What does this list have? Firearms. Lots of 'em.
What doesn't it have? Vehicle and plane weaponry.
What will it never have? Flamethrowers and toxic/chemical/biological weaponry.
Handguns: Ah, the venerable sidearms and protectors of the peace.Original Preface wrote:After a couple of incidents in RP lately I figured it might be beneficial to compile a list of firearms present in through the 1940s up to the late 1950s. My source is mainly world.guns.ru which seems to be fairly reliable, with occasional referencing against other websites and sources provided there.
I'll attempt to update the list as other information is acquired. Feel free to correct any errors if you have sources to back those corrections up. Country of origin is in brackets and the weapons are organized by country of origin rather than anything else.
Additionally, if I've missed anything, please note it down with a link from some source. Preferably focus on 40s to 50s rather than earlier weapons, although exceptions have been made in a couple of very long-lived weapons such as the Colt SAA and Browning M2.
Revolvers: .44 Magnum rounds and Dirty Harry quotes sold seperately. And let's face it, revolvers are just better.
Colt 1873 "Peacemaker" (US)
Smith & Wesson Compact (J Frame) (US)
Smith & Wesson M&P Medium (K Frame) (US)
Smith & Wesson Large (N Frame) (US)
Colt Python (US)
Smith & Wesson Model 10 (US)
Webley Revolver (UK)
Enfield No 2 Mark 1 (UK)
Nagant 1895 (Russia)
Semi-automatic Pistols: Usually small and sometimes easily concealed, having a semi-auto to hand is always helpful.
Browning Hi-Power (Belgium)
Colt M1911 (US)
Ruger Standard/MK II (US)
Walther P38 (Germany)
Mauser C-96 (Germany)
Luger P08 (Germany)
Sauer 38H (Germany)
Mauser HSc (Germany)
Dreyse M1907 (Germany)
Walther PP series (Germany)
HK-4 (Germany)
Tokarev TT-30 (Russia)
Makarov PM/M (Russia)
SIG P210 (Switzerland)
Obregon (Mexico)
Cz. 50 (Czech Republic)
M57 (Serbia/Yugoslavia)
Nambu (Japan)
Type 94 (Japan)
MAS/MAC Mle. 1935A/1935S (France)
MAS/MAC Mle. 1950 (France)
Machine Pistols: They look like pistols, but can fire in a fully automatic fashion. Also, they're not big enough to be SMGs. Don't try to dual-wield and full-auto, they recoil like mad.
Stechkin APS (Russia)
Steyr M1912 (Austria-Hungary)
Miscellaneous Pistols: These pistols are set apart from their kin in some way, be it functionality or action. These are pretty weird and wonderful things...
Welrod Silenced Pistol (UK)
The Welrod is a bolt-action, magazine-fed silenced pistol. Make of it what you will.
Submachineguns: Shorter range and effectiveness, but handy if someone's closeby. Compact firepower - a favourite of paras, engineering personnel and vehicle crews.
Thompson SMG (US)
Reising M-50 (US)
M3 "Grease Gun" (US)
UD M42 SMG (US)
Owen SMG (Australia)
STEN Gun (UK)
Sterling SMG (UK)
Lanchester SMG (UK)
MP35 SMG (Germany)
MP .38 and MP .40 (Germany)
Schmeisser MP-41 (Germany)
Vigneron M2 (Belgium)
Carl Gustav M/45 (Sweden)
FPB SMG (Portugal)
MAS-38 SMG (France)
MAT-49 SMG (France)
Hotchkiss "Universal" (France)
MGD PM-9 SMG (France)
PPSh-41 SMG (Russia)
PPS SMG (Russia)
Sa vz. 23 SMG (Czechoslovakia)
Type 100 SMG (Japan)
Uzi SMG (Israel) (mini and micro variants not available until 80s, no dualwield for you!)
