List of equipment used by the Wehrmacht

Overview

Infantry weapons

• Flammenwerfer 35 flamethrower
• Gewehr 98 bolt-action rifle
• Karabiner 98k bolt-action rifle
• Gewehr 41 semi-automatic rifle
• FG 42 Fallschirmjägergewehr 42
• Gewehr 43 semi-automatic rifle
• Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 semi-automatic rifle
• Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle
• Sturmgewehr 45 assault rifle

• MG 34 machine gun
• MG 42 machine gun
• MG 81 machine gun
• MP 18 submachine gun
• MP 35 submachine gun
• MP 40 submachine gun
• MP 3008 submachine gun
• Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon
• Panzerschreck anti-tank weapon
• Panzerbüchse 39 anti-tank weapon

• Stielhandgranate hand grenade
• Luger P08 pistol
• Mauser HSc pistol
• Walther P38 pistol
• Walther PP semi-automatic pistol
• Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol
• Sauer 38H semi-automatic pistol

Artillery weapons

• 88 mm gun anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun
• 15 cm sIG 33 infantry gun
• Hummel self-propelled gun
• Wespe self-propelled gun

• Schwerer Gustav railway gun
• Krupp K5 railway gun
• Nebelwerfer smoke mortar

Vehicles

• BMW R75 / Zündapp KS750 motorcycle and sidecar
• Kübelwagen
• Volkswagen Schwimmwagen
• Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht cars / light trucks
• Ford (Cologne) Model BB light truck
• Borgward B 3000 medium truck
• Ford (Cologne) Model V8-51 medium truck
• Ford (Cologne) Model B3000S, V3000S, V3000A medium trucks
• Mercedes-Benz L3000 medium truck
• Opel Blitz medium truck
• Maultier half-track truck
• Tatra 111 heavy truck
• RSO fully tracked artillery tractor
• Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper half-track
• SdKfz 2 Kettenkrad (tracked motorcycle)
• SdKfz 4 Maultier half-track

• Sd.Kfz. 7 half-track
• Sd.Kfz. 10 half-track
• Sd.Kfz. 250 light armored half-track
• Sd.Kfz. 251 medium armored half-track
• Leichter Panzerspähwagen light armoured car
• Schwerer Panzerspähwagen heavy armoured car

Tanks and armoured fighting vehicles

At various times, the German forces used captured equipment, absorbing them into the German type notation with national suffixes (e.g. "t" for Tschechoslowakei (Czechoslovakia), "e" for englisch, "r" for russisch, etc.). In the case of Czechoslovakia, their contemporary tanks were found to be more reliable than German ones of the period; captured Czech units and those manufactured for Germany after March 1939 were a significant proportion of the German armoured forces during the "blitzkriegs" in Poland and France.

• Panzer I
• Panzer II
• Panzer III
• Panzer IV
• Panzer 35(t), Czech Skoda LT vz 35
• Panzer 38(t), Czech CKD LT vz 38
• Panzer V Panther

• Panzer VI Tiger
• Panzer VI-B Tiger II or King Tiger
• Panzer VII Löwe (project cancelled)
• Panzer VIII Maus (project cancelled, two operable prototypes built)
• Panzer E-100 (project cancelled)
• Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte (project cancelled)
• Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster (project cancelled)

Tank destroyers

• Elefant
• Hetzer
• Jagdpanzer IV
• Jagdpanther
• Jagdtiger
• Marder I
• Marder II
• Marder III
• Nashorn
• Panzerjäger I
• Sturmgeschütz III (dual role vehicle)
• Sturer Emil

Assault guns included the Sturmgeschütz III, most-produced German armored fighting vehicle, the Sturmgeschütz IV, Sturmpanzer, and Sturmtiger. Anti-aircraft guns included the Ostwind, Kugelblitz, Flakpanzer 38(t), Möbelwagen, and Wirbelwind.

List of equipment used by the Heer (Wehrmacht)

