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List of World War II weapons of Denmark

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This is a list of the weapons of Denmark during World War II. This list will be for the Danish military as they were at the German invasion of Denmark (1940). You are welcome to put down weapons used by the resistance and after the successful invasion but put them under a different section title to differentiate them.

Small arms

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Side arms

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Danish M1910/21 Bergmann–Bayard pistol. Standard infantry sidearm of Danish military in World War II. Non-combat units such as artillery received 19th century Danish revolvers.

Rifles

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Two Danish infantryman with Danish Gevær M/89 Krag–Jørgensen rifles. The Danish variants of the Krag–Jørgensen were their main service rifle in WWII.

SMG

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Machine guns

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Madsen light machine gun which is Danish designed and saw use with the Danish army in many different improved variants made over time from 1902 till just after World War II.

Artillery

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Field Artillery

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Heavy Artillery

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Anti-tank guns

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Madsen 20mm autocannon on anti-tank carriage. The Danish autocannon was used by the Danes as an anti-tank gun during the German invasion of Denmark.

Armoured fighting vehicles

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Tankettes

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Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Patrol Car


Armoured cars

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Pansarbil M/39 which was the most numerous AFV in service with Denmark during the German invasion

Motorcycles

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- Nimbus MC w/20 mm MG

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Kretaner (2020-09-25). "Danish Armed Forces". WW2 Weapons. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  2. ^ "Bergmann Mars". Modern Firearms. 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  3. ^ McCollum, Ian (2016-09-06). "RIA: Danish 1865/97 Pinfire Conversion Revolver (Video)". Forgotten Weapons. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  4. ^ Djinovic (2018-01-18). "Equipment – Danish 20 mm Madsen M1938 Anti-tank Machine Gun". Playing with History. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  5. ^ "Landsverk L180 - M38 Armoured Car: production, order, technical details, registrationmarks". www.landsverk-m38.nl. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  6. ^ "Danish armoured car L-185 developed by the Swedish company AB Landsverk. In 1934, built on a 4 x 4 Ford… | Armored vehicles, Army vehicles, Armored fighting vehicle". Pinterest. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  7. ^ "Pansarbil m/39 armoured truck (1939)". tanks-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
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