List of hand weapons of the Wehrmacht

The list of hand weapons of the Wehrmacht includes all weapons of the Wehrmacht that a soldier could pick up, carry and use alone. There are different areas of application and types of weapons for these weapons. The known basic types are stabbing weapons such as knives or bayonets , furthermore handguns , including handguns and rifles, and explosive weapons such as hand grenades . Hand grenades are also assigned to thrown weapons .

Note: An overview of handguns A to Z can be found in the list of handguns .

Pistols

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
Walther PP	Carl Walther GmbH		7.65 × 17 mm (.32 ACP) 9 × 17 mm (.380 ACP)	German Empire	1929 to 1999
Walther PPK	Carl Walther GmbH		7.65 × 17 mm (.32 ACP) 9 × 17 mm (.380 ACP)	German Empire	1931 to 1999
Walther P38	Carl Walther GmbH		9 × 19 mm	German Empire
Sauer 38H	Sauer & Sohn		7.65 × 17 mm (.32 ACP)	German Empire	1938 to 1945
Pistol 08	Various		9 × 19 mm	German Empire	1904 to 1945
Mauser C96	Mauser		7.63 × 25 mm 9 × 19 mm 9 × 25 mm Mauser	German Empire	1896 to 1936
Mauser HSc	Mauser		7.65 × 17 mm (.32 ACP) 9 × 17 mm (.380 ACP)	German Empire	1937 to 1945
Astra 600	Mauser Astra, Unceta y Cía		9 × 19 mm	German Empire Spain	1942 to 1945

Submachine guns

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
MP 28	Theodor Bergmann Hugo Schmeisser		9mm parabellum	German Empire	1928 to ???
MP 35	Emil Bergmann / Schultz & Larsen, Carl Walther GmbH Junker and Ruh AG		9 mm parabellum 9 mm Bergmann-Bayard 7.65 × 21 mm Luger 9 × 25 mm Mauser	German Empire	1932 to 1945
MP 38/40	ERMA plants CG Haenel Steyr-Werke		9 mm parabellum	German Empire	1940 to 1944
MP 41	Hugo Schmeisser CG Haenel		9 mm parabellum	German Empire	1941 to ???
Erma EMP	ERMA plants Heinrich Vollmer		9 mm parabellum 9 mm Bergmann-Bayard 7.65 × 21 mm Luger 9 × 25 mm Mauser	German Empire	1931 to 1938
Erma EMP 44	ERMA plants CG Haenel Steyr-Werke		9 mm parabellum	German Empire	1943 to ???
MP 3008	40 companies as parts suppliers Assembled by 14 companies		9 mm parabellum	German Empire	1945

Rifles

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
Rifle 98	Mauser		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1898 to ???
98/40 rifle	Danuvia		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire / Hungary	1941 to 1945
Carabiner 98k	Mauser		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1934 to 1945
Triplet M30	Sauer & Sohn		Shotgun caliber 12 9.3 × 74 mm R	German Empire	19 ?? to ???
Rifle 33/40	Brno Arms Works		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1940 to ???
Rifle 41	Carl Walther GmbH		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1941 to 1943
rifle 43	Carl Walther GmbH Gustloffwerke, Buchenwald Berlin-Lübeck machine factory		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1943 to 1945
Machine carabiner 42	CG Haenel Carl Walther GmbH			German Empire	19 ?? to ???
assault rifle 44	CG Haenel Sauer & son Steyr Daimler Puch		7.92 x 33 mm	German Empire	1943 to 1945
Assault rifle 45	Mauser		7.92 x 33 mm	German Empire	1945
Volkssturmgewehr VG 1-5	Gustloff works		7.92 x 33 mm	German Empire	1945
Paratrooper rifle 42	Rheinmetall Krieghoff		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1943 to 1945

Machine guns

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
Machine gun 08	Arms factory Loewe German arms and ammunition factories (DWM)		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	from 1885 (especially 1908)
Machine gun 08/15	Arms factory Loewe German arms and ammunition factories (DWM)		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1915 to 1941
Machine gun 13			7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1930 to 1935
Machine gun 15	Rheinmetall		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	19 ?? until 19??
Machine gun 34	Mauser Rheinmetall		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1933 to 1945
Machine gun 35/36	Knorr brake		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1935 to 1940
Machine gun 42	Big foot MAGET Mauser Steyr Daimler Puch Gustloff works		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1942 to ???
Machine gun 45	Big foot		7.92 x 57 mm	German Empire	1944 to ???