Infantry Weapons

Name	Type	Picture	In use by Wehrmacht	Country of Origin
Pistols
Luger P08	Semi-automatic pistol		1935-1945	German Empire
Mauser HSc	Semi-automatic pistol		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
Walther P38	Semi-automatic pistol		1938-1945	Nazi Germany
Walther PP	Semi-automatic pistol		1935-1940	Nazi Germany
Mauser C96	Semi-automatic pistol		1935-1945	German Empire
Sauer 38H	Semi-automatic pistol		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
Dreyse M1907	Semi-automatic pistol		1935-1945	German Empire
Browning Hi-Power	Semi-automatic pistol		1940-1945	Belgium
Vis pistol	Semi-automatic pistol		1939-1945	Second Polish Republic
Rifles
Gewehr 98	Bolt-action rifle		1935-1935	German Empire
Karabiner 98k	Bolt-action rifle		1935-1935	German Empire
Karabiner 98k	Bolt-action rifle		1935-1935	German Empire
G24(t)	Bolt-action rifle		1939-1942	First Czechoslovak Republic
Gewehr 33/40(t)	Bolt-action rifle		1940-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
43M and Gewehr 98/40	Bolt-action rifle		1939-?	First Czechoslovak Republic
Gewehr 41	Semi-automatic rifle		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
Gewehr 43	Semi-automatic rifle		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
FG 42	Battle Rifle		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
Submachine guns
MP 18	Submachine gun		1935-1945	German Empire
MP 34	Submachine gun		1938-1945	First Austrian Republic
MP35	Submachine gun		1935-1945	Nazi Germany
MP 40	Submachine gun		1938-1945	Nazi Germany
MP 3008	Submachine gun		1945	Nazi Germany
Erma EMP	Submachine gun		1932-1945	Nazi Germany
Machine guns
MG 34	General-purpose machine gun		1936-1945	Nazi Germany
MG 42	General-purpose machine gun		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
MG 45	General-purpose machine gun		1945	Nazi Germany
MG81	General-purpose machine gun		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
MG 13	Machine gun		1935-1945	Weimar Republic
MG 15	Machine gun		1935-1945	Weimar Republic
MG 30	Machine gun		1938-1945	First Austrian Republic
Browning wz. 1928	Automatic rifle		1939-1945	Second Polish Republic
ZB vz. 26	Light machine gun		1939-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
Kg m/40 light machine gun	Light machine gun		1939-1945	Sweden
MG 08	Heavy machine gun		1935-1945	German Empire
Assault rifles
StG 44	Assault rifle		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
StG 45(M)	Assault rifle		1945	Nazi Germany
Anti-tank weapons
Panzerbüchse 39	Anti-tank rifle		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
Panzerbüchse 35(p)	Anti-tank rifle		1939-1940	Second Polish Republic
Solothurn S-18/1000	Anti-tank rifle		1940-1945	Nazi Germany/Switzerland
Panzerschreck	Anti-tank rocket launcher		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43	Anti-tank rocket launcher		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Panzerfaust	Anti-tank recoilless gun		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Hafthohlladung	Anti-tank grenade		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
Anti-aircraft weapons
Fliegerfaust	Ungided MANPAD		1945	Nazi Germany
Grenades
Model 24 grenade	Hand grenade		1935-1945	German Empire
Model 39 grenade	Hand grenade		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
Model 43 grenade	Hand grenade		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Flamethrowers
Flammenwerfer 35	Flamethrower		1935-1945	Nazi Germany
Flammenwerfer 41	Flamethrower		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
Einstossflammenwerfer 46	Flamethrower		1944-1945	Nazi Germany
Mortars
5 cm Granatwerfer 36	Mortar		1936-1945	Nazi Germany
8 cm Granatwerfer 34	Mortar		1934-1945	Nazi Germany
Kz 8 cm GrW 42	Mortar		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
Granatwerfer 42	Mortar		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
10 cm Nebelwerfer 35	Mortar		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
10 cm Nebelwerfer 40	Mortar		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer	Mortar		1941-1945	Nazi Germany

Anti-aircraft weapons

Name	Type	Picture	In use by Wehrmacht	Country of Origin
Towed Anti-Aircraft weapons
2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling	Anti-aircraft cannon		1934-1945	Nazi Germany
2 cm Flakvierling 38	Anti-aircraft cannon		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43	Anti-aircraft cannon		1936–1945	Nazi Germany
5 cm FlaK 41	Anti-aircraft cannon		1941–1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm kanon PL vz. 37	Anti-aircraft cannon		1939–1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
8 cm PL kanon vz. 37	Anti-aircraft cannon		1939–1945	Nazi Germany
8.35 cm PL kanon vz. 22	Anti-aircraft cannon		1939–1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41	Anti-aircraft cannon		1936–1945	Nazi Germany
9 cm kanon PL vz. 12/20	Anti-aircraft cannon		1943–1944	First Czechoslovak Republic
10.5 cm FlaK 38	Anti-aircraft cannon		1937–1945	Nazi Germany
12.8 cm FlaK 40	Anti-aircraft cannon		1942–1945	Nazi Germany
Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
Flakpanzer 38(t)	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun		1944-1945	Nazi Germany
Wirbelwind	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun		1944-1945	Nazi Germany
Kugelblitz	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun		1945	Nazi Germany
Möbelwagen	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun		1944-1945	Nazi Germany
Ostwind	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun		1945	Nazi Germany

