List of World War II weapons of Norway

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This is a list of Norwegian weapons of World War II. This list will consist of weapons employed by the Norwegian army during the Norwegian campaign or the invasion of Norway by Nazi Germany during World War II. Norwegian resistance weapons have been put in a separate category to avoid confusion with those used by the Norwegian army during the Norwegian campaign.

Contents

Small arms

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Machine guns

Artillery

Field artillery

Heavy Artillery

Mountain artillery

Anti-Aircraft weapons

Armoured fighting vehicles

Norwegian resistance small arms

Rifles

SMG

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