List of Infantry weapons of World War I

 

This is a list of infantry weapons of World War I (1914–1918).

 Republic of Armenia[edit]

Handguns

• Mauser C96
• Mauser M1878
• Nagant M1895

Rifles

• Berdan M1870
• Gras M1874
• Mauser M1887
• Mosin–Nagant M1891
• Peabody–Martini–Henry M1874

Machine guns

• Maxim M1910

 Austro-Hungarian Empire[edit]

Handguns

• Browning M1900
• Dreyse M1907
• Frommer M1912
• Gasser M1870, M1870/84, M1873 and M1876
• Mannlicher M1901
• Mauser C96
• Rast & Gasser M1898
• Roth–Sauer M1900
• Roth–Steyr M1907
• Steyr M1912
• Werder M1869

Rifles

• Gewehr 88/05
• Gewehr 98
• Kropatschek M1881 and M1893
• Mannlicher M1886/88
• Mannlicher M1888 and M1888/90
• Mannlicher M1890
• Mannlicher M1893
• Mannlicher M1895
• Mannlicher–Schönauer M1903/14
• Mauser M1903
• Mauser M1912
• Mondragón M1908
• Werndl–Holub M1877
• Wänzl M1867

Machine guns

• Hotchkiss M1909
• Madsen M1902
• MG 08
• Schwarzlose M1907/12
• Škoda M1893 and M1902
• Škoda M1909 and M1913

Submachine guns

• Doppelpistole M1912
• Frommer M1917

Grenades

• M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate
• M1917 Eierhandgranate

Flamethrowers

• Flammenwerfer M1916
• Kleinflammenwerfer

Mortars

• Ehrhardt M1915
• Esslingen M1915
• Lanz
• Luftminenwerfer M1916
• Minenwerfer M1914 and M1914/16
• Minenwerfer M1915
• Minenwerfer M1917
• Roka-Halasz M1915
• Škoda M1915 and M1916

Swords

• Artilleriesäbel M1873
• Infanteriesäbel M1862
• Kavalleriesäbel M1858/61
• Kavalleriesäbel M1904

 Kingdom of Belgium[edit]

Handguns

• Browning M1900
• Browning M1903
• Browning M1910
• Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless
• Nagant M1895
• Ruby M1914

Rifles

• Albini M1867 (Used by Force Publique)
• Comblain M1882, M1883 and M1888
• Gras M1874
• Lebel M1886/M93
• Mauser M1889

Machine guns

• Chauchat M1915
• Colt–Browning M1895/14
• Hotchkiss M1909
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Lewis M1914
• Maxim M1911

Shotguns

• Browning Auto-5 (Used by Garde Civique)

 British Empire[edit]

Handguns

• British Bull Dog
• Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless
• Colt M1909
• Colt M1911
• Enfield Mk I & Mk II
• Lancaster
• Mauser C96
• Smith & Wesson M1899
• Smith & Wesson M1917
• Smith & Wesson Triple Lock
• Webley–Fosbery Automatic
• Webley Mk IV, Mk V and Mk VI
• Webley Self-Loading Mk I

Rifles

• Arisaka Type 30
• Arisaka Type 38
• Elephant gun
• Enfield P1914
• Farquhar–Hill P1918
• Farquharson
• Lee–Metford Mk I and Mk II
• Lee–Speed No. 1 and No. 2
• Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk I
• Mauser–Verqueiro M1904 (Used by South African units)
• Marlin M1894
• Martini–Enfield Mk I and Mk II
• Martini–Henry Mk IV
• Remington Model 14-1/2
• Remington Rolling Block M1901
• Ross Mk III (Used by Canadian units)
• Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk I, Mk II and Mk III
• Snider–Enfield Mk III
• Winchester M1886
• Winchester M1892
• Winchester M1894
• Winchester M1895
• Winchester M1907

Machine guns

• Browning M1917
• Colt–Browning M1895/14 (Used by Canadian units)
• Hotchkiss Mk I
• Lewis M1914
• Maxim M1884
• Vickers Mk I

Grenades

• Hales No. 2
• Hales No. 3
• Mills Nos. 5, No. 23 and No. 36
• No 1 Grenade
• No. 6 and No. 7
• No. 8 and No. 9 Double cylinder
• No. 15 and No. 16

