WW2 Weapons

The World Wars 1914-18 and 1939-45.

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'milch cow' U-boats of Type XIV
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 23, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: First 'milch cow' U-boat U-459 refuels 14 other U-boats Read more
German soldiers take cover inside the trench
World War One Diary for Monday, April 23, 1917: Western Front Artois - Second Battle of the Scarpe (until April Read more
German editors and French Pressure transducer
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 22, 1942: Sea War Chanel: Major Lord Lovat and commandos raid Boulogne. Naval forces Read more
SE5
World War One Diary for Sunday, April 22, 1917: Air War Western Front: No 56 Squadron (SE5s) destroys 4 Albatros Read more
soldiers with a Maxim-MG in action
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 21, 1942: Occupied Territories France: 20 French hostages executed at St Nazaire for alleged Read more
Shoot down of an observation balloon
World War One Diary for Saturday, April 21, 1917: Air War Western Front: Royal Flying Corps destroy 2 German balloons Read more
Allied destroyer is reloading deepth-charges
WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 20, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: Major reorganization of Allied convoy system: first of 11 Read more
Wooden crosses for French soldiers
World War One Diary for Friday, April 20, 1917: Western Front Aisne: SECOND BATTLE OF THE AISNE ENDS. Battle of Read more
Commander and Supreme helmsman
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 19, 1942: Sea War Caribbean: U-boat U-130 shells Curacao oil refinery. Read more
German police arrests strikers
World War One Diary for Thursday, April 19, 1917: Home Fronts Germany: Troops and police militarize 2 Berlin factories. Hindenburg Read more
B-25 Mitchell launching from USS Hornet
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 18, 1942: Air War Pacific: DOOLITTLE RAID. 16 US Army AF B-25 Mitchell bombers, Read more
German 6-in howitzer in prepared to fire
World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 18, 1917: Western Front Somme: British Fifth Army captures Villers Guislain (12 miles Read more
Yenangyuang oil field on fire
WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 17, 1942: Southeast Asia Burma: Retreating British set fire to Yenangyaung oilfields. Occupied Territories Read more
Execution of a French soldier
World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 17, 1917: Western Front Champagne - Battle of the Hills (Moronvillers) begins (until Read more
Two German soldiers with their MG34 man a defensive post on the Channel coast
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 16, 1942: Occupied Territories France: Field Marshal von Rundstedt put in charge of the Read more
beginning of the Nivelle offensive
World War One Diary for Monday, April 16, 1917: Western Front Aisne - NIVELLE OFFEN­SIVE (SECOND BATTLE OF THE AISNE) Read more
Allies provide the Resistance
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 15, 1917: Occupied Territories France: French Resistance carries out grenade attack on German HQ Read more
In a British trench
World War One Diary for Sunday, April 15, 1917: Western Front Artois: ANZAC Corps and British 62nd Division (Fifth Army) Read more
depth charge explodes
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 14, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: US destroyer Roper sinks U-boat U-85 off Cape Hatteras Read more
Canadian soldiers have overpowered a German trench detachment
World War One Diary for Saturday, April 14, 1917: Western Front Artois: Battle of Vimy Ridge and First Battle of Read more

About WW2 Weapons

WW2 affected virtually almost any corner of the globe. In the six years between 1939 and 1945, some kind of 50 million people lost their lives, and hardly any who survived were not affected. It was the costliest and utmost widespread conflict the world has forever obtained.
It was subsequently battled on ground, sea and in the air with weapons which in fact had first been used in World War One of 1914-18. Ironically, a far greater conflict was to come out from the burning embers of these ‘war to end all wars’, and with it huge innovations in technologies.
The countries engaged in WW2 finally owned the techniques, potential and weapons to fight every other in a much more powerful – and more deadly – manner.

However only Britain, her Empire allies as well as Germany were engaged during the full period (as well as, in fact, Japan and China since 1937). For all the other nations the conflict was of a shorter duration. The US and Japan, for example, were at war from December 1941 to August 1945 (and the USA was at the same time at war with Germany, until Hitler‘s defeat in May 1945).

The state of affairs was so complex, the skeins of partnerships and enmity so connected that it would require a really huge document in fact to illustrate the prospect.
Only one factor was less complicated and widespread to all the nations involved: the nature of the weapons that the soldier used to struggle their way to triumph – or defeat.

Of course, there were differences in detail of the WW2 weapons: the German Panzer V Panther was a very different tank from the US M4 Sherman, the Russian T-34, or the English Cromwell. But in fact they were all much the same – armored vehicles mounting powerful guns running on tracks.

The small arms with which the various opponent countries equipped their armies were totally different weapons in details too, but basically these were all guns for launching projectiles at high speed.
Simply speaking, lots of people would just say that guns are guns, bombs are bombs, aircraft are planes, and so on. But there is definitely even more to it than that, for the abilities to obtain victory or lose a war actually rested on these kinds of WW2 weapons’ qualities, just as a lot of as it did on the fighting abilities of those who employed them and on the strategic sense of those who directed them in their use.

Shermans vs Panthers
Shermans vs Panthers with 3d models.

General about WW2 Weapons:

All information, data, specifications and statistics used on the website WW2 Weapons have been compiled from a variety of sources and the large library of the author – who now lives on Crete for a long time – about military history and history, especially about the world wars, which has been built up over decades.

The most important source references and notes about additional literature can be found at the end for the most articles. To the best of our knowledge and belief, the most secure and reliable information and sources were used, which are also constantly updated and improved.

These data and specifications are used among other things for as accurate as possible historical military simulations, such as the war game WW2 Total. The photos are mostly ‘public domain’, but partly also property of the author.

The author therefore asks for understanding that he can’t handle additional requests for the sources or pictures beyond that due to time constraints and provides the information and its sources to the internet community as ‘as published’, i.e. either the visitor of this website considers it helpful and agrees with it over, or just leaves it.
Discussions and suggestions for improvement are nevertheless welcome and can be held below the respective reports.

Panzermuseum Munster,
Norman ‘Kretaner’ visits Panzer Museum Munster, Germany.
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