List of Soviet Union military equipment of World War II
The following is a list of Soviet military equipment of World War II which includes firearms, artillery, vehicles, aircraft and warships. World War II was the deadliest war in history which started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Following political instability built-up in Europe from 1930, Nazi Germany, which aimed to dominate Europe, attacked Poland on 1 September 1939 marking the official start of World War II. The USSR (Soviet Union) used Poland as a buffer from Germany from 17 September 1939, when the Polish state and its government actually ceased to exist. Germany with its allies attacked the USSR on 22 June 1941, and the country lost 26.6 million people during four years of the Great Patriotic war. The war in Europe ended on 7 May 1945 with the capitulation of Germany to the allied (including Soviet) forces. About 80-90% of losses during the entire war the German armed forces suffered on the Soviet (Eastern) front, whose contribution to the victory was decisive. By the end of the war, the Soviet Union produced 30.3 million rifles; 1.476 million machine guns; 516,648 artillery guns; 347,900 mortars; 119,769 tanks and self-propelled guns; 265,600 army trucks; 213,742 military aircraft; 2 cruisers; 25 destroyers; 52 submarines.[1]
Helmets
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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SSh-36 | Combat helmet | Soviet Union | It was designed by Aleksandr A. Shvartz, and began production in 1936 to 1941 | |
SSh-39 | Combat helmet | Soviet Union | The SSh-39 was of simple, more modern design, and was much easier to manufacture than the SSh-36. The SSh-39 would be the standard design for Soviet helmets for the next 29 years, with only minor changes occurring during that time. | |
SSh-40 | Combat helmet | Soviet Union | The SSh-40 was most commonly seen in-service helmet used by the Soviet Union during World War II |
Body Armour
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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Steel Bib | Body Armour | Soviet Union | Steel breastplate, or Stalnoi Nagrudnik (Russian: Стальной нагрудник) is a type of body armor similar to a cuirass developed by the Red Army in World War II. |
Knives
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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NR-40 | Combat knife | Soviet Union | Soviet combat knife that was produced after the Winter War in 1940. | |
AVS-36 | Bayonet/Knife | Soviet Union | Soviet bayonet knife issued with the AVS-36 automatic rifle. The fact that the AVS-36 was used in very limited numbers; most without the bayonet; made it very rare. |
Small arms
[edit]Revolvers and pistols
[edit]Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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Nagant M1895 | Revolver | 7.62×38mmR | Russian Empire | 7-round cylinder. | |
Tokarev TT-33 | Semi-automatic pistol | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Soviet Union | 8-round magazine. Widely used by officers, did not fully replace the Nagant M1895. | |
Mauser C96 | Semi-automatic pistol | 7.63×25mm Mauser | German Empire | 10-round internal magazine. Small amount captured from German forces. | |
Korovin pistol | semi-automatic pistol | .25 ACP | Soviet Union | 8-round detachable box magazine | |
M1911 pistol | Semi-automatic pistol | .45 ACP | United States | 8-round detachable box magazine. Some were captured during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and put to use.[2][3] During WW2, the USA's Lend-Lease provided 12,977 extra Colt pistols.[4] |
Rifles, sniper rifles and battle rifles
[edit]Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 | Bolt-action rifle / Sniper rifle (with 3.5× PU scope attached) | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 5-round internal magazine. Most widely used bolt-action rifle by the Red Army. | |
Mosin–Nagant M1938 Carbine | Bolt-action rifle | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 5-round internal magazine. | |
Mosin–Nagant M1944 Carbine | Bolt-action rifle | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 5-round internal magazine. | |
Tokarev SVT-38 | Semi-automatic rifle | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 10-round magazine. | |
