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List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II

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In World War II, the Luftwaffe (German air force), used a variety of weapons to keep their aircraft equipped with the most modern weaponry available at that time, until later in the war when resources got thin. Here is a list of some of these weapons:

Contents

Machine guns

(Maschinengewehr)

  • MG 15
  • MG 17
  • MG 81 & 81Z
  • MG 131
  • MG FF and FF/M [1]
  • MG 151, /15 or /20 [1]
  • MK 101
  • MK 103
  • MK 108

    • [1] The official designation for MG FF and MG 151 was Maschinengewehr but they are cannons.

    Bordkanone heavy aircraft cannon

  • BK 3.7
  • BK 5
  • BK 7.5 (based on Rheinmetall's 7.5 cm Pak 40 with self-contained twelve-round magazine)

    • Rockets and Missiles

  • Kramer Rk 344, air-to-air missile (liquid-fuel, rocket-powered)
  • Henschel Hs 293, guided anti-ship, boost-glide missile
  • R4M rocket
  • Werfer-Granate 21 heavy-calibre air-to-air unguided rocket

    • High explosive

    "Sprengcylindrisch"' (high-explosive)

  • 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

    • Anti-personnel

    "Splitterbomben-Dickwandig"' (Shrapnel)

  • 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

    • Armour-piercing

    "Panzersprengbombe-Cylindrisch" (Armor-piercing bombs)

  • PC 500* 'Pauline'
  • PC 1000* 'Pol'
  • PC 1400 'Fritz' (starting point for the Fritz X gravity precision-guided munition)
  • PC 1600
  • PC 1800 RS 'Panther'

    • Prototype only

  • the Düsenkanone 88 rotary-magazine heavy calibre cannon, meant to largely be recoilless
  • Henschel Hs 298, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
  • MK 115
  • SG 116
  • Ruhrstahl X-4
  • Jagdfaust
  • Himmelstürmer Flightpack

    • References

    List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II Wikipedia
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