Mortars

• 2-inch Howitzer
• Garland
• Livens Projector
• Newton
• Stokes

Projectile weapons

• Leach Trench Catapult
• Sauterelle
• West Spring Gun

Support guns

• Vickers Q.F Mk II

Swords

• P1897 officer’s sword
• P1908 and P1912 cavalry sword

Bayonets

• M1907 bayonet
• Pistol bayonet

Knives

• Kukri (Used by Gurkha regiments)

 Kingdom of Bulgaria[edit]

Handguns

• Beholla
• Browning M1903
• Frommer M1912
• Luger P08
• Mauser C96
• Nagant M1895
• Smith & Wesson No. 3

Rifles

• Berdan M1870
• Gewehr 71
• Gras M1874
• Krnka M1867
• Mannlicher M1886/88
• Mannlicher M1888 and M1888/90
• Mannlicher M1890
• Mannlicher M1895
• Mosin–Nagant M1891
• Peabody–Martini–Henry M1874

Machine guns

• Dreyse MG 12
• Madsen M1902
• Maxim M1904 and M1907
• MG 08
• Schwarzlose M1907/12
• St. Étienne M1907

Flamethrowers

• Kleinflammenwerfer

 Sultanate of Darfur[edit]

Rifles

• Jezail
• Martini–Henry Mk IV
• Remington Rolling Block M1866
• Snider–Enfield Mk III

Shotguns

• Double-barreled shotgun

Swords

• Billao
• Kaskara

Polearms

• Az-zaġāyah

 Dervish State[edit]

Rifles

• Gras M1874
• Jezail
• Lebel M1886/M93
• Lee–Metford Mk I and Mk II
• Martini–Henry Mk IV
• Remington Rolling Block M1867

Machine guns

• Maxim
• MG 08

Swords

• Billao
• Kaskara

 French Republic[edit]

Handguns

• Browning M1900
• Chamelot–Delvigne M1873 and M1874
• Colt M1892
• Colt M1911
• Ruby M1914
• Savage M1907
• Smith & Wesson M1899
• Star M1914
• St. Etienne M1892

Rifles

• Berthier M1890, M1892, M1892/16, M1902, M1907, M1907/15 and M1916
• Chassepot M1866/74
• Gras M1874 and M1874/14
• Kropatschek M1884 and M1885
• Lebel M1886/M93
• Lee–Metford Mk I and Mk II
• Meunier M1916
• Remington–Lee M1887
• Remington Model 8
• Remington Rolling Block M1867 and M1914
• RSC M1917 and M1918
• Winchester M1894
• Winchester M1907
• Winchester M1910

Machine guns

• Chauchat M1915
• Colt–Browning M1895/14
• Hotchkiss M1909
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Puteaux M1905
• St. Étienne M1907 and M1907/16

Anti-tank weapons

• Puteaux SA 18

Grenades

• Bezossi M1915
• F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917

Flamethrowers

• P3 and P4 Lance-flammes
• Schilt

Mortars

• Dumisilles Type 2

Projectile weapons

• Sauterelle

Support guns

• Puteaux M1916

Knives

• Clous Français
• Couteau Poignard M1916
• Poignard-Baïonnette Lebel M1886/14

Swords

• Le sabre d’officier d’infanterie M1882

 German Empire[edit]

Handguns

• Bayard M1908
• Beholla
• Bergmann–Bayard M1910
• Dreyse M1907
• Frommer M1912
• Luger P04 and P08
• Mauser C96
• Mauser M1878 and M1886
• Mauser M1910 and M1914
• Reichsrevolver M1879 and M1883
• Schwarzlose M1908
• Steyr M1912

Rifles

• Elefantengewehr
• Gewehr 71 and 71/84
• Gewehr 88/05 and 88/14
• Gewehr 98
• Mauser M1915 and M1916
• Mondragón M1908
• Werder M1869

Machine guns

• Bergmann MG 15nA
• Dreyse MG 12
• Gast M1917
• Madsen M1902
• MG 08, MG 08/15 and MG 08/18
• MG 14 and MG 14/17
• MG 18 TuF

Submachine guns

• MP18

Anti-tank weapons

• Becker Type M2
• Mauser M1918

Grenades

• M1913 Kugelhandgranate
• M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate
• M1917 Eierhandgranate

Mines

• Flachmine 17

Flamethrowers

• Flammenwerfer M1916
• Grossflammenwerfer
• Kleinflammenwerfer
• Wechselapparat

Mortars

• Lanz
• Rheinmetall 17 cm
• Rheinmetall 7.58 cm

Support guns

• Krupp L/16.5
• Krupp L/20
• Krupp L/27
• Škoda M1915

Swords

• Artilleriesäbel M1873
• Infanteriesäbel M1889

 Kingdom of Greece[edit]