Tokarev SVT-40 | Semi-automatic rifle / Sniper rifle (with 3.5× PU scope attached) | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 10-round magazine. Most widely used semi-automatic rifle by the Red Army. | |
Fedorov Avtomat | Battle rifle | 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka | Russian Empire | 25-round magazine. Deployed during the Winter War from stockpiles due to a shortage of submachine guns.[5] | |
Simonov AVS-36 | Battle rifle | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 15-round magazine. Produced from 1934 to 1940, it was mostly withdrawn in 1941 due to issues. Used primarily during the Winter War. | |
Tokarev AVT-40 | Battle rifle | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 10-round magazine. Modified SVT-40 with a different firing selector. Produced from May 1942 until halted in the summer of 1943 due to mostly uncontrollable automatic fire and breakage. |
Submachine guns
[edit]Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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PPD-34 | Submachine gun | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Soviet Union | 25-round magazine. Based and adapted from the Suomi KP/-31, was not produced in larger quantities until 1937–1939. | |
PPD-34/38 / PPD-40 | Submachine gun | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Soviet Union | 71-round magazine. | |
PPSh-41 | Submachine gun | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Soviet Union | 35, 71-round magazine. Most widely used Soviet submachine gun. | |
PPS-42 / PPS-43 | Submachine gun | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Soviet Union | 35-round magazine. | |
Thompson M1928A1 | Submachine gun | .45 ACP | United States | 20, 30, 50-round magazine. 137,790 supplied by the United States during the Lend-Lease program. | |
M50 Reising | Submachine gun | .45 ACP | United States | 12, 30-round magazine. Supplied by the United States during the Lend-Lease program. |
Machine guns
[edit]Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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DP-27 | Light machine gun | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 47-round magazine. Most widely used light machine gun by the Red Army. | |
DS-39 | Medium machine gun | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 250-round belt. | |
SG-43 Gorunov | Medium machine gun | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 200, 250-round belt. | |
PM M1910 | Heavy machine gun | 7.62×54mmR | Russian Empire | 250-round belt. | |
DShK 1938 | Heavy machine gun | 12.7×108mm | Soviet Union | 50-round belt. | |
Bren Gun | Light Machine Gun | 303 British | United Kingdom | 30-round detachable box magazine. 2487 supplied by the British Empire during the Lend-Lease program, many mounted on Universal Carriers. | |
Maxim-Tokarev | Light Machine Gun | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | belt-feed, 100 rounds belt |
Prototype Firearms
[edit]- PPD-42 - A prototype submachine gun designed by Vasilij Deygtyaryov in 1942
- PPK-42 - A prototype submachine gun designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1942
- AS-44 - A prototype assault rifle designed by Alexei Sudayev in 1944.
Explosives, hand-held anti-tank and incendiary weapons
[edit]Grenades and grenade launchers
[edit]Name | Type | Diameter | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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Model 1914 grenade | Fragmentation grenade | 45mm | Russian Empire | Limited usage during World War II. | |
F1 grenade | Fragmentation grenade | 55mm | Soviet Union | Widely produced grenade. Nicknamed the "limonka" (lemon). | |
RG-41 | Fragmentation grenade | 55mm | Soviet Union | 5 meter kill radius. | |
RG-42 | Fragmentation grenade | 54mm | Soviet Union | Produced in 1942 to replace the complex RGD-33. Soviet partisans made copies of it when they were located behind enemy lines. | |
RGD-33 grenade | Fragmentation grenade | 45mm, 54mm (with fragmentation sleeve) | Soviet Union | 10–15 meter kill radius. | |
RPG-40 / RPG-41 | Anti-tank grenade | 20 cm | Soviet Union | Effective against tanks up to 20mm of armour. | |
RPG-43 | Anti-tank grenade | 95mm | Soviet Union | Improved version of the RPG-40. Effective against tanks up to 75mm of armour. | |
RPG-6 | Anti-tank grenade | 103mm | Soviet Union | Improved version of the RPG-43. Effective against tanks up to 100mm of armour. | |
