List of infantry weapons of World War I

This article lists World War I infantry weapons (1914-1918).

Austro-Hungarian Empire [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Flare guns

Hebel M1894

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Steyr M1912 doppel machinen pistole (Double barrel version)
Steyr M1912/P16 machinen pistole (Single barrel version)
FIAT Mod.1915 (Captured)
Sturmpistole

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Support guns

?koda 3.7cm M1915 Infanteriegeschutz

Kingdom of Belgium [ edit ]

Sidearms

Shotguns

Browning Auto-5 (Used by Garde Civique )

Rifles

Gewehr M1898
Berthier M1907
Comblain M1882, M1883 and M1888
Gras M1874
Lebel M1886/93
Mauser M1889 (Standard issue rifle. Also known as the Belgian mauser)
Mauser M1893

Machine guns

Grenades

F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917
No.5, No.23 and No.36 (Also known as "Mills")
Viven-Bessieres M1916 rifle grenade

Mortars

British Empire [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Kukri machete (Used by Gurkha regiments)
M1907 bayonet
Pattern P1897 officer's sword
Pistol bayonet

Flare guns

Webley & Scott Mark III

Sidearms

Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless
Colt M1909 New Service
Colt M1911
Enfield Mk I and Mk II
Lancaster M1860
Mauser C96
Smith & Wesson M1899
Smith & Wesson M1917
Smith & Wesson No.3
Smith & Wesson Triple Lock
Webley?Fosbery Automatic (Private purchase by officers only)
Webley M1872 British Bull Dog
Webley Mk IV, Mk V and Mk VI
Webley Self-Loading Mk I

Rifles

Arisaka Type 30 (Royal Navy and home defence only)
Arisaka Type 38
Elephant gun (Ad hoc use against sniper armour)
Enfield Pattern P1914
Farquhar?Hill Pattern P1918 (Troop trials only)
Farquharson M1872 ^{[
citation needed
]}
Lee?Enfield Magazine Mk I
Lee?Enfield Short Magazine Mk I, Mk II and Mk III
Lee?Metford Mk I and Mk II
Lee?Speed No.1 and No.2
Mauser?Verqueiro M1904 (Used by South African units)
Marlin M1894 ^{[
citation needed
]}
Martini?Enfield Mk I and Mk II
Martini?Henry Mk IV
Remington M1901 Rolling Block
Remington Model 14-1/2
Ross Mark III (Canadian service)
Snider?Enfield Mk III ^{[
citation needed
]}
Winchester M1886 (Royal Flying Corps)
Winchester M1892 (Royal Navy)
Winchester M1894 (Royal Navy shipboard use)
Winchester M1895 ^{[
citation needed
]}
Winchester M1907 (120 rifles for Royal Flying Corps)
Winchester M1910

Machine guns

Grenades

No.1 grenade
No.2 grenade (Also known as "Hales")
No.3 rifle grenade (Also known as "Hales")
No.5, No.23 and No.36 grenade (Also known as "Mills")
No.6 and No.7 grenade
No.8 and No.9 double cylinder grenade (Also known as "Jam tin")
No.15 and No.16 grenade (Also known as "Ball")
No.17 rifle grenade ^[6]
No.20 rifle grenade ^[6]
No.22 rifle grenade ^[6]
No.24 rifle grenade ^[6]
No.35 rifle grenade ^[6]
No.44 rifle grenade ^[6]

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

McClintock Bangalore torpedo

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Projectile weapons

Anti-aircraft weapons

Maxim QF 1-pounder pom-pom
QF 2-pounder naval AA gun (Sixteen guns)
QF 12-pounder 12 cwt AA gun
QF 13-pounder Mk IV AA gun (Six guns)
QF 13-pounder 9 cwt AA gun
QF 13-pounder 6 cwt AA gun

Kingdom of Bulgaria [ edit ]

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Flamethrowers

Kleinflammenwerfer M1911

Infantry mortar

Granatenwerfer 16

Republic Of China [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Da Dao

Sidearms

Rifle

Machine Gun

Grenade

Stielhandgranate

French Republic [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Clou Francais (Nail knife)
Lebel M1886/14 poignard baionnette (Dagger bayonet)
M1882 le sabre d'officier d'infanterie (Sword)
M1916 couteau poignard (Knife dagger, also known as Le Vengeur)

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

Obstacle clearing explosive charges

Barbed wire destruction rod grenade ^[8]

