List of common World War II infantry weapons

This is a list of infantry weapons which were in mainstream use during World War II (1939–1945).

Australia

Two Australian soldiers equipped with Owen submachine guns

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Austria

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Belgium

Edged weapons

  • M1924 bayonet

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Brazil

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Bulgaria

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Canada

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

China

A Chinese Nationalist Army soldier equipped with a ZB vz. 26 and a German M1935 helmet

Weapons used by the National Revolutionary Army, as well as Communist forces and Chinese Warlords

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Independent State of Croatia

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Automatic rifles

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Czechoslovak Republic

Czechoslovakian soldiers with a ZB vz. 26 and a ZB vz. 24

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Denmark

Danish resistance fighter with a Sten gun

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

  • Danish M1923

Anti-tank weapons

Estonia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Finland

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mines

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Anti-aircraft weapons

France

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Guided explosive weapons

Germany

German paratrooper carrying a MG 42

Edged weapons

Flare guns

  • Krieghoff L flare pistol

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Semi-automatic carbines

  • M1 Carbine (Captured weapons classified as Selbstladekarabiner 455(a))

Assault rifles

Battle rifles

Bolt action rifles

Sniper rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Mines

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Guided explosive weapons

Greece

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Hungary

Flare guns

  • 20M flare pistol
  • 42M flare pistol
  • 43M flare pistol

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Mines

  • 36M mine
  • 43M mine

Anti-tank weapons

Italy

Edged weapons

  • M1891 sciabola baionetta (Sword bayonet)
  • M1891/38 pugnale baionetta (Dagger bayonet)

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Japan

Japanese soldiers with a Type 92 machine gun during the 1941 Battle of Changsha

Edged weapons

Flare guns

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Semi-automatic rifles

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade dischargers

Mines

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Guided explosive weapons

  • I-Go (Remote controlled explosive machine)

Latvia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Lithuania

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Luxembourg

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

British Malaya

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Anti-tank weapons

Manchukuo

Sidearms

  • Mauser Type 1 pistol
  • Mauser Type 2 or 3 pistol

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenade dischargers

Mexico

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Mongolia

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Netherlands

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Anti-tank weapons

New Zealand

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Anti-tank weapons

Norway

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Philippines

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Automatic rifles

Rifles

Sniper rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Poland

Polish infantry marching with their rifles

Sidearms

Submachine gun

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Flamethrowers

  • WS-1 flamethrower
  • WS-2 flamethrower
  • Zieliński flamethrower
  • Sender flamethrower

Mortars

  • wz.18 mortar
  • wz.18/31 mortar
  • wz.28 mortar
  • wz.31 mortar
  • wz.32 heavy mortar
  • wz.40 mortar

Anti-tank weapons

Romania

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Anti-tank weapons

Slovak Republic

Sidearms

Rifles

Light machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Mortars

  • 80 mm vz. 36 (Medium mortar)

South Africa

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Mortars

  • Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar

Anti-tank weapons

Soviet Union

Soviet partisans in Belarus, armed with a PPD-40 submachine gun and a Mosin-Nagant rifle

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Automatic rifles and battle rifles

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Mines

  • TM-35 mine (Anti-tank mine)
  • PMK-40 (Anti-personnel mine)

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

Thailand

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade dischargers

Anti-tank weapons

United Kingdom (including British Empire)

British soldiers at Tobruk, equipped with Thompson submachine guns and Lee-Enfield rifles

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Sniper rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Guided explosive weapons

United States

A U.S. Marine armed with a M1 carbine

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Shotguns (Commonly used by the Marines in the Pacific theater, limited use in Europe)

Rifles

Sniper rifles

Recoilless rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

Yugoslavia

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Anti-tank weapons

WWII Weapons list shown by categories

WWII Weapons List Shown By Categories

Close Combat Weapons
Weapons Type Cartridges Country of Origin Details

NR-40

Combat Knife N/A Soviet Union N/A

1219C2

Combat Knife N/A United States N/A

Fairbairn–Sykes

Dagger N/A United Kingdom N/A

S84/98 III

Bayonet N/A Nazi Germany N/A

Type 98

Sabre N/A Empire of Japan N/A
M39 Dagger N/A Italy N/A
Pistols
Weapons Type Cartridges Country of Origin Details

TT-33

Pistol 7.62×25mm Tokarev Soviet Union N/A

M1911A1

Pistol .45 ACP United States N/A

Webley Mk IV

Pistol .38/200 British Empire N/A

Walther P38

Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum Nazi Germany N/A

Type 14 Nambu

Pistol 8×22mm Nambu Empire of Japan N/A

Beretta M34

Pistol .380 ACP Italy N/A
Shotguns
Weapons Type Cartridges Country of Origin Details