Suomi SMG (Finland)
M/44 Tikkakoski (Finland)
Shotguns: This may or may not be your boomstick, but it definitely is a boomstick. A mighty fine one at that.
Ithaca Model 37 (US)
Remington 11/Browning Auto-5 (US/Belgium)
Remington 870 (US)
Winchester 1897 (US)
Winchester 1887/1901 (US)
Winchester 1912 (US)
Winchester Model 21 (US) Alt. Source
Rifles: In all shapes and sizes, rifles tend to be slow firing relatively speaking, but decently accurate.
Bolt Action: All of these rifles require the bolt to be manually cycled after each shot, making their rate of fire slow, but their range and accuracy more than makes up for this.
Karabiner K98(k) (Germany)
SMLE Lee Enfield (UK)
Carcano M91 (Italy)
MAS 36 (France)
Arisaka Type 38/Type 99 (Japan)
Ross (Canada)
K31 (Switzerland)
Steyr Mannlicher M95 (Austro-Hungary)
Mosin-Nagant (Russia)
Self-loading Rifles: These are all capable of semi-automatic fire at the very least.
M1 Garand (US)
M1 Carbine (US)
M1917 US Enfield (US)
Johnson M1941 (US)
G/K 43 (Germany)
Gewehr 41 (Germany)
Gewehr 43 (Germany)
RSC M1917 (France)
SKS Simonov (Russia)
AVS-36 Simonov (Russia)
Tokarev SVT-40 (Russia)
Mondragon (Mexico/Switzerland)
Sniper Rifles: A couple of the weapons here are 'reruns' as some weapons served in sniper roles as well as standard rifle roles. All they needed was a scope and a competant marksman.
M1903 Springfield (US)
Lee Enfield/L39A1/L42A1 (UK)
Type 97 Sniper Rifle (Japan)
Karabiner K98(k) (Germany)
Mosin-Nagant (Russia)
Assault Rifles: Assault Rifle is basically a straight translation of "Sturmgewehr", after the StG 44 that started the trend. These are the big brothers of submachineguns, and are deadly at short range.
AK-47 (Russia)
AKM (Russia)
TKB-517 (Russia)
MP43, MP44 and Sturmgewehr 44 (Germany)
Sturmgewehr 45 (Germany)
Battle Rifles: NB: these are often mistakenly classified as ARs, but use longer shells such as 7.62x51mm NATO rather than the German 7.92x33mm "Kurz" (short) and similar.
Fedorov "Avtomat" (Russia)
FN FAL (Belgium)
M14 (US)
HK G-3 (Germany)
CETME (Spain)
Sa vz. 58 (Czechoslovakia)
SIG SG 510 (Switzerland)
Other Rifles: These rifles are set apart from their common brethern by any number of factors...
Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 (Germany)
The FG42 is simultaneously a light machinegun, a battle rifle, and possibly even a sniper rifle. Headache inducing or what?
De Lisle carbine (UK)
A limited-run, experimental silenced bolt-action rifle used by commando units.
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Everything beyond this point is regarded as non-standard or otherwise unusual weaponry that WILL NOT be encountered on a daily basis, unless one happens to work in an armoury. This section is mostly meant as a guideline for "special situations".
Machine Guns: For those occasions when you need more dakka, machineguns do not disappoint. Unless they overheat or jam.
Light Machineguns: Almost always man portable, LMGs are squad-level support for the most part, although occasionally used as light AA too.
Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) M1918 LMG (US)
Lewis LMG (US/UK)
Bren LMG (UK)
Type 97 LMG (Japan)
Type 96/Type 99 LMG (Japan)
Charlton Automatic Rifle (LMG) (Australia)
Chauchat LMG (France)
RPD LMG (Russia)
Medium and General Purpose Machineguns: Mounted on vehicles and in some cases light enough to be used for squad support, MMGs are hard to beat. Occasionally used as AA, especially on aircraft tailguns.
