WEAPONS USED IN WW2

Word War II was one of the largest war in human history involving man and machines and spanned across the entire world that lasted from 1939 to 1945. All the great countries formed into two alliances, The Allies and The Axis, involving more than 100 million people and each and every country put in all their economic and scientific strengths into use in this world war also known as the Second World War. The World War II saw the use of the most powerful weapons and eventually the culmination of the war with the use of nuclear weapons.

Infantry

Machine gun: The beginning of World War II didn’t see many of the inventions as armies were still using old machine guns and gun holsters from the First World War. And as the war progressed, there was a remarkable increase in developments in the areas of scientific inventions in guns and firearms.

Small arms: Hand-held guns or Pistols and Rifles were the most used weapons in the World War II, as they were simple and easy to use weapons and can be mass manufactured and used mostly by the infantry soldiers. Most hand held guns were used without any gun holsters.

Artillery

Field Artillery: Field Artillery played a crucial role in World War II, as it was used in a lot of ways to support the armies in the field, to make the enemy ground attack weaker with the use of long range and short range weapons or to help armies hold the line until the heavy artillery arrives.

Heavy artillery: Heavy Artillery was used in large numbers in both the First and Second World Wars, mostly the Germans who were on an invading spree, so heavy artilleries helped them to destroy the enemies and demoralize them before the armies and field artilleries reached and captured the cities and towns.

Tanks

With the Tanks playing a major part in World War I, many countries believed that future developments and advancements in Tanks may help them win the war and so they put in all their scientific resources in developing the next advanced Tanks. German tanks dominated all other countries by their sheer power and flexibility and destroyed the land armies of men with guns and gun holsters.

Aircraft

Fighter Planes: Even though they were not fully utilized in the First World War, the aircrafts found their way into the Second World War by the invention of small and deadly fighter airplanes. They played a crucial role in providing support to ground troops and ships laden with armies.

Bombers: Bombers played a crucial role by causing heavy damage to the enemies by dropping massive firepower into the enemy’s area and also destroying all major buildings and installations, communication centers and military establishments and thus completely destroying the strengths of the enemy before the ground troops and artillery arrives.

Naval units

The World War II also witnessed the rise of Battleships as they unleashed massive firepower from the sea and also for transportation of large armies from one place to another.

Submarines were also used widely in World War II in effectively destroying enemy Battleships.