List of Belgian military equipment of World War II

The following is a list of Belgian military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. On 10 May 1940, Nazi Germany, which aimed to dominate Europe, attacked the Belgium as part of their war with France. By 28 May 1940 the Belgian mainland was controlled by Germans, although colony of Belgian Congo remained independent throughout the war. Belgian power was not restored until final Axis collapse in late 1944. This list covers the equipment of armed elements centered on Belgian Army and Force Publique of Belgian Congo, but not Free Belgian Forces or Belgian mainland forces after October, 1944, which was equipped completely by foreign forces.

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Knives and bayonets

Small arms

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

Automatic pistols and submachine guns
  • MP 28 (Pieper Bayard mle 1934) 1.500-1.811[1]

Rifles

Grenades and grenade launchers

Machine guns

Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns

Artillery

Infantry mortars
  • 50mm DBT mortar
  • 70mm van Deuren mortar
  • Stokes mortar (81mm, also fortress version)

Heavy mortars & rocket launchers

Field artillery

Fortress and siege guns

Anti-tank guns

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

Anti-aircraft weapons

Light anti-aircraft guns

Heavy anti-aircraft guns

Vehicles
  • Berliet VUDB armoured car (12 imported from France in 1930)

See also Belgian combat vehicles of World War II

Tankettes

Tanks

Armored cars

Trucks

Passenger cars

Motorcycles

FN 12a SM

Tractors & prime movers

List of ships of the Second World War

Aircraft
Main article: Belgian Air Component

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2018-11-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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