List of historical equipment of the Greek armed forces

List of historical equipment of the Hellenic armed forces from 1821 until after 1945.

Offensive weapons

Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) and after (1830-1911)

Edged weapons

  • Bayonet (Supported from different countries to attach on rifles and muskets)
  • Improvised knife (Greek made)
  • Janbiya dagger (Arabian origin and Bosnian support)
  • Khanjali dagger sword (Caucasian support, also known as Kinzhal)
  • M1730 sword (Austrian support)
  • Yatagan sabre (Turkish captured)

Pistols and revolvers

Rifles and muskets

Grenades

Other vehicles

Ships

Submarines

Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and World War I (1917-1918)

Edged weapons

  • Bayonet (Supported from different countries to attach on rifles)
  • Improvised knife (Greek made)

Pistols and revolvers

Rifles

Mannlicher–Schönauer rifles on Averof Cruiser

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

Artillery

De Bange 155mm L M1877 siege cannon
Gruson 5.3cm L/24 fahrpanzer

Other vehicles

  • Horses (Supported from different countries and Greek farmed)
  • Horse drawn carriages (Supported from different countries and Greek made)
  • Motorcycles (Supported from different countries)
  • Trucks (Supported from different countries to carry supplies)

Ships

Submarines

Aircraft

  • Airco D.H.4 (British support)
  • Airco D.H.9 (British support)
  • Astra Hydroplane (Spanish origin and French support)
  • Blériot XI (French support)
  • Breguet 14A2 and B2 (French support)
  • Dorand AR.1 and AR.2 (French support)
  • Farman HF.XX (French support)
  • Farman HF Daedalus (French support)
  • Farman MF.VII (French support)
  • Farman MF Hydravion (French support)
  • Nieuport IV.G (French support)
  • Sopwith Pup (British support)

Russian Civil War (1919) and Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

Edged weapons

  • Bayonet (Supported from different countries to attach on rifles)
  • Improvised knife (Greek made)

Pistols and revolvers

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Artillery

Other vehicles

  • Horses (Supported from different countries and Greek farmed)
  • Horse drawn carriages (Supported from different countries and Greek made)
  • Motorcycles (Supported from different countries)
  • Trucks (Supported from different countries to carry supplies)

Ships

Aircraft

  • Airco D.H.9 (British support)
  • Avro 504K, N and O (British origin and Greek made)
  • Breguet 14A2 and B2 (French support)

Interwar (1923-1939) and World War II (1940-1945)

Edged weapons

  • Bayonet (Supported from different countries to attach on rifles)
  • Improvised knife (Greek made)

Pistols and revolvers

Submachine guns

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

Mortars

Anti-tank weapons

  • PIAT (British support)

Artillery

Schneider 85mm M1927 field cannon
Schneider 105mm M1919/24 mountain cannon
Skoda 100mm M1914/19 field howitzer

Other vehicles

  • Horses (Supported from different countries and Greek farmed)
  • Horse drawn carriages (Supported from different countries and Greek made)
  • Motorcycles (Supported from different countries)
  • Trucks (Supported from different countries to carry supplies)
  • Willys MB (American support personnel carrier, also known as Jeep)

Armoured cars and trucks

Tanks

  • L3/35 (Italian captured tankette)

Ships

Submarines

Aircraft

Post-World War II (1946 and after)

Note that this equipment is mainly "retired"

Edged weapons

  • Bayonet (Supported from different countries to attach on rifles)
  • Improvised knife (Greek made)

Pistols and revolvers

  • EVO M1985 pistol[22] (German origin and Greek made)

Submachine guns

Automatic rifles

Rifles

Sniper rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

Grenades

  • Elviemek EM-01 grenade[24] (Greek made)
  • Elviemek EM-14 rifle grenade[24] (Greek made)
  • Improvised bombs and grenades (Greek made)

Mortars

  • EVO 81mm E44 mortar[22] (Greek made)
  • EVO 120mm E56 mortar[22] (Greek made)
  • M1 81mm mortar (American support and French origin)

Anti-tank weapons

  • EVO M1984 Aris IV[25] (Greek made)

Anti-aircraft weapons

Other vehicles

  • M3 Half-Track (American support armoured personnel carrier)
  • M59 (American support armoured personnel carrier)
  • M74 (American support tank recovery vehicle)
  • Motorcycles (Supported from different countries)
  • Trucks (Supported from different countries to carry supplies)
  • Universal Carrier (British support supply carrier)
  • Willys MB (American support personnel carrier, also known as Jeep)

Armoured cars and trucks

Tanks

Ships

Submarines

Aircraft

Defensive weapons
  • Hropi GP10 submachine gun
  • Mylonas M1872 rifle
  • EVO M1995 Kifefs sniper rifle
  • EPK M1939 machine gun
  • EVO 30mm M1982 Artemis AA gun
  • Schneider-Danglis 75mm M1906/09 mountain cannon
  • KEA Chelidon

See also

References
  1. Skartsis, p. 205.
  2. Skartsis, p. 225.
  3. Skartsis, p. 220.
  4. Skartsis, p. 222.
  5. Skartsis, p. 281.
  6. Skartsis, p. 304.
  7. Skartsis, p. 307.
  8. Skartsis, p. 306.
  9. Skartsis, p. 273.
  10. Skartsis, p. 274.
  11. Skartsis, p. 221.
  12. Kosar, Franz, A pocket history of artillery: Light fieldguns, Allen Lane, London 1974, ISBN 0711004854
  13. Kosar, Franz, A pocket history of artillery: Light fieldguns, Allen Lane, London 1974, ISBN 0711004854
  14. Skartsis, p. 223.
  15. Skartsis, p. 231.
  16. Kosar, Franz, A pocket history of artillery: Light fieldguns, Allen Lane, London 1974, ISBN 0711004854
  17. Skartsis, p. 285.
  18. Skartsis, p. 294.
  19. Skartsis, p. 259.
  20. Skartsis, p. 255.
  21. Skartsis, p. 241.
  22. Skartsis, p. 214.
  23. Skartsis, p. 210.
  24. Skartsis, p. 219.
  25. Skartsis, p. 213.
  26. Skartsis, p. 218.
  27. Skartsis, p. 212.
  28. Skartsis, p. 279.
  29. Skartsis, p. 267.
  30. Skartsis, p. 268.
  31. Skartsis, p. 215.
  32. Skartsis, p. 278.
  33. Skartsis, p. 288.
  34. Skartsis, p. 289.
  35. Skartsis, p. 291.
  36. Skartsis, p. 286.

Bibliography
  • C. Paizis-Paradellis (2002). Hellenic warships 1829–2001 (3rd edition). Athens, Greece: The society for the study of Greek history. ISBN 960-8172-14-4.
  • Skartsis, Labros. Greek vehicle and machine manufacturers 1800 to present. Greece: Marathon. ISBN 978-960-93-4452-4.
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