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Projectile weapons

Sauterelle

Support guns

Puteaux 37mm M1916

Kingdom Of Hejaz (and other tribes) [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Jambiya
Khanjar
M1853/72 Martini Henry Socket Bayonet
Sabre

Rifles

Machine guns

German Empire [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Gases

Mustard gas (Gas)

Flare guns

Hebel M1894

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Bergmann MP 18-I
FIAT Mod.1915 (Captured)

Rifles

Elefantengewehr
GRC Gewehr 88/05, Gewehr 88/14, Gewehr 91 and Karabiner 88
Mauser Gewehr 71 and 71/84
Mauser Gewehr 98 (Standard issue rifle)
Mauser Karabiner 98A
Mauser M1887
Mauser M1915 and M1916 Selbstlader
Mondragon M1908
Mosin Nagant (Captured)
Werder M1869
Ross Rifle (Captured)

Machine guns

Bergmann MG 15 (Water cooled version)
Bergmann MG 15nA (Air cooled version)
Chauchat (Captured)
DWM MG 99, MG 01, MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18 and MG 09
DWM Parabellum MG 14 and MG 14/17
Gast M1917
Madsen M1902
Schmeisser-Dreyse MG 12, MG 15 and MG 18 ^[7]

Grenades

M1913 Karabingranate ^[3]
M1914 Karabingranate ^[3]
M1917 Karabingranate ^[3]
M1913 Kugelhandgranate
M1915 Kugelhandgranate NA
M1915 Diskushandgranate ^[3] (Offensive version and defensive version)
M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate ^{[
broken anchor
]}
M1917 Eierhandgranate

Anti-tank mines

Flachmine 17

Flamethrowers

Mortars

Support guns

Anti-tank weapons

Anti-aircraft weapons

Kingdom of Greece [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Bayonet
Improvised knife

Sidearms

Bergmann-Bayard M1903 and M1908
Browning FN M1900
Browning FN M1903
Chamelot-Delvigne M1873, M1874 and M1884
Colt M1907 Army Special
Mannlicher M1901
Mylonas rifle
Nagant M1895 (known as the Περ?στροφον M1895)
Ruby M1914

Rifles

Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916
Gras M1874 and M1874/14
Lebel M1886/93
Mannlicher M1895
Mannlicher-Schonauer M1903 and M1903/14 (Standard issue rifle)

Machine guns

Grenades

F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917
Improvised bombs and grenades

Mortars

Kingdom of Italy [ edit ]

Edged weapons

M1891 sciabola baionetta (Sword bayonet)

Sidearms

Submachine guns

Rifles

Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916
Carcano M1891 (Standard issue rifle)
Lebel M1886/93
Vetterli M1870, M1870/87 and M1870/87/15

Machine guns

Grenades

Flamethrowers

Schilt portable flamethrower

Mortars

Empire of Japan [ edit ]

Murata rifle

Edged weapons

Gunt? sword
Type 30 bayonet

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Kingdom of Montenegro [ edit ]

Sidearms

Rifles

Machine guns

Ottoman Empire [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Lance (only used by cavalry regiments)
Trench club
Sabre (only used by cavalry regiment or officer)
khanjar
Yatagan
M1890 bayonets

Sidearms

Submachine guns

MP-18

Rifles

Machine guns

Grenades

M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate ^{[
broken anchor
]}

Flamethrowers

Infantry mortar

Granatenwerfer 16

Portuguese Republic [ edit ]

Sidearms

Rifles

Steyr-Kropatschek M1886
Lee?Enfield Short Magazine Mk III (Used by Portuguese forces on the Western Front)
Mauser-Verqueiro M1904 (Standard issue rifle)
Portuguese Mannlicher M1896
M1917 Enfield

Machine guns

Mortars

Stokes mortar

Kingdom of Romania [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Sabie de artilerie [ ro ] Model 1890
Sabie de cavalerie [ ro ] Model 1906
Sabie de ofi?er [ ro ] Model 1893
Sabie de ofi?er cavalerie [ ro ] Model 1909
Cavalry lance [ ro ] Model 1908

Sidearms

Rifles

Berthier M1907/15
Lebel M1886/93
Mannlicher M1888/90
Mannlicher M1893 (Standard issue rifle. Also known as the M93)
Mannlicher M1895
Mosin?Nagant M1891
Martini?Henry M1879
Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87

Machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

Saint Etienne 58mm T No.2

Support guns

Gruson 53 mm Model 1887/1916

Russian Empire [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Khanjali dagger sword (Also known as Kinzhal)
Shashka sword

