance cars were lost.[272] 439 light and reconnaissance cars were available in 03.1945 with the 1st Bulgarian army fighting within the 3rd Ukrainian front[298] 6 were lost in 1945[272] 236 two-axle command and reconnaissance cars have been captured as trophies by the Bulgarian army by 15 September 1945.[299]

In 06.1938 the Bulgarian army had 405 three-axle (Steyr, Morris, Tatra) and 547 two-axle trucks.[300] In 06.1940 the Bulgarian army had 807 three-axle and 532 two-axle trucks, 8 fuel tankers, 18 radio vehicles, 3 mobile workshops.[273] In 10.1941 the Bulgarian army had 784 three-axle trucks, 1653 two-axle trucks, 15 fuel tankers, 3 bakery trucks, 34 radio trucks, 1 sanitary bus, 19 mobile workshops, 13 special purpose vehicles and 12 passenger buses. At the same trime the Bulgarian air force had 36 three-axle trucks, 164 two-axle trucks, 40 fuel tankers, 8 photo laboratory trucks, 8 radio trucks, 61 mobile workshops, 4 special purpose vehicles.[301] In 10.1943 the Bulgarian Air Force had 154 two-axle trucks, 24 three axle trucks, 19 buses, 6 workshop trucks, 40 petrol cisterns, 2 photo laboratory cars, 4 fire cars.[275] In 05.1944 there were 800 three axle trucks, 3500 military trucks, 1200 mobilized civil trucks, 60 petrol cisterns, 5 fire trucks, 47 workshops, 50 military buses, 343 mobilized civil passenger buses in the Bulgarian army[276]

• Renault 10 CV type MH[302] (France) - 25 bought in 1926. Used by the Engineers units.[303]
• Morris Commercial D Type (Great Britain) - 15 bought in the Interwar period. Used in the artillery.[304]
• Citroen 5 (France) - 56 bought in 1932. Used by the engineers.[304]
• Ford AA (USA) - ? bought in the 1930s.[305]
• Ford BB (USA) - ? bought in 1931[306]
• Dodge ME31 (USA) - ? bought in the 1930s [305]
• Chrysler Fargo CF33 (USA) - ? bought in the 1930s [305]
• Krupp L2H42[307] (Germany) - 120 chassis bought in 1934 and received in 1935. The bodies for these chassis are manufactured in Bulgaria.[308]
• Raba V 5 ton (Hungary) - 19 bought in 1934. Used to carry the L3/33 and a few were converted into mobile workshops [309]
• Mercedes-Benz L3000 fuel tanker (Germany) - diesel trucks supplied in 1935. One was a fuel tanker. Additional ? supplied in 1943 [310][311]
• Mercedes-Benz Lo 2000[312] (Germany) - 316 supplied in 1936-1937 Additional 20 were supplied with Lorentz radio equipment as radio trucks in 1937.[313][314]
• Steyr 440 (Austria, Germany) - 333 ordered in 1936. Used by the motorized infantry formations and in the artillery units.[315] 388 listed in 06.1938[316]
• Steyr 640 (Austria, Germany) - 400 ordered in 1940 and delivered in 1940/41. 20 more ordered in 1941[317] Used also as prime movers for 2 cm FlaK, 3.7 cm, 3.72 cm, 5 cm PaK 38 and 7.5 cm PaK 97/38.[318]
• Praga V2 (Czechoslovakia) - 5 supplied in 1939 for the air-force.[319]
• Wikov 10.4 (Czechoslovakia) - 5 supplied in 1939 for the air-force.[319]
• Opel Blitz 3600 (Germany) - 300 chassis supplied in 1939. The bodies for these chassis are manufactured in Bulgaria.[320] Another 238 chassis were ordered in 05.1940 and supplied until the end of 1940, including 18 with Hahn&Kolb Stuttgart mobile workshop body and 30 3200 litres Ref-Weygandt&Klein fuel tankers (for the Air Force - received in 02–03.1941)[321] 600 more ordered and delivered in 1941 - again only chassis and the bodies were manufactured in Bulgaria. 10 additional were ordered and delivered in 1941 as fuel tankers (3200 liters). 40 additional Hahn&Kolb Stuttgart mobile workshops installed on Opel Blitz 3600 were also ordered in 1941 and supplied (16 in 1941, 12 in 1942 and 12 in 1943).[322] Another order of 760 cargo chassis plus 22 3200 litre tankers was made in 08.1941, but these were supplied only in 1943.[323] In total 1930 Opel Blitz 3.6-36 chassis were delivered in 1939-1944 and were used in all units of the Army, Air Force and Navy[324]
• MAN SML[325] (Germany) - 200 Mercedes-Benz L4500S were initially ordered in 10.1941, but the order was cancelled from German side, then transformed into a contract for 200 MAN SML supplied. The quantity supplied is not known, but these were used in the Armoured Brigade and in the Bridge Battalions of the Engineers[326]
• Mercedes-Benz L 4500 (Germany) - 10 ordered in 08.1942 and received in 10.1942. Used by the motorized bridge battalions.[327]
• Henschel 33 D1 Kfz. 72[328] (Germany) - 32 3-axle were ordered in 11.1942 and received in 07.1943. Used as tractors for type B motorised bridges in the motorized bridge engineer battalions.[329]
• Büssing-NAG 4500 S [330] (Germany) - 30 ordered in 11.1942 and received in mid-1943[331]
• MAN E3000 [332] - ? supplied in 194?[333]
• Renault AHN (France) - 1105 AHN-1 were supposed to be delivered under the Barbara supply programme in 1943–1944, 917 were delivered until 01.06.1944[334]
• Peugeot DMA (France) - ? supplied in ?[335]
• Krupp Protze (Germany) - never supplied to Bulgaria, ? captured in 1944-1945[336]