Anti-tank weapons

Name	Type	Picture	In use by Wehrmacht	Country of Origin
Towed Anti-tank weapons
3,7cm KPÚV vz. 37	Anti-tank gun		1939-?	First Czechoslovak Republic
4,7cm KPÚV vz. 36	Anti-tank gun		1939-?	First Czechoslovak Republic
2.8 cm sPzB 41	Anti-tank gun		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
3.7 cm Pak 36	Anti-tank gun		1934-1945	Nazi Germany
4.2 cm Pak 41	Anti-tank gun		1941-1944	Nazi Germany
5 cm Pak 38	Anti-tank gun		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm Pak 97/38	Anti-tank gun		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm Pak 40	Anti-tank gun		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm Pak 41	Anti-tank gun		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
7.62 cm Pak 36(r)	Anti-tank gun		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
8 cm PAW 600	Anti-tank gun		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
8.8 cm Pak 43	Anti-tank gun		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
12.8 cm Pak 44	Anti-tank gun		1944-1945	Nazi Germany

Artillery

Infantry guns

Name	Type	Picture	In use by Wehrmacht	Country of Origin
Infantry guns
7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18	Infantry gun		1935-1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37	Infantry gun		1944-1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 42	Infantry gun		1944-1945	Nazi Germany
15 cm sIG 33	Infantry gun		1935-1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40	Recoilless gun		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40	Recoilless gun		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 42	Recoilless gun		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
Assault guns
Sturmgeschütz III	Assault gun		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
Sturmgeschütz IV	Assault gun		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf)	Assault gun		1942-1943	Nazi Germany
Brummbär	Heavy Assault gun		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B	Heavy Assault gun		1942-1944	Nazi Germany
Sturmtiger	Heavy Assault gun		1944-1945	Nazi Germany

Field Artillery

Name	Type	Picture	In use by Wehrmacht	Country of Origin
Field guns
8 cm FK M. 17	Field gun		1935-1945	Austria-Hungary
15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16	Field gun		1935-1945	Austria-Hungary
Canon de 75 mle TR	Field gun		1935-1945	Belgium
8 cm kanon vz. 30	Field gun		1939-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35	Field gun		1939-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
Skoda K-series	Field gun		1939-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
Skoda Model 1928 Gun	Field gun		1939-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
15 cm Kanone 16	Field gun		1935-1945	German Empire
7.5 cm FK 16 nA	Field gun		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm FK 18	Field gun		1938-1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm FK 38	Field gun		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm FK 7M85	Field gun		1944-1945	Nazi Germany
10 cm schwere Kanone 18	Field gun		1935-1945	Nazi Germany
15 cm Kanone 39	Field gun		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
17 cm Kanone 18	Field gun		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
Howitzers
10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze	Howitzer		1935-1945	Austria-Hungary
42 cm Haubitze M. 14/16	Howitzer		1935-1945	Austria-Hungary
10 cm houfnice vz. 30 (howitzer)	Howitzer		1939-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25	Howitzer		1939-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901	Howitzer		1935-1945	German Empire
Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903	Howitzer		1935-1945	German Empire
10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09	Howitzer		1935-1945	German Empire
10.5 cm leFH 16	Howitzer		1935-1945	German Empire
15 cm sFH 13	Howitzer		1935-1945	German Empire
21 cm Mörser 16	Howitzer		1935-1945	German Empire
28 cm Haubitze L/12	Howitzer		1935-1945	German Empire
10.5 cm leFH 18	Howitzer		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
10.5 cm leFH 18M	Howitzer		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
10.5 cm leFH 18/40	Howitzer		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
15 cm sFH 18	Howitzer		1935-1945	Nazi Germany
21 cm Mörser 18	Howitzer		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
Mountain guns
Skoda 75 mm Model 1928	Mountain gun		1939-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
Skoda 100 mm Model 16/19	Mountain gun		1939-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
Skoda 150 mm Model 1918	Mountain gun		1939-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
7.5 cm Gebirgskanone Model 1911	Mountain gun		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36	Mountain gun		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40	Mountain gun		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
Self-propelled artillery
15 cm sIG 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf B	Self-propelled artillery		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
Hummel	Self-propelled artillery		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Wespe	Self-propelled artillery		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf)	Self-propelled artillery		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Grille	Self-propelled artillery		1943-1945	Nazi Germany

