List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II

List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II

In World War II, The German airforce, the Luftwaffe, used a variety of weapons to keep their aircraft equipped with the most modern weaponry available at that time, until later in the war when resources got thin. Here is a list of some of these weapons:

Machine guns

(Maschinengewehr)
*MG 15
*MG 17
*MG 81 & 81Z
*MG 131


=Cannons (Maschinenkanone and related types)=

*MG FF and FF/M [1]
*MG 151, /15 or /20 [1]
*MK 101
*MK 103
*MK 108

[1] The official designation for "MG FF" and "MG 151" was "Maschinengewehr" but they are cannons.

"Bordkanone" heavy aircraft cannon

*BK 3.7
*BK 5
*BK 7.5

Rockets and Missiles

*Kramer Rk 344, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
*Henschel Hs 293, anti-shipping missile
*R4M rocket

Bombs

"Grössenvergleich" (Big explosive) [http://www.luftarchiv.de/ Look under "Misc Equipment > Drop Weapons"]
*SC 10
*SC 50
*SC 250
*SC 500
*SC 1000 "Herrmann"
*SC 1800 "Satan"
*SC 2000
*SC 2500 "Max"
*SC 500J
*PD 500
*PD 1000
*SB 1000
*SB 1800
*SB 2500

"Splitterbomben" (Shrapnel)
*SD 1
*SD 2
*SD 4/HL
*SD 4/HL RS
*SD 9/HL
*SD 10 A
*SD 50
*SD 70
*SD 250
*SD 500
*SD 1400 "Esau"
*SD 1700 "Sigismund"
*SD 500A
*SD 500E

"Panzerbomben" (Armor-piercing bombs)

*PC 500* 'Pauline'
*PC 1000* 'Pol'
*PC 1400 'Fritz'
*PC 1600
*PC 1800 RS 'Panther'

Other

"(including torpedoes, mines, fighters, ...)"

Prototype only

*Henschel Hs 298, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
*MK 115
*SG 116
*Ruhrstahl X-4
*Jagdfaust

ee also

Schräge Musik

links

*http://www.luftarchiv.de/

References


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