Main WEAPONS of World War II

All the great wars throughout our history have brought great evolutions in weaponry, causing the nations whose armament evolution was greater could take advantage in the war, and being many the intellectuals and thinkers of the different nations who were used to take advantage. To talk about the evolution of weapons in the greatest war in history in this lesson from a PROFESSOR we are going to talk about the weapons of world war ii.

Among the main weapons of the Second World War we must talk about the revolution in the transport sector. The different transports both by sea, on land, and in the air were essential during WWII for the great benefits they could bring in battle. Both the naval battles, as the bombardments carried out by airplanes, as the terrible German tanks were very important, and for this reason we must talk about the main ones of each class.

WWII aircraft

Although already during the First World War Aviation was an essential pillar in the fight, it was not nearly as important as it was in the Second. The increase in bombing led to a

huge evolution of airplanes, some of the main being the following:

• North America P-51 Mustang: The most important airplane in the United States, being one of the fastest of the time.
• Focke-Wulf Fw-190 D-9: German aircraft whose relevance allowed it to serve numerous functions.
• Supermarine Spitfire: The quintessential British aircraft was so advanced that it continued to be used after the war.
• Messerschmitt Bf-109: The best German aircraft and the most produced during the war, being the great Nazi weapons together with the tanks.
• Mitsubishi A6M Zero: The great aerial victories of the Japanese made it a legendary aircraft.

WWII tanks

The weapon par excellence during the war it was the tank, being the great innovation of the Germans in this transport that led to a greater number of victories. Among the best tanks of WWII were the following:

• Panzer IV: The characteristic tank of Nazi Germany, being key to the enormous number of German victories at the beginning of the war.
• Sherman M4: The tank created by the Allies to be able to defeat the Nazi tanks.
• T-34: A Soviet tank that was essential to the Russian counterattack at the end of the war, being the first tank of the war that seemed superior to the German.
• Panther: The creation of the T-34 made it necessary for Germany to create this tank in order to face the USSR.

WWII Vehicles

On the other hand, there were the vehicles used in the war that were not part of either the ships or the tanks. The main vehicles used during WWII are the following:

• Goliath: German transport that contained explosives inside.
• Cushman 53: American motorcycles used by paratroopers.
• DUKW: One of the amphibious transports of the United States.
• Kangaroo: An essential armored transport for the English, although it was not very successful during the war.

When talking about the weapons of the Second World War we must say that there is a great variety of these, being able to go from machine guns to radars or even missiles, and that is why we must divide the weapons of war by sections.

Pistols, rifles and other weapons

When talking about weapons we can think of the typical pistols and rifles used by the troops during the war, being essential for the combats that took place in the war. Among these weapons are the following:

• Pistols: Among the main pistols were the German Luger P08, the American Colt 45 or the Japanese Nambu.
• Rifles: Among them were the German Sturmgewehr 44, the American M1 Garand or the Russian Mosin-Nagant.
• Grenades: The most important were the German Model 24, the MK2 from the United States or the RG from the Soviet Union.
• Machine guns: The best known is the T24 from the United States, but other important ones were the English Bren or the German MG 42.
• Cannons: Weapons midway between handguns and tanks. Their great power and small size made them key weapons.
• Other weapons: Other weapons that we cannot include in the other groups were the mighty German Flammenwerfer 35 flamethrower or the mighty American bazookas used to fight German tanks.

Other weapons of World War II

In addition to transport and handguns, there were many other World War II weapons whose influence deserves some recognition. Some of the other major weapons of war are as follows:

• Radars: The radars were essential during the war to know the enemy attacks with time.
• Missiles: The new guided missiles were one of the greatest innovations during the war, being common thousands of bombings by all the cities of the world in this stage.
• Manhattan Project: It was the project that created the nuclear weapons what did they give end the war. Some of the greatest thinkers of the time participated in its creation, being a creation that not only changed war, but also changed the world and the world of war forever.
• Enigma: The machine created for understand Nazi codes and to be able to react early against their attacks. It is considered one of the first computer-like creations, and at the same time one of the greatest weapons of the Allies.