Handguns

• Bergmann–Bayard M1903
• Browning M1900
• Browning M1903
• Chamelot–Delvigne M1873, M1874 and M1884
• Colt Army Special
• Mannlicher M1901
• Nagant M1895
• Ruby M1914

Rifles

• Berthier M1892 and M1892/16
• Berthier M1907/15 and M1916
• Gras M1874
• Lebel M1886/M93
• Mannlicher–Schönauer M1903 and M1903/14

Machine guns

• Chauchat M1915
• Colt–Browning M1895/14
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Schwarzlose M1907/12
• St. Étienne M1907/16

Mortars

• Stokes

 Kingdom of Hejaz[edit]

Handguns

• St. Etienne M1892

Rifles

• Arisaka Type 30
• Arisaka Type 38
• Gras M1874
• Jezail
• Lebel M1886/M93
• Peabody–Martini–Henry M1874
• Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III

Machine guns

• Hotchkiss Mark I
• Lewis M1914
• Vickers Mk I

 Kingdom of Italy[edit]

Handguns

• Beretta M1915
• Bodeo M1889
• Brixia M1912
• Chamelot–Delvigne M1873 and M1874
• Glisenti M1910
• Mauser C96
• Ruby M1914
• Smith & Wesson No. 3

Rifles

• Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916
• Carcano M1891
• Lebel M1886/M93
• Vetterli M1870, M1870/87 and M1870/87/15

Machine guns

• Chauchat M1915
• Colt–Browning M1895/14
• Fiat–Revelli M1914
• Gardner M1886
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Lewis M1914
• Maxim M1906 and M1911
• Nordenfelt M1884
• Perino M1908
• St. Étienne M1907
• Vickers Mk I

Submachine guns

• Beretta M1918
• Beretta OVP
• Villar-Perosa M1915

Grenades

• Bezossi M1915

Flamethrowers

• Schilt

Mortars

• Dumisilles Type 2
• Stokes

 Emirate of Jabal Shammar[edit]

Rifles

• Gras M1874
• Martini–Henry Mk IV
• Mauser M1887
• Mauser M1890
• Mauser M1893 and M1903
• Snider–Enfield Mk III

Machineguns

• MG 08

 Empire of Japan[edit]

Handguns

• Meiji Type 26
• Nambu Type B
• Smith & Wesson No. 3

Rifles

• Arisaka Type 30
• Arisaka Type 35
• Arisaka Type 38
• Arisaka Type 44
• Murata Type 13, Type 18 and Type 22

Machine guns

• Hotchkiss M1900
• Type 3

Swords

• Guntō

Bayonets

• Type 30

 Kingdom of Montenegro[edit]

Handguns

• Gasser M1870/74 and M1880
• Mannlicher M1901
• Rast & Gasser M1898
• Smith & Wesson M1899
• Smith & Wesson No. 3

Rifles

• Berdan M1870
• Gras M1874
• Mosin–Nagant M1891
• Werndl–Holub M1877
• Wänzl M1867

Machine guns

• Maxim M1906 and M1912
• Nordenfelt

 Kingdom of Nepal[edit]

Rifles

• Martini–Henry Mk IV
• Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III

Machine guns

• Vickers Mk I

Knives

• Kukri

 Ottoman Empire[edit]

Handguns

• Beholla
• Browning M1903
• Frommer M1912
• Luger P08
• Mauser C96
• Smith & Wesson No. 3

Rifles

• Gewehr 88/05
• Gewehr 98
• Martini–Henry Mk I
• Mauser M1887
• Mauser M1890
• Mauser M1893, M1903 and M1908
• Mauser M1905
• Peabody–Martini–Henry M1874
• Remington Rolling Block M1866
• Snider–Enfield Mk III
• Winchester M1866

Machine guns

• Bergmann MG 15nA
• Hotchkiss M1900
• MG 08 and MG 08/15
• Maxim
• Nordenfelt
• Schwarzlose M1907/12

Grenades

• M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate

Flamethrowers

• Kleinflammenwerfer

 Portuguese Republic[edit]

Handguns

• Luger P08
• Savage M1907

Rifles

• Kropatschek M1886
• Mannlicher M1896
• Mauser-Verqueiro M1904
• Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III (Used by Portuguese forces on the Western Front)

Machine guns

• Lewis M1917
• Vickers Mk I

Mortars

• Stokes

 Emirate of Riyadh[edit]

