List of World War II weapons of Denmark

This is a list of the weapons of Denmark during World War II. This list will be for the Danish military as they were at the German invasion of Denmark (1940).

Small arms

Side arms

Danish M1910/21 Bergmann–Bayard pistol. Standard infantry sidearm of Danish military in World War II. Non-combat units such as artillery received 19th century Danish revolvers.

• Bergmann–Bayard M1910/21 pistol ^{[1] [2]}
• Danish 1865/97 revolver ^[3]
• Danish M1880/85 Army revolver
• Mauser C96
• FN Model 1910
• FN Model 1922
• Walther PP/K
• Smith & Wesson Model 10
• Browning Hi-Power
• Welrod

Rifles

Two Danish infantryman with Danish Gevær M/89 Krag–Jørgensen rifles. The Danish variants of the Krag–Jørgensen were their main service rifle in WWII.

• Danish 1889 Krag–Jørgensen ^[1] (Denmark Krag–Jørgensen verson)
• Swedish Mauser M96
• Automatgevar M42
• Mauser Karabiner 98k
• Lee-Enfield
• M1917 Enfield
• M1 Garand
• M1 carbine

SMG

• Sten Mk2 (Danish resistance some local copy)
• Husqvarna m/37 ( Verson Sweden of Finland Suomi KP/-31, some is modified)
• Lettet-Forsogs
• MP38 (Danish resistance)
• MP-32 ( derived from Mp 35)

Machine guns

• Madsen machine gun ^[1]
• Browning M1919

Madsen light machine gun which is Danish designed and saw use with the Danish army in many different improved variants made over time from 1902 till just after World War II.

Artillery

Field Artillery

• Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 ^[1]
• Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider ^[1]

Heavy Artillery

• Schneider 149 mm Obusier Modele 1929 ^[1]

Anti-tank guns

Madsen 20mm autocannon on anti-tank carriage. The Danish autocannon was used by the Danes as an anti-tank gun during the German invasion of Denmark.

• Madsen 20 mm cannon ^[4]
• Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun ^[1]

Armoured fighting vehicles

Tankettes

Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Patrol Car

Armoured cars

Pansarbil M/39 which was the most numerous AFV in service with Denmark during the German invasion

• L180 ^[5]
• Landsverk L-185(1 for training) ^[6]
• Pansarbil m/39 ^[7]

Motorcycles

- Nimbus MC w/20 mm MG

References

1. Kretaner (2020-09-25). "Danish Armed Forces". WW2 Weapons. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
2. "Bergmann Mars". Modern Firearms. 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
3. McCollum, Ian (2016-09-06). "RIA: Danish 1865/97 Pinfire Conversion Revolver (Video)". Forgotten Weapons. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
4. Djinovic (2018-01-18). "Equipment – Danish 20 mm Madsen M1938 Anti-tank Machine Gun". Playing with History. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
5. "Landsverk L180 - M38 Armoured Car: production, order, technical details, registrationmarks". www.landsverk-m38.nl. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
6. "Danish armoured car L-185 developed by the Swedish company AB Landsverk. In 1934, built on a 4 x 4 Ford… | Armored vehicles, Army vehicles, Armored fighting vehicle". Pinterest. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
7. "Pansarbil m/39 armoured truck (1939)". tanks-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.