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Nazi Germany Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 2 weapon systems built or assembled in Nazi Germany, including artillery and infantry weapons, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

2 weapon systems

2Catalog records

2Equipment categories

1Leading builders shown

2Conflict links shown

Category Mix

Artillery1 Infantry Weapons1

Builder Links

Waffenwerke Brunn2

Conflict Coverage

Second World War21955 Vietnam War1

12 cm Granatwerfer 42, 120 mm towed heavy mortar, Artillery

Second World War12 cm Granatwerfer 42120 mm towed heavy mortarBuilt by: Waffenwerke BrunnThe 12 cm Granatwerfer 42 was a German 120 mm heavy mortar copied from the Soviet PM-38 pattern after German forces encountered captured weapons on the Eastern Front. German references and surviving imagery place the GrW 42 in Second World War Axis service, where it gave infantry units heavier indirect fire than smaller 8 cm mortars while using a towable two-wheel carriage.

MG 34, 7.92 mm general-purpose machine gun, Infantry Weapons

Second World War, 1955 Vietnam WarMG 347.92 mm general-purpose machine gunBuilt by: Waffenwerke BrunnThe MG 34 was a German 7.92 mm general-purpose machine gun developed in the early 1930s and adopted as a standard infantry weapon before the Second World War. U.S. War Department manuals treated it as Germany's original standard dual-purpose machine gun, usable from bipods, tripods, antiaircraft mounts, and armored-vehicle installations; a 1968 Fleet Marine Force Pacific guide also listed the German MG 34 among enemy weapons captured in South Vietnam.