List of German weapons of World War I

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This is a list of German weapons of World War I.

Infantry weapons

Bayard M1908 (semi-automatic pistol)
Beholla M1915 (semi-automatic pistol)
Bergmann–Bayard M1910 (semi-automatic pistol)
Bergmann MP 18-I (submachine gun)
Dreyse M1907 (semi-automatic pistol)
Flachmine 17 (anti-tank mine)
Frommer M1912 Stop (pistol)
GRC Gewehr 88/05, Gewehr 88/14, Gewehr 91 and Karabiner 88 (carbine and rifle)
Hebel M1894 (flare gun)
Lance
Langenhan M1914 Selbstlader (semi-automatic pistol)
Luger P04 and P08 (pistol)
M1873 Artilleriesäbel (sword)
M1889 Infanteriesäbel (sword)
M1913 Karabingranate^[1] (carbine grenade)
M1914 Karabingranate^[1] (carbine grenade)
M1917 Karabingranate^[1] (carbine grenade)
M1913 Kugelhandgranate (hand grenade)
M1915 Kugelhandgranate NA (hand grenade)
M1915 Diskushandgranate^[1] (offensive version and defensive version hand grenade)
M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate (hand stickgrenade)
M1917 Eierhandgranate (hand grenade)
Mauser C78 and C86 Zig-Zag (revolver)
Mauser C96 (semi-automatic pistol)
Mauser Gewehr 71 and 71/84 (rifle)
Mauser Gewehr 98 (rifle)
Mauser Karabiner 98A (carbine version of the Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle)
Mauser M1887 (rifle)
Mauser M1910 and M1914 (semi-automatic pistol)
Mauser M1915 and M1916 Selbstlader (semi-automatic rifle)
Mondragón M1908 (semi-automatic rifle)
Reichsrevolver M1879 and M1883
Schwarzlose M1908 (semi-automatic pistol)
Seitengewehr 84/98 III (bayonet)
Seitengewehr 98/05 (bayonet)
Steyr M1912 (semi-automatic pistol)
Walther 4^{[citation needed]} (semi-automatic gun, also known as vest gun)
Werder M1869 (rifle)

Machine guns

Bergmann MG 15 (water cooled version heavy machine gun)
Bergmann MG 15nA (air cooled version light machine gun)
Gast M1917
Madsen M1902
Maxim machine gun
MG 18 TuF (heavy anti-tank and anti-aircraft machine gun)
MG 99, MG 01, MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18 and MG 09
Parabellum MG 14 and MG 14/17 (lightweight redesign of the MG 08)
Schmeisser-Dreyse MG 12, MG 15 and MG 18^[2]

Special weapons

7.58 cm M1914 leicht Minenwerfer
7.62 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/16.5
7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/20
7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/27
17 cm M1913 mittler Minenwerfer
25 cm M1910 schwer Minenwerfer
Albrecht 24 cm M1917 schwer Flügelminenwerfer
Albrecht 25 cm M1916 schwer Minenwerfer
Becker 2 cm M2 (anti-tank and anti-aircraft gun)
Ehrhardt 24 cm M1915 schwer Ladungswerfer
Flammenwerfer M1916
Granatenwerfer 16
Grossflammenwerfer M1911
IKO 24 cm M1917 schwer Flügelminenwerfer
Kleinflammenwerfer M1911
Lanz 9.15 cm M1914 leicht Minenwerfer
Mauser 1.3 cm M1918 Tankgewehr (anti-tank rifle)
Sauterelle (grenade launching crossbow captured from the French)
Wechselapparat Flammenwerfer M1917

Artillery

6 cm S-Bts K L/21 (landing gun)
7.5 cm Gebirgskanone L/13 C/80 (mountain gun)
7.5 cm Gebirgskanone L/14 M1913 (mountain gun)
7.62 cm FlaK L/30 (anti-aircraft gun)
7.7 cm FlaK L/27 (anti-aircraft gun)
7.7 cm FlaK L/35 (anti-aircraft gun)
7.7 cm FK 96 (field gun)
7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. (field gun)
7.7 cm FK 16 (field gun)
7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzelafette (field gun on howitzer carriage)
8 cm Kanone C/73
8 cm Kanone C/80
8.8 cm Flak 16 (anti-aircraft gun)
9 cm Kanone C/73
9 cm Kanone C/79
10 cm K 04
10 cm K 14
10 cm K 17
10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 (field howitzer)
10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze L/12 (mountain gun)
10.5 cm leFH 16 (light field howitzer)
12 cm Kanone C/80
13.5 cm K 09
15 cm Kanone 16
15 cm L/40 Feldkanone i.R. (field gun)
15 cm Ring Kanone C/72
15 cm Ring Kanone C/92
15 cm Ring Kanone L/30
15 cm sFH 93 (heavy field howitzer)
15 cm sFH 02 (heavy field howitzer)
15 cm sFH 13 (heavy field howitzer)
15 cm SK "Nathan"
17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L. auf Eisenbahnwagen
21 cm L/14.5 Mörser 16 (mortar)
21 cm Mörser 10 (mortar)
21 cm Mörser 99 (mortar)
21 cm SK "Peter Adalbert"
21 cm Versuchmörser 06 (mortar)
24 cm SK L/30 "Theodor Otto"
24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl"
28 cm Haubitze L/12 (howitzer)
28 cm Haubitze L/14 i.R. (howitzer)
28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst" (six 28 cm MRK L/40 naval guns were converted to railway guns)
28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (28 cm SK L/40 gun naval guns were converted to railway guns)
38 cm SK L/45 "Max" (long range coast-defence gun and siege gun)
42 cm Gamma Mörser (siege gun)
42 cm kurze MK 14 L/12 (siege gun, also known as "Bertha")
Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904 (mountain gun)
Gruson 5.3cm L/24 Fahrpanzer (mobile artillery turret)
Krupp 3.7 cm L/14.5 Sockelflugzeugabwehrkanone (anti-aircraft gun)
Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 (field gun)
Paris Gun (also known as 21 cm "Wilhelm")
Rheinmetall 3.7 cm M1918 Tankabwehrkanone (anti-tank gun)