Rocket Artillery

Name	Type	Picture	In use by Wehrmacht	Country of Origin
Rocket artillery
15 cm Nebelwerfer 41	Rocket artillery		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41	Rocket artillery		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
21 cm Nebelwerfer 42	Rocket artillery		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
30 cm Nebelwerfer 42	Rocket artillery		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Panzerwerfer	Rocket artillery		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Wurfrahmen 40	Rocket artillery		1940-1945	Nazi Germany

Rail Guns

Name	Type	Picture	In use by Wehrmacht	Country of Origin
Railway artillery
24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl"	Railway gun		1935-1945	German Empire
28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"	Railway gun		1935-1945	German Empire
15 cm K (E)	Railway gun		1937-1945	Nazi Germany
17 cm K (E)	Railway gun		1938-1945	Nazi Germany
20.3 cm K (E)	Railway gun		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
21 cm K 12 (E)	Railway gun		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
24 cm Theodor Kanone (E)	Railway gun		1937-1945	Nazi Germany
28 cm schwere Bruno Kanone (E)	Railway gun		1937-1945	Nazi Germany
Krupp K5	Railway gun		1937-1945	Nazi Germany
38 cm Siegfried K (E)	Railway gun		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
Schwerer Gustav	Railway gun		1941-1945	Nazi Germany

Mobilized Weaponry

Tank Destroyers

Name	Type	Picture	In use by Wehrmacht	Country of Origin
Artillery
Elefant	Heavy tank destroyer		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Hetzer	Light tank destroyer		1944-1945	Nazi Germany/Romania
Jagdpanzer IV	Tank destroyer		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Jagdpanther	Tank destroyer		1944-1945	Nazi Germany
Jagdtiger	Tank destroyer		1944-1945	Nazi Germany
Marder I	Tank destroyer		1942-1944	Nazi Germany
Marder II	Tank destroyer		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Marder III	Tank destroyer		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Nashorn	Tank destroyer		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
Panzerjäger I	Tank destroyer		1940-1943	Nazi Germany
Sturmgeschütz III	Tank destroyer/Assault gun		1940-1945	Nazi Germany
Sturmgeschütz IV	Tank destroyer/Assault gun		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Sturer Emil	Tank destroyer		1942-1943	Nazi Germany

Tanks

Name	Type	Picture	In use by Wehrmacht	Number built	Country of Origin
Light tanks
Panzer I	Light tank		1934-1945	1493	Nazi Germany
Panzer II	Light tank		1936-1945	1856	Nazi Germany
Panzer 35(t)	Light tank		1939-1945	434	First Czechoslovak Republic
Panzer 38(t)	Light tank		1939-1945	1414	First Czechoslovak Republic
Medium tanks
Panzer III	Medium tank		1939-1945	5774	Nazi Germany
Panzer IV	Medium tank		1939-1945	8553	Nazi Germany
Panther (Panzer V)	Medium tank		1943-1945	6000	Nazi Germany
Heavy tanks
Tiger I (Panzer VI)	Heavy tank		1943-1945	1347	Nazi Germany
Tiger II(Panzer VI-B)	Heavy tank		1944-1945	492	Nazi Germany
Super-heavy tanks
Maus (Panzer VIII)	Super-heavy tank		1945 (never used in action)	1	Nazi Germany

Transport vehicles

Name	Type	Picture	In use by Wehrmacht	Country of Origin
Artillery
BMW R75	Motorcycle		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
Volkswagen Kübelwagen	Kübelwagen		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
Volkswagen Schwimmwagen	Amphibious vehicle		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
Light Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht	Car		1936-1945	Nazi Germany
Medium Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht	Car		1937-1945	Nazi Germany
Heavy Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht	Car		1938-1945	Nazi Germany
Borgward B 3000	Truck		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
Mercedes-Benz L3000	Truck		1938-1945	Nazi Germany
Opel Blitz	Truck		1935-1945	Nazi Germany
Maultier	Half-track		1942-1945	Nazi Germany
Tatra 111	Truck		1942-1945	First Czechoslovak Republic
Raupenschlepper, Ost	Tractor unit		1943-1945	Nazi Germany
Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper	Half-track		1944-1945	Nazi Germany
SdKfz 2	Half-tracktractor		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
SdKfz 4	Half-track		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
Sd.Kfz. 7	Half-trackartillery tractor		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
Sd.Kfz. 10	Light half-track		1938-1945	Nazi Germany
Sd.Kfz. 250	Half trackedarmored personnel carrier		1941-1945	Nazi Germany
Sd.Kfz. 251	Half trackedarmored personnel carrier		1939-1945	Nazi Germany
Leichter Panzerspähwagen	Armored car		1935-1945	Nazi Germany