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List of Bulgarian military equipment of World War II

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The following is a list of Bulgarian military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. Bulgaria was neutral country until 1 March 1941. Then it allied with Axis Powers until 9 September 1944 and then it aligned with allies for the rest of war.

Contents

Pistols

  • 9mm Parabellum P-08 (since 1912)
  • Walther PP

    • Automatic pistols and submachine guns

  • ZK-383 (Czechoslovakia) - standard Bulgarian SMG
  • MP 34 (Austria)
  • MP 40
  • PPSh-41 - since September 1944

    • Rifles

  • Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
  • Karabiner 98k (Germany)
  • SVT-40

    • Grenades and grenade launchers

  • Bulgarian defensive hand stick grenade
  • Bulgarian offensive hand stick grenade (Model 24 grenade license-built in Kazanlak)
  • Illegally produced grenades

    • Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns

  • MG 34 (Germany)
  • MG 08 (Germany)
  • MG 30 (Austria)

    • Infantry mortars

  • 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
  • Brandt Mle 27/31

    • Field artillery

  • SIG 33 (Germany)
  • Krupp 75mm field gun M.1904 (M04/12 modification)
  • Schneider-Canet 75mm field gun M. 1904
  • 10 cm schwere Kanone 18 (105mm D/56 Krupp "long gun") -36
  • 10 cm K 04 (ex-Turkish) -12 - most likely did not survive to WW2
  • 10 cm K 14 (ex-Romanian or left in Bulgaria by Germans after WWI) -12
  • 10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35 (60 captured by Germans from Yugoslavia, or directly Czech Vz.35 from Czech)
  • Skoda 75 mm Model 15 mountain gun
  • 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) - Captured by Germans in Soviet Union
  • Schneider-Canet 120mm field howitzer M. 1909
  • Rheinmetall 105mm L/30 gun-howitzers (early development versions of 10.5 cm leFH 18)
  • 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzers (166 bought in 1943)

    • Anti-tank guns

  • Bulgarian 37mm D/70 AT gun
  • German 5 cm Pak 38 AT gun

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

  • Solothurn S-18/100 - 308
  • Panzerschreck (Germany)
  • Panzerfaust (Germany)

    • Light anti-aircraft guns

  • 20mm Solothurn ST-5
  • 2cm Flak 30

    • Heavy anti-aircraft guns

  • 8.8 cm Flak 18

    • Tankettes

  • L3/33 - 14

    • Tanks

  • Vickers Mk E - 8
  • Renault R35 French light infantry tank - 39
  • Somua S-35 French cavalry tank - 6
  • Hotchkiss H35 French light tank - 19
  • Panzer 35(t) Czechoslovakian light tank - 36
  • Panzer 38(t) Czechoslovakian tank - 10
  • Panzer I German light tank - 1 sold in 1937
  • Panzer IV German medium tank - 46[3] or 91[4]
  • T-34 Soviet Union Medium tank send after 9 September 1944
  • PzKpfw IV H with 76,2mm ZiS-3 Gun Bulgarian modified Panzer IV

    • Tank-based

  • Semovente 47/32 Italian tank destroyer
  • Jagdpanzer IV German tank destroyer
  • Sturmgeschütz III German assault gun - 55 ordered, 25 delivered
  • Sturmgeschütz IV German assault gun

    • Armored cars

  • Leichter Panzerspähwagen German armoured car
  • SdKfz.232 Schwerer Panzerspähwagen German armoured car

    • Trucks

  • Autocarro blindato Fiat 626 NM Italian truck - 100

    • Tractors & prime movers

  • Ursus A
  • Pavesi P4
  • TL.37
  • Gunboat "Dorostor"
  • 3 of 56-ton No. 1 German-built torpedo boats, "Varna", "Rila" and unknown vessel commissioned in July 1941
  • 6 of 97-ton Drazki-class patrol boats
  • 2 of 77-ton French-built patrol boats, "Belomorets" and "Chernomorets"
  • 2 of 41-ton Minyor-class US-built patrol boats, "Kapitan-leytenant K. Minkov" and "Vzriv" (from 1921)
  • 4 of 31-ton No. 4 Dutch-built torpedo boats (6 captured by Germans)
  • 10 of 30-ton Yugoslavia-built Granichar-class motor launches on lake Ohrid
  • 14 Bulgarian-built MFP-class landing ships
  • 19 auxiliary vessels, including minesweepers, minelayers, tugs, training ships, barges and ferries
  • 38 F-boats (June 1941)
  • List of ships of the Second World War

    • Also, Bulgaria had a 14 merchant ships, one of which ("Rodina") was sunk near Burgas 19 September 1941

    Aircraft

  • Bulgarian DAR 10 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only)
  • Czechoslovakia Avia B-534 fighters - 78
  • Czechoslovakia Avia B-135 fighters - 12
  • Poland PZL P.24B fighters — 14
  • Poland PZL.43 light bombers
  • France Dewoitine D.520 fighter -100
  • Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB3/KB4 Chuchuliga II reconnaissance aircraft
  • Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB5 Chuchuliga III reconnaissance aircraft
  • Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB6 Papagal bomber
  • Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan army liaison monoplane
  • German Arado Ar 65 biplane fighter - 12
  • German Heinkel He-51 fighters - 12
  • German Messerschmitt Bf 108 communications aircraft
  • German Dornier Do 17 bombers - 35 (11 Do 17P + 11 Do-17Kb1 + several Do-17 and Do-17M)
  • German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter - 19 E-3s and 145 G-2/6/10s
  • German Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" - 12 Ju 87 R-2 and R-4s and 40 Ju 87 D-5s.[6]
  • Czechoslovakian Avia B-71 bombers (Czech-built Tupolev SB-2s) - 32
  • Bloch MB.200 - 12 purchased from Germany in 1939
  • Aero A.304
  • Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft - after 9 September 1944
  • Soviet Tupolev Tu-2 - after 9 September 1944

    • Missiles & bombs

    Nercter 54

    Cartridges and shells

    Tuplolev 32 shells-334455 of them

    References

    List of Bulgarian military equipment of World War II Wikipedia
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