The following is a list of German 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. Following political instability build-up in Europe from 1930, the Germans, which aimed to dominate Europe, attacked Poland on 1 September 1939, marking the start of World War II. The war in Europe ended 8 May 1945 with capitulation of Germany to the Allied forces.
The Germans used a number of type designations for their weapons. Usually, 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 designation, at which point one must reference the calibre to differentiate.
Knives and bayonets
Kampfmesser 42
Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)
Bodeo Model 1889
ČZ vz. 27
Dreyse M1907
FÉG 37M Pistol
Luger P08 pistol
Mauser HSc
Nazi belt buckle pistol
Sauer 38H
Steyr M1912
Vis pistol (also known as Radom wz.35 Vis) - occupied Polish production
Volkspistole
Walther P38
Walther PP
Astra 300 (imported from Spain)
Astra 400 (imported from Spain)
Astra 600 (imported from Spain)
Browning Hi-Power (occupied Belgian production)
FÉG 37M Pistol (imported from Hungary)
Star Model B (imported from Spain)
FN 1922 (occupied Belgian production)
Automatic pistols and submachine guns
EMP 44
Erma EMP
MAS-38
Mauser C96
Astra 900 (imported from Spain)
Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer
Beretta Model 38
MP 18
MP28
MP 3008
MP 34
MP 40
MP 35
Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 (substitute short assault rifle)
Wimmersperg Spz (planned substitute assault rifle)
Suomi KP/-31 (imported from Finland)
ZK-383 (occupied Czech production)
Gewehr 41
Gewehr 43
Gewehr 98
Gewehr 98/40 (imported from Hungary)
Karabiner 98a
Karabiner 98b
HIW VSK
Karabiner 98k - main German rifle during World War II
M30 Luftwaffe drilling - shotgun and rifle
vz. 24 (upgraded to Karabiner 98k standards, occupied Czech production)
vz. 33 (occupied Czech production)
ZH-29
Grenades and grenade launchers
Schiessbecher
Hafthohlladung
Panzerwurfmine
Model 24 grenade
Model 39 grenade
Model 43 grenade
Molotov cocktail
Glasmine 43
S-mine
Teller mine (all models)
Topfmine (all models)
Hohl-Sprung mine 4672
Panzer stab 43
Riegel mine 43
Schu-mine 42
Panzerfaust
7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40
10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40
10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 42
SG 113 - planned anti-tank weapon for aircraft
Einstossflammenwerfer 46
Flammenwerfer 35
Flammenwerfer 41
Abwehrflammenwerfer 42
Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns
Barnitzke machine gun
FG 42 (assault rifle/light machine gun)
Grossfuss Sturmgewehr (assault rifle/light machine gun)
StG 44 (assault rifle/light machine gun)
Krummlauf
StG 45(M) (assault rifle/light machine gun)
Light machine gun Knorr-Bremse 1935/36
MG 08
MG 13
MG 15 (former aircraft gun)
MG 17 machine gun
MG 30
MG 34
MG 42
MG 45
MG39 Rh
Schwarzlose MG M.07/12
VMG 1927
ZB vz. 26
ZB vz. 30
ZB-53
Vehicle and aircraft machine guns
MG 17 machine gun
MG 81 machine gun
MG 151 cannon
Mauser MG 213
MG FF cannon
MK 101 cannon
MK 103 cannon
MK 108 cannon
MK 112 (55mm aircraft cannon)
MG 131 machine gun
BK 37 (37mm aircraft cannon)
BK 5 cannon (50mm aircraft cannon)
Krieghoff Model L
5 cm Granatwerfer 36
5 cm Granatwerfer 19 (bunker version of 5 cm Granatwerfer 36 on fixed mount)
5 cm Granatwerfer 40 - not accepted by army as army has started to retire 50mm mortars
8 cm Granatwerfer 34
Kz 8 cm GrW 42 (Kurzer 8 cm Granatwerfer 42) - weight reduction of 8 cm Granatwerfer 34
8 cm Granatwerfer 73 (1944) - no data on usage
8 cm minomet vz. 36 - captured from Czechs
8 cm Granatwerfer 33(ö)
10 cm Nebelwerfer 35
Granatwerfer 42 (12 cm sGrWr 42)
Heavy mortars and rocket launchers
10 cm Nebelwerfer 40
15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (multiple-rocket launcher)
21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (multiple-rocket launcher)
21 cm heavy mortar 69
28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (multiple-rocket launcher)
Schweres Wurfgerät 40/41 (rockets launched directly from crates)
Wurfrahmen 40 (rocket crates carrier/launcher)
30 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (multiple-rocket launcher)
30 cm Raketenwerfer 56 (multiple-rocket launcher)
8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer (copy of Russian Katyusha rocket launcher)
Panzerwerfer (self-propelled multiple-rocket launcher with HE warheads)
Panzerwerfer 42 (also known as 15 cm Do-Gerat 42)
Karl-Gerät (Gerät 040 and Gerät 041) - self-propelled 600mm and 540mm mortars family
2 cm KwK 30 - Panzer II tank gun
3.7 cm KwK 36 - Panzer III tank gun
Skoda 37 mm A7
5 cm KwK 38 - Panzer III tank gun
5 cm KwK 39 - Panzer III tank gun
7.5 cm FK 16 nA
7.5 cm FK 18
7.5 cm FK 38
7.5 cm FK 7M85 (7.5 cm FK 40) - AT gun modified for dual AT/field gun role, 10 built
