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