In 09.1944 158 trucks were lost during the retreat from Serbia and Macedonia.[296] Another 345 were captured as trophies from the Soviet army in Bulgaria when Soviet forces moved into Bulgaria and were not returned.[337] In 10.1944 there were 2669 trucks available with the Bulgarian army. 2061 participated in the war against Germany in 1944, 395 were lost.[338] 1433 trucks were available in 03.1945 with the 1st Bulgarian army fighting within the 3rd Ukrainian front, 14 were lost[339] 368 trucks have been captured as trophies by the Bulgarian army by 15 September 1945 [299]

In 06.1938 there were 253 passenger cars in the Bulgarian army[300] In 06.1940 there were 245 passenger cars in the Bulgarian army[273] In 10.1941 there were 266 passenger cars in the Bulgarian Army and 25 in the Bulgarian Air Force[274] In 10.1943 there were 24 passenger cards in the Bulgarian Air Force.[275] In 05.1944 there were 500 military and 500 mobilized civil cars in the Bulgarian army[276]

• Opel P4 (Germany) - 100 ordered in 1936 as driver training cars.[340] 198 listed as available in 06.1938[316]
• Mercedes-Benz 170 V (Germany) - 15 delivered in 04.1943, 15 in 06.1943, 15 in 07.1943, 14 in 08.1943, 14 in 11.1943, 17 in 12.1943[341]
• Simca (France) - 17 delivered in 04.1943[342]
• Opel Kadett (Germany) - ? delivered[343]
• Ford V8 (USA) - ? used as mobilised civilian vehicles[343]
• Wanderer W 23 (Germany) - ? used[344]
• Tatra 57 (Czechoslovakia) - ? used[345]

19 training and passenger cars were lost in 09.1944 during the retreat from Macedonia and Serbia[296] Another 107 were captured as trophies by the Soviet army in early September during its occupation of Bulgaria and never returned[346] A total of 1395 cars(incl. command and reconnaissance) were available in 10.1944 - 1041 participated in the war against Germany.[297] 63 light passenger cars were lost in October to December 1944.[272] By 15 September 1945 441 light passenger cars were captured as trophies by the Bulgarian army.[299]

