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The following is a list of equipment of the United States Army during World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Following the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941, the United States joined the war and started actively supporting the Allies' campaign.
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Notes |
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M1905 bayonet | Bayonet | United States | ||
M1917 bayonet | Bayonet | United States | ||
Mark 1 trench knife | Knife | United States | ||
M3 trench knife | Knife | United States | ||
Ka-Bar | Knife | United States | ||
V-42 stiletto | Dagger | United States | ||
United States Marine Raider stiletto | Dagger | United States | ||
Bolo knife | Knife | Philippines | Used by units in the Philippines |
Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless | .32 ACP | Semi-automatic pistol | United States | ||
Colt M1911A1 | .45 ACP | Semi-automatic pistol | United States | ||
M1917 revolver | .45 ACP | Revolver | United States | ||
Colt Official Police | Multiple | Revolver | United States | ||
FP-45 Liberator | .45 ACP | Single shot Pistol | United States | Dropped into occupied territories for use by insurgents | |
Smith & Wesson Model 10 | .38 S&W | Revolver | United States |
Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
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Thompson submachine gun | .45 ACP | Submachine gun | United States | ||
M3 submachine gun | .45 ACP | Submachine gun | United States | ||
M50 Reising submachine gun | .45 ACP/.22 LR | Submachine gun | United States | ||
United Defense M42 | 9×19mm Parabellum, .45 ACP (prototype model only) | Submachine gun | United States | .45 ACP was used only in prototype model. |
Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
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M1903 Springfield | .30-06 Springfield | Bolt action sniper rifle | United States | ||
M1 Garand | .30-06 Springfield | Semi-automatic rifle | United States | Used by all branches of the US military | |
M1917 Enfield | .30-06 Springfield | Bolt action | United States | ||
Krag–Jørgensen | .30-40 Krag | Bolt-Action | United States | ||
M1941 Johnson rifle | .30-06 Springfield | Semi-automatic rifle | United States | ||
M1 carbine | .30 Carbine | Carbine | United States | ||
Winchester Model 70 | Various | Rifle | United States |
Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
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Winchester Model 1897 | Gauge (firearms) | Shotgun | United States | ||
Winchester Model 1912 | Gauge (firearms) | Shotgun | United States | ||
Browning Auto-5 | Gauge (firearms) | Semi-automatic shotgun | United States | ||
Winchester Model 21 | Gauge (firearms)/.410 bore | Shotgun | United States | .410 bore was used only in deluxe models. | |
Remington Model 31 | Gauge (firearms) | Shotgun | United States | ||
Stevens Model 520/620 | Gauge (firearms) | Shotgun | United States | ||
Ithaca 37 | Gauge (firearms) | Shotgun | United States |
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Details |
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Mk 2 grenade | Grenade | United States | ||
M7 grenade launcher | Grenade launcher | United States | Fired smoke, fragmentation, and anti-armor grenades |
Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
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M18 recoilless rifle | 57×303mmR | Recoilless rifle | United States | Was not developed until the final stages of the war in 1945 | |
M20 recoilless rifle | 75 x 408 mm R HE, HEAT, Smoke | Recoilless rifle | United States | Was not developed until the final stages of the war in 1944 |
Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
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M1A1 flamethrower [1] | Flamethrower | United States | |||
M2 flamethrower [2] | Flamethrower | United States | |||
Ronson flamethrower [3] | Vehicle mounted flamethrower | United Kingdom | Developed in the United Kingdom, however, was used exclusively by the United States and Canada |
Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
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M1A1 Bangalore torpedo | TNT, C4 | Explosive charge | United States |
Model | Image | Cartridge | Type | Origin | Details |
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Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns | |||||
Lewis gun | .30-06 Springfield | Light machine gun | United Kingdom | ||
M1917 Browning machine gun | .30-06 Springfield | Heavy machine gun | United States | ||
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle | Various | Various | United States | Was used as an automatic rifle, machine gun, assault rifle, and squad automatic weapon | |
M1919 Browning machine gun | Various | Medium machine gun | United States | ||
M1941 Johnson machine gun | .30-06 Springfield | Light machine gun | United States | ||
