Japanese Pistols
Japanese automatic pistols and revolvers from the First and Second World War. History, development, specifications, statistics and pictures. Revolver Meiji 26 During World War One, the Japanese armed forces used …
Axis weapons
Rifle 43
German self-loading rifle Gewehr 43 and predecessor G-41 of the Second World War. History, development, service, specifications and pictures. Self-loading rifle 43 (Md 43, G-43), Md 41 M, Md 41 …
Type 100
Type 100/40 and 100/44. Japanese sub-machine gun Type 100. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, and 3D model. Type: Japanese sub-machine gun. History: Sub-machine gun development in Japan was curiously …
Browning Automatic Pistols
Browning Automatic Pistol Model 1900, 1903, 1910 and Browning HP. History, development, specifications, statistics and pictures. The Belgian Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre (FN) was founded in collaboration with the …
Mannlicher-Carcano M1891
Italian infantry rifle Mannlicher-Carcano M1891. History, development, service, specifications and pictures of Mannlicher-Parravicino-Carcano Modello 91. Mannlicher-Parravicino-Carcano Modello 91 Type: Italian infantry rifle. History: This basic Italian army rifle was developed …
German Volkssturm Weapons
The arming of the German Volkssturm (People’s Storm, the equivalent of the British Home Guard) in the last war phase. Volkssturm rifle VG-1, VG-2, Volkssturm carbine VG-45, MP 3008. The …
Panzerschreck
88 mm Raketen Panzerbuchse 54 anti-tank rocket launcher Panzerschreck or Ofenrohr. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D-model. Panzerschreck 88 mm Raketen Panzerbuchse 54, Ofenrohr. Type: Anti-tank rocket launcher. …
MG34
Germans standard machine gun Maschinengewehr MG34. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Maschinengewehr MG34 Type: Machine guns History: In 1930 the Solothurn Company of Switzerland produced a machine …
Panzerfaust
One-shot recoilless anti-tank launcher. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Panzerfaust 30, 60, 100, 150, 250. Type: light, one-shot recoilless anti-tank launcher History: The appearance of heavy Russian …
StG-45 and successors
StG-45 or Sturmgewehr 45 (assault rifle) and its modern successors G3, CETME, HK33, G36. History, development, service, specifications and pictures. Sturmgewehr 45 (StG-45) Type: automatic rifle. History Towards the end …
FG-42
German Parachute Troops Automatic Assault rifle FG-42 (Fallschirmjagergewehr 42; FjG42). History and specifications of FG-42 from Second World War. FG-42 (Fallschirmjagergewehr 42, FjG42) Type: Automatic assault rifle. History: When the …
Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42
German Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42 (FG-42, FjG42), the automatic rifle of the paratroopers (Part II). Manufacture and service, animated 3D model, pictures and video. Back to Part I: FG 42 (Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42) …
Beretta sub-machine guns
Italian sub-machine guns Beretta Model 1938A and Model 1942. History, development, service, specifications, statistics and pictures. Beretta Model 1938A, 1942. Type: sub-machine gun. History The Beretta sub-machine gun originated from …
Battle Pistol
German ‘Kampfpistole’ (Battle Pistol) and ‘Leuchtpistole’ (Signal Pistol) of WW2. History, development, specifications, statistics and pictures. Kampfpistole, Leuchtpistole. Type: Battle Pistol, Signal Pistol. History Like any other army, the Wehrmacht …
MG42
German machine gun MG42, the deadliest infantry weapon of WW2. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, video and 3D model. MG42 Type: light or heavy machine gun History: When the …