In 06.1938 there were 160 ambulances in the Bulgarian army[300] In 06.1940 there were 258 ambulances in the Bulgarian army[273] In 10.1941 there were 263 ambulances in the Bulgarian army and 27 in the Bulgarian Air Force[347] In 05.1944 there were 331 military ambulances and 41 mobilized civil ambulances in the Bulgarian army, as well as 1 surgical bus and 4 X-ray buses [276]

• Phänomen Granit 25 (Germany) - 160 supplied in 1936 as ambulances. Used in the motorized sanitary platoons in the divisions. 130 more supplied in 1940-1941 [348]
• Phänomen Granit 1500 S[349] (Germany) - 40 supplied in 1943[350]

8 ambulances were lost in 09.1944 during the retreat from Macedonia and Serbia[296] Another 62 were captured as trophies by the Soviet army during its occupation of Bulgaria and were never returned.[337] There were 491 ambulances available in 10.1944 with the Bulgarian army - 420 participated in the war against Germany, 52 were lost[338] 275 ambulances were available in 03.1945 with the 1st Bulgarian army fighting within the 3rd Ukrainian front, 1 was lost[339] 40 ambulances have been captured as trophies by the Bulgarian army by 15.09.1945[299]

In 06.1938 there were 156 motorcycles in the Bulgarian army.[300] In 06.1940 there were 135 motorcycles in the Bulgarian army[273] In 10.1941 there were 97 motorcycles without sidecar and 152 motorcycles with a sidecar in the Bulgarian army and 7 motorcycles without sidecar and 44 with sidecar in the Bulgarian Air Force[347]

• BSA motorcycles (Great Britain) - 3 bought in ?[351]
• Motosacoche (Switzerland) - 13 bought in 1930[352]
• NSU (Germany) - 12 bought in 1933[353]
• Ardie TM500 (Germany) - 13 bought in ? [354]
• Praga BD (Czechoslovakia) - 50 bought in 1933[355]
• BMW R12 (Germany) - 57 with sidecars bought in 1936. Used as courier vehicle.[356]
• BMW R61 (Germany) - 76 ordered in 02.1942 and received in 09.1942[357]
• BMW R71S (Germany) - 30 BMW 71 with sidecars bought and received in 1940. Further 150 with sidecar swere bought and received in 02.1941. Another order for 24 again with sidecars were ordered in 02.1942 and received in 09.1942[358]
• BMW R75 (Germany) - 200 BMW R75 with sidecars were ordered in 08.1941 and were delivered in 1943. 400 were delivered in total until 1944.[359]
• DKW NZ350 (Germany) - 500 ordered in 1941 and received in 1942. Another 415 ordered and received in 1942. ? more delivered in 1943-44[360]
• NSU 251 OSL - 490 supplied in 1943-1944[361]

172 motorcycles were lost in 09.1944 during the retreat from Serbia and Macedonia.[296] Another 243 were captured as trophies by the Soviet army during its occupation of Bulgaria in 09.1944 and were never returned.[337] There were 1758 motorcycles available in 11.1944 with the Bulgarian army - 1485 participated in the war against Germany, 292 were lost[362] 673 motorcycles were available in 03.1945 with the 1st Bulgarian army fighting within the 3rd Ukrainian front, 21 were lost[339] 350 motorcycles have been captured as trophies by the Bulgarian army by 15.09.1945[299]

In 06.1938 there were 59 artillery tractors in the Bulgarian army[300]

• Pavesi P4 (Italy) - 36 P.C.26 bought in 1930. 20 more P.C.30 in 1934. 50 P.C. 30A were supplied in 1938. Used in the heavy artillery regiments on Army level, the Artillery school and the heavy anti-air units [363]