Rifles

• Arisaka Type 30
• Arisaka Type 38
• Gras M1874
• Jezail
• Martini–Enfield Mk I and Mk II
• Martini–Henry Mk IV
• Mauser M1887
• Mauser M1890
• Mauser M1893 and M1903
• Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III

 Kingdom of Romania[edit]

Handguns

• Nagant M1895
• Ruby M1914
• Steyr M1912
• St. Etienne M1892
• Smith & Wesson No. 3

Rifles

• Berthier M1907/15
• Gras M1874
• Lebel M1886/M93
• Mannlicher M1888/90
• Mannlicher M1893
• Mannlicher M1895
• Mosin–Nagant M1891
• Peabody–Martini–Henry M1879
• Vetterli M1870/87

Machine guns

• Chauchat M1915
• Colt–Browning M1895/14
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Lewis M1914
• Maxim M1907 and M1909
• MG 08
• Schwarzlose M1907/12
• St. Étienne M1907
• Vickers Mk I

 Russian Empire[edit]

Handguns

• Browning M1903
• Colt M1911
• Luger P08
• Mauser C96
• Nagant M1895
• Smith & Wesson No. 3

Rifles

• Arisaka Type 30
• Arisaka Type 35
• Arisaka Type 38
• Berdan M1868 and M1870
• Berthier M1907/15
• Carl M1865
• Chassepot M1866/74
• Fedorov Avtomat M1916
• Gras M1874
• Krnka M1867
• Kropatschek M1878 and M1884
• Lebel M1886/M93
• Mosin–Nagant M1891 and M1907
• Remington Rolling Block M1910
• Springfield M1892
• Vetterli M1870 and M1870/87
• Winchester M1895
• Winchester M1907
• Winchester M1910

Machine guns

• Chauchat M1915
• Colt–Browning M1895/14
• Hotchkiss M1909
• Lewis M1914 and M1917
• Madsen M1902
• Maxim M1905
• Maxim M1910
• Vickers Mk I

Grenades

• Rdutlovsky M1914 and M1917

Mortars

• Aasen
• Type GR

Support guns

• Rosenberg M1915

Swords

• Shashka

 Kingdom of Serbia[edit]

Handguns

• Chamelot–Delvigne M1873, M1874 and M1876
• Gasser M1870/74
• Luger P08
• Mauser C96
• Nagant M1891
• Ruby M1914

Rifle

• Berdan M1868 and M1870
• Berthier M1892, M1892/16 and M1907/15
• Gras M1874
• Lebel M1886/M93
• Mauser M1878/80, M1880/07 and M1884
• Mauser M1899, M1899/07 and M1908
• Mauser M1910
• Mosin–Nagant M1891

Machine guns

• Chauchat M1915
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Lewis M1914
• Maxim M1909
• Schwarzlose M1907/12

Grenades

• Vasić M1912

Mortars

• Dumisilles Type 2

 United States of America[edit]

Handguns

• Colt M1889
• Colt M1892
• Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless
• Colt M1905
• Colt M1909
• Colt M1911
• Colt M1917
• Savage M1907
• Smith & Wesson M1899
• Smith & Wesson M1917

Rifles

• Berthier M1907/15
• Enfield M1917
• Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III
• Springfield M1896 and M1898
• Springfield M1903

Machine guns

• Benét–Mercié M1909
• Browning M1917
• Browning M1918
• Chauchat M1915 and M1918
• Colt–Browning M1895/14
• Colt–Vickers M1915
• Hotchkiss M1914
• Lewis M1917

Shotguns

• Browning Auto-5
• Remington M1910-A
• Stevens M520
• Winchester M1897
• Winchester M1912

Grenades

• F1 M1916
• Mills No. 5, No. 23 and No. 36
• Mk 1 Grenade
• Mk 2 Grenade
• Mk 3 Grenade

Mortars

• Livens Projector
• Newton
• No. 2 Mortar
• Stokes

Support guns

• Puteaux M1915

Bayonets

• M1905 bayonet
• M1917 bayonet

Knives

• Bolo knife
• M1917 and M1918 trench knife

Weapons used in trench raids[edit]

• Billhook
• Brass knuckles
• Claymore
• Entrenching tool
• Fascine knife
• French Nail
• Hatchet
• Knife bayonet
• Kukri
• Mace
• Machete
• Pickaxe handle
• Push dagger
• Sabre
• Spade
• Stiletto
• Trench knife
• Trench raiding club

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