In addition to the weapons listed here, German armed forces also used a wide variety of weapons captured from defeated enemies.
Edged weapons •
Seitengewehr 84/98 III (Bayonet of the K98 rifle, standard issued melee weapons of the German army) •
Kampfmesser 42 (Combat knife) •
Seitengewehr 98 (Bayonet of the G98 rifle) •
Luger P-08 (Original standard-issue military pistol, was intended to be replaced by the Walther P-38 as it was cheaper to produce, the P08 however was still produced until 1942 because of production movement to different factories.) •
Mauser C96 (Rarer than the Luger P-08. Not officially distributed) •
Mauser HSC (issued to
Kriegsmarine and
Luftwaffe) •
Sauer 38H (used by police and officers) •
Walther PP and PPK (German police standard-issued sidearms. Privately purchased by officers) •
Astra 300 •
Astra 400 •
Astra 600 •
Astra 900 Foreign weapons produced under occupation • Pistole 12(ö) (
Steyr M1912 pistol) • Pistole 24(t) (
Pistole vz. 24) • Pistole 39(t) (
ČZ vz. 38) • Pistole 625(f) (
SACM M1935A) (approx. 24000 pistols produced under occupation, issued to occupation police) • Pistole 657(n) (
Kongsberg Colt) (issued to
AOK Norwegen and Navy) •
MP 28 (used by police and occupation forces) •
Erma EMP-35 (Mainly issued to Waffen-SS and police. In early war issued to reserve troops to fill shortages of MP38) •
Bergmann MP35 (issued to police units and Waffen-SS) •
MP41 (Combination of an MP-28 stock and the rest of an MP-40. Used by Waffen-SS and police)
Foreign weapons produced under occupation •
MP 34(ö) (Austrian Steyr-Solothurn S1-100. Adopted by Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS) •
FG 42 (Battle rifle, issued to
Fallschirmjäger units in small numbers and very few given to SS troops because of supply issues and miscommunication.) •
Karabiner 98b •
Gewehr/Karabiner 43(Gewehr 43 was the early production name and Karabiner 43 was the later production name. Semi-Auto rifle with 10-feed magazine. Made by Walther) •
Gewehr 41 •
Volkssturmgewehr (Low cost weapons used to arm the
Volkssturm in 1945) • Gewehr 33/40(t) (Modified version of
vz. 33. Mainly used by
Gebirgsjäger troops) •
Karabiner 43 (Scoped with ZF4 Optics)
Machine guns •
MG 13 Light machine gun (Fairly limited usage by early war second-line troops, used by the Volkssturm, main machine gun of the Pzkpfw I light tank and used as a ground anti-aircraft weapon. Replaced by the MG 34. Still used until the end of the war) •
MG 34 General-purpose machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the German army until partially superseded by the MG 42. Remained in use, especially mounted on vehicles, until the end of the war due to flaws with the MG42.) •
MG 42 General-purpose machine gun (Going to be the main fire support weapon of the German army after 1942-1943 after replacing MG 34, but not very successfully to replace the MG34 to be the main fire support weapon of the German army. Due to it unable mounted in any vehicle and high recoil. Mostly installed it on a tripod to used it as a trench defensive weapon) •
Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun used by volkssturm •
MG 08 & MG 08/15 (limited use) •
MG 30 (captured from Austria. Limited use by mountain troops. Never adopted by Wehrmacht) •
MG 35-36A "Knorr-Bremse" (limited usage by Waffen-SS from 1943) •
Browning wz. 1928 (captured from Poland and designated as "MG 28(p)") • Schweres Maschinengewehr 258(d) (
Madsen machine gun)
Grenades and grenade launchers •
M1924 Stielhandgranate (Stick grenade, standard issued hand grenade of the German army) •
Splitterring & Splittermantel (Fragmentation ring for the M1924 Stielhandgranate, M1943 Stielhandgranate and Eihandgranate 39) •
Shaving Stick Grenade •
Volkshandgranate 45 (Concrete grenade used in the last year of the war) •
Blendkörper 1H (Smoke grenade) •
Blendkörper 2H (Smoke grenade) •
Nebelhandgranate 39 (Smoke grenade) •
Nebelhandgranate 41 (Smoke grenade) •
NebelEihandgranate 42 (Smoke grenade) •
Nebelkerze 39 (Smoke candle) •
Brandflasche (German
Molotov cocktail) •
Geballte Ladung (Improvised Satchel charge made of Stick grenades) •
PanzerHandmine 3 (Magnetic anti-tank charge) •
Hafthohlladung (Also known as Panzerknacker. Magnetic anti-tank charge) •
Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40 (Rifle grenade) •
Gewehr-Sprenggranate (Rifle Grenade) •
Gewehr-Panzergranate (anti-tank Rifle Grenade) •
Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate (anti-tank Rifle Grenade) •
Gross Panzergranate 46 & 61 (anti-tank Rifle Grenade) •
Panzerwurfkörper 42 (anti-tank grenade for Sturmpistole) •
Flammenwerfer 41 •
8 cm Granatwerfer 34 •
8 cm kurz Granatwerfer 42 Anti-tank weapons •
Panzerbüchse 38 and Panzerbüchse 39 •
Granatbüchse GrB-39 (Modified version of the Panzerbüchse 39) •
Schwere Panzerbüchse 41 (Heavy anti-tank rifle) •
Panzerschreck (approximately 290,000 produced, first serviced in 1944) •
Model SS41 (Czech design. Used by SS troops mainly on Eastern front in early stages of war.) •
PTRD-41 (captured from Soviets and designated as "Panzerabwehrbüchse 783(r)")
Anti-aircraft rocket launcher •
Fliegerfaust (Prototypes/trials only)
Guided explosive weapons •
Leichtes Ladungsträger Sd.Kfz.302 "Goliath" (Electrical engined remote controlled explosive machine) •
Leichtes Ladungsträger Sd.Kfz.303A and B "Goliath" (Petrol engined remote controlled explosive machine)
Miscellaneous guns •
M30 Luftwaffe Drilling(This weapon featured two side-by-side 12 gauge shotgun barrels on top and a 9.3x74mmR rifle barrel below, A survival weapon issued to Luftwaffe pilots during World War II) ==Kingdom of Greece==