Dyakonov grenade launcher | Grenade launcher | 40.5mm | Soviet Union | Grenade launcher attachment for Mosin-Nagant rifle. There were four other versions of the grenade besides the main high explosive one. |
Mines
[edit]Name | Type | Detonation | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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TM-35 mine | Anti-tank mine | Pressure | Soviet Union | 2.8 kg of TNT. | |
TM-38 | Anti-tank mine | Pressure | Soviet Union | ||
TM-41 mine | Anti-tank mine | Pressure | Soviet Union | 3.9 kg of Amatol or TNT, short cylinder with the entire top surface being used as a pressure plate. | |
TM-44 mine | Anti-tank mine | Pressure | Soviet Union | 5.4 kg of Amatol, broadly similar to the earlier, smaller, TM-41 mine. | |
TMD-40 mine | Anti-tank mine | Pressure | Soviet Union | 3.6 kg of Amatol. | |
TMD-44 / TMD-B mines | Anti-tank mine | Pressure | Soviet Union | 9–9.7 kg of Amatol. |
Recoilless rifles
[edit]Name | Type | Calibre | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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76 K/DRP | Recoilless rifle | 76mm | Soviet Union | Used during the Winter War. It was designed by L.V. Kurchevsky in 1930 and entered service in 1932. It was able to be mounted on GAZ-A trucks, becoming SU-4 self-propelled guns.[6] |
Infantry anti-tank rifles and rocket launchers
[edit]Name | Type | Calibre | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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PTRD-41 | Anti-tank rifle | 14.5×114mm | Soviet Union | Single-shot reloadable rifle. | |
PTRS-41 | Anti-tank rifle | 14.5×114mm | Soviet Union | 5-round internal magazine. | |
M1 Bazooka | Recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher | 60 mm | United States | Single-shot reloadable launcher. 3,000 supplied by the United States during the Lend-Lease program. | |
PIAT | Anti-tank projectile launcher | 83mm | United Kingdom | Single-shot reloadable launcher. 1,000 supplied by the British Empire during the Lend-Lease program. | |
Panzerschreck | Anti-tank rocket launcher | 88mm | Nazi Germany | Single-shot reloadable launcher. Captured from German forces. | |
Panzerfaust | Anti-tank recoilless gun | 149mm | Nazi Germany | Single-shot disposable launcher. Some were captured in 1944, while many were captured in 1945 from retreating German soldiers and Volkssturm. |
Flamethrowers and anti-tank incendiaries
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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FOG-2 | Flamethrower | Soviet Union | From 1941, around 15,000 were produced and used during World War 2. | |
ROKS-2 / ROKS-3 | Flamethrower | Soviet Union | Produced from 1935 to 1945. Used also during the Soviet-Finnish War (1941–1944). | |
Molotov cocktail | Improvised incendiary bottle | Spain | Improvised incendiary bottles that were thrown at armoured vehicles. Invented by the Spanish Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. First widely used by Finnish troops against the Soviets during the Winter War. | |
Ampulomyot | Incendiary anti-tank ampulla-thrower | Soviet Union | 125mm incendiary spherical glass projectile. Use of it was limited in 1941, and became obsolete by 1942. | |
Zuckermann's bottle-thrower | Incendiary anti-tank bottle launcher | Soviet Union | Attachment for Mosin-Nagant rifles. Special bottles with incendiary mixtures were used. The bottles were produced in 1942, but became obsolete once Red Army troops were equipped with more anti-tank guns and rifles. |
Artillery
[edit]Light and heavy infantry mortars
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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RM-38 | 50mm Infantry mortar | Soviet Union | Light infantry mortar. | |
82-BM-37 | 82mm Infantry mortar | Soviet Union | Light infantry mortar. | |
M1938 mortar | 120mm Heavy mortar | Soviet Union | Heavy infantry mortar. | |
107mm M1938 mortar | 107mm Infantry mortar | Soviet Union | It was a lighter version of the M1938 mortar made for Soviet mountain troops. |
Rocket launchers
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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BM-13 "Katyusha" | 132mm Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union | Most widely used multiple rocket launcher by the Red Army. It became known as "Stalin's organ" by German soldiers. | |
