Photos of World War II Weapons | World War II Database

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Exploded view of a Mark 53 VT Radio Proximity anti-aircraft fuze.	Fallen German Panzerschreck rocket launcher crew, 1944-1945	Fallen infantryman, France, 1944-1945	Female Soviet snipers with Mosin-Nagant rifles, circa 1940s

Five African-American US Coast Guardsmen manning a 20-mm Oerlikon AA autocannon aboard a frigate in the southwest Pacific, date unknown. L to R: J Wesley, L Haywood, W Watson, W Morton, O Lane	German Model 43 Stielhandgranate, circa 1940s	German mountain trooper carrying a StG44 assault rifle, circa 1944-1945	Illustration of 155 mm Gun M1 as seen in US War Department technical manual TM 9-350, 1 of 2

Illustration of 155 mm Gun M1 as seen in US War Department technical manual TM 9-350, 2 of 2	Japanese Army Type 45 24 cm Howitzer as seen in US War Department publication TM-E 30-480 'Handbook on Japanese Military Forces', published in 1945, photo 1 of 2	Japanese Army Type 45 24 cm Howitzer as seen in US War Department publication TM-E 30-480 'Handbook on Japanese Military Forces', published in 1945, photo 2 of 2	Japanese mechanical lead computing sight mounted on a Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft gun; seen in US Army handbook TM-E 30-480; photo 1 of 2

Japanese mechanical lead computing sight mounted on a Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft gun; seen in US Army handbook TM-E 30-480; photo 2 of 2	Japanese Navy Type 93 or Japanese Army Type Ho twin 13mm heavy machine gun, seen in US Technical Manual TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces	Japanese Navy Type 99 Mark 1 (top) and Type 99 Mark 2 (bottom) aircraft machine guns, circa 1945	Japanese Type 10 dual-purpose gun on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944-1945

Japanese Type 97 grenade as seen in US Army technical manual TM-E 30-480	John Blackburn of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) cleaning his submachine gun, Burma, circa 1945	Leslie Bassett of No. 2777 Field Squadron RAF Regiment at the turret of his Humber Light Reconnaissance Car, the Netherlands, 1944-1945; note Typhoon aircraft of No. 257 Squadron RAF in background	Loading equipment onto a C-47 aircraft, Lashio Airfield, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945; photo taken by personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)