Later additions included:

• Allice Chalmers WKO (USA) - ? bought in 1938. Used by the engineers.[305]
• McCormick M.I.12, M.I.14, M.I.30, M.I.35 (USA/Great Britain) - ? bought in 1938. Used by the engineers.[305]
• The Einheits-Diesel Trucks[364] (Germany) - 160 MAN produced G-2 type (2.5t, 6x6) were supplied in 1940 and were used for towing 10.5 cm Rheinmetall D/30 howitzers and 7.5 cm D/59 Rheinmetall anti-air guns.[365]
• TL.37 (Italy) - 20 ordered in 03.1939 and received in 01.1940[366]
• Breda 32 (Italy) - 20 ordered in 03.1939 and received in 10.1940. Used for 8.8 cm FlaK.[367]
• Sd.Kfz. 6 (Germany) - 72 Bussing-NAG BN9 tractors were ordered in 09.1939. Received in 02–10.1941. Used in the heavy artillery regiments and in the artillery unit of the armoured brigade.[368]
• Deutz-Fahr F3M.317 (Germany) - 23 of these diesel tractors were ordered for the Bulgarian Air force in 1940 and delivered in 1941. 3 more were ordered in 02.1941 and received in 09.1941, again for the Air Force[369]

In 10.1941 there were 381 artillery tractors in the Bulgarian army and 35 in the Bulgarian air force.[347] In 10.1943 there were 12 tractors in the Bulgarian Air Force[275] In 05.1944 there were 830 tractors in the Bulgarian army[276]

• FAMO Rubezahl[370] (Germany) - 2 tractors were delivered in 10.1942. Used by the engineers.[371]
• Sd.Kfz. 7 (Germany) - 24 supplied in 06.1943 and used as artillery tractors for the supplied 122mm Soviet trophy guns. 6 supplied in 1944 and used in the Armored Brigade as tractors for the 8.8 cm FlaK[372]
• Horch 108 (Germany) - 12 supplied in 1943. Used in the Armoured brigade as tractors for 2 cm Flak 38.[373]
• Ford V3000s/SSM Maultier (Germany) - 384 Sd.Kfz.3b were supplied under the Barbara supply programme from Germany in 1943–1944. These were used to tow the 7.5 cm PAKs in the anti-armor battalions and 3.7 cm FlaK 36 in the Armored Brigade, as well as 2 cm Flak 38.[374]
• Steyr RSO (Germany) - 40 delivered in 02.1943 (120 were planned). Used in the motorized artillery units as tractors for 10.5 cm LeFH and as cargo vehicles.[375]
• Faun ZR [376](Germany) - ? supplied in 1943 and used in the anti-air artillery units (8.8 cm FlaK).[377]
• Sd.Kfz. 9 (Germany) - 2 FAMO F3 tractors with Sd.Ah.116 flatbed trailers were supplied in 1943. Used by the two StuG III assault guns battalions for transportation of damaged StuGs.[378]
• Hanomag (Germany)[379] - ? supplied in ?[380]

59 tractors were lost in 09.1944 during the retreat from Macedonia and Serbia[296] Another 20 were captured in 09.1944 by the Soviet army during its occupation of Bulgaria.[337] In 10.1944 there were 612 tractors with the Bulgarian army - 532 participated in the war against Germany in 1944, 78 were lost.[338] 272 tractors were available in 03.1945 with the 1st Bulgarian army fighting within the 3rd Ukrainian front, 7 were lost[339] 4 tractors have been captured as trophies by the Bulgarian army by 15.09.1945[299] - 1 Sd.Kfz. 9, 1 Sd.Kfz. 8, 1 Renault UE etc.[381]

• Krupp ODH 232 Bus - 1 supplied in 1934
• Fargo Bus - ? delivered in ?[382]
• Opel Blitz Bus - 12 supplied in 09.1943. 18 in total received by 06.1944[383][384]
• Kfz. 17 - 44 radio vehicles delivered in 1943-1944[384]