Other vehicles

A7V Flakpanzer^[3] 1918 (anti-aircraft tank)
A7V Schutzengrabenbagger^[4] 1918 (trench digger)
A7V Sturmpanzerwagen^[5] 1917 (heavy tank)
A7V Uberlandwagen^[6] 1917 (supply carrier)
Benz-SAG BL10 panzerkraftwagen^{[citation needed]} 1912 (armored truck)
Büssing A5P^[7] 1915 (armored car)
Bussing Kraftzugwagen KZW 1800 1916 (gun carrier)
Daimler Marienfelde ALZ 13 1913 (supply truck)
Daimler Marienwagen II halbspur 1916 (supply halftrack)
Daimler Marienwagen II gepanzerter halbspur^[8] 1917 (armored halftrack)
Daimler Marienwagen II tankabwehrkanone^[9] 1918 (anti-tank halftrack)
Daimler Panzerautomobil^[7] 1915 (armored car)
Duhrkopp (Dur) Wagen^[10] 1916 (supply carrier)
Ehrhardt E-V/4^[11] (early version 1915 and late version 1917 armored car)
Ehrhardt Gepanzerter triebwagen^{[citation needed]} 1917 (armored railcar)
Lanz Gleiskettenschlepper^{[citation needed]} 1918 (supply carrier)
Leicht kampfwagen II^[12] 1918 (light tank that was rarely used conducting escorts and never saw combat)
Mannesmann Motoren und Lastwagen AG panzerkraftwagen^[13] 1916 (armored truck)
Nacke 3.5t 1913 (supply truck)
Nacke 5t 1915 (supply truck)
NSU 3 1.2 PS^[14] 1914 (sidecar motorcycle)
Opel 4t 1915 (supply truck)
Porsche Generatorzugwagen^[15] 1916 (gun carrier)

Ships

Submarines

List of German U-boats#World War I–era U-boats

Airships

Airplanes

Note that those airplanes were mainly used.

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Passion & Compassion 1914-1918 : WW1 militaria and technical documentation - german grenades". www.passioncompassion1418.com.
^ "HyperWar: The Machine Gun (Vol. I/Part III)". www.ibiblio.org.
^ Harris, Toby (9 December 2016). "Flakpanzer A7V". Tank Encyclopedia.
^ Moore, Craig (13 April 2020). "A7V Schützengrabenbagger LMG Trench Digger". Tank Encyclopedia.
^ Forty & Livesey 2006, p. 52.
^ "A7V Überlandwagen". www.landships.info.
^ ^a ^b Zaloga 2006.
^ Kempf & Radley (ed.), "Daimler Marienwagen gepanzerter halbspur".
^ Kempf & Radley (ed.), "Daimler Marienwagen tankabwehrkanone".
^ "Deutsche Panzer von 1903-1918". dergrenadier.de. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019.
^ Bishop 2006, p. 27.
^ Forty & Livesey 2006, p. 88.
^ Lepage 2014, p. 172.
^ "Armed and armoured bicycles and motorbikes". www.landships.info.
^ Nash, Mark (17 March 2020). "Landwehr Zug". Tank Encyclopedia.

Bibliography

Bishop, Chris (2006). The Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles. Hoo, nr Rochester: Grange books. ISBN 978-1-84013-907-5.
Forty, George; Livesey, Jack (2006). The World Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles. London: Anness Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0754833512.
Kempf, Peter, Landships II
Lepage, Jean-Denis G. G. (2014). German Military Vehicles of World War II: An Illustrated Guide to Cars, Trucks, Half-Tracks, Motorcycles, Amphibious Vehicles and Others. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. Ltd. ISBN 9780786462520.
Zaloga, Steven J. (2006). German Panzers 1914–18. New Vanguard. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472801760.

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