Appendix I
The bulk of the weapons and equipment used by the Waffen-SS throughout the war was more or less identical to that used by the Heer. A number of small arms, particularly those of foreign origin, saw considerable use in the units of the Waffen-SS due to the Heer’s reluctance to supply sufficient quantities of German-produced hardware to Himmler’s elite force. The Waffen-SS used a huge variety of weaponry, everything from small arms to heavy tanks. However, even these elite troops were curtailed by never-ending shortages and were therefore supplied with various other weapons and equipment in order to sustain them on the battlefield long enough to drive back the growing enemy forces.
During the last two years of the war the Waffen-SS supplemented the finest equipment the German armaments industry could produce with whatever could be scraped together from German-made or captured stocks, in the same way that the Heer and the usually badly-equipped Volkssturm also had to make do as best they could.
Small arms
Pistole 08 pistol or Luger
Pisztoly 37M Hungarian service pistol
Frommer 7.65mm Hungarian pistol
Model 1914 Norwegian service pistol
Fallschirmjäger 42 automatic rifle
Maschinenkarabiner 42
Gewehr 41 (W) self-loading rifle
Maschinenpistole (MP) 28
Maschinenpistole (MP) 43
Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle
Maschinenpistole (MP) 38
Maschinenpistole (MP) 40
Karabiner 98k bolt-action rifle
Infantry support weapons
Maschinengewehr (MG) 34
Maschinengewehr (MG) 42
5cm Leichte Granatwerfer (leGW) 36 mortar
15cm Nebelwerfer (NbW) 41 mortar
21cm Nebelwerfer (NbW) 42 mortar
Flammenwerfer (FmW) 41 flame-thrower
Stielhandgranate 39 magnetic anti-tank grenade
Anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons
7.92mm Panzerbüsche (PzB) 38 anti-tank rifle
7.92mm Panzerbüsche (PzB) 39 anti-tank rifle
3.7cm PaK 35/36 anti-tank gun
5cm PaK 38 anti-tank gun
7.5cm PaK 40 heavy anti-tank gun
8.8cm PaK 43 heavy anti-tank gun
Faustpatrone 30 anti-tank rocket
Raketenpanzerbüsche (RPzB) 54 anti-tank rocket launcher
2cm Flugabwehrkanone (FlaK) 30
2cm Flugabwehrkanone (FlaK) 38
8.8cm Flugabwehrkanone (FlaK) 18 and FlaK 36 and FlaK 41
Artillery
10.5cm Leichte Feldhaubitze (leFH) 18 light field howitzer
7.5cm Leichte Feldkanone (leFK) 18
7.5cm Feldkanone (FK) 40
10cm Kanone (K) 18
15cm Schwere Feldhaubitze (sFH) 18 heavy field howitzer
21cm Mörser (Mrs) 18 heavy howitzer
Armoured cars and halftracks
Armoured cars
Sd.Kfz.221
Sd.Kfz.222
Sd.Kfz.223
Sd.Kfz.231
Sd.Kfz.234
Sd.Kfz.260
Sd.Kfz.261
Sd.Kfz.263
Artillery prime mover halftracks
Sd.Kfz.2
Sd.Kfz.6
Sd.Kfz.7
Sd.Kfz.8
Sd.Kfz.9
Sd.Kfz.10
Sd.Kfz.11
Light armoured reconnaissance halftracks
Sd.Kfz.250 series (12 variants)
Light ammunition carrier halftracks
Sd.Kfz.252
Sd.Kfz.253
Medium armoured personnel carrier halftracks
Sd.Kfz.251 (22 variants)
Panzers
Pz.Kpfw.III (later variants)
Pz.Kpfw.IV (later variants)
Pz.Kpfw.V Panther
Pz.Kpfw.VI. Tiger.I
Pz.Kpfw.VI. Tiger.II
Assault guns and tank destroyers
Sturmgeschutz (StuG.III) (later variants)
Sturmgeschutz (StuG.IV)
Panzerjager Marder.I
Panzerjager Marder.II
Panzerjager Marder.III
Panzerjager Nashorn
Jagdpanzer.IV
Jagdpanzer.IV/70 tank destroyer
Jagdpanzer.38 (t) Hetzer
Jagdpanzer.V Jagdpanther
Self-propelled artillery
Panzerjager Hummel
Panzerjager Wespe