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The German designations of foreign firearms in World War II is a list of known foreign firearms and equipment compiled by the German armed forces before World War II.
Purpose
The purpose of these lists are threefold:
Provide a list of German designations for foreign firearms.
Correlate German weapons designations with their associated wiki pages.
Provide a reference for captured foreign firearms in German service during WWII.
Background
Before the war began the German armed forces Heereswaffenamt compiled a list of known foreign equipment and assigned a unique number to each weapon. These weapons were called Fremdgerät or Beutegerät ("foreign device" or "captured device") and their technical details were recorded in a fourteen-volume set that was periodically updated. The Germans also captured large amounts of foreign equipment during WWII (for example, over 11 million rifles by the end of 1944) that they tested and cataloged using the same system. The Germans sometimes referred to these weapons as Kriegsbeute ("war booty") and the Fremdgerät numbers are sometimes referred to as Beutenummern ("booty numbers").
The format for these designations follow this pattern. The German designation of the type of firearm, model/year number or unique identification number and lastly its country code. In the first example there's a carbine and it has been assigned a unique identification number and it is French. In the second example there's a Pistol with a model/year designation and it is Austrian. In practice common model designations don't always share the same ID numbers. Because a Mauser model 98 could be produced in different countries, have different calibers and have a different model/year or unique identification number for each country. Also while a Mauser model 98 from different countries may be able to fire the same ammunition that doesn't mean their parts are compatible or interchangeable. Lastly unique numbers with / mean the weapon is a sub-variant. For a list of German military terms see Glossary of German military terms.
Country designations
Austria
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
France
Greece
Netherlands
Hungary
Italy
Norway
Poland
Soviet Union
United Kingdom/British Empire
United States
Yugoslavia
See also
German designations of foreign artillery in World War II
Specifications for World War II infantry weapons
List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons
Lists of World War II military equipment
List of World War II weapons
List of prototype World War II infantry weapons
World War II
Allies of World War II
Axis powers
Neutral powers during World War II
Notes
Bibliography
Hogg, Ian (2000). Military small arms of the 20th century. Weeks, John. Iola, WI: Krause Publications. ISBN 0873418247
Chamberlain, Peter (1975). Allied pistols, rifles and grenades. Gander, Terry. New York: Arco. ISBN 0354010050
Chamberlain, Peter (1975). Axis pistols, rifles, and grenades. Gander, Terry,. New York: Arco Pub. Co. ISBN 0668040769
Chamberlain, Peter (1974). Machine Guns. Gander, Terry,. New York: Arco Pub. Co. ISBN 0668036087
External links
Kennblätter fremden Geräts, German designations of foreign material in World War II (including firearms).
http://7.62x54r.net/Forums/index.php?topic=12239.0;wap2
http://forums.gunboards.com/archive/index.php/t-132317.html
http://www.gunsopedia.com/List_of_World_War_II_German_firearms
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- German designations of foreign firearms in World War II
- List of World War II firearms of Germany
- German designations of foreign artillery in World War II
- Lists of World War II military equipment
- List of German military equipment of World War II
- List of World War II weapons
- List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II
- List of World War II infantry weapons
- Captured German equipment in Soviet use on the Eastern front
- Federal firearms license
