Note: Weapons listed were either made by Germany or for Germany but do not include weapons made from captured equipment or captured weapons later utilized by German forces.

[edit] Pistols

Picture	Name	Manufacturer	Primary User	Note	References
	Astra 400	Astra-Unceta y Cia SA	-	-	[1]
	Astra 600	Astra-Unceta y Cia SA	-	10,450 Astra 600s had been delivered to Germany until German occupation of France ceased.[2]	[1]
	Browning Hi-Power	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal	Waffen-SS Fallschirmjäger	Designated Pistole 640(b) in German service.
	Dreyse M1907	Rheinmetall	Wehrmacht	-	[3]
	Luger P08 pistol	Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Mauser	Wehrmacht Luftwaffe Waffen-SS	The Luger P08's production was taken over by Mauser after World War I.[4]	[5]
	Mauser HSc	Mauser	Kriegsmarine Heer Luftwaffe	Originally produced as a commercial pistol, The Mauser HSc was fully adopted by the German Navy and Air force.[6]	[7]
	Steyr M1912	Steyr Mannlicher	Wehrmacht	When the Austrian Army was absorbed, existing Steyr M1912s were rechambered to fire 9mm Parabellum rounds.[6] Designated Pistole 12(ö) in German service.	[8]
	Sauer 38H	Sauer & Sohn	Wehrmacht Luftwaffe	The manual safety on the Sauer 38H was excluded on pistols produced between 1944 and 1945.[6]	[9]
	wz.35 Vis	Łucznik Arms Factory, Radom	Fallschirmjäger Feldgendarmerie	Designated Pistole 645(p) in German service.	[10]
-	Volkspistole	Mauser-Werke Carl Walther GmbH	-	An emergency weapon production can be traced to Mauser and Walther but full identification is still uncertain.[11]	[12]
	Walther P38	Carl Walther GmbH Mauser AG Spreewerke GmbH	Wehrmacht Luftwaffe Waffen-SS	480,000 Walther P38s were made by 1945 for the German military.[13]	[14]
	Walther PP	Carl Walther GmbH	Luftwaffe Panzergrenadier	Walther PPk variant also used by German forces during World War II.[13]	[14]