Anti-tank

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
Fist cartridge	HASAG		54 grams of propellant charge 0.4 kilograms of shaped charge	German Empire	1942 to 1943
Panzerfaust (30, 60, 100, 150)	HASAG		1.6 kg of explosives	German Empire	1943 to 19 ??
Missile rifle 54 (RPzB 43, 54, 54/1)			Shaped charge	German Empire	1944 to 1945
Anti-tank rifle 38	Gustloff works		7.92 x 94 mm	German Empire	1938 to ???
Anti-tank rifle 39	Gustloff works		7.92 x 94 mm	German Empire	1939 to 1942
2 cm anti-tank rifle 785	Theodor Rakula, Rheinmetall Solothurn weapons factory		20 × 105 mm w	German Empire  Switzerland	1932 to 19 ??
Anti-tank mine			500 g RDX and TNT	German Empire	1943 to 1945
Adhesive charge			Adhesive shaped charge 1.7 kg	German Empire	1942 to 19 ??

Air defense

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
Aviator fist	HASAG		nine shells (20mm caliber, 19 grams of explosives)	German Empire	1944 to 1945

Hand grenades

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
Egg grenade 39			112 g Donarit	German Empire	1940 to 1945
Stick grenade 24			170 g TNT	German Empire	1924 to 1945
Stick grenade 39			TNT	German Empire	1939-1943
Stick hand grenade 43			TNT	German Empire	1943-1945

Other weapons

• Flamethrower 35
• Flamethrower 41
• Flame Thrower 46
• S84 / 98 sidearm
• Side gun model 42

Loot weapons

The letter in brackets indicates the country of origin of the captured weapon .

Pistols and revolvers

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	Country of origin	year
Pistol 12 (ö)	Austrian Arms Factory Society (ÖWG)		9 × 23 mm 9 × 19 mm	Austria	1911 to 1930
Gun 24 (t)	Česká zbrojovka (Strakonice)		9 × 17 mm (.380 ACP)	Czechoslovakia	1924 to approx. 1939
Pistol 27 (t)	Česká zbrojovka (Strakonice)		7.65 x 17 mm	Czechoslovakia	1927 to 1955
Pistol 35 (p)	Fabryka Broni "Łucznik" Radom Steyr Daimler Puch		9 × 19 mm	Poland	1935 to 1945
Pistol 37 (u)	Fegyver- és Gépgyár (FÉG)		9 × 17 mm (.380 ACP) 7.65 × 17 mm	Hungary	1937 to 1944
Pistol 39 (t)	Česká zbrojovka (Strakonice)		9 × 17 mm (.380 ACP)	Czechoslovakia	1938 to ???
Variants of the Nagant revolver Revolver 610 (n) (Nagant M1893) Revolver 612 (p) (Nagant M1895) Revolver 612 (r) (Nagant M1895) Revolver 612 (g) (Nagant M1895) Revolver 613 (g) (Nagant M1912)	Fabrique d'Armes Em & L. Nagant Ischmasch Tulski Oruscheiny Sawod Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów		7.5 mm Nagant (NOR version) 7.62 × 38 mm Nagant	Belgium Soviet Union Poland
Pistol 615 (r)	Tulski Oruscheiny Zavod		7.62 × 25 mm	Soviet Union	since 1933
Variants of the FN Browning model 1910 and 1922 Pistol 621 (b) Pistol 626 (b) Pistol 626 (d) Pistol 626 (h) Pistol 641 (b) Pistol 641 (h) Pistol 641 (j)	Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (FN )		7.65 × 17 mm (.32 ACP) 9 × 17 mm (.380 ACP)	Belgium	1910 to 1983
Pistol 625 (f)	Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM)		7.65 x 20 mm	France	1935 to 1950
Revolver 637 (f)	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS) and other state arsenals		8 × 27 mm R Lebel	France	1892 to 1924
Pistol 640 (b)	Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (FN)		9 × 19 mm	Belgium	since 1935
Revolver 646 (e)	Royal Small Arms Factory		9 × 20 mm rows	United Kingdom	1932 to 1957
Revolver 655 (e)	Webley & Scott		11.6 × 19 mm rows	United Kingdom	1915 to 1921
Gun 657 (n) Gun 660 (a)	Various		11.43 × 23mm (.45 ACP)	United States Norway	since 1911
Pistol 670 (i)	Societa Siderurgica Glisenti		9 × 19 mm glisenti	Italy	1910 to 1915
Gun 671 (i)	Beretta		9 × 17 mm (M1934), 7.65 × 17 mm (M1935)	Italy	1934 to 1991

