Russian Weapons of World War II

Since leaving the British Ministry of Defence in 2006 after 29 years’ service, David Porter has worked on a number of research projects, contributing articles and book reviews to the BBC History Magazine, the British Army Review and the Royal Engineers Journal.

Introduction

1. Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles:
T-18
T-20 armoured tractor Komsomolets
T-27 tankette
T-26 (all models – 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939)
KhT Light Flame Tank
T-37 amphibious tank
T-38 amphibious tank
T-40 amphibious tank
T-50
T-60
T-70M
BT-2
BT-5
BT-7
T-24
T-28
A-20 Prototype
T-34/76
PT-34 mine rolling tank
OT-34 Flame Tank
T-34/85
T-35
SMK/T-100
KV-1
KV-1S
KV-2
KV-85
IS-1
IS-2
IS-3
ZiS-30 tank destroyer
KhTZ tank destroyer
SU-76
SU-76M
SU-76i
SU-85
SU-100
SU-122
SU-152
ISU-122
ISU-152

Armoured cars:
BA-20
BA-6
BA-10
BA-64

Armoured trains:
NKVD armoured rail-cruiser MBV D-2
armoured rail-cruiser MBV-2
NKPS-1942/ OB-3/BP-43

2. Artillery, Rockets & Mortars
Mortars:
37mm Spade Mortar
RM-38
82mm mortars (see WLA-42 motorcycle and sidecar)
107mm M1938 mortar
120-PM-43 mortar
160mm Mortar M1943

Katyusha Rocket Systems:
BM-13
BM-8
BM-31

Anti-tank Guns:
45mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K)/ 45mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)
45mm anti-tank gun M1942 (M-42)
57mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2)
76mm Kurchevsky's DRP recoilless gun
76mm regimental gun M1927 (see Su-12 GAZ AAA truck)
76mm regimental gun M1943
76mm divisional gun M1902/30
76mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22)
76mm divisional gun M1939 (USV)
76mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
100mm field gun M1944 (BS-3)
107mm gun M1910/30
107mm divisional gun M1940 (M-60)
122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19)
122 mm howitzer M1909/37
122 mm howitzer M1910/30
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)
152 mm gun M1910/30
152 mm gun M1910/34
152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2)
152 mm howitzer M1909/30
152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10)
152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1)
152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)
203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4)
280 mm howitzer M1939 (Br-5)

AA Guns:
25 mm automatic air defence gun M1940 (72-K)
37 mm automatic air defence gun M1939 (61-K)
76 mm air defence gun M1931/76 mm air defence gun M1938
85 mm air defence gun M1939 (52-K)

3. Small Arms, Grenades & Flamethrowers
Nagant M1895
TT pistol
Mosin-Nagant M1891/30
Mosin-Nagant M1938 Carbine
Simonov AVS-36
Tokarev SVT-38
Tokarev SVT-40
Degtyarev DP27/28 Light Machine Gun
PM M1910
Goryunov SG-43
DShK-38 Heavy Machine Gun
PPSh-41
PPS-43
PTRD-41/PTRS-41 Anti-tank Rifles
Flamethrowers: ROKS flamethrowers

4. Aircraft
Aircraft Armaments
Polikarpov I-15/I-153
Polikarpov I-16
LaGG-1/LaGG-3
La-5
La-7
Yak-1
Yak-1M
Yak-3
Yak-9
Il-2 Shturmovik
Il-10
Ilyushin DB-3/Ilyushin Il-4
Tupolev SB
Petlyakov Pe-2
Tupolev Tu-2S
Petlyakov Pe-8

5. Lend-Lease
Aircraft:
Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk
Bell P39 Aircobra/P63 Kingcobra
Douglas A-20
North American B-25 Mitchell
Handley Page Hampden
Hawker Hurricane
Supermarine Spitfire

AFVs:
Universal Carrier
Matilda
Valentine
Churchill (II, III, IV)
M3 Stuart
M3 General Lee
M4A2 Sherman
M10 tank destroyer
Tetrarch light tank
M3A1 Scout Car
M2/M5/M9 Halftracks
M17 MGMC
T48 MGC

6. Ships and Submarines
Naval weapons
Gangut-class battleships
Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleships
Kronshtadt-class battlecruiser
Kirov-class cruisers
Leningrad-class destroyer leaders
Gnevny-class/Soobrazitelnyy-class destroyers
Soviet K-class submarine
Soviet S-class submarine

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