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Forgotten Weapons is a website and channel appearing on YouTube, Utreon, Full30 and Floatplane, created and presented by Ian McCollum. Forgotten Weapons covers the history of antique , obscure, and historically important firearms .
Type 24 rifle (Licensed copy of the Mauser Model 1924, also known as the Chiang Kai-Shek rifle) [61] [72] [73] Mauser Karabiner 98k (Mainly issued to the early German trained divisions) [72] FN Model 24 and Model 30 [61] Vz. 24 (Also used with grenade launcher) [74] Carcano rifle. Mosin–Nagant M1891 and M1891/30.
The Fliegerfaust (lit. "pilot fist","plane fist", or "aviator fist"), also known as the " Luftfaust " (lit. "air fist"), was a German prototype of a man-portable, multi-barreled, unguided rocket launcher, designed to destroy enemy ground attack planes. Ordered into production in the last year of World War II, only a few were made and used ...
Front blade, rear notch. The Suomi KP/-31 ( Finnish: Suomi-konepistooli m/31 or "Finland-submachine gun mod. 1931") is a Finnish submachine gun that was mainly used during World War II. It is a descendant of the M-22 prototype and the KP/-26 production model, which was revealed to the public in 1925. It entered service in Finland in 1931, and ...
ZFG42 or ZF4 telescopic sight. The FG 42 ( German: Fallschirmjägergewehr 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective-fire 7.92×57mm Mauser automatic rifle [4] [5] produced in Nazi Germany during World War II. [7] The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjäger airborne infantry in 1942 and was used in very limited ...
Gewehr 41. The Gewehr 41 English: Rifle 41, commonly known as the G41 (W) or G41 (M), denoting the manufacturer ( Walther or Mauser ), are two distinct and different battle rifles manufactured and used by Nazi Germany during World War II. They were largely superseded by the Gewehr 43, which was derived from the G41 (W), but with an improved gas ...
The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II. Entering production in 1942, it was intended to supplement and replace the earlier MG 34, which was more ...
World War II saw rapid technological innovation in response to the needs of the various combatants. Many different weapons systems evolved as a result. This list does not consist of all weapons used by all countries in World War II.