Submachine guns

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
MP 34 (ö)	Steyr works		7.65 × 21 mm 9 × 19 mm 9 × 23 mm 9 × 25 mm	Austria	1928 to 1942
MP 715 (r)	Degtjarjowwerk		7.62 × 25 mm	Soviet Union	1935 to 1941
MP 717 (r)	Georgi Semyonovich Shpagin		7.62 × 25 mm 9 × 19 mm	Soviet Union	1941 to 1947
MP 719 (r)	Alexei Ivanovich Sudayev		7.62 × 25 mm	Soviet Union	1943 to 1945
MP 722 (f)	Société Manufacturière d'Armes		7.65 x 20 mm	France	1939 to 1949
MP 738 (i) MP 739 (i)	Beretta		9 × 19 mm	Italy	1938 to 1951
MP 740 (b)	Various		9 × 19 mm	Belgium	1928 to ???
MP 748 (e) MP 749 (e)	Various		9 × 19 mm	United Kingdom	1941 to ???
Variants of the Thompson (submachine gun) MP 760 (e) MP 760 (j) MP 760 (a) MP 761 (f)	Auto-Ordnance Corporation Colt Savage Arms Company		11.43 × 23mm (.45 ACP)	United States	1921 to 1944

Rifles

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
Variants of the Mauser model 98 Gewehr 24 (t) (Puška vzor 24) Gewehr 29 (p) (Karabinek wz. 1929) Gewehr 220 (b) (FN Model 24) Gewehr 285 (b) (FN Model 30) Gewehr 285 (g) (FN Model 30 ) Gewehr 291/1 (j) (M24A) Gewehr 291/2 (j) (M24B) Gewehr 299 (p) (Karabin wzor 98a)	Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (FN) Zbrojovka Brno Zastava and others		7.92 x 57 mm	Belgium Czechoslovakia Greece Poland Kingdom of Yugoslavia	1924 to 1945
Rifle 33 (t)	Zbrojovka Brno		7.92 x 57 mm	Czechoslovakia	1933 to 1939
Rifle 210 (i)	Arsenal Turin Arsenal Terni Beretta Fiat		6.5 × 52 mm Mannlicher-Carcano 7.35 × 51 mm Carcano 7.92 × 57 mm	Italy	1892 to 1945
Gewehr 241 (f)	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS) Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault (MAC)		8 × 50 mm R Lebel	France	1916 to ???
Gewehr 242 (f)	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Etienne (MAS)		7.5 x 54 mm	France	1936 to 1955
Self-loading rifle 251 (a)	Various		7.62 × 63 mm	United States	1936 to 1957
Rifle 254 (r)	Various		7.62 × 54 mm rows	Soviet Union	1891 to ???
Self-loading carabiner 255 (a)	Winchester Repeating Arms Company		7.62 x 33 mm	United States	1942 to 1960
Rifle 257 (r)	Ischmasch		7.62 × 54 mm rows	Soviet Union	1936 to 1940
Semi-automatic rifle 258 (r) (Tokarew SWT-38) Semi-automatic rifle 259 (r) (Tokarew SWT-40)	Various		7.62 × 54 mm rows	Soviet Union	1938 to 1945
Variants of the Mauser model 1889 Gewehr 261 (b) (Mle 1889) Gewehr 263 (b) (Mle 1889/36) Karabiner 451 (b) (Mle 1889) Karabiner 453 (b) (Mle 1916) Gewehr 297 (j) (Mauser 1890)	Various		7.65 × 53.5 mm (BEL version) 7.92 × 57 mm (JUG version)	Belgium Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Rifle 281 (e)	Royal Small Arms Factory		7.7 × 56 mm rows	United Kingdom	1895 to 1950
Gewehr 551 (f)	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS) Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault (MAC) Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (MAT)		8 × 50 mm R Lebel	France	1940 to 1945
Variants of the Krag-Jørgensen 8 mm Gew 311 (d) 8 mm carabiner 506 (d) 6.5 mm carabiner 411 (n) 6.5 mm carabiner 412 (n) 6.5 mm carabiner 413 (n) 6.5 mm carabiner 414 (n) 6.5mm carabiner 415 (n)	Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk and others		8 × 58 mm R (DNK version) 6.5 × 55 mm (NOR version)	Denmark Norway	1886 to 1945

