Photos of World War II Weapons | World War II Database

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75mm howitzer and crew of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), Burma, 1945; Worack, Stinson, Moeller, Altland, King, Cennerini, and Barksdale	75mm Pack Howitzer M1 and crew of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), Burma, 1945; Polley, Molina, Pustejovsky, Hodder, Scheer, Jenelvicz, Kandrack, and Stefanovich

African-American US Coast Guard Steward's Mate 3rd Class Dorall Austin manning his 20-mm Oerlikon autocannon aboard an assault transport in the Pacific, date unknown	African-American US Coast Guardsmen studying the assembly of a 20-mm AA gun aboard a ship, date unknown

American soldier with a captured German Panzerfaust launcher, 1944-1945	American soldier with M1 Garand rifle in the Philippine Islands, circa 1945

American soldiers test firing captured German MG42 machine guns, circa 1944-1945	Americans at work at a base on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1945; note M3 Fighting Knife on the non-commissioned officer's hip

Armorers handling an HVAR air-to-surface rocket, circa 1945, location unknown. Note the rocket fuse on the ground at left.	British Coastal Command Liberator III fitted with a removable air foil at the base of the fuselage for the mounting of eight HVAR air-to-surface rockets that proved very effective against submarines, 1945. Photo 1 of 2.

British Coastal Command Liberator III fitted with a removable air foil at the base of the fuselage for the mounting of eight HVAR air-to-surface rockets that proved very effective against submarines, 1945. Photo 2 of 2.	Captured German 15 cm NbW 41 rocket launcher, 1944 to 1945

Carrier Bunker Hill in early 1945 signed by US Navy Admiral Arleigh A. Burke who served on board Jan-May 1945	Carrier Bunker Hill underway, early 1945

Chinese General Sun Li-jen observing US 13th Airborne Division soldier operating a M18 recoilless gun, France, 1945	Chinese troops fighting during the Salween Offensive, Burma, circa late 1944 or early 1945

Corporal Lawrie Lever of RAF Mobile Repair Unit warming his hands with an air compressor which had just been used to service the engines of the Harrow aircraft in the background, Advanced Landing Ground B-56 Evere, Brussels, Belgium, 1945	Cutaway diagram of a Mark 53 VT Radio Proximity anti-aircraft fuze. The on-board wet cell battery was always called the Reserve Battery even though it was the primary power source.

Cutaway of a Mark 53 VT Radio Proximity anti-aircraft fuze showing, top to bottom, the radio transmitter/receiver, miniaturized electronics, power cell, explosive trigger safeties, and triggering charge.	Douglas A-26 Invader firing an HVAR air-to-surface rocket, date and location unknown.