BM-8 | 82mm Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union | Smaller rocket launchers that were mounted on T-40 and T-60 light tanks. | |
BM-31 "Andryusha" | 300mm Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union | Heavy rocket launcher with 12 rocket tubes which used the chassis of a ZIS-12 and the American Lend-Lease Studebaker US6 U3 truck. |
Vehicular guns
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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45mm 20-K tank gun | 45mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | Many tanks and other armoured vehicles later used it as their main armament. | |
57mm ZiS-4 tank gun | 57mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | The main armament of the T-34-57, saw very limited usage in combat. | |
76.2 mm L-10 tank gun | 76mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | The main armament of the T-28 tank. | |
L-11 76.2 mm tank gun | 76mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | The main armament of the T-34 Model 1940 tank. | |
F-32 tank gun | 76mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | The main armament of the KV-1 Model 1940 tank. | |
F-34 tank gun | 76mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | The main armament of T-34-76 and KV-1 tanks. | |
D-5T tank gun | Developed from 85mm M1939 (52-K) air-defence gun | Soviet Union | Main armament of the T34-85 (until March 1944), SU-85 and KV-85. | |
ZiS-S-53 tank gun | Developed from 85mm M1939 (52-K) air-defence gun | Soviet Union | Main armament of T34-85 from March 1944; also used on T-44. | |
D-10 tank gun | 100mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | The main armament of the SU-100 tank destroyer. |
Field artillery
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Production | Photo | Notes |
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76-mm regimental gun model 1927 | Regimental gun | Soviet Union | Dec. 1928 – Dec. 1943: about 18,116[7] | The 76-mm regimental guns model 1927 together with the Soviet infantry passed the Battle of Lake Khasan and the Battles of Khalkhin Gol, the Winter War and the Great Patriotic War. During offensives, such regimental guns, which were respected by soldiers, had to follow by their crews directly in infantry combat formations in order to quickly suppress the enemy firepower, interfering with the advance of troops. Until 1941, the guns were produced at Kirov Plant in Leningrad, and in 1942–1943 - at Plant No. 172 in Perm. | |
76 mm regimental gun M1943 | 76mm Infantry support gun | Soviet Union | |||
76 mm mountain gun M1909 | 76mm Mountain gun | France | It became obsolete after it was replaced with several other mountain guns. | ||
76 mm mountain gun M1938 | 76mm Mountain gun | Soviet Union | |||
76 mm divisional gun M1902/30 | 76mm Field gun | Soviet Union | |||
76 mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22) | 76mm Field gun | Soviet Union | Used during the Winter War. | ||
76 mm divisional gun M1939 (USV) | 76mm Field gun | Soviet Union | |||
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) | 76mm Field gun | Soviet Union | Field gun first deployed in 1941, very well-liked by Soviet and German soldiers because of its reliability, durability, and accuracy/ | ||
100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3) | 100mm Field gun / Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | |||
107 mm divisional gun M1940 (M-60) | 107mm Field gun | Soviet Union | |||
107 mm gun M1910/30 | 107mm Field gun | Soviet Union | |||
122 mm gun M1931 (A-19) | 122mm Field gun | Soviet Union | |||
122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) | 122mm Field gun | Soviet Union | |||
122 mm howitzer M1909/37 | 122mm Field howitzer | Soviet Union | |||
122 mm howitzer M1910/30 | 122mm Field howitzer | Soviet Union | |||
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) | 122mm Field howitzer | Soviet Union | |||
152 mm gun M1910/34 | 152mm Field gun | Soviet Union | |||
152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) | 152mm Heavy gun | Soviet Union | It was used by the Red Army in the Battle of Kursk and Battle of the Seelow Heights. | ||
152 mm howitzer M1909/30 | 152mm Field howitzer | Soviet Union | Most numerously used 152mm howitzer by the Red Army. | ||