7.5 cm FK 7M59 - simplified production version
7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 - most common German mountain gun of World War II
7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 (7.5 cm le.IG 37)
7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 42 (7,5 cm le.IG 42)
7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 (7,5 cm le.IG 18)
7.5 cm KwK 37 - Panzer IV tank gun
7.5 cm KwK 40 - Panzer IV tank gun
7.5 cm KwK 42 - Panther tank gun
Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901 - Anti-tank, field gun and coastal defense
Obice da 75/18 modello 34 (Acquired from the Italians by the Wehrmacht and redesignated 7.5 cm LeFH 255(i))
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (Captured from Russia by the Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 36/39 (r))
8 cm kanon vz. 30
8.8 cm KwK 36 - Tiger I tank gun
8.8 cm KwK 43 - Tiger II tank gun
10 cm houfnice vz. 30 (howitzer)
10 cm K 17
10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze
10 cm schwere Kanone 18
Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider
10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40
10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35
10.5 cm leFH 16
10.5 cm leFH 18 (most common German gun)
10.5 cm leFH 18/40
10.5 cm leFH 18/42 (developed but not accepted by army)
10.5 cm leFH 43 (development incomplete by end of World War II)
10.5 cm leFH 18M
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) (Captured from Russia by the Wehrmacht and redesignated 12.2 cm s.F.H.396(r))
Skoda K-series (among these guns "15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 1937" was most common)
15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette
15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25
15 cm Kanone 18
15 cm Kanone 39
15 cm sFH 13 (obsolete)
15 cm sFH 18 (2nd most common German gun)
15 cm sIG 33 (heaviest infantry gun)
152 mm gun M1910/34 - captured from Russian
152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) - captured from Russian
17 cm Kanone 18 (heaviest German field artillery piece)
15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette (surplus guns on excess carriages of 17 cm Kanone 18)
203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) - captured from Russian
Obice da 210/22 - produced under German control after surrender of Italy
Canon de 220 L mle 1917 - captured from French
Fortress and siege guns
Rheinbote (rocket artillery)
V-3 cannon
12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun (coastal defense)
15 cm K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun)
17 cm K (E) (railroad gun)
15 cm Kanone 16 (coastal defense)
15 cm SK C/28 (coastal defense and 8 made into field guns)
15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16 (coastal defense and exported)
Canon de 155mm GPF (coastal defense)
20.3 cm K (E) (railroad gun)
21 cm K 12 (E) (railroad gun)
21 cm Mörser 16
21 cm Mörser 18
21 cm Kanone 38 - 1 cannon sent to Japan, 7 used domestically
21 cm Kanone 39
22-cm-Mörser(p) - captured from Poland and Yugoslavia
24 cm Haubitze 39
24 cm Kanone 3
24 cm Kanone 4 (prototype only)
24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E) (railroad gun)
24 cm Theodor Kanone (E)
24 cm Kanone M. 16 - bought from Czechs in 1938
28 cm Haubitze L/12
Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider - captured from France
28 cm schwere Bruno Kanone (E)
Krupp K5 (28 cm railroad gun)
35.5 cm Haubitze M1
38 cm Siegfried K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun)
38 cm SK C/34 naval gun (coastal defense)
40.6 cm SK C/34 gun (coastal defense)
42 cm Gamma Mörser
42 cm Haubitze M. 14/16
Schwerer Gustav (80 cm siege guns)
25mm Puteaux anti-tank gun model 1937 (captured from French)
25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun (captured from British)
2.8 cm sPzB 41
PaK 36 (37mm)
3.7 cm kanon PÚV vz. 34
Bofors 37 mm (M1934/36) - captured from British
4.2 cm Pak 41
45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 184(r))
47 mm APX anti-tank gun (captured from French)
47mm Schneider anti-tank gun model 1936 (captured from French)
M35 Bohler and Breda 47mm guns of unclear origin
Austrian 4.7 cm IG 35/36
47 mm kanon P.U.V. vz. 36 (German designation 4.7 cm Pak(t))
Cannone da 47/32 (German designation Pak 35/36(ö))
M-32 45 mm anti-tank gun - captured from Russian
5 cm Pak 38 (also known as PaK 97/38) - modernized French gun of 1897
57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 208(r))
7.5 cm Pak 39
7.5 cm Pak 40
7.5 cm Pak 41
7.5 cm Pak 97/38
7.62 cm Pak 36(r) (conversion of Russian 76 mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22))
8 cm PAW 600
Panzerwurfkanone 10H64
Hammer (81.4mm rocket?)
