thumb|Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the [[National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia]]

The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United States Army Air Forces, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, and United States Coast Guard—as well as the Office of Strategic Services and other U.S. government agencies involved in the war, during American involvement between 1941 and 1945. This list includes experimental technology that, while created during the war, was never issued as intended.

Blades

  • Mark I trench knife
  • M1 bayonet
  • M1917 bayonet
  • M3 fighting knife
  • M4 bayonet
  • Ka-bar
  • Bolo knife
  • Bowie knife
  • United States Marine Raider stiletto
  • V-42 stiletto

Small arms

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

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| Colt M1911

| Pistol

| Sidearm

| Recoil-operated (Short recoil)

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| Colt Springfield

| .45 ACP

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| 1911

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| 1.1

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| Colt M1903

| Pistol

| Sidearm

| Blowback, single action

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| Colt

| .32 ACP (M1903)<br>.380 ACP (M1908)

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| 1903

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| 0.68

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| Colt New Service revolver

| Revolver

| Sidearm

| Double action

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| Colt

| .45 ACP, .45 Colt, .44-40 Winchester, .38-40, .44 Russian, .44 Special, .44-40, .38 Special, .357 Magnum

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| 1909

| 356000

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| Colt M1917 revolver

| Revolver

| Sidearm

| Double action, rotating cylinder

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| Colt

| .45 ACP, .45 Auto Rim

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| 1917

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| 1.1

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| Smith & Wesson M1917 revolver

| Revolver

| Sidearm

| Double/single action, swing-out cylinder

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| Smith & Wesson

| .45 ACP, .45 Auto Rim

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| 1917

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| 1.0

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| Colt Official Police

| Revolver

| Sidearm

| Double action

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| Colt

| .22 Long Rifle, .32-20, .38 Special, .38/200, .41 Long Colt

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| 1907

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| Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver

| Revolver

| Sidearm

| Double action

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| Smith & Wesson

| .38 Long Colt, .38 Special, .38 S&W

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| 1899

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| 0.907

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Automatic pistols and submachine guns

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| M1 Thompson submachine gun

| Submachine gun

| Close-quarters, personal security

| Blowback, blish lock

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| Auto-Ordnance Company

| .45 ACP

| 150

| 700

| 1921

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| 4.5-4.9

| 30-round magazine.

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|M2 Hyde

|Submachine gun

|Close-quarters, personal security

|Blowback, open bolt

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|Marlin firearms company

|.45 ACP

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|570

|1942

|400

|4.19

|Never issued or saw service. The M2 Hyde was the gap between the M1 Thompson and the M3 grease gun. It was designed to be lighter and cheaper to produce than the Thompson (since the Thompson was an extremely expensive weapon). It succeeded at both goals, but it was almost immediately replaced by the cheaper grease gun. Used 20-round or 30-round Thompson magazines.

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| M3 and M3A1 submachine gun

| Submachine gun

| Close-quarters, personal security

| Blowback, open bolt

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| General Motors

| .45 ACP

| 91

| 450

| 1943

| 655363

| 3.61-3.70

| 30-round magazine.

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| M50 Reising submachine gun

| Submachine gun

| Close-quarters, personal security

| Blowback (Delayed blowback), closed bolt

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| Harrington & Richardson

| .45 ACP

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| 550

| 1941

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| 2.8-3.1

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| United Defense M42

| Submachine gun

| Close-quarters, personal security

| Blowback

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| United Defense Supply Corp.

| .45 ACP

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| 700

| 1942

| 15000

| 4.54

| 25-round box magazine (also issued with two 25-round magazines welded face-to-face)

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|M55 Reising submachine gun

|Submachine gun

|Close-quarters, personal security

|Blowback (Delayed blowback), closed bolt

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|Harrington & Richardson

|.45 ACP

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|550

|1941

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|Identical to the M50 SMG except it sported a wire stock and had no compensator. It also had a slightly shorter barrel. The M50 and M55 served as the go-to SMGs before the Thompson.