M12

Shotgun 12-Gauge United States N/A
Sub-Machine Guns
Weapons Type Cartridges Country of Origin Details

PPSh-41

Sub-Machine Gun 7.62×25mm Tokarev Soviet Union N/A

PPS-43

Sub-Machine Gun 7.62×25mm Tokarev Soviet Union N/A

M1A1 Thompson

Sub-Machine Gun .45 ACP United States N/A

M3A1

Sub-Machine Gun .45 ACP United States N/A

Sten Mk II

Sub-Machine Gun 9×19mm Parabellum United Kingdom N/A

MP 40

Sub-Machine Gun 9×19mm Parabellum Nazi Germany N/A

Type 100 Nambu

Sub-Machine Gun 8×22mm Nambu Empire of Japan N/A

Beretta M38A

Sub-Machine Gun 9×19mm Parabellum Italy N/A
Assault Rifles & Battle Rifles
Weapons Type Cartridges Country of Origin Details

StG 44

Assault rifle 7.92×33mm Kurz Nazi Germany Available Attachment:
  • ZF4 4× Scope

FG 42

Battle rifle 7.92×57mm Mauser Nazi Germany Available Attachment:
  • ZFG42 4× Scope
Rifles & Anti-Tank Rifles
Weapons Type Cartridges Country of Origin Details

Mosin–Nagant M91/30

Rifle 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union Available Attachment:
  • PU 3.5× Scope

SVT-40

Rifle 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union Available Attachment:
  • PU 3.5× Scope

M1 Garand

Rifle .30-06 Springfield United States Available Attachment:
  • M84 2.2× Scope

Springfield M1903A1

Rifle .30-06 Springfield United States Available Attachment:
  • Unertl 7.8× Scope

M1 Carbine

Rifle .30 Carbine United States N/A

Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk I

Rifle .303 British United Kingdom Available Attachment:
  • No.32 Mk II 3.5× Scope

Kar98k

Rifle 7.92×57mm Mauser Nazi Germany Available Attachment:
  • ZF42 5× Scope

Gewehr 43

Rifle 7.92×57mm Mauser Nazi Germany Available Attachment:
  • ZF4 4× Scope

Type 99 Arisaka

Rifle 7.7×58mm Arisaka Empire of Japan Available Attachment:
  • Type 99 4× Scope

Carcano M91/38

Rifle 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Italy N/A

PTRD-41

Anti-Tank Rifle 14.5×114mm Soviet Union N/A

PTRS-41

Anti-Tank Rifle 14.5×114mm Soviet Union N/A
Machine Guns
Weapons Type Cartridges Country of Origin Details

DP-28

Light Machine Gun 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union N/A

M1918A2

Light Machine Gun .30-06 Springfield United States N/A

Bren Mk II

Light Machine Gun .303 British Czechoslovakia

United Kingdom

N/A

MG26(t)

Light Machine Gun 7.92×57mm Mauser Czechoslovakia Commonly used by the Wehrmacht during skirmish battle

Type 99 Nambu

Light Machine Gun 7.7×58mm Arisaka Empire of Japan N/A

Breda M30

Light Machine Gun 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Italy N/A

M1919A4

Medium Machine Gun .30-06 Springfield United States N/A

Vickers Mk I

Medium Machine Gun .303 British United Kingdom N/A

Maxim M1910

Heavy Machine Gun 7.62×54mmR Russian Empire N/A

Browning M2HB

Heavy Machine Gun .50 BMG United States N/A

Type 92 Nambu

Heavy Machine Gun 7.7×58mm Arisaka Empire of Japan N/A

Breda M37

Heavy Machine Gun 8×59mm RB Breda Italy N/A

MG 34

General Purpose Machine Gun 7.92×57mm Mauser Nazi Germany N/A

MG 42

General Purpose Machine Gun 7.92×57mm Mauser Nazi Germany N/A
Grenades & Anti-Tank Grenades
Weapons Type Filling Country of Origin Details

RGD-33

Grenade TNT Soviet Union N/A

Mk II

Grenade TNT United States N/A

No.36

Grenade Baratol United Kingdom N/A

M24

Grenade TNT German Empire N/A

Type 97

Grenade TNT Empire of Japan N/A

M35

Grenade TNT Italy N/A

RPG-43

Anti-Tank Grenade TNT Soviet Union N/A

No.74

Anti-Tank Grenade NG United Kingdom N/A

Hafthohlladung H3.5

Anti-Tank Grenade TNT Nazi Germany N/A

Type L

Anti-Tank Grenade TNT Italy N/A

See also

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