List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II : Machine guns, Autocannon, Heavy aircraft cannon, Rockets and Missiles Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II

During World War II, the Luftwaffe (German air force) equipped their aircraft with the most modern weaponry available until resources grew scarce later in the war.

Machine guns

(Maschinengewehr)

MG 15
MG 17
MG 81 & 81Z
MG 131

Autocannon

(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 cannon.

Heavy aircraft cannon

(Bordkanone)

BK 3.7^[1]
BK 5^[2]
BK 7.5 (based on Rheinmetall's 7.5 cm Pak 40 with self-contained twelve-round magazine)^[3]

Rockets and Missiles

Kramer Rk 344, air-to-air missile (liquid-fuel, rocket-powered)
Henschel Hs 293, guided anti-ship, boost-glide missile
R4M rocket
Werfer-Granate 21 heavy-calibre air-to-air unguided rocket

Bombs

High explosive

"Sprengcylindrisch"' (high-explosive)

SC 50
SC 250
SC 500
SC 1000 "Hermann"
SC 1200
SC 1800 "Satan"
SC 2000
SC 2500 "Max"
SC 500J
SB 1000
SB 1800
SB 2500

Anti-personnel

"Splitterbomben-Dickwandig"' (Shrapnel)

SD 1
SD 1 FRZ
SD 2
SD 4 HL
SD 4/HL RS
SD 9/HL
SD 10 A
SD 10 FRZ
SD 10 C
SD 15
SBe 50
SD 50
SD 70
SBe 250
SD 250
SD 500
SD 1400 "Esau"
SD 1700 "Sigismund"
SD 500A
SD 500E

Armour-piercing

"Panzersprengbombe-Cylindrisch" (Armor-piercing bombs)

PC 500* 'Pauline'
PC 500 RS
PC 1000* 'Pol'
PC 1000 RS
PC 1400 'Fritz' (starting point for the Fritz X gravity precision-guided munition)
PC 1600
PC 1800 RS 'Panther'
PD 500
PD 1000

Cluster bombs

Prototype only

the Düsenkanone 88 rotary-magazine heavy calibre cannon, meant to largely be recoilless^[4]
Henschel Hs 298, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
Mauser MG 213
MK 112
MK 115
MK 214A cannon
SG 116 (Link is to german wikipedia page)
Ruhrstahl X-4
Jagdfaust

References

^ "DeutscheLuftwaffe.de's German language page for the BK 3,7 autocannon". Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
^ DeutscheLuftwaffe.de's German language page for the BK 5 autocannon Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ DeutscheLuftwaffe.de's German language page for the BK 7,5 autocannon Archived 2016-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ "DeutscheLuftwaffe.de's German language page on the Ju 88/"Düka 88" weapons system". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-04-09.