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Rifles

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| M1903 Springfield

| Standard rifle

| Front-line

| Bolt-action

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| Gewehr 98

| Springfield Armory

| .30-03; .30-06 Springfield

| 610

| 1903

| 3000000~

| 3.9

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| M1903A4 sniper rifle

| Sniper rifle

| Long-Range Precision

| Bolt-action

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| Gewehr 98

| Springfield Armory

| .30-03; .30-06 Springfield

| 1000

| 1942

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| M1 Garand

| Battle rifle

| Front-line / Assault

| Gas-operated, rotating bolt

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| Springfield Armory, Winchester, Harrington & Richardson, International Harvester

| .30-06 Springfield

| 457

| 1934

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| 4.31 - 5.3

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| M1917 Enfield rifle

| Standard rifle

| Front-line

| Bolt-action

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| Winchester, Remington Arms, Eddystone Arsenal

| .30-06 Springfield

| 549

| 1917

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| 4.167

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| M1941 Johnson rifle

| Battle rifle

| Front-line / Assault

| Recoil-operated (Short-recoil), rotating bolt

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| Johnson Automatics, Inc.

| .30-06 Springfield

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| 1941

| 70000~

| 4.31

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| Krag–Jørgensen

| Standard rifle

| Second-line

| Bolt-Action

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| Springfield Armory

| .30-40 Krag

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| 1892

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| 3.82

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| Winchester Model 1895

| Standard rifle

| Front-line

| Lever action

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| Winchester, Browning Arms

| .30-06 Springfield

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| 1895

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| 4.2

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| Winchester Model 70 sniper rifle

| Sniper rifle

| Long-Range Precision

| Bolt-action

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| Winchester, U.S. Repeating Arms

| .30-06 Springfield

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| 1936

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| 2.7 - 3.6

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| Remington Model 8

| Battle rifle

| Front-line / Assault

| Recoil-operated

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| Remington Arms

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| 1905

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| 3.6

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Carbines

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| M1 carbine

| Carbine

| Front-line / Assault / Close-quarters / Personal Security

| Gas-operated (short-stroke piston), rotating bolt

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| General Motors, Winchester, Irwin-Pedersen, Underwood Elliot Fisher, National Postal Meter, Quality Hardware Manufacturing Corp., International Business Machines, Standard Products, Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation, Commercial Controls Corporation

| .30 Carbine

| 275

| 270

| 1942

|6121309

|2.4

| 15-round box magazines, or 30-round curved magazines.

A common practice was to strap two 15-round magazine ammo pouches to the gun stock.

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|Marlin Model 1894

|Carbine

|Close-quarters / Personal Security

|Lever action

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|Marlin Firearms

|30-30

|137-183

|91

|1894

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|2.72 - 2.95

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|Winchester Model 1894

|Carbine

|Close-quarters / Personal Security

|Lever action

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|Winchester

|30-30

|137-183

|91

|1894

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|3.1

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Shotguns

  • Winchester M12
  • Browning Auto-5
  • Remington 10
  • Remington 31
  • Stevens M520-30
  • Ithaca 37
  • Winchester Model 1897

Grenades and grenade launchers

  • M7 grenade launcher
  • M1 frangible grenade
  • M1 grenade adapter
  • M9 rifle grenade
  • Mk 2 grenade
  • MK3 grenade
  • AN-M8 smoke grenade

Mines

  • M2 mine
  • M5 mine
  • M7 mine

Recoilless rifles

  • M18 recoilless rifle
  • M20 recoilless rifle

Flamethrowers

  • M1A1 flamethrower
  • M2-A1 flamethrower
  • Ronson flamethrower

Machine guns

Infantry and dual

  • Browning M1917A1 (.30-'06)
  • Browning M1918A2 (.30-'06)
  • Browning M1919A4/A6 and family (.30-'06)
  • M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun (LMG) (.30-'06)
  • Browning M2HB (.50 BMG)