• Heinkel He-51 biplanes (Germany) - 12 were bought in 1936 and delivered at the end of the year. These were the first real fighter planes in Bulgarian service since World War I. Bulgarian designation - "Сокол" (Falcon). Used as fighters in 1937-1940, then as fighter trainers in 1940-1946, when the last one was scrapped. One was lost in an incident in 04.1939.[460][461][462][463][459]
• Arado Ar 65 biplanes (Germany) - 12 were gifted by Goering to Boris III in 05.1937. Bulgarian designation - "Орел" (Eagle). Used as fighters in 1937-1939, then in 08.1939 assigned as fighter-trainers. One was lost in an incident, in 1939, the remainder were gradually retired during the war with the last one in 1946.[464][463][465][466][459]
• PZL P.24B (Poland) - 12 (some sources claim 14,[467] but 12 are delivered) were bought in 1936 and delivered in 1937. Bulgarian designation - "Ястреб" (Kestrel). Used as fighters in 1937-1941, then were relegated as fighter-trainers. One was lost in an incident in 06.1938. The last remaining ones were destroyed in the Allied bombing raids on the Karlovo airfield in 06.1944. There were also negotiations in 1938-1939 for obtaining further P.24s (12 to 26 P-24J?), but the German invasion cancelled this order.[464][468][469][470][462][471]
• Avia B-534 (Czechoslovakia) - 60 bought from Germany from its Czech trophies in 1939 and arrived in Bulgaria in 10.1939. 6 more were acquired as spare parts in 1939 (5 were eventually restored to flying condition) and 12 more were ordered and delivered in 1940. Thus 78 planes were bought in total (6 as spare parts) and delivered and 77 served in Bulgaria as fighters in 1939-1943. Bulgarian designation - "Доган" (Hunting Falcon). Several were lost in incidents and by the end of 1941 - 73 were available for duty. During 1943 these were gradually retired as fighters and 56 were eventually deemed fit to be transferred to a ground attack role in the 2 Orlyak (Air Group) of the 2nd Ground Assault Air Regiment. 6 were assigned in 1944 with the 1st Occupation Corps in Serbia at Nis. One was destroyed by Partisans ground fire in 03.1944, the remainder by US air raids on the Nis airfield in 08-09.1944. At least 5 Avia B-534 were also destroyed on the ground on Karlovo and Graf Ignatievo airfields by Allied straffing raids in 06.1944. By 01.09.1944 only 26 Avia-534s remained with 2/2 Orlyak and only 6 were in flying condition. On 10.09.1944 one was lost in air combat against Luftwaffe. From 10.09. until 12.11. 1944 the remaining Avia-534s were used as ground attack planes against the Axis. Three Avia-534s were lost to flak. A handful of surviving Avia-534s were finally scrapped in 1945.[472][473][474][475][476]
• Messerschmitt Bf 109E (Germany) - 10 new BF-109 E-3 were purchased and delivered in the summer of 1940. 9 more former Luftwaffe BF-109 E-3 ones were purchased and delivered in 08.1941. Bulgarian designation - "Стрела" (Arrow). Used as fighters in 1940-1944. One was lost in an incident in 08.1942, three more in incidents in 03-04.1943, one was shot down in air combat on 24.11.1943, nine were written off on 01.08.1944 due to wear, leaving five remaining in 09.1944, four in 07.1945 and the last three being scrapped in 1946-1947.[477][478][479][480][481]
• Avia B-135 (Czechoslovakia) - 12 of this 1939 prototype fighter were ordered from Avia plants in Czechoslovakia in 1940 and a license was purchased to produce 50 of these at the second Bulgarian airplane factory at Lovech, with Avia providing engines, armament and instruments. The planned armament was a 20mm cannon and 2 7.92mm MGs. The Bulgarian designation was to be ДАР-11 Лястовица (Swallow). The Avia plants however were overtaken by production orders from Germany and did not supply the engines, cannons and the instruments needed for the license construction. The already contracted 12 machines were produced in 1942, delivered in Bulgaria in early 1943 and assembled in the summer of 1943 (without the cannons however). By this time Bulgaria dropped the idea of producing these and was receiving BF-109Gs from Germany. The Avia B-135s were assigned to the Fighter School at the Dolna Mitropoliya airfield as fighter-trainers. On 30.03.1944 four Avia B-135s from the Fighter School participated in air combat against USAAF, claiming a B-24 or B-17 kill. The fighter-trainers were eventually retired and scrapped by 1947.[482][483][484][485][486]
• Dewoitine D.520 (France) - 98[487] or 100[488] (initially 48 intended, then 96, then 100, finally 114 intended, but 98 or 100 delivered) French Dewoitine D.520 were gifted from Germany to strengthen the Bulgarian air defenses in 08.1943 and delivered in 09.1943. Bulgarian designation was "Девоатин" (Dewoitine). Used as fighters against the Allied air raids in 1943-1944. 10 were lost in air combat against the Allies by the time Bulgaria switched sides, 2 by allied bombings of the Karlovo airfield in 06.1944, at least 7 in incidents, the rest being increasingly scrapped in 1944. By 31.05.1944 86 were available (25 in flyable condition), by 01.08.1944 62 were available (36 flyable condition), by 01.09.1944 - 32 (16 flyable), by 01.01.1945 - 27 (12 flyable). After the switch to Allied side in 09.1944 the remaining fighters were still used against the Axis in the Balkans until late 1944, losing 7 to Flak. The survivors were used in 1945-1947 as trainers, then scrapped.[489][490][491][492][493]
• Messerschmitt Bf 109G (Germany) - 145 (46 delivered in 1943 and 99 in 1944)[494] or 156 (46 in 1943 and 110 in 1944)[495] or 164 (38 in 1943 and 126 in 1944)[496] delivered from Germany in 1943-1944, forming the backbone of the Bulgarian Air Defense in 1943-1944. Bulgarian designation - "Стрела" (Arrow). The first 16 BG-109G-2 were ordered and received in 02.1943, the last BF-109 G-6 were received in 08.1944, just before switching sides to the Allied sides. At least 27 were lost in incidents in 1943-1944, at least 17 in air combat against the Allies in 1943-1944, at least 2 during the June 1944 Allied bombing raids on the Bulgarian airfields, 23 were abandoned on the Skopje airfield during the retreat from Macedonia in 09.1944, 9 were lost to Axis Flak in 1944 after switching sides. In 1945 Bulgaria captured with permission from Soviet Union as trophies at least 24 or more likely 42 Bf 109G of the latest modifications (G-6, G-10, G-12).[497][498] In 1947-48 59 Bf-109G were transferred to Yugoslavia. [499] The last Bf-109G were used as trainers until 1950, although they were retired from the fighter units in 1947.[500][501][502][503][504]

