Photos of World War II Weapons | World War II Database

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Dutch soldier with a captured Japanese Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft gun, Waingapu, Dutch East Indies, 25 Feb 1949	British-Malayan policemen talking to a civilian, Malaya, 23 Apr 1949; note Sten gun

3-inch guns in the stern gun tubs aboard the USS Essex, circa 1950.	Chinese communist soldiers operating a DShK M1938 heavy machine gun as an anti-aircraft weapon, China, circa 1950s

US Mk 2 fragmentation hand grenade, 1950s	F4U-4B Corsairs of Fighter Squadron VF-54 ‘Copperheads’ armed with HVAR air-to-surface rockets preparing for launch from the carrier USS Valley Forge, 1 May 1950 off Korea.

United States Navy sailors recovering a practice Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedo, 14 Jun 1950.	F4U Corsair fighter firing HVAR rockets, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, United States, United States, 15 Jun 1950; this was part of the review held for US President Harry Truman

Malayan policeman with Sten gun at the police station in Pengkalan Kubor, Malaya, 22 Jul 1950	United States Army 105mm Howitzer M2A1 firing, Korea, 22 Jul 1950

African-American US Army 105mm Howitzer M2A1 crew in Korea, 25 Jul 1950	US Army 105mm Howitzer M2A1 crew firing their weapon in Korea, 26 Jul 1950

US Army 105mm Howitzer M2A1 crew preparing to fire, Korea, 1950	African-American 105mm Howitzer M2A1 crew of Battery A, US 159th Field Artillery Battalion firing their weapon near Uirson, Korea, 24 Aug 1950

105mm Howitzer M2A1 crew of 64th Field Artillery Battalion, US 25th Infantry Division near Uirson, Korea, 27 Aug 1950	General Frank E. Lowe inspecting a captured Soviet M-42 anti-tank gun near Miryang, Korea, 6 Sep 1950

US Marines inspecting captured Soviet-made North Korean weapons, near Naktong River, Korea, 15 sep 1950	US Marines fighting in Korea, 20 Sep 1950; note M1 Carbines

F4U-4B Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 being readied for a mission aboard USS Sicily, off Korea, Aug-Nov 1950, Note the HVAR rockets.	F4U-5N Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF(N)-513 at rest, Wonsan, Korea, 2 Nov 1950, photo 1 of 2. Note the HVAR rockets.