


Small arms: pistols were one of the most prolific production weapons of WWII and rifles, then more accurate, standard for all infantry soldiers as most countries needed to arm their drafted armies rapidly with trusted, simple and effective weapons grenades still widely used by all parties.įield artillery served a vital role in World War II. Much of this was possible because of the consistent quality of ammunition, the fuel to drive the machine. Machine gun: World War II saw many early designs still in use around the world together with some remarkable developments in reliability and rates of fire. Never before had human seen such a dramatic and diverse flow of new scientific developments and new powerful weapons as World War II, culminating in the first use of nuclear weapons. With its roots in the First World War, it was not a surprise to see the fusion of man and machine to the extent that witnessed the Second. Spanning the entire globe and involving more countries than any other war, World War II (1939 – 1945) was also the largest armed war in human history.