MG 34 MMG (Germany)
MG 42 & MG 3 MMG (Germany)
M60 GPMG (US)
FN MAG MMG (Belgium)
Vickers MMG (UK)
Vickers K MMG (UK)
BESA MMG (UK)
Uk vz. 59 MMG (Czechoslovakia)
SG-42 Goryunov MMG (Russia)
MG 51 GPMG (Switzerland)
Browning M1919 MMG (US)
Heavy Machineguns: Almost always mounted on vehicles (or aircraft) due to excessive recoil. Mostly used for anti-infantry and light/medium anti-aircraft duties.
Browning M2 .50 cal HMG (US)
AA-52 HMG (France)
MG 131 HMG (Germany)
Browning M1917 HMG
DShK HMG (Russia)
Anti-Tank Weaponry: Something heavily armoured in the way, and you absolutely have to blow a hole in it? Call in the big boys.
Rocket Launchers: Not to be mistaken for rawket lawnchairs. Not very subtle, but undeniably effective.
RPG-2 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher (Russia)
Panzerschreck Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher (Germany)
Panzerfaust Disposable Rocket Launcher (Germany)
Bazooka Family (M-1 to M-20) (US)
Type-4 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher (Japan)
Recoilless Rifles: Essentially near-recoilless light cannons, RRs fire artillery-style shells rather than rockets. They have a nasty backblast though, and most were not infantry portable.
Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle (Sweden)
M18 57mm Recoilless Rifle (US)
Anti-Tank Rifles: Something of a curiousity rather than a common weapon, AT Rifles were eventually phased out as tanks carried heavier armour. Rare, to say the least.
Type 97 AT Rifle (Japan)
Boys AT Rifle (UK)
Lahti L-39 (Finland)
Mauser 13.2mm AT Rifle (Germany)
PTRD 41 AT Rifle (Russia)
Misc. Anti-Tank Weaponry: Things that make tanks go boom, but don't fit in any of the other categories.
PIAT - Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (UK)
Panzerwurfmine AT Grenade (Germany)
Hafthohlladung AT Charge (Germany)
Grenades: Grenades - where would we be without them? Pull the pin, throw, and dive for cover. A surefire hit at parties and group occasions! Defensive (Fragmentation) grenades are meant to be used from behind cover to kill attacking troops, whilst Offensive grenades are meant to be thrown into enclosed spaces to deal with defenders.
Mk 2 Fragmentation Grenade (US)
F1 Defensive Grenade (Russia)
RGD-33 Offensive Grenade (Russia)
RG-42 Offensive Grenade (Russia)
RPG-43 AT Grenade (Russia)
RPG-6 AT Grenade (Russia)
Molotov Cocktail (Improvized Incendiary Grenade) (Finland)
Mills bomb Defensive Grenade (UK)
No. 76 Special Incendiary Grenade (UK)
Model 24 Offensive Grenade (Germany)
Model 39 Offensive Grenade (Germany)
Model 43 Offensive Grenade (Germany)
Explosives: Sometimes you can't wait for bulldozers and wrecking gear - that's when you break out genuine explosives. Time to blow this pop stand to kingdom come!
Trinitrotoluene, aka TNT
Dynamite
Composition B
C4
Odds 'n' Sods: This area is also for miscellaneous military gear that I don't have much info on yet, like flares and other useful gadgets.
M18 Smoke Grenade (US)
Fliegerfaust AA Rocket Launcher (Germany)
Probably the first man-portable AA weapon, this oddity never really took off, but it's here for archival and curiousity purposes.
Related Reading: This is for miscellaneous associated links rather than weapons.
Gunfire is always a loud, explosive noise that cannot be mistaken for anything else, and the Schmeisser MP40 is definitely not the scariest typewriter you'll ever hear.
In real life, guns are carefully designed, well-constructed tools that - provided they are well maintained - can last a lifetime, as only the Thompson SMG rattles like a piggybank when you shake it.