152 mm howitzer M1910/37 | 152mm Field howitzer | Soviet Union | |||
152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) | 152mm Field howitzer | Soviet Union | |||
152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) | 152mm Field howitzer | Soviet Union | |||
152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) | 152mm Field howitzer | Soviet Union |
Fortress and siege guns
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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152 mm gun M1910/30 | 152mm Field howitzer | Soviet Union | ||
203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) | 203mm Heavy howitzer | Soviet Union | It was used by the Red Army in the Battle of Berlin. | |
210 mm gun M1939 (Br-17) | 210mm Heavy howitzer | Soviet Union | ||
280 mm mortar M1939 (Br-5) | 280mm Heavy mortar | Soviet Union | ||
305 mm howitzer M1939 (Br-18) | 305mm Superheavy siege howitzer | Soviet Union |
Anti-tank guns
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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37 mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K) | 37mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | The gun was closely related to the German PaK 35/36. | |
45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) | 45mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | ||
45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) | 45mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | ||
45 mm anti-tank gun M1942 (M-42) | 45mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | ||
57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) | 57mm Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | ||
100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3) | 100mm Anti-tank gun / Field gun | Soviet Union |
Ground-based anti-aircraft weapons
[edit]Light anti-aircraft guns
[edit]Name | Type | Calibre | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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DShK 1938 | Heavy machine gun | 12.7×108mm | Soviet Union | 50-round belt. | |
25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K) | Air-defence gun | 25x218mmSR | Soviet Union | ||
37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) | Air-defence gun | 37×250mmR | Soviet Union | 200-rounds. | |
45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) | Semi-automatic air-defence gun | 45×386mmSR | Soviet Union | It was used by the Soviet Navy for most of their ships from 1934 as its primary light anti-aircraft gun until replaced by the fully automatic 37 mm 70-K gun from 1942 to 1943. | |
37 mm 70-K gun | Automatic air-defence gun | 37×250mmR | Soviet Union | Naval version of 37mm M1939 (61-K). |
Heavy anti-aircraft guns
[edit]Name | Type | Calibre | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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76 mm air defense gun M1938 | Semi-automatic air-defence gun | 76.2×558mmR | Soviet Union | ||
85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) | Semi-automatic air-defence gun | 85×558mmR | Soviet Union | It was successfully used against level bombers and medium/high altitude targets. |
Armored fighting vehicles
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Quantity | Photo | Notes |
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T-27 | Tankette | Soviet Union | 2,157 (1941) | The main armament was the 7.62mm DT light machine gun. Some were captured by Romanian forces. |
Tanks
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Production | Photo | Notes |
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T-18 (MS-1) | Light tank | Soviet Union | Based on the French Renault FT tank. | ||
T-26 | Light tank | Soviet Union | Interwar period light tank that became the most numerous tank during the German invasion. | ||
T-37A | Amphibious light tank | Soviet Union | |||
T-38 | Amphibious light tank | Soviet Union | |||
T-40 | Amphibious scout tank | Soviet Union | |||
T-30 | Light tank | Soviet Union | |||
T-50 | Light infantry tank | Soviet Union | |||
T-60 | Light scout tank | Soviet Union | Replacement of the obsolete T-38 and T-30 tanks. | ||
T-70 | Light tank | Soviet Union | |||
BT-2 | Light cavalry tank | Soviet Union | |||
BT-5 | Light cavalry tank | Soviet Union | |||
BT-7 | Light cavalry tank | Soviet Union | |||
T-24 | Medium tank | Soviet Union | |||
