List of Australian military equipment of World War II

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At the beginning of the Second World War, Australia did not have an extensive manufacturing industry. Furthermore, it was only partially independent from the United Kingdom (Britain). Therefore, most of Australian weapons and equipment during war was imported from either Britain or USA, although many were replaced with locally produced versions later in war.

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Knives and bayonet

Bayonets

Small arms

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

Rifles

Grenades and grenade launchers

Recoilless rifles

Flamethrowers

Machine guns

Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns

Artillery

Infantry mortars

Heavy mortars & rocket launchers

Field artillery

Fortress and siege guns

Anti-tank guns

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

Anti-aircraft weapons

Light anti-aircraft guns

Heavy anti-aircraft guns

Vehicles

Tankettes

Tanks

Tank-based

Other

Armored cars

Armored carriers

Engineering and command

Trucks

Passenger cars

Motorcycles

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BSA WM20

Tractors & prime movers

Miscellaneous vehicles

Aircraft

Secret weapons

Radars

Missiles & bombs

Cartridges and shells

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