Sidearms

Rifles

Arisaka Type 30
Arisaka Type 35
Arisaka Type 38
Berdan M1868 and M1870
Berthier M1907/15
Carl M1865
Chassepot M1866/74
Fedorov M1916 Avtomat
Gras M1874
Krnka M1867
Kropatschek M1878 and M1884
Lebel M1886/93
Mosin?Nagant M1891 and M1907 (Standard issue rifle)
Murata rifle
Martini-Henry
Remington M1910 Rolling Block
Snider-Enfield
Springfield M1892
Vetterli M1870 and M1870/87 (Purchased from Italy)
Winchester M1873
Winchester M1876
Winchester M1886
Winchester M1892
Winchester M1895
Winchester M1907
Winchester M1910

Machine guns

Grenades

Rdultovsky M1912 lantern grenade
Rdultovsky M1914 and M1917

Flamethrowers

Tovarnitski portable flamethrower

Mortars

Support guns

Rosenberg 37mm M1915

Sublime State of Persia [ edit ]

Sidearms

Rifles

Berdan M1870
Iranian Mauser M1900 (Standard issue rifle)
Peabody?Martini?Henry M1874

Machine guns

Kingdom of Serbia [ edit ]

Sidearms

Rifles

Submachine guns

Zastava M1915

Machine guns

Grenades

Vasi? M1912

Flamethrowers

Schilt portable flamethrower

Mortars

Saint Etienne 58mm T No.2

United States of America [ edit ]

Edged weapons

Sidearms

Shotguns

Rifles

Berthier M1907/15
Browning M1918
Enfield M1917
Krag?Jørgensen M1898
Lee?Enfield Short Magazine Mk III
Springfield M1896 and M1898
Springfield M1903 (Standard issue rifle)
Springfield model 1873 (Limited use in National Guard units)
Winchester M1886
Winchester M1892
Winchester M1894
Winchester M1895
Winchester M1907
Winchester M1910

Machine guns

Benet?Mercie M1909
Browning M1917
Chauchat M1915 and M1918
Colt?Browning M1895/14 , Marlin Rockwell M1917 and M1918
Colt?Vickers M1915
Gatling gun
Hotchkiss M1914
Lewis M1917
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle

Grenades

F1 M1916
Mk 1 grenade
Mk 2 grenade
Mk 3 grenade
No.5, No.23 and No.36 (Also known as "Mills")
Viven-Bessieres M1916 rifle grenade

Mortars

Support guns

Puteaux 37mm M1915

Weapons used in trench raids [ edit ]

Bayonet
Billhook
Brass knuckles
Claymore
E-tool
Fascine knife
French Nail
French raiding hammer
Hatchet
Mace
Machete
Pickaxe handle
Push dagger
Spade
Stiletto
Trench knife
Trench raiding club
Bowie knife
Webley Mk I, Mk II and Mk III ^{[
citation needed
]}

Concepts and prototypes [ edit ]

Sidearms

Prilutsky M1914
Webley-Mars Automatic Pistol - commercial design from 1902

Submachine guns

Andrews M1917 ^[10]
Chauchat-Ribeyrolles M1918 mitraillette pistolet
Frommer M1917 Stop doppel machinen pistole (Double barrel version)
Standschutze Hellriegel M1915 machinen pistole (The Standschutze was the militia unit that was armed with it)
Schwarzlose submachine gun ^[11]
Sturmpistole M1918
Thompson M1917 Persuader
Thompson M1918 Annihilator
Villar-Perosa OVP M1918 (Single barrel version)
Walther M1918 machinen pistole

Rifles

Fiat-Revelli M1916 automatic carbine
Howell M1915 semi automatic rifle
Huot M1916 automatic rifle
Knotgen M1914 automatischen gewehr
Lewis M1918 automatic rifle ^[12]
Ribeyrolles M1918 automatique carabine
Cei-Rigotti M1895 automatic rifle
Springfield-Pedersen M1903 Mark I semi automatic rifle
Winchester-Burton M1917 automatic rifle ^[12]
Rossignol ENT automatic rifle
Esser-Barrat rifle
Pattern 1913 Enfield rifle, pre war development abandoned due to war

Machine guns

Berthier M1908 mitrailleuse ^[7] (Air cooled version)
Berthier M1911 mitrailleuse ^[7] (Water cooled version)
Caldwell M1915
Darne M1916 mitrailleuse
De Knight M1902/17 ^[7]
DWM Parabellum MG 13 ^[13] (A combination of water cooled version and air cooled version)
Fokker-Leimberger M1916 machinen gewehr
Johnston D1918 ^[14]
Knotgen M1912 machinen gewehr
S.I.A. M1918 ^[13]
Schwarzlose M1905 machinen gewehr ^[7]

