world war 2 weapons

World War 2 commenced in September 1 1939 and ended September 2 1945. 18 countries were in involved were Australia, Canada, China, Check Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, United kingdom and United States of America.

There hundreds of weapons used during the war here are just some of them: M1917 Browning machine gun: is American heavy machine gun not only was it used in ww2 but it also was used in ww1 , the war against Korea and in the Vietnam war. This weapon was invented by John Moses Browning. It was invented in 1917. It weighs about 47 kg, the barrel length in 24 in 69mm its maxim range is 5 km and 450 rounds per min. Today they some heavy machine guns aren’t even as good example America’s XM312 which was made in 2005 has a range of just 2km and 260 rounds per minute.

Type 100: Type 100 is a Japanese submachine gun Nambu Arms Manufactory Company. Japan was too late to deliver to its armed forces during to Chinese invitation. The Type 100 is an automatic only gun. It was in service to 1942 till 1945 approximately 30,000 were built they’re variants types: Type 100/1 (with solid stock) , Type 100/1 ( with folding stock), Type 100/2 ( with solid stock and flash suppressor). It can shoot 800 rounds per minute, when empty it weighs 3.38kg and when loaded 4.40kg. Type 100: Type 100 is a Japanese submachine gun Nambu Arms Manufactory Company. Japan was too late to deliver to its armed forces during to Chinese invitation. The Type 100 is an automatic only gun. It was in service to 1942 till 1945 approximately 30,000 were built they’re variants types: Type 100/1 (with solid stock) , Type 100/1 ( with folding stock), Type 100/2 ( with solid stock and flash suppressor). It can shoot 800 rounds per minute, when empty it weighs 3.38kg and when loaded 4.40kg.

M4 Sherman: The M4 Sherman is World War 2 tank. The M14 production of these tanks exceeded past 50,000. These tanks were not only used in world war 2 by America but was also used in the other wars such as the Greek civil war, Arab -Israeli war, Pak-Indo war 1965, The 6 day war and Pak- indo war 1971. Its maxim speed goes to 48kph. For the US army in was in service 1942-45, it was built in 1940. In world war2 M4 Sherman original name is Medium Tank 4 but in the United Kingdom it was called “Sherman” after the Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. The British got popular in the US that’s today its often called M4 Sherman. At first the M4 Sherman was strong enough to defeat German tanks. But as the years went by this tank would get blown up against tiger 1(German tank) and Panther tanks whish is also a German tank. It ways about 30.3 tons, its height is 9 ft, its width 8ft and length of 5.84m. 5 people could fit in the tank the commander, gunner, loader, driver and co driver. Its maxim range is 193km.its primary armament is 75mm m3 l/40 gun. Today’s tanks are far more advanced for instance a Pakistani Tank called “Al-Khalid” which was made in 2001 and has the ability to disguise it self by surrounding smoke around it self, its maxim 72 kph, primary armament 125mm smooth bore gun shoots 39 per minute and a range of 450 km and has night vision.

To your right is the M4 Sherman.

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Gewehr 43: the Gewehr 43 is a sniper which was used in World War 2 used by Nazi Germany. 402,713 of these snipers have been made these machinery was design in 1942. Its weight is 4.1 kg before this gun was made Germany did not have any snipers of their and was in the quest for some semi-automatic snipers. Although the Nazis did have he sniper call “Muaser” but was unreliable and had many problems. Its barrel length is 21.4 inches. Its cartridge is 7.92 x 57mm Muaser and its gas operated reloading its also has iron sight to assist when aiming. Modern snipers a lot more supreme one of the ranks of those supreme snipers is the American M24 which weighs 7.4 kg when loaded, its barrel length 660.4 mm it’s of 800m. Its aiming is telescopic.

To you left is the Gewehr 43.