Conflict catalog

First World War: Weapons and Equipment

Global 1914-1918 conflict between Allied and Associated Powers and the Central Powers.

The First World War was a global 1914-1918 conflict fought across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, at sea, and in the air between Allied and Associated forces and the Central Powers.

This catalog tracks First World War weapon systems when a source directly documents wartime use, capture, or service context.

Broad design history alone is not enough for a weapon entry; connected systems should have conflict-specific support.

3 weapon systems

Conflict Actors

Allied and Associated Powers / Central Powers

Allied and Associated Powers

2 weapon systems in this catalog
  • Allied and Associated Powers

Central Powers

1 weapon system in this catalog
  • Central Powers

Context

Status
Published catalog
Location
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and global maritime theaters
Countries
Multiple countries
Regions
Europe, Middle East, Africa, Atlantic, Mediterranean
Domains
land, air, maritime, artillery

First World War equipment records should be limited to systems with direct source support for wartime fielding, capture, or service. Artillery records are especially useful where museum or archival records tie a specific gun pattern to a dated front, theater, or capture event.

Map

Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and global maritime theaters

Open map

Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Weapons

First World War Weapon Systems

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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10.5 cm leFH 16, 105 mm towed light field howitzer, ArtilleryArtillery10.5 cm leFH 16105 mm towed light field howitzerSide: Central PowersRole: German divisional artillery fire supportBuilt: Rheinmetall / Various manufacturers / GermanyThe 10.5 cm leFH 16 was a German light field howitzer introduced in 1916 as a longer-ranged successor to the 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09. Museum records tie surviving examples to German divisional artillery, to Australian captures in France and Palestine, and to interwar modernization before the type became reserve, training, or conversion stock in later German service.

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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Marlin Model 1917 aircraft machine gun, .30-06 aircraft and mounted machine gun, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsMarlin Model 1917 aircraft machine gun.30-06 aircraft and mounted machine gunSide: Allied and Associated PowersRole: U.S. aircraft fixed machine-gun armamentBuilt: Marlin-Rockwell / United StatesThe Marlin Model 1917 aircraft machine gun was a Marlin-Rockwell redesign of the Colt-Browning M1895 pattern for synchronized aircraft and mounted use. Museum and U.S. military-history sources tie Marlin M1917/M1918 guns to American DH-4 and SPAD aircraft in First World War service, while technical references document Carl Gustav Swebelius's straight-piston conversion, .30-06 chambering, 7MG/8MG designation path, and Model 1918 synchronization changes.
Webley Mk VI revolver, Service revolver, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsWebley Mk VI revolverService revolverSide: Allied and Associated PowersRole: Service sidearmBuilt: Webley & Scott / United KingdomThe Webley Mk VI was Britain's definitive .455 top-break service revolver of the later First World War: adopted in 1915, built by Webley & Scott before Enfield No. 1 Mk VI production, and carried by British and Commonwealth officers, crews, airmen, and raiding parties. Museum sources tie Mk VI examples to First World War service, while NRA Museums notes continuing British troop use through the Second World War.

Conflict Sources

This historical conflict record exists to support directly sourced weapon entries; it should not become a broad catch-all for systems without exact First World War evidence.

  • National Army Museum First World War overviewPublisher: National Army Museum | Note: Supports First World War dates, global scope, theaters, and the Allied/Central Powers side framing. | Accessed: 2026-07-06
  • National WWI Museum Key DatesPublisher: National WWI Museum and Memorial | Note: Supports the July 1914 outbreak sequence, 1914 belligerent declarations, and 1918 endpoint context. | Accessed: 2026-07-06