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List of German military equipment of World War II

This page contains a list of equipment used by the German military of World War II. Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.

Personal arms and captured arms

Knives and bayonets

Small arms

Revolvers, pistols, and pistol carbines (manual and semi-automatic)

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

Rifles

Grenades and grenade launchers

Mines

Recoilless rifles

Flamethrowers

Infantry rifles and machine guns

Infantry rifles and dual-purpose machine guns

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns

Artillery

Demolition charges

Infantry mortars

Heavy mortars and rocket launchers

Field artillery

Fortress and siege guns

Anti-tank guns

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

Anti-aircraft weapons

Light anti-aircraft guns

Heavy anti-aircraft guns

Vehicles

Nazi Germany had captured many models of foreign equipment. In the list below, only most prominent captured models are listed. For full listing of captured vehicles see List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II

Tankette

  • AMR 35 – captured from French, some converted to mortar carrier

Tanks

Self-propelled guns

Tank-based

Anti-Air

Anti-tank

Assault & infantry guns

Self propelled artillery

Other

  • – 37mm gun on Hanomag chassis
  • 7.7 cm FK WD Schlepper 50PS – 77mm gun on Hanomag chassis
  • Pz.Sph. 204(f) mit KwK 42 – gun on French Panhard 178 armoured car
  • 8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 12 – AA gun in field gun mount on Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track chassis
  • 8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 18 – AA gun in field gun mount on Sd.Kfz. 9 half-track chassis
  • Mittler Schutzenpanzerwagen S307(f) mit Reihenwerfer – mortar on French SOMUA MCG half-track truck chassis

Armored cars

Armored carriers

  • Sd.Kfz. 3 (early) – unarmed personnel carrier of the 1920s
  • French Somua MCG/MCL mittlerer gepanzerter Zugkraftwagen S307/303(f)
  • French Unic P107 leichter Zugkraftwagen U304(f))
  • Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen 'Kätzchen' – 2 built
  • Munitions Selbstfahrlafette auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Wespe chassis as ammunition carrier)
  • Munitionspanzer 38(t) (sf) Ausf.K (Sd.Kfz..138/1)
  • Sd.Kfz. 252 half-track ammunition carrier
  • Borgward B III – armoured ammunition carrier

Engineering and command

  • Springer vehicle (demolition vehicle)
  • Borgward IV (demolition vehicle)
  • Goliath tracked mine
  • (mine clearance vehicle, prototype only)
  • Brückenleger auf Panzerkampfwagen II (bridge layer on Panzer II chassis)
  • Minenräumer III (also known as Minenräumpanzer III) – mine-clearing vehicle on Panzer III chassis
  • Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen (command version of Panzer I)
  • Panzerbefehlswagen III (command version of Panzer III)
  • Panzerbefehlswagen IV (Pz. Bef. Wg. IV) (command version of Panzer IV)
  • Befehlspanzer Panther (command version of Panther tank)
  • Kugelpanzer – cable-laying vehicle, supplied to Japan
  • Sd.Kfz. 247 – armored command car
  • Sd.Kfz. 253 half-track artillery observer
  • Infanterie Sturmsteg auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV (infantry assault bridge version of the Panzer IV)
  • Instandsetzungskraftwagen I (maintenance vehicle version of the Panzer I)
  • – tank-lifting maintenance crane

Trucks

  • Opel Blitz (also Maultier (late Sd.Kfz. 3) half-track versions)
  • Mercedes-Benz L3000
  • Krupp Protze
  • Kfz.19 – Telephone truck
  • Kfz.21 – Staff car
  • Kfz.68 – Radio mast carrier
  • Kfz.69 – Standard configuration for towing the 3,7 cm PaK 36
  • Kfz.70 – Standard configuration for personnel carrying
  • Kfz.81 – Ammo carrier conversion for 2 cm FlaK gun, usually towed
  • Kfz.83 – Generator carrier for anti-aircraft spotlight, usually towed
  • Borgward B 3000
  • Sd.Kfz. 4 half-track
  • Polski Fiat 621- Captured from Polish
  • Tatra 111
  • Zis-5- Captured from Soviets

Passenger cars

Motorcycles

Motorcycles were often paired with a sidecar as a .

Tractors and prime movers

Miscellaneous vehicles

  • – Army trailer
  • – Infantry trailers
  • – Infantry cart IF8
  • Meillerwagen – V-2 rocket transporter
  • – Trailer attachment hook
  • Railroad plough

Navy ships and war vessels

Aircraft

Secret weapons

Radars

Missiles and bombs

Cartridges and shells

See also

References

Further reading

External links