Photos of World War II Weapons | World War II Database

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Soviet 45 mm M1942 (M-42) anti-tank gun with its crew, circa 1940s	Soviet officer reading attack orders to his men, Eastern Front, date unknown; note PPSh-41 submachine guns	Soviet signal troops laying cables, Eastern Front, date unknown	Soviet soldiers in the field with Maxim M1910 heavy machine gun and PPSh-41 submachine gun, northern Caucasus region, Russia, 1942-1943

Soviet troops fighting in the ruins of Stalingrad, Russia, late 1942 or early 1943	Top view of the Drum's conning tower, showing her twin 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft weapons, date unknown	Troops of PK XI. Fliegerkorps with a 5 cm PaK 38 anti-tank gun, Tunisia, 1943	Troops of the British Eastern Command, date unknown; note Bren gun, ammunition carrier dog 'Mark', and Lewis gun pan magazine

Two crew members loading ammunition for their A-26 bomber's M2 Browning machine guns, date unknown	Typical torpedo tube mounts for Japanese destroyers. Note that the tubes are encased in a turret to offer them some protection from gunfire or bomb fragments. Note also replacement torpedoes ready to be loaded (right).	Ukrainian women of Sydir Kovpak's guerilla forces, Ukraine, 1940s; note Mosin-Nagant M1891 sniper rifles	United States Army 155mm Gun M1 crew training in England, United Kingdom, date unknown

United States Navy diagram of German torpedo types. The Type I (top) had a typical wet heater engine; The Type III was the first German electric torpedo; and the Type V (GNAT) was an acoustic homing torpedo.	US Army M4 High Speed Tractor towing a 155mm Gun M1, date unknown	US Army soldiers operating Browning M1919 machine gun, 1943	US Army technical manual drawing on the Japanese Type 91 grenade

US Army two-and-a-half ton prime mover towing a 105 mm Howitzer M2 on the Algerian beach, North Africa, 1943	US Marine Corps hand-to-hand combat demonstration, circa 1943, photo 1 of 5	US Marine Corps hand-to-hand combat demonstration, circa 1943, photo 2 of 5	US Marine Corps hand-to-hand combat demonstration, circa 1943, photo 3 of 5