i want to produce a list of German weapons of WW2 and also the British any help would be great (as im making a project thanks) i will kepp editing this first post cheers British Weapons Rifles-Anti tank weapons-machine guns Lee-Enfield #4. Excellent sights; ten-round mag; fast-firing bolt. Best bolt-action battle rifle made. Sten; Bren; Webley revolvers; Enfield revolvers; Vickers MG; Lee-Enfield No.3; Lee-Enfield No.5 (I think it saw service) Lanchester SMG; Vickers-Berthier (It was Indian, but I think it counts) BESA (used in tanks) Thompson SMG (used in France (1940) and the Med) The PIAT Mk I (Projector Infantry Anti-Tank) Pistols Walther P-38 Luger P-08 GERMAN WEAPONS Rifles Pistols Hand grenades Machine Guns MP40 MG42 MG34
British Weapons 1 - M1 Garand. Semi-auto; I don't think the Garand saw British service, It was American. Lee-Enfield #4. Excellent sights; ten-round mag; fast-firing bolt. Best bolt-action battle rifle made. Sten; (Sub-machinegun) Bren; (Machinegun) Webley revolvers; (pistol) Enfield revolvers; (Pistol) Vickers MG; (MG) Lee-Enfield No.3; (Rifle) Lee-Enfield No.5 (I think it saw service) (Rifle) Lanchester SMG; (SMG) Vickers-Berthier (It was Indian, but I think it counts) (MG) BESA (used in tanks) (MG) Thompson SMG (used in France (1940) and the Med) (SMG) Mills Bomb Grenade; (Grenade) Gammon Bomb. (Grenade) Can I put the PIAT in here? (Anti-Tank) .30 Enfield (US made, used by the Home Guard) (Rifle) GERMAN WEAPONS Rifles K98; G41; G43; STG44; FG42 Pistols Walther P-38 Luger P-08 Hand grenades I can't spell the German; Machine Guns MG42 MG34 MP40 MP38 MP41
We could always go off on the tangent of what foreign weapons did the Germans use too seeing as they used many others in addition to thier own LOL.
Hehe, how long have you got? That's quite a task you're taking on there Chrish, considering that Gander's mostly complete 'Encyclopedia of German small Arms, artillery & special weapons' runs to 370 pretty densely packed pages (46 pistols alone, automatic, revolver, and flare)... Foreign/captured weapons also pretty fully described. David Boyd's excellent and ever-increasing web based survey of British equipment is a very good starting place: British Equipment of the Second World War Good luck, Adam.
its just that when i go detecting and come across something would like to know what its is you guys would know what it was straight away (all know your stuff)
Why is the Luger and the Walther Pistols in with the British small arms? And joe, if you want ot be technical and accurate, the Mp38, 40 and 41 you have in the MG list are Sub Machine guns not Machine guns. Even the STG 44 is an Assualt rifle. Do the other Axis country weapons count? Eilhandgrante Steilhandgrante Nebelhandgrante There you go Joe