[edit] Rifles

• Gewehr 98 (standard German infantry rifle of World War I)
• Gewehr 98(ö) (Austrian Steyr-Mannlicher M1895)
• Gewehr 98/40 (Hungarian 43M rifle)
• Gewehr 24(t) (built under licence)
• Gewehr 29/40 (Austrian)
• Gewehr 33/40(t) (manufactured by Československá Statni Zbrojovka Brno)
• Gewehr 209 (Italian Fucile modello 38 in 6.5 mm)
• Gewehr 210 (Italian Fucile modello 41 in 6.5 mm)
• Gewehr 211 (Dutch Geweer M95 Manlicher in 6.5 mm)
• Gewehr 215 (Greek mannlicher-Schönauer Model 03/14 in 6.5 mm)
• Gewehr 221/223 (Yugoslavian war reparations after World War I)
• Gewehr 231 (Italian Fucile modello 38 in 7.35 mm)
• Gewehr 241 (French model 07-15 M34 in 7.5 mm)
• Gewehr 242(f) (French MAS-36 in 7.5 mm)
• Gewehr 249(a) (American Springfield M 03 in 7.62)
• Gewehr 252 (Russian Mosin M-91 in 7.62 and Yugoslavian Puska M91R)
• Gewehr 254 (Russian Mosin M-91/30 in 7.62)
• Gewehr 256 (Russian Mosin M-91/30 in 7.62 with 3.5 telescope)
• Gewehr 261 (Belgian Fusil 1889 Mauser in 7.65 mm)
• Gewehr 262 (Belgian)
• Gewehr 263 (Belgian Fusil 36 Mauser in 7.65 mm)
• Gewehr 281 (British Rifle Nº 1 Mk III in 7.7 mm)
• Gewehr 290/298 (Yugoslavian, built under licence)
• Gewehr 294 (ex Gewehr 98 recalibrated by the Yugoslavians to 7.9)
• Gewehr 306 (Greek, Italian or Yugoslavian G-9)
• Gewehr 214 (Italian Fucile modello 91 in 6.5 mm)
• Gewehr 299 or 98 (Polish idem)
• Gewehr 299(p) (Polish)
• Gewehr 301 (French model 1886 transforme 1893 in 8 mm)
• Gewehr 302 (French model 1907 transforme 1915 in 8 mm)
• Gewehr 303 (French model 1886 racroche 1935 in 8 mm)
• Gewehr 304 (French model 1916 in 8 mm)
• Gewehr 305 (French model 1907 dit colonial in 8 mm)
• Gewehr 307 (Yugoslavian Puska 8 mm M93)
• Gewehr 311 (Danish Gevaer m/89-10 in 8 mm)
• Karabiner 98a
• Karabiner 98b
• Karabiner 98k, also K98k or Kar98k (standard infantry rifle of World War II)
• Karabiner 408 (Italian Moschetto modello 38 in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 409 (Italian Moschetto modello 91 for cavalry in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 410 (Italian Moschetto m 91 for technical troops in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 411 (Dutch Karabijn aantal 1 in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 412 (Dutch Karabijn aantal 1 OM en NM in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 413 (Dutch Karabijn aantal 3 OM en NM in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 414 (Dutch Karabijn aantal 4 OM en NM in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 411(n) (Norwegian Kavalerikarabin m/1894 in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 412(n) (Norwegian Kavalerikarabin m/1895 in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 413(n) (Norwegian Ingenieorkarabin m/1904 in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 414(n) (Norwegian Artillerikarabin m/1907 in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 415 (Norwegian Karabin m/1912 in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 416 (Italian moschetto modello 91/24 in 6.5 mm)
• Karabiner 430 (Italian moschetto modello 38 in 7.35 mm)
• Karabiner 451 (Belgian Carabine 1889 in 7.65 mm)
• Karabiner 453 (Belgian Carabine 1916 in 7.65 mm)
• Karabiner 454 (Russian Karabin obr. 1938 g. in 7.62 mm)
• Karabiner 457 (Russian Karabin obr 1944 g in 7.62 mm)
• Karabiner 492 (Yugoslavian War reparations after World War I)
• Karabiner 493 (Polish idem)
• Karabiner 494 (Greek S-95)
• Karabiner 497 (Polish Karabinek 91/98/25 in 7.92 mm)
• Karabiner 505 (Italian or Yugoslavian S-95)
• Karabiner 506/1 (Danish Fodfolkskarabin m/89-24 in 8 mm)
• Karabiner 506/2 (Danish Artilleriekarabin m/89-24 in 8 mm)
• Karabiner 506/3 (Danish Ingeniorkarabin m/89-24 in 8 mm)
• Karabiner 506/1 (Danish Rytterkarabin m/89-24 in 8 mm)
• Karabiner 551 (French model 1890 in 8 mm)
• Karabiner 552 (French model 1892 in 8 mm)
• Karabiner 553 (French model 1916 in 8 mm)
• SDK carbine (Silenced Drilling Karbiner 9 mm)
• Stützen 95 (ö) (Austrian Repetier-Stützen-Gewehr m-1895 in 8 mm)
• Volksgewehr 1
• Volksgewehr 2
• Volksgewehr (Volkskarabiner) 98 (in 8 mm, with some examples in 7.92 x 33 mm)
• K31

[edit] Automatic and semi-automatic rifles

• Gewehr 35 Developed by Mauser as a private venture in 1935, not accepted for service. Two versions S and M
• Maschinenkarabiner M35 Developed by Vomllmer as private venture in 1935, version Typ A 35/II follows in 1938 and Typ A 35/III in 1939
• Gewehr 41 (W) Walther self-loading rifle adopted as standard in 1942
• Gewehr 41 (M) Mauser design tested in 1941, not accepted for service *
• Gewehr 43 Modification of G 41 (W) to gas-operated, later renamed Karabiner 43
• Maschinenkarabiner 42 (H) Designed by Hugo Schmeisser. Accepted after troop trials in 1943, about 8000 produced, served as prototype to MP 43.
• Maschinenpistole 43 Evolved from MKb 42 (H) First series completed in July 43, First combat use in Eastern Front.
• Maschinenpistole 43/1 Variant of MP 43 with provision for a screw-on rifle grenade launcher
• Maschinenpistole 44 Name of MP 43 altered in the spring of 1944
• Sturmgewehr 44 New name for the MP 44, no changes in design
• Gerät 06 (H) Mauser Developed as private venture in 1942-1943
• Sturmgewehr 45 Experimental lightweight selective-fire weapon, with roller-locked retarded blowback system, also known as MP 45 (M) only prototypes built prior to end of war. Forefunner of the Spanish CETME 58.
• Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 Intended as a cheap and mass produced self-loading weapon. First series completed in late 1944.
• Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 Developed by Rheinmetall from a Luftwaffe requirement. Accepted for service in 1942.
• Flieger-Selbstlader-Karabiner 15 (Mondragon) Former Mondragon rifles built in Switzerland (World War I only)

