List of World War II weapons of Turkey explained

The Turkish Armed Forces utilized a wide range of weapons from 3 September 1939, the date of the German invasion of Poland, to V-E Day, 8 May 1945, which is generally accepted as the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Small arms

Rifles

• Mauser Model 1903 - Models 1903 and 1905 were still in service in the 1960s.^[1]
• Gewehr 88/05
• Mauser Gewehr 98
• Mauser Model 1887 Turkish Mauser M1871/84 version
• Ottoman-Mauser Model 1890 Turkish Mauser M1889 version
• Mauser Model 1893
• Mauser M1903
• Mauser M1905 and Mauser M1908
• Mauser Karabiner 98k
• vz. 24
• vz. 98/22
• Mosin-Nagant M1891/30
• Berthier M1916
• M1 Carbine
• M1 Garand

Sidearms

• Beholla M1915
• Browning FN M1903
• Browning FN M1910 & FN M1922
• CZ vz. 27
• Frommer M1912 Stop
• Luger P08
• Mauser C96
• Walther PP
• Smith & Wesson No. 3

Submachine guns

• Bergmann MP18/I
• Sten

Light machine guns

• Bergmann MG15nA
• MG 08/15
• MG 34
• ZB vz. 26

Machine guns

• Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun
• Schwazlose M1907/12
  • DWM MG08 Maxim
• Vickers machine gun^[2]
• PM M1910

Armoured fighting vehicles

The Turkish Army utilized a wide range of fighting vehicles during the Second World War.

Tanks

• T-26- Soviet AFVs bought before World War II in 1930s
• T-27
• T-28 (medium tank) - According to one source, two were sold to Turkey in 1935, along with 60 T-26, five T-27 tankettes, and about 60 BA-6 armoured cars to form the 1st Tank Regiment of the 2nd Cavalry Division at Luleburgaz.^[3]
• Panzer III- Both Axis and western Allies in 1943 gifted tanks to Turkey to try to get them to join their side.
• Panzer IV
• Valentine tank - Turkey received 200 Valentine IIIs between 1941 and 1944.^[4]
• M4 Sherman - 34 delivered in January 1945.^[4]

Light tanks

• M3 Stuart - 210 British M3s received from 1942 to 1944.

Armoured cars

• BA-6

Armoured personnel carriers (apcs)

• Universal Carrier

See also

• List of equipment of the Turkish Land Forces

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith, Joseph E.. Small Arms of the World. registration. 11. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Stackpole Company. 1969. 570-572. Turkey. 978-0-8117-1566-9 .
2. Book: The Control of local conflict : a design study on arms control and limited war in the developing areas. 3. Bloomfield. Lincoln P.. Leiss. Amelia Catherine. Legere. Laurence J.. Barringer. Richard E.. Fisher. R. Lucas. Hoagland. John H.. Fraser. Janet. Ramers. Robert K-->. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for International Studies. https://web.archive.org/web/20200804022404/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA324492.pdf. live. 4 August 2020. 30 June 1967. 2027/uiug.30112064404368. 861.
3. Book: Zaloga. Steven J. Steven Zaloga. Grandsen. James. Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two. London. Arms and Armour Press. 1984. 978-0-85368-606-4. 108.
4. fr. Le Blindorama : La Turquie, 1935 - 1945. Batailles & Blindés. 41. February 2011. Caraktère. 1765-0828. Yann. Mahé. 4–7.