UK & US World War II infantry weapons

Here is a list of infantry weapons from WWII for the UK & US, list taken from Wikipedia.

To know more about each weapon, click on it and you will be taken to Wikipedia.

 United Kingdom

Sidearms

• Webley Mk.VI (.455) & Mk.IV (.38/200)
• Enfield No. 2
• FN/InglisBrowning Hi-Power (As Pistol No.2 Mk.I)
• Smith & Wesson M&P
• Colt Official Police
• Colt M1911
• Welrod

Rifles

• III Lee–Enfield
• 4 Mk I Lee–Enfield
• Rifle No. 5 Mk I
• Martini-Enfield
• Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914
• De Lisle carbine
• M1 Garand
• M1 Carbine

Sub-machine guns

• Sten– about 4 million produced from all sources
• Lanchester submachine gun
• Thompson M1928, M1928A1, M1A1
• Sterling submachine gun

Machine guns

• M1941 Johnson machine gun
• Browning M1917
• Browning M1919
• Browning M2
• Bren light machine gun
• Lewis Gun
• Vickers K machine gun
• Vickers machine gun
• Vickers-Berthier

Shotguns

• Winchester 1897
• Winchester M12
• Ithaca M37

Anti-tank Weapons

• Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank(PIAT)
• Boys Anti-Tank Rifle, .55
• Bofors 37 mm

Grenades

• 36M Mk.IFragmentation Hand/Rifle Grenade or “Mills Bomb”
• Grenade, Rifle No. 68 AT– HEAT Anti-tank rifle grenade
• 69 Mk.IConcussion hand grenade
• 76 Special Incendiary Grenade– Phosphorus hand grenade
• 73 Grenade– Also known as “Thermos Grenade”, anti-tank grenade
• 74 ST Grenade– Known as “Sticky Bomb”, an anti-tank hand grenade
• 75 Anti-Tank Hand Grenade– Known as “Hawkins Grenade” or “Hawkins Mine”
• No 77 grenade– White phosphorus hand grenade
• 82 Hand Grenade– Known as “Gammon Grenade/Bomb”

Mortars

• 2-inch mortar
• Ordnance ML 3-inch Mortar

Flamethrowers

• Flamethrower, Portable, No 2“Lifebuoy”

Sniper rifles

• Lee–EnfieldNo 4 Mk 1 (T)
• Pattern 1914 Enfield
• M1D Garand

Knives

• Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
• Smatchet
• Kukri– used by Gurkha regiments
• BC-41

 

 United States of America

Sidearms

• Colt M1911
• Colt M1903
• Colt M1917 revolver
• Colt Official Police(Colt M1927 AKA “Colt Commando”)
• Smith & Wesson M&P

Rifles

• M1 Garand
• M1 Carbine
• Springfield M1903A1
• M1917 Enfield
• M1941 Johnson rifle
• M4 Survival Rifle

Assault Rifles & Battle Rifles

• M2 Carbine

Sub-machine guns

• M1A1 Thompson
• M3A1
• M50 Reising
• United Defense M42

Machine guns

• Browning M1918A2
• Lewis Gun
• Browning M1917A1 Heavy Machine Gun
• Browning M1919A4 Medium Machine Gun
• Browning M1919A6 Medium Machine Gun
• Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun
• M1941 Johnson machine gun

Sniper rifles

• M1D Garand
• Springfield M1903A4
• Springfield M1903A1(Used by USMC)
• M1917 Enfield
• Winchester Model 1895
• Winchester Model 70

Shotguns (Commonly used by the Marines in the Pacific theater, limited use in Europe)

• Winchester M1897
• Winchester M12– used also on the Western Front(Standard issue shotgun of the US army)
• Browning Auto-5
• Winchester Model 21
• Remington 31
• Ithaca 37
• Stevens M520-30 and M620

Anti-tank weapons

• Rocket Launcher, M1/A1 “Bazooka”
• Rocket Launcher, M9 “Bazooka”
• M18 recoilless rifle(Uncommon in Europe, some use in the Pacific)

Flamethrowers

• M2 flamethrower
• M1A1 Flamethrower
• Ronson flamethrower

Recoilless rifles

• M18 recoilless rifle

Grenades

• 2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade

Grenade launcher

• M7 grenade launcher(M1 Garand Attachment)

Mortars

• M1 Mortar
• M2 4.2-inch mortar
• M2 Mortar

Edged weapons

• Ka-Bar
• M1 bayonet
• M1917 bayonet
• M1905 bayonet
• M1942 bayonet
• Mark I trench knife
• M3 fighting knife
• M4 bayonet
• United States Marine Raider Stiletto

Collins #18 machete V44 (used by raiders and pilots) M1917 bolo knife M1909 bolo knife