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Colt M1911 Pistol
Pistols are generally not suitable for military fighting. They are carried in combat by soldiers who aren't expected to use them as their main weapon, such as airmen, senior officers, non-combatant soldiers, and other military roles who are not carrying a sub-machine gun or a rifle -
Semi-Auto Rifles (M1 Garand)
Semi-Automatic Rifles were the natural development from the bolt-action rifle. By simply adding an automatic reloading mechanism, these guns provided the soldier with a significantly faster rate of fire. the M1Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to enter military service. -
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Weapons WWII
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Light Machine Gun
a machine gun designed to be used by an individual soldier, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. Light machine guns are often used as squad automatic weapons. -
Flamethrowers
Another world war 1 German invention, this powerful but very short ranged weapon provided a simple way to kill the enemy by fire, especially a fortified or dug in enemy which could not be effectively hit by gunfire or grenades. It operated simply by spraying a stream of ignited flammable liquid at the target, and operation was dangerous because it was to a very short range (about 30 meters) and immediately revealed the operator's position to counter fire from remaining enemy forces. This problem -
Bolt-Action Rifles
When world war 2 begun, most soldiers were equipped with bolt-action rifles. A 19th century technology, these rifles were powerful and very accurate weapons, effective to a long range of over half a mile, but since they required manual reloading after each shot, they were never suitable for combat situations which demanded a rapid rate of rife, and were therefore replaced during the war by newer weapons. -
Hand Grenade
Artillery has been an important support weapon since ancient times. The explosive hand grenade is the first weapon which provided soldiers with personal artillery they could carry in their pockets, which was as easy to use as throwing a stone, and as lethal as an artillery shell. In the battle of Stalingrad, some Russian units took only grenades and knives to stealthy night raids, not guns. Thanks to their simplicity and low price, grenades are still used by all armies. -
Bazooka
A simple rocket-propelled anti-tank weapon. It was operated by two man teams, aimer and loader, aimed and fired. It could destroy any tank and fortified position. -
Panzerfaust (Tank Fist)
German anti-tank weapon that was even simpler than the American Bazooka because of its simple one-shot launch tube, and had a much more powerful warhead, capable of destroying any tank. -
Assault Rifles (MP43)
The MP43 was the worlds first modern assault rifle. The assault rifle is balanced between the rifle and the sub-machine gun, having sufficient range and accuracy combined with the rapid-rate automatic firepower.