Machine guns

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
MG 7/12 (ö)	Austrian arms factory company		8 × 56 mm R (Austrian version) 7.92 × 57 mm (Czech version)	Austria Czechoslovakia	1905 to 1919
MG 26 (t) MG 30 (t)	Zbrojovka Brno		7.92 x 57 mm	Czechoslovakia Kingdom of Yugoslavia	1926 to 1951
MG 28 (p)			7.62 × 63mm (US version) 7.92 × 57mm (PL version)	United States Poland	1918 to ???
MG 37 (t) Besa MG	Zbrojovka Brno Birmingham Small Arms Company		7.92 x 57 mm	Czechoslovakia Kingdom of Yugoslavia United Kingdom	1937 to 1946
MG 99 (i)	Breda		6.5 × 52 mm Carcano 7.35 × 51 mm Carcano	Italy	1930 to 1945
MG 137 (e) MG 100 (h)	Birmingham Small Arms Company and others		7.7 × 56 mm R (UK version) 7.92 × 57 mm (NLD version)	United Kingdom of Netherlands	since 1914
MG 115 (f) MG 116 (f)	Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault (MAC)		7.5 x 54 mm	France	1929 to 1940
MG 120 (r)			7.62 × 54mm R 7.92 × 57mm	Soviet Union	since 1927
MG 138 (e)	Royal Small Arms Factory		7.7 × 56 mm rows	United Kingdom	1937 to 1971
MG 216 (r)	Tulski Oruscheiny Zavod		7.62 × 54 mm rows	Soviet Union	1912 to 1945
MG 238 (p) MG 257 (f)	Hotchkiss et Cie		7.92 × 57 mm (PL version) 8 × 50 mm R Lebel (FR version)	Poland France	1914 to 1930
MG 271 (f)	Hotchkiss et Cie		13.2 x 99 mm	France	since the late 1920s
MG 331 (f)	Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault (MAC)		7.5 x 54 mm	France	19 ?? to ???
MG 350 (i)	Breda		8 × 59mm Rb Breda	Italy	1938 to 1943
Browning M1917	Various		7.62 × 63 mm (US version) 7.92 × 57 mm (PL version) 7.92 × 61 mm (NOR version)	United States Poland Norway	1917 to 1960
Madsen	Dansk Rekylriffel Syndicate		8 × 58 mm R (DNK version) 6.5 × 55 mm (NOR version) 7.92 × 57 mm	Denmark Norway Lithuania	1940 to 1945

Anti-tank

Surname	Manufacturer	image	ammunition	country	year
PzB 770 (p)	Warsaw rifle factory		7.92 × 107 mm P35	Poland	1937 to 1939
PzB 782 (e)	Royal Small Arms Factory Birmingham Small Arms Company John Inglis Company		13.9 mm (.55)	United Kingdom	1937 to 1939
PzB 783 (r)	Instrument factory No. 2		14.5 x 114 mm	Soviet Union	1941 to 1945
PzB 784 (r)			14.5 x 114 mm	Soviet Union	1941 to 1945

Manufacturer

• Carl Eickhorn
• Carl Walther GmbH
• CG Haenel
• DWM (German weapons and ammunition factories )
• Erma works
• Gustloff works
• HASAG (Hugo and Alfred Schneider AG)
• Großfuß (metal and lacquer goods factory Johannes Großfuß)
• JP Sauer & Son
• Knorr brake
• Krieghoff
• MAGET ( Altmark Chain Works )
• Mauser
• Rheinmetall
• Steyr
• Vollmer works
• Arms factory Loewe
• ZB (in Bohemia and Moravia )

literature

• United States, War Department: German Infantry Weapons , ( online at archive.org )
• Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German weapons 1939–1945 - hand weapons, artillery, captured weapons, special weapons . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-613-02481-2