[edit] Machine guns

• MG 07/12
• MG 08
• IMG 28
• MG 30
• MG 30(p)
• MG 30(t)
• MG 34
• MG 42
• VMG-27

[edit] Submachine guns

• MP 18 I (World War I Bergmann)
• MP 28 II (improved MP 18 I)
• MP 30(ö) (ex-Austrian S1-100 variant)
• MP 34(ö) (ex-Austrian Steyr Solothurn)
• MP 34 Bgm (Bergmann)
• MP 35 (Bergmann version of the MP.34 Bgm.)
• MP 38 (Predecessor to the MP40)
• MP 40/I (main production model)
• MP 40/II (MP 40 w/ dual magazine)
• MP 41 (MP 40 w/ MP 28-like stock)
• EMP 44 (cheap weapon made by Erma at the end of the war)
• MP 3008 (German near-copy of the Sten Mk. II made at the end of the war)
• ZK 383(t) (Czechoslovak submachine gun)
• MP E (Erma)
• MP 738(i) (Italian Beretta M38/42)
• MP 739(i) (Italian Beretta M38/44)
• Danuvia 39M
• Danuvia 43M
• Orita M1941
• Suomi M-31

[edit] Anti-tank weapons

• Panzerbüchse 35(p) (PzB 35(p) - Polish Kb ppanc wz.35 anti-tank rifle)
• Panzerbüchse 38 anti-tank rifle
• Panzerbüchse 39 anti-tank rifle
• Panzerbüchse Boyes - British Boys 0.55 Anti-tank rifle
• Swiss 7.92 mm Solothurn M SS 41 anti-tank rifle
• Panzerbüchse 783(r) (PzB 783(r)) - a captured Soviet 14.5 mm PTRD-41 (Degtyarev) anti-tank rifle
• Panzerbüchse 784(r) (PzB 784(r)) - a captured Soviet 14.5 mm PTRS-41 (Simonov) anti-tank rifle
• Panzerbüchse 785(s) (PzB 785(s)) - a Swiss Solothurn S-18/1100 anti-tank rifle
• Sturmpistole, modified flare gun
• Panzerfaust - pre-loaded anti-tank munition
• Panzerschreck - a stronger, German variation of the American Bazooka

[edit] Other Weapons

Picture	Name	Manufacturer	Primary User	Note	References
	Flammenwerfer 35	Various	Wehrmacht	Later succeed by improved Flammenwerfer 41	-
-	Einstossflammenwerfer 46	Various	Fallschirmjäger	Cheap produced variant produced for the Volkssturm or the Werwolf movements.	-

[edit] See also

• List of equipment used in World War II
• List of World War II Luftwaffe aircraft weapons
• List of aircraft of the World War II Luftwaffe
• List of common World War II infantry weapons
• List of secondary and special issue World War II infantry weapons
• German General Staff - a post-1933 section to understand the variety of the above list.
• List of rifle cartridges
• List of handgun cartridges
• List of firearms
• Glossary of World War II German military terms
• Captured US firearms in Axis use in World War II

[edit] External links

• Axis Small Arms

[edit] References

General

• Fowler, Anthony North; Stronge, Charles (2007), Pistols, Revolvers, and Submachine Guns, JG Press, ISBN 1-57215-595-7
• Hogg, Ian; Weeks, John (2000). Military Small Arms of the 20th Century 7th Edition. Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-824-7.
• Hogg, Ian; Walter, John (2004). Pitols of the World 4th Edition. Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87349-460-1.
• Kinard, Jeff (2003). Pistols: an illustrated history of their impact. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-85109-470-9.
• McNab, Chris (2004). The Great Book of Guns. Thunder Bay Press. ISBN 1-59223-304-X.