Grenade launchers

Blanch-Chevallier grenade launcher

Guided explosive weapons

Aubriot Gabet Land torpedo (Cable guided explosive machine)
Dayton-Wright-Kettering Bug (Remote controlled explosive plane)
Hewitt-Sperry Automatic (Remote controlled explosive plane)
Royal Aircraft Factory Ruston Proctor Aerial Target (Remote controlled explosive plane)
Crocodile Schneider Torpille Terrestre ('Land Torpedo Crocodile Schneider', limited use in 1916)
Simms Land torpedo (Cable guided explosive machine)
Wickersham Land torpedo (Cable guided explosive machine, patent in 1918)

References [ edit ]

^ augfc. "FIREARMS CURIOSA" . Tumblr . Retrieved 2023-06-14 .
^ "Photos - Austro-Hungarian Army in WWI" . A Military Photos & Video Website . 2020-03-03 . Retrieved 2023-06-14 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Some WWI German grenades" . Passion & Compassion 1914-1918 .
^ "Belgian 142mm Delattre Mortar" . Landships .
^ ^a ^b "Van Deuren 70mm M1915" . Passion & Compassion 1914?1918 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Some WWI British grenades" . Passion & Compassion 1914-1918 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chinn 1951 , Part III: Full automatic machine gun development .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Some WWI French grenades" . Passion & Compassion 1914-1918 .
^ "Turkish Revolver" .
^ "Andrews M1917 submachine gun"
^ S. P. Korneev, A. N. Fufaev, N. P. Korneeva (2016). "Some design features of the Schwarzlose submachine gun" [Некоторые конструктивные особенности пистолета-пулемёта системы Шварцлозе]. Tula: Tula State Museum of Weapons. ? P. 159?164. ? 519 p. ? ISBN 978-5-9631-0551-1 .
^ ^a ^b Popenker, Maxim (2014). "Is there such a thing as an Assault or Battle Rifle?" . Modern Firearms .
^ ^a ^b Chinn 1951 , Part IV: Aircraft and airborne weapons .
^ McCollum, Ian. "Johnston Model D1918" . Forgotten Weapons .

Bibliography [ edit ]

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Chinn, George M. (1951). The Machine Gun: History, Evolution and Development of Manually Operated, Full Automatic, and Power Driven Aircraft Machine Guns . Vol. 1. Department of the Navy, Bureau of Ordnance.
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[1] ugfc. "FIREARMS CURIOSA" . Tumblr . Retrieved 2023-06-14 .

[2] "Photos - Austro-Hungarian Army in WWI" . A Military Photos & Video Website . 2020-03-03 . Retrieved 2023-06-14 .

[passioncompassion1418-3-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Some WWI German grenades" . Passion & Compassion 1914-1918 .

[4] "Belgian 142mm Delattre Mortar" . Landships .

[VanDeuren70-5] "Van Deuren 70mm M1915" . Passion & Compassion 1914?1918 .

[passioncompassion1418-1-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Some WWI British grenades" . Passion & Compassion 1914-1918 .

[FOOTNOTEChinn1951[httpwwwibiblioorghyperwarUSNrefMGIMG-3html_Part_III:_Full_automatic_machine_gun_development]-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chinn 1951 , Part III: Full automatic machine gun development .

[passioncompassion1418-2-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Some WWI French grenades" . Passion & Compassion 1914-1918 .

[9] "Turkish Revolver" .

[10] "Andrews M1917 submachine gun"

[11] S. P. Korneev, A. N. Fufaev, N. P. Korneeva (2016). "Some design features of the Schwarzlose submachine gun" [Некоторые конструктивные особенности пистолета-пулемёта системы Шварцлозе]. Tula: Tula State Museum of Weapons. ? P. 159?164. ? 519 p. ? ISBN 978-5-9631-0551-1 .

[Popenker-12] Popenker, Maxim (2014). "Is there such a thing as an Assault or Battle Rifle?" . Modern Firearms .

[FOOTNOTEChinn1951[httpwwwibiblioorghyperwarUSNrefMGIMG-4html_Part_IV:_Aircraft_and_airborne_weapons]-13] Chinn 1951 , Part IV: Aircraft and airborne weapons .

[14] McCollum, Ian. "Johnston Model D1918" . Forgotten Weapons .

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