Browning M2HB (.50 BMG) | .50 BMG | Heavy machine gun | United States | ||
Bren light machine gun | .303 British | Light machine Gun | United Kingdom | ||
.30 AN/M2 "Stinger" field modification | 7.62 mm caliber | Machine gun | United States | Used by the USMC Only | |
Vehicle and aircraft machine guns and autocannons | |||||
M4 autocannon | 37x145mmR M4 | Autocannon | United States | ||
M2 cannon | 20 mm caliber | Autocannon | United States | ||
.50 caliber machine gun (Browning M2) | .50 BMG | Heavy machine gun | United States |
Model | Image | Caliber | Type | Origin | Details |
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Infantry mortars | |||||
M1 mortar | 81 mm (3.2 in) | Mortar | United States | ||
M2 4.2 inch mortar | 107 mm (4.2 in) | Mortar | United States | ||
M2 mortar | 60 mm (2.36 in) | Mortar | United States | ||
Rocket artillery | |||||
T34 Calliope | 114 mm/183 mm 4.5 in/7.2 in | Rocket artillery | United States | ||
T40 Whizbang | 180 mm (7.2 in) | Rocket artillery | United States | ||
Field artillery | |||||
75 mm gun M2/M3/M6 | 75 mm (2.95 in) | Field gun | United States | Copy of a British weapon | |
QF 2.95-inch mountain gun | 75 mm (2.95 in) | Mountain gun | United Kingdom | Used in the Philippines | |
M116 howitzer | 75 mm (2.95 in) | Pack howitzer | United States | ||
M101 howitzer | 105 mm (4.1 in) | Howitzer | United States | ||
M3 howitzer | 105 mm (4.1 in) | Light howitzer | United States | ||
Canon de 155 mm GPF | 155 mm (6.10 in) | Field gun/coastal artillery | France | ||
M114 155 mm howitzer | 155 mm (6.1 in) | Howitzer | United States | ||
155 mm gun M1 Long Tom | 155 mm (6.1 in) | Towed field artillery | United States | The 4.5-inch gun M1 was a variant to fire British ammunition. | |
M115 howitzer | 203 mm (8.0 in) | Howitzer | United States | ||
8-inch gun M1 | 203 mm (8.0 in) | Heavy gun | United States | ||
240 mm howitzer M1 | 240 mm (9.4 in) | Howitzer | United States | ||
Fortress and siege guns | |||||
5-inch/51-caliber gun | 127 mm (5 in) | Various | United States | Was primarily used as a naval gun, however, also saw use as coastal defence and fortification | |
8-inch gun M1888 | 203 mm (8 in) | Coastal defence and fortification | United States | Saw little service in the war, was primarily used in World War I | |
8-inch Mk. VI railway gun | 203 mm (8 in) | Railway gun | United States | Was a variation of the 8-inch M1888 | |
M1918 240 mm howitzer | 240 mm (9.5 in) | Howitzer | United States | ||
12-inch coast defense mortar | 305 mm (12 in) | Coastal artillery | United States | Also used as a railway gun | |
12-inch gun M1895 | 305 mm (12 in) | Coastal artillery | United States | ||
14-inch M1920 railway gun | 355.6 mm (14 in) | Railway gun | United States | ||
16-inch/50-caliber M1919 gun | 405 mm (16 in) | Coastal artillery | United States | ||
Anti-tank guns | |||||
37 mm gun M3 | 37 mm (1.45 in) | Anti-tank gun | United States | ||
Ordnance QF 6-pounder | 57 mm (2.24 in) | Anti-tank gun | United Kingdom | ||
3-inch gun M5 | 76.2 mm (3 in) | Anti-tank gun | United States |
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Name | Image | Type | Origin | Notes |
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CXAM radar | Radar picket | United States | Installed on ships | |
SCR-268 radar | Radar | United States | ||
SCR-270 | Radar | United States | ||
SJ radar | Radar | United States | Submarine radar |
The Naval Aircraft Factory (NAF) was established by the United States Navy in 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was created to help solve aircraft supply issues which the Navy Department faced upon the entry of the U.S. into World War I. The United States Army’s requirements for an enormous quantity of airplanes created a decided lack of interest among aircraft manufacturers in the Navy's requirements for a comparatively small quantity of aircraft. The Navy Department concluded that it was necessary to build a Navy-owned aircraft factory in order to assure a part of its aircraft supply; to obtain cost data for the department’s guidance in its dealings with private manufacturers; and to have under its own control a factory capable of producing experimental designs.
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778 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. During the Second World War the squadron was a Service Trials Unit (STU) initially based at HMS Daedalus, RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England before moving to HMS Condor, RNAS Arbroath, Angus, Scotland on 6 July 1940. The squadron tested all types of aircraft that could be used by the Royal Navy. Key to this was testing new types for deck landing on aircraft carriers. Such aircraft included various types of Supermarine Seafires, Grumman Hellcats, Grumman Martlets, Grumman Avengers, and Vought Corsairs. The squadron was reformed on 5 November 1951 with Douglas Skyraider AEW.1 but was disbanded on 7 July 1952 to form the basis of 849 Naval Air Squadron.
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