Panzertod (unclear if build)
8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 (rocket artillery, also known as "Püppchen")
8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun
8.8 cm Pak 43 - most-produced heavy ATG
Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy)
12.8 cm Pak 44
Sturmpistole
Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (PzB 35) - captured from Poland
Panzerbüchse 39 (PzB 38/39)
Granatbüchse 39
Panzerschreck (also known as Raketenpanzerbüchse 43/54)
Solothurn S-18/1000
Solothurn S-18/1100
Panzerfaust
Fliegerfaust hand-held anti-air rocket launcher
2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling - the most produced German artillery piece of World War II, based on Russian 2-K AA gun design which was too complex to mass-produce in USSR
Gebirgsflak 38 - reduced-weight version of 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling
Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77 (Scotti)
25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun (captured from French)
3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43
3.7 cm SK C/30 - naval AA gun
3.7 cm FlaK 43
37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 3.7 cm M39(r))
5 cm FlaK 41
Schräge Musik - also sent to Japan
Jagdfaust - air-to-air vertical-fire automated cannon
SG 116
Henschel Hs 297 - launch 35 73mm-caliber short-range rockets
Rheintochter (Surface-to-air rocket)
Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 (acquired from Italy)
76 mm air defense gun M1938 (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Flak 38(r))
85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 8.5 cm Flak 39(r))
8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun
Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy)
10.5 cm FlaK 38
12.8 cm FlaK 40
12.8 cm FlaK 40 twin mount
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
AMR 35 - captured from French, some converted to mortar carrier
Stridsvagn L-5 (incomplete prototype)
Leichttraktor
Grosstraktor
Panzer I
Panzer II
Skoda T-15 - Slovakian alternative to Panzer II, 5 built
Panzerkampfwagen II mit Schwimmkörper (Panzer II with floats)
Light Tank VK 1602 "Leopard"
Neubaufahrzeug (also known as Nb.Fz) - 5 built
Panzer 35(t)
Panzer 38(t)
SdKfz 140/1 Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) mit 2 cm KwK 38
SdKfz 140/1 Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) mit 7.5 cm KwK37 L/24
Panzer III
Panzerbeobachtungswagen III
Tauchpanzer III - amphibious (snorkel-fitted) Panzer III
Panzer IV
Panzerbeobachtungswagen IV (Pz. Beob. Wg. IV) - artillery observer
Panzerkampfwagen V Panther
Beobachtungspanzer Panther - artillery observer
Tiger I
Tiger II (also known as Königstiger or King Tiger)
Panzer VII Löwe - development halted
Panzer VIII Maus
Entwicklung series
E-5
E-10
E-25
E-50
E-75
Panzerkampfwagen E-100
Flakpanzer I
Flakpanzer 38(t)
Möbelwagen
Wirbelwind
Ostwind
Flakpanzer IV mit 3 cm FlaK Vierling (official designator for Zerstörer 45)
Kugelblitz
Flakpanzer Coelian (dual 5.5 cm autocannons)
Marder I
Panzerjäger I
Sturmpanzer I (Bison)
15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf)
7.62 cm PaK 36(r) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. D/E (Sd.Kfz. 132)
Marder II (LaS 762)
5 cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II
Wespe
SdKfz 138 Marder III
SdKfz 139 Marder III
SdKfz 138/1 Grille (artillery)
Jagdpanzer 38(t) (Hetzer)
Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B
Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III or StuH 42)
Jagdpanzer IV
Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV)
Panzer IV/70 - Panzer IV-based SPG armed with 75mm gun from Panther tank
Brummbär (also known as Sturmpanzer, Sturmpanzer 43 or Sd.Kfz. 166)
Heuschrecke 10 (also known as "Waffenträger Geschützwagen IV")
10.5 cm K (gp.Sfl.) (Dicker Max)
Hummel (artillery)