T-28 | Medium tank | Soviet Union | |||
T-34-76 | Medium tank | Soviet Union | One of the most widely used tanks in the Red Army. 35,120 were produced. | ||
T-34-85 | Medium tank | Soviet Union | Jan. 1944 – Dec. 1946: 25,914 (also under license - 2,736 in Czechoslovakia in 1951 – 1956 & 1,380 in Poland in 1952 – 1956)[8] | A development of a deep modernization of the T-34 medium tank (especially its armament) began in summer 1943. To combat new German Tiger I and Panther tanks, a powerful 85-mm ZIS-S-53 tank gun was mounted within a new larger turret for T-34. T-34-85 medium tanks were produced at Plants No. 112 (in Gorky), No. 183 (in Nizhny Tagil) and No. 174 (in Omsk). | |
T-35 | Heavy tank | Soviet Union | During the war, they were slow and proved to be mechanically unreliable. 61 were produced. | ||
SMK | Heavy tank prototype | Soviet Union | Only one was produced, it was used during the Winter War. It was replaced by the KV tank series. | ||
T-100 | Heavy tank prototype | Soviet Union | Two were produced. There were unsuccessful trial uses of it during the Winter War. It was replaced by the KV tank series. | ||
KV-1 | Heavy tank | Soviet Union | Known for its strong armour, it became known as the "Russischer Koloss" – "Russian Colossus" by the German Army. | ||
KV-2 | Heavy tank / Assault gun | Soviet Union | The main armament was the 152mm howitzer. Due to its combat ineffectiveness, only 334 were produced . | ||
KV-85 | Heavy tank | Soviet Union | It became the basis for the IS Series tanks. | ||
IS-1 | Heavy tank | Soviet Union | The IS series was a successor to the KV tank series. IS-1 was a prototype version, which had 130 produced. | ||
IS-2 | Heavy tank | Soviet Union | 3,854 IS-2s were produced. |
Self-propelled guns
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Production | Photo | Notes |
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ZiS-30 | Tank destroyer | Soviet Union | A self-propelled gun based on Komsomolets tractor fitted with 57 mm ZiS-2 Anti-tank gun. Only 100 were built. | ||
SU-5-1 / SU-5-2 / SU-5-3 | Self-propelled gun | Soviet Union | A self-propelled gun that was on the T-26 light tank chassis. SU-5-1 was armed with the 76.2mm divisional gun mod. 1902/30. SU-5-2 was armed with the 122mm howitzer mod. 1910/30. | ||
SU-5-3 | Self-propelled gun | Soviet Union | It was on the T-26 chassis. Equipped with the 152mm mortar M1931. | ||
SU-14 | Self-propelled gun prototype | Soviet Union | One was built as a prototype. The main armament was the 152 mm gun (U-30 or BR-2). | ||
SU-100Y | Self-propelled gun prototype | Soviet Union | One prototype was made, based on the SU-100 tank and was used during the Winter War. The main armament was the 130mm Naval Gun B-13. | ||
SU-26 | Self-propelled gun | Soviet Union | Equipped with a 76 mm regimental gun M1927. | ||
SU-76 / SU-76M | Light self-propelled gun | Soviet Union | Dec. 1942 – Oct. 1945: 14,292 (560 SU-76 & 13,732 SU-76M)[9] | The SU-76M was the second most produced Soviet AFV of World War II, after the T-34 medium tank. Developed under the leadership of chief designer S.A. Ginzburg (1900–1943). This infantry support SPG was based on the lengthened T-70 light tank chassis and armed with the ZIS-3 76-mm divisional field gun. | |
SU-85 | Self-propelled gun | Soviet Union | A modification of SU-122 self-propelled gun based on T-34's chassis, equipped with 85 mm D-5S cannon. | ||
SU-100 | Self-propelled gun | Soviet Union | A modification of SU-85M that replaced its 85mm gun with 100 mm D-10S. | ||
SU-122 | Assault gun | Soviet Union | A self-propelled gun version based on T-34's chassis, equipped with 122 mm M-30S Howitzer. | ||
SU-152 | Assault gun | Soviet Union | Self-propelled gun based on KV-1S's chassis, equipped with 152 mm ML-20S howitzer. | ||
ISU-122 | Assault gun | Soviet Union | A rearmed ISU-152 with 122 mm A-19S for ISU-122 and D-25S for ISU-122S. | ||
ISU-152 | Assault gun | Soviet Union | Same role and armament as SU-152 but with IS-1's chassis |
Wheeled anti-tank self-propelled guns
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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SU-4 | Wheeled self-propelled anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | On the chassis of an extended GAZ-A. It was equipped with a 76 K/DRP recoilless gun. | |