• Dornier Do 11D (Germany) - 12 were gifted by Goering to Boris III in 05.1937. Bulgarian designation -"Прилеп" ("Bat"). Used as bombers until 1940, then as trainers until 1943, when scrapped.[505][506][507][508]
• Bloch MB.200 (France/Czechoslovakia) - 12 purchased from Germany in 1939 from the Czech air force trophies. Bulgarian designation -"Бухал" ("Owl"). Used as bombers until 1940, then as trainers until 1946. One, later two Bloch MB.200 were converted to photo-mapping aircraft to update the maps of Bulgaria in 1941-1943.[509][510][511][512]
• Avia B-71 (Soviet Union/Czechoslovakia) - 24 purchased from Germany in 1939 from the Czech air force trophies. Another 8 were delivered in 1940. Bulgarian designation -"Жерав" ("Crane").Used as bombers until 1945, including maritime patrols in the Aegean in 1941, against the Greek Drama uprising in 1941, in the war against Germany in 1944. 4 were lost in incidents (2 in 1941, 1 in 1942, 1 in 1944), none in action. 20 were available on 01.09.1944 (12 serviceable). [513][514][515][516]
• Dornier Do 17 (Germany) - 29/38 - the first 11 second-hand Do-17 M/Ps were bought from Germany and delivered in 09.1940. Following the capitulation of Yugoslavia in 04.1941, the Bulgarian troops found at an abandoned airfield Petrovac (Skopje) in Macedonia 15 Do-17Ka-1s. 6 of these were sent to Plvodiv in Bulgaria and were overhauled and entered service with the Bulgarian Air Force, the other 9 was used as spare parts. In 1943 12 second-hand Do-17M-1 were delivered from Germany. Bulgarian designation - "Ураган" (Hurricane). Used as bombers until 1945, including maritime patrols in the Aegean in 1941, against the Greek Drama uprising in 1941, against the Yugoslav partisans in 1943-1944, in the war against Germany in 1944 and in 1945 as long-range transport planes from Bulgaria to 1st Bulgarian army in Hungary. 6 were lost in incidents (1 each year in 1941-1943, 3 in 1944), none in combat. 20 (14 serviceable) Do-17 M/Kas were available in the bomber regiment in 09.1944 + 5 (4 serviceable) Do-17Ps in the long-range recon unit. After the war 5 of the 6 ex-Yugoslav bombers were returned to Yugoslavia (the 6th being already lost in an incident in 1944), the rest were scrapped in 1946.[517][518][519][520]