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns and autocannons

  • 20mm autocannon
  • 37mm autocannon
  • 40mm Bofors autocannon
  • M4 cannon <!-- I don't know what the M4 or M2 cannons mean, I think these should be removed because I have only ever heard of the 20mm, 37mm, and 40mm autocannons used in American service in WWII. -->
  • M2 cannon
  • 50 caliber machine gun (Browning M2)
  • M1919A4 Browning machine gun
  • M1917 HMG AA configuration

Tanks

Light tanks

  • M2 Light tank
  • M3 Stuart
  • M5 Stuart
  • M22 Locust
  • M24 Chaffee
  • LVT-1 alligator (and variants)

Medium tanks

  • M2 Medium Tank
  • M3 Lee
  • M4 Sherman (and variants)

Heavy tanks

  • M26 Pershing
  • T26E4 Super Pershing
  • M6 (Prototype)
  • T28 (Prototype)
  • T29 (Prototype)
  • T30 (Prototype)
  • T32 (Prototype)
  • T34 (Prototype)

Tank destroyers

  • M10 Wolverine
  • M18 Hellcat
  • M36 Jackson

Flamethrower tanks

  • M5 Satan
  • Sherman Zippo

Other vehicles

Passenger vehicles

  • Dodge WC series
  • Willys MB

Motorcycles

  • Harley-Davidson WLA

Amphibious vehicles

  • Landing Vehicle Tracked
  • M29 Weasel
  • DUKW

Trucks

  • GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck
  • Studebaker US6
  • M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck

Artillery

Infantry Guns

  • Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP
  • T32 Infantry Gun

Infantry mortars

  • M1 mortar
  • M2 4.2-inch mortar
  • M2 mortar

Heavy mortars and multiple rocket launchers

  • T34 Calliope
  • T40 Whizbang

Self-propelled guns

  • Howitzer motor carriage M8
  • M40 gun motor carriage
  • M7 Priest

Field artillery

  • 75 mm gun M1917 – copy of British gun re-chambered for French cartridge, produced for export
  • QF 2.95-inch mountain gun – imported from Britain, used in Philippines
  • 75 mm gun M2/M3/M6
  • M116 howitzer (75&nbsp;mm) – also known as "75mm Pack Howitzer M1"
  • 76 mm gun M1
  • M101 howitzer (105mm) – still used in US and worldwide as late as in 2014
  • M3 howitzer (105mm)
  • Canon de 155mm GPF
  • M114 155 mm howitzer – also known as M1 155&nbsp;mm Howitzer
  • M2 155 mm field gun (Long Tom)
  • 4.5-inch gun M1 – version to fire British ammunition
  • M115 203 mm howitzer
  • 8-inch gun M1
  • M1 240 mm howitzer

Fortress and siege guns

  • 5"/51 caliber gun (coastal defense)
  • 8-inch M1888 (obsolete)
  • 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun
  • M1918 240 mm howitzer (obsolete)
  • 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun
  • 12-inch coast defense mortar (also railway version)
  • 12-inch gun M1895
  • 14-inch M1920 railway gun
  • 16"/50 caliber M1919 gun

Anti-tank guns

  • National Forge & Ordnance 37mm gun (1941) - export (to Dutch) only
  • M3 37 mm anti-tank gun
  • M1 57 mm anti-tank gun
  • M5 3-inch anti-tank gun
  • 105 mm gun T8 AT/AA gun (cancelled)

Anti-tank infantry weapons

  • M1 Bazooka
  • M1A1 Bazooka
  • M9 Bazooka
  • M20 Super Bazooka (prototype)
  • Boys anti-tank rifle
  • M18 recoilless rifle
  • M20 recoilless rifle
  • M22 dodge rifle

See also

  • List of U.S. Army weapons by supply catalog designation
  • List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
  • List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
  • List of vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces
  • List of World War II weapons

Citations

Bibliography