SU-12 | Wheeled self-propelled anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | On the chassis of a GAZ-AAA. It was equipped with a 76 mm regimental gun M1927. |
Tracked anti-aircraft guns
[edit]Name | Type | Calibre | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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SU-11 | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 37×250mmR | Soviet Union | It was equipped with the 37mm automatic air defence gun (61-К). | |
ZSU-37 | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 37×250mmR | Soviet Union | It was equipped with the 37mm automatic air defence gun (61-К). |
Armoured cars
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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BA-27 | Armoured car | Soviet Union | First Soviet series-produced armoured car. The main armament was the 37mm Puteaux SA 18. Some were captured during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. | |
D-8 | Armoured car | Soviet Union | The main armament was two 7.62 DT light machine guns. It was used during the Winter War. | |
FAI | Armoured car | Soviet Union | Replacement for the D-8 armoured car. The main armament was the 7.62 DT light machine gun. | |
BA-I | Armoured car | Soviet Union | Its main armament was the 37mm 7K gun. The design of the BA-I started a series of heavy armoured cars of Izhorsky plant. These included: BA-3, BA-6, BA-9, and BA-10. | |
BA-3 | Armoured car | Soviet Union | The main armament was the 45mm gun 20-K. | |
BA-6 | Armoured car | Soviet Union | Very similar to the BA-3. Both were used against the Japanese in the Battle of Khalkhyn Gol, in the Finnish Winter War, and against the Germans in the early stages of the Eastern Front. | |
BA-10 | Armoured car | Soviet Union | The main armament was the 45mm gun 20-K. | |
BA-11 | Armoured car | Soviet Union | The main armament was the 45mm gun 20-K. | |
BA-20 | Armoured car | Soviet Union | Special armoured version of the GAZ-M1 passenger car. The main armament was the 7.62 DT light machine gun. | |
BA-64 | Armoured scout car | Soviet Union | Based and adapted from a captured German Sd.Kfz. 221. The main armament was the 7.62 DT light machine gun. |
Half-tracks
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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BA-30 | Half-tracked armored car | Soviet Union | A small number of them were produced. The main armament was the 7.62 DT light machine gun. | |
M5 | Half-tracked armoured personnel carrier | United States | Received 450 during World War II through Lend-Lease. |
Improvised armoured fighting vehicles
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Delivery | Photo | Notes |
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NI tank | Improvised fighting vehicle | Soviet Union | NI tank was a Soviet improvised fighting vehicle, based on an STZ-3 agricultural tractor, manufactured in Odessa during the Siege of Odessa in World War II | ||
KhTZ-16 | Improvised fighting vehicle | Soviet Union | KhTZ-16 was a Soviet improvised fighting vehicle of the Second World War, built on the chassis of an STZ-3 tractor. |
Armoured trains
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Delivery | Photo | Notes |
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Tula Armoured Train | Armoured train | Soviet Union |
Lend-Lease tanks and SPGs
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Delivery | Photo | Notes |
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M3A1 (Stuart III) | Light tank | United States | 1,233 | From 1941 to 1945, 1,676 were supplied by the United States as a part of the Lend-Lease.[10] 443 were lost at sea. | |
M5 (Stuart VI) | Light tank | United States | 5 | 5 were supplied.[10] | |
M24 Chaffee | Light tank | United States | 2 | 2 were supplied in 1944.[10] | |
M4 Sherman | Medium tank | United States | 4,102 | 4,102 were suppiled, of these, 2,007 were the original 75 mm main gun model, 2,095 were with 76 mm tank gun.[11] | |
Valentine tank | Infantry tank | United Kingdom | 3,462 | 2,074 supplied by the UK, 1,388 supplied by Canada. 320 were lost at sea by both countries. | |
T48 Gun Motor Carriage (SU-57) |
Tank destroyer | United States | 650 | 650 were supplied.[10] On the chassis of the M3 Half-track equipped with a 57mm gun M1. It was designated as the SU-57 by the Soviet military. |
Motor vehicles
