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The Ultimate Iconic World War 2 Weapons
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 11/3/2017 | M Rotchschild

Posted on 11/03/2017 6:44:39 AM PDT by w1n1

Infantry weapons of World War 2 began mostly as the standard issue weapons that had been used in World War 1, but by the end of the war, numerous modern assault rifles, automatic pistols, and machine guns were being made. These weapons were made in the millions, and some were the standard issue in front line forces around the world well into the 1970s.

Rifles like the M1 Garand, Lee-Enfield, and German Karabiner 98, along with the famous Tommy Gun, Sten Gun and MP44 are familiar from countless war movies and documentaries. These weapons changed the nature of combat, allowing soldiers to lay down constant fire, and produced in gigantic quantities. Indeed, many irregular forces in conflict-ridden hot spots still use weapons made in the 40s, bought from one of the superpowers on surplus or captured through other means.

Ok, here are the most iconic weapons of World War 2.

M1 Garand Rifle

Standard rifle of the US armed forces for two decades. Called “the greatest battle implement ever devised” by General George S. Patton.

MG 42

Super raid-fire German machine gun that outclassed all others.

MP40

Iconic German submachine gun, seen in countless war movies

StG44

German fully-automatic assault rifle – the first of its kind.

Colt M1911 Pistol

Standard US sidearm from 1911 until 1985.

M2 Browning

50 caliber machine gun used by US forces from 1933 until now.

Browning Automatic Rifle

Main light machine gun used by US infantry.

Panzerschreck

German Anti-Tank weapon based off of the American made Bazooka. See the rest of the ultimate iconic World War 2 weapons here. What other weapons would need to be added here?


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To: w1n1

What’s “super raid fire”?

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21 posted on 11/03/2017 8:09:20 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

I have a couple of hex receiver made in 1932 at Tusla. $99 a copy.

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22 posted on 11/03/2017 8:11:41 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: C19fan
No Mosin-Nagant??? Killed more Germans that the listed Allied weapons combined.

Id think that Comrade Winter, gulags, typhus, and cholera killed more Germans than the Mosin-Nagant did.

23 posted on 11/03/2017 8:14:16 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: AppyPappy
Trivia: Bonnie and Clyde were killed by a BAR

I thought they were killed by a Colt Monitor and Remington Model 8?


24 posted on 11/03/2017 8:18:50 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: AppyPappy

and yes, I know a colt monitor is a BAR subspecies.


25 posted on 11/03/2017 8:19:32 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: AppyPappy
Trivia: Bonnie and Clyde were killed by a BAR

Avenging his cousin kilt by Davey Crocket? ;-P

26 posted on 11/03/2017 8:25:53 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: AppyPappy

I thought the BAR was Clyde Barrows weapon of choice, not what killed him.


27 posted on 11/03/2017 8:38:12 AM PDT by oldvirginian (The older i get the less i care what people think of me, therefore the more i enjoy life.)
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To: w1n1

I think the BAR is overrated. The Bren gun was a superior light machine gun.


28 posted on 11/03/2017 8:38:34 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

and the Zb26 was superior to the Bren, BAR, etc.


29 posted on 11/03/2017 8:47:33 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: C19fan

I take it that you haven’t fired the BAR..

It is steady, controllable, and very effective. I was able to see the strikes of my hits through the peep sight when firing in the prone and on the bipod. Had no trouble putting round after round through a bunker’s embrasure (about 6 inches) at 150 meters.

A whole lot lighter than a Bren too.


30 posted on 11/03/2017 8:49:16 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Lurker
Typo. "Super rapid fire" was the intended phrase (and a bit of an understatement, with regard to the MG42's cyclic rate).
31 posted on 11/03/2017 8:49:28 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: w1n1

No Japanese weapons on their list - like excellent and deadly Type 99 Nambu and the extremely effective Type 89 Grenade Projector (”Knee Mortar”).

The Type 89 weighed only 10 pounds and were issued one per squad. It was rifled and threw a one pound round very accurately out to 300 meters and was so lethal that it accounted for an estimated 60% of all of our Pacific war casualties.


32 posted on 11/03/2017 8:55:24 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Delta 21

It’s almost Cute!


33 posted on 11/03/2017 8:58:02 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: AppyPappy

Among other weapons ...


34 posted on 11/03/2017 8:59:09 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: BlueLancer
Then they went and put it on a tank !


35 posted on 11/03/2017 9:22:11 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Delta 21
Then they went and put it on a tank !

Now, not only could it kill you, but it could chase you down to do it!

No sense in running ... you'll just die tired.

36 posted on 11/03/2017 9:40:51 AM PDT by BlueLancer (ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
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To: oldvirginian

They needed a weapon that could shoot through the steel doors of the car they were driving.


37 posted on 11/03/2017 10:12:24 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: w1n1

On a side note, Call of Duty WWII hits the shelved today.


38 posted on 11/03/2017 10:14:35 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: Lurker

Niiiice!

Kicks like a rented mule. The first time I fired my mosin I made note to purchase a slip on butt pad for the next time.

CC


39 posted on 11/03/2017 10:36:40 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (It don't matter if your heart is in the right place, if at the same time your head is up your a$$)
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To: BlueLancer; FreedomPoster; Delta 21; mostly cajun; archy; Gringo1; Matthew James; Fred Mertz; ...
DANGER CLOSE

TREADHEAD PING


40 posted on 11/03/2017 10:49:58 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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