List of Soviet Union military equipment of World War II
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The following is a list of Soviet military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. 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, Germany, which aimed to dominate Europe, attacked Poland on 1 September 1939, marking the start of World War II. The USSR (Soviet Union) joined the attack on Poland from 17 September 1939. The war in Europe ended on 8 May 1945 with the capitulation of Germany to the allied (including Soviet) forces. By the end of the war, the Soviet Union produced 19.8 million rifles; 1,477 million machine guns; 516,648 artillery guns; 347,900 mortars; 119,769 tanks and SPGs; 265,600 army trucks; 213,742 military aircraft; 2 cruisers; 25 destroyers; 52 submarines.[1]
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.
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.
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.[3]
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.
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.
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 are 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 gun was produced at Kirov Plant in Leningrad, and in 1942–1943 at Plant No. 172 in Perm.
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.
A development of a deep modernization of T-34 tank (especially its armament) began in the autumn of 1943. To combat new German tanks, a powerful 85-mm ZIS-S-53 tank gun was mounted within a new turret for T-34. Tanks T-34-85 were produced by factories No. 112 (in Gorky), No. 183 (in Nizhny Tagil) and No. 174 (in Omsk).
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-76M was the 2nd 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 a lengthened T-70 light tank chassis and armed with ZIS-3 76-mm divisional field gun.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Armoured 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
Miscellaneous vehicles
Aircraft
Main article: List of aircraft of the Red Army Air Forces
Yak-9 was mass-produced in different variants (front-line fighter, 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.
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^Chubachin, Alexander (2009). СУ-76. "Братская могила экипажа" или оружие Победы? [SU-76. “Mass Grave of the Crew” or Weapon of Victory?] (in Russian). Moscow: Yauza. BTV-Kniga. Eksmo. p. 112. ISBN 978-5-699-32965-6.
^Lend-Lease Shipments: World War II, Section IIIB, Published by Office, Chief of Finance, War Department, 31 December 1946, p. 8.
^Kochnev, Evgenii (2010). Военные автомобили Союзников [Military Cars of the Allies] (in Russian). Moscow: Yauza. Eksmo. p. 512. ISBN 978-5-699-41199-3.
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