Nashorn (Hornisse)
Sturer Emil (2 built)
Jagdpanther (SdKfz 173)
Sturmtiger
Elefant (also known as SdKfz 184 or Ferdinand)
Jagdtiger (SdKfz 186)
Schlepper 25PS
7.7 cm FK WD Schlepper 50PS
French AMD Panhard 178 (Pz.Sph. 204(f) mit KwK 42)
8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 12 - AA gun in field gun mount on SdKfz 8 chassis
8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 18 - AA gun in field gun mount on SdKfz 9 chassis
Panzerspähwagen Kfz 13
SdKfz 221
SdKfz 222
SdKfz 223
SdKfz 231 (see also Schwerer Panzerspähwagen armored cars family)
SdKfz 232
SdKfz 233
SdKfz 234 (also known as Puma or Stummel)
Sd.Kfz. 250 half-track (machine gun and mortar versions)
Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track (machine gun and mortar versions)
SdKfz 260 (light armored radio car)
SdKfz 261 (light armored radio car)
SdKfz 263 (heavy armored radio car)
Panzerwagen ADGZ
M39 Pantserwagen (captured from Dutch)
Panhard 178 (captured from French)
SdKfz 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 (sdKfz.138/1)
SdKfz 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
Räumer S (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
SdKfz 247 - armored command car
SdKfz 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)
Strabokran - tank-lifting maintenance crane
Opel Blitz (also Maultier (late SdKfz 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
SdKfz 4 half-track
Ford B3000 S, V3000S, V3000A
Ford model BB
Ford model V8-51
Tatra 111
VW Type 82 (also known as Volkswagen Kübelwagen)
VW Type 166 (also known as Volkswagen Schwimmwagen) - amphibious car
Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht
SdKfz 15
BMW 325
Horch 901
Mercedes-Benz W 133 III
Mercedes-Benz W 139
Mercedes-Benz W 152
Mercedes-Benz W31
Tatra V 809
Trippel SG6 amphibious car
Volkswagen Kübelwagen
BMW R75
Wehrmachtsgespann
Zündapp KS 750
BMW R 17
BMW R 71
Zündapp DB / DBK
Zündapp KS 600
Zündapp K 800
NSU
DKW NZ 350
Nimbus (motorcycle) - Denmark-built
Tractors and prime movers
Landwasserschlepper (also known as Land-Wasser-Schlepper) amphibious tractor
Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper, also AA and multiple-rocket launcher versions do exist.
SdKfz 2 (HK 101) - lightest German tractor of World War II (half-track and motorcycle hybrid)
SdKfz 6 half-track
SdKfz 7 half-track
SdKfz 8 half-track
SdKfz 9 half-track
SdKfz 10 light half-track
Sd.Kfz. 11 half-track
Bergepanzer III (recovery vehicle on Panzer III chassis)
Bergepanzer IV (recovery vehicle on Panzer IV chassis)
Bergepanther (recovery vehicle on Panther chassis)
SdKfz 254 tracked artillery tractor
Raupenschlepper, Ost (also known as RSO) - advanced tracked tractor
Saurer RR-7
Army trailer
Infantry trailers
Infantry cart IF8
Meillerwagen - V-2 rocket transporter
Trailer attachment hook
Railroad destroyer
Navy ships and war vessels
Siebel ferry - main Wehrmacht landing craft
V-1 flying bomb
V-2
Freya radar
Egon
Würzburg radar
FuG 25a Erstling
Seetakt radar
Flensburg radar detector
Missiles and bombs
R4M (AA/AT rocket)
Werfer-Granate 21 (air-to-air rocket)
Blohm&Voss L10 unmanned torpedo glider
Fritz X anti-ship guided bomb (also known as PC 1400)
Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship guided bomb
Henschel Hs 294 anti-ship guided bomb
Henschel Hs 298 radio-guided air-to-air missile
Ruhrstahl X-4 wire-guided air-to-air missile
Kramer Rk 344, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
SD 4 HL anti-armour cluster bomb
High explosive bombs
SC 10
SC 50
SC 250
SC 500
SC 1000 "Herrmann"
SC 1800 "Satan"
SC 2000
SC 2500 "Max"
SC 500J
PD 500
PD 1000
SB 1000
SB 1800
SB 2500
Shrapnel bombs
SD 1
SD 2
SD 4/HL
SD 4/HL RS
SD 9/HL
SD 10 A
SD 50
SD 70
SD 250
SD 500
SD 1400 "Esau"
SD 1700 "Sigismund"
SD 500A
SD 500E
Armor-piercing bombs
PC 500 'Pauline'
PC 1000 'Pol'
PC 1600
PC 1800 RS 'Panther'
Cartridges and shells
Panzergranate 39