[edit]Trucks
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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GAZ-AA | Truck | Soviet Union | Soviet produced vehicle licensed from the Ford AA model of 1930. | |
GAZ-AAA | Truck | Soviet Union | ||
GAZ-MM | Truck | Soviet Union | ||
ZIS-5 | Truck | Soviet Union |
Passenger/utility vehicles
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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GAZ-64 | Light utility vehicle | Soviet Union | 2,500 were produced during the war. The focus switched to building armoured BA-64s, with the availability of American made Jeeps. | |
GAZ-67 | Light utility vehicle | Soviet Union | ||
GAZ-M1 | Passenger car | Soviet Union |
Lend-Lease vehicles
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Delivery | Photo | Notes |
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Dodge 3/4-ton WC series (Dodge 3/4) | Light military utility truck | United States | 1942 – 1945: 24,902 (sent to USSR)[12] | Dodge WC series were one of the most popular vehicles during World War II. These U.S. military four-wheel drive vehicles (weapons carriers) were supplied to USSR under a Lend-Lease program mainly in two variants – with or without front winch (WC52 and WC51). With a payload of 750 kg (3/4 t), these 4 х 4 off-road vehicles with two seater open cab, multipurpose bed and canvas cover were intermediate between jeeps and trucks. |
Motorcycles
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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PMZ-A-750 | Heavy motorcycle | Soviet Union | The first heavy motorcycle manufactured in the Soviet Union. Used during the Winter War with unsatisfactory results. | |
TIZ-AM-600 | Heavy motorcycle | Soviet Union | Used during the Winter War with unsatisfactory results, it was considered an outdated design. | |
M-72 | Heavy motorcycle | Soviet Union | Motorcycle meant to replace the PMZ-A-750 and TIZ-AM-600. In the Eastern Front, motorcycles were produced at both the IMZ and GMZ motorcycle plants. All sidecars for both the M-72 and American Lend-Lease bikes were produced at the GMZ. |
Tractors & prime movers
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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S-60 | Artillery tractor | Soviet Union | Heavy tractor with a strong engine meant to haul artillery. | |
S-65 | Tractor | Soviet Union | Replacement of the S-60 for towing heavy weapons. Many of these and S-60s were captured by the German Army during their invasion. | |
T-20 | Artillery tractor | Soviet Union | These were most often used to haul artillery, carry troops, and unintentionally as a Tankette/Gun Carrier/APC. It was used during the Winter War and the first half of World War 2. They were often captured by the German Army and fitted with Pak guns. |
Engineering and command
[edit]Miscellaneous vehicles
[edit]Aircraft
[edit]Fighter aircraft
[edit]Name | Type | Origin | Production | Photo | Notes |
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Yak-9 | Fighter | Soviet Union | Oct. 1942 – Dec. 1948: 16,769 (14,579 during WWII)[13] | Yak-9 was mass-produced in different variants (front-line fighters mainly, fighter-bomber, high-altitude interceptor etc.) at three Soviet large aircraft plants - in Novosibirsk, Omsk and Moscow. Yak-9 was developed from the earlier Yak-1 and Yak-7 fighters of A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau. Used in all major World War II operations of the Red Army, starting with the Battle of Stalingrad in autumn 1942. |
Navy ships
[edit]Rockets and bombs
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of World War II weapons
- List of military vehicles of World War II
- List of British military equipment of World War II
- List of equipment of the United States Army during World War II
- List of German military equipment of World War II
- List of Italian Army equipment in World War II
- List of Japanese military equipment of World War II
References
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- ^ a b c d "Lend-Lease Armoured Vehicles supplied to the Red Army 1941–1945". WW2 Weapons. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ Lend-Lease Shipments: World War II, Section IIIB, Published by Office, Chief of Finance, War Department, 31 December 1946, p. 8.
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