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List of Australian military equipment of World War II

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At the beginning of the Second World War, Australia did not have an extensive manufacturing industry. Furthermore, it was only partially independent from the United Kingdom (Britain). Therefore, most of Australian weapons and equipment during war was imported from either Britain or USA, although many were replaced with locally produced versions later in war.

Contents

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

  • Enfield No. 2 Mk I revolver
  • Webley Mk IV revolver

    • Automatic pistols and submachine guns

  • Owen Gun
  • Sten
  • Thompson submachine gun
  • Austen submachine gun

    • Rifles

  • Lee-Enfield
  • Lee-Metford (Volunteer Defence Corps)

    • Grenades and grenade launchers

  • Mills bomb No. 36M

    • Flamethrowers

  • Flamethrower, Portable, No 2

    • Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns

    Vickers machine gun Lewis machine gun

    Infantry mortars

  • Stokes mortar
  • Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar
  • Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar
  • Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar

    • Field artillery

  • Ordnance QF 15-pounder Mk I
  • Ordnance QF 13-pounder
  • Ordnance QF 18-pounder Mk2, Mk4
  • Ordnance BLC 15-pounder
  • RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun
  • QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer
  • QF 4.5-inch howitzer
  • QF 5.25 inch gun
  • BL 10-pounder Mountain Gun
  • Ordnance QF 25-pounder
  • Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short

    • Fortress and siege guns

  • BL 60-pounder gun
  • BL 4 inch naval gun Mk 1
  • BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun
  • BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun
  • BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun
  • BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer
  • BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer

    • Anti-tank guns

  • Ordnance QF 2-pounder Mk IX/X
  • Ordnance QF 6-pounder Mk II
  • Ordnance QF 17-pounder

    • Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

  • Boys anti-tank rifle Mk I, Mk II
  • PIAT

    • Light anti-aircraft guns

  • Vickers QF 2-pounder naval gun (pom-pom)
  • Rolls-Royce QF 2-pounder naval gun
  • QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
  • Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  • Vickers 6-Ton
  • Bofors 40 mm gun

    • Heavy anti-aircraft guns

  • QF 6-pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss
  • QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun
  • QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  • QF 12-pounder 12 cwt AA gun
  • QF 13-pounder 6 cwt AA gun
  • QF 3-inch 20 cwt
  • QF 3.7-inch AA gun
  • QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun
  • QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun
  • QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun

    • Tanks

  • Sentinel tank (only Australian production)
  • Fiat M11/39
  • Fiat M13/40
  • Vickers Light Tank Mk VI
  • Renault R35
  • M3 Stuart
  • Medium tank M3 Grant
  • Matilda II

    • Armored cars

  • Dingo (scout car)
  • Rhino Heavy Armoured Car
  • Rover Light Armoured Car
  • S1 Scout Car
  • T17E1 Staghound armoured car

    • Armored carriers

  • Universal Carrier

    • Trucks

  • Canadian Military Pattern truck Ford F30 (by Ford Australia)

    • Motorcycles

    BSA WM20

    Miscellaneous vehicles

  • Landing Vehicle Tracked
  • List of ships of the Second World War

    • Aircraft

  • de Havilland Mosquito
  • Bristol Beaufort
  • CAC Woomera (CA-4/CA-11)
  • CAC Wirraway (CA-3)
  • CAC Wackett (CA-6)
  • CAC Boomerang (CA-12)
  • North American P-51 Mustang (license built as CA-17 Mustang)
  • de Havilland Express

    • References

    List of Australian military equipment of World War II Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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