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• Bulgarian DAR 10 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only)

• Poland PZL.43 light bombers

• Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB3/KB4 Chuchuliga II reconnaissance aircraft
• Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB5 Chuchuliga III reconnaissance aircraft
• Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB6 Papagal bomber
• Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan army liaison monoplane

• German Messerschmitt Bf 108 communications aircraft
• German bombers - 35 (11 Do 17P + 11 Do 17Kb1 + several Do 17 and Do 17M)[521]

• German Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" - 12 Ju 87 R-2 and R-4s and 40 Ju 87 D-5s.[6]

• Aero A.304
• Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft - after 9 September 1944
• Soviet Tupolev Tu-2 - after 9 September 1944

• Ringtrichter-Richtungshörer (RRH) (Germany) - 2 ordered in 1936 and supplied in 1937, 53 more in 1943 and 26 in 1944[231]

• FuMG 62 Wurzburg 39 T version D (Germany) - 4 bought in 1944 from Germany, 2 were supplied by 04.1944 and were used in the air-defense of Sofia.[231] The other 2 were supplied, but were not operational during the war.[522]

• FuMG 401 Freya LZ-A (Germany) - in 1943 Germany deployed 8 of these on Bulgarian territory, serviced by German and later by Bulgarian personnel.[523] 6 (5?[232]) remained in Bulgarian possession after the German retreat and were used until 1951.[524]

• 7.5×54mm French (France) - 400 000 delivered in 1941 for the 40 Renault R35[85]

• 47x186R (Great Britain) - 2000 HE and 2000 AP purchased in 1936 for the 8 Vickers Mk E[76] 3000 more were supplied in 10.1944 from the Soviet Union.[525]
• 37x268R (Czechoslovakia) - 5000 AP and 10000 HE purchased in 1939-1940 for the 36Panzer 35(t)[526]
• 37×94R (France) - 10000 HE and 10000 AP purchased in 1941 for the 40 Renault R-35[85] 5000 more were supplied in 10.1944 from the Soviet Union.[525]
• 75×495R (Germany) - 92000 were planned to be delivered in 1943-1944 for the Panzer IV, 32 210 have been received by 02.1944 as per Bulgarian data,[527] 48 757 by later German data.[59] In 10.1944 Soviet Union supplied 100 000 from its trophies.[525]