List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons
This is a list of weapons which, while not being mainstream, were used in significant enough numbers to warrant mention.
Canada
America
- Colt M1911
- Browning Hi-Power (Burma Campaign X-Forces and Y-Forces)
- Thompson Gun M1928A1 (U.S [[Lend Lease]])
- M1903 Springfield rifle (U.S Lend Lease)
- M1917 Enfield rifle (U.S Lend Lease)
Finland
Germany
- MG 15 light machine gun
- MG81 medium machine gun
- FG 42 light machine gun
- MP 3008 A late war German copy of the British Sten
- Volkssturmgewehr 1-5
- EMP 44
- StG45
- Mondragón rifle
- Walther PPK 7.65 semi auto pistol that was issued primarily to officers.
- Pistole 657(n):Licensed copy of the Colt 1911, originally made in Norway by Kongsberg for the Norwegian armed forces.
- Pistole 660(a)
- Sturmgewehr 44
- Gewehr 43
- Volksmaschinengewehr VMG-27
- Wimmersperg Spz-kr
- Browning wz.1928
- M30 Luftwaffe drilling
- Volkspistole
- ZB vz. 26
- Fliegerfaust[1] (only 10,000 produced)
Greece
Japan
- Type 94 Nambu semi-auto pistol
- Type 26 revolver
- Type 2 submachine gun
- TERA rifles (Type 100, Type 1, Type 2)
- Type 98 Heavy Machine Gun
Poland
- Błyskawica submachine gun
- Bechowiec-1 submachine gun
- Mors submachine gun
- Polski Sten submachine gun
United Kingdom
- DeLisle carbine
- Lanchester SMG
- M1895 Colt Machine gun (Issued to the Home Guard)
- M1917 Browning machine gun (Issued to the Home Guard)
- M1917 revolver (Issued to the Home Guard)
- Martini-Enfield (Issued to the Home Guard)
- Pattern M1917 (Issued to the Home Guard)
- Ross Rifle (Issued to the Home Guard)
- Welrod silenced pistol
United States
- High Standard HDM pistol
- M1941 Johnson rifle
- M1941 Johnson machine gun
- M42 United Defense submachine gun
- M50 Reising submachine gun
- M97 Shotgun (Used in the Pacific War)
- M12 Shotgun (Used in the Pacific War)
- Ithaca 37 (Used in the Pacific War)
- Browning Auto-5 (Used in the Pacific War)
Prototype weapons
Weapons that never saw real service in World War II. As well as prototypes, it also includes those that made it to trial. The production and usage of these weapons were very low.
Belgium
- SLEM-1 rifle
Norway
- Eriksen M/25 machine gun
Poland
- Mors submachine gun
United States
- M2 Hyde submachine gun
See also
Notes
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