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The following is a list of British military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. This also would largely apply to Commonwealth of Nations countries in World War II like Australia, India and South Africa as the majority of their equipment would have been British as they were at that time part of the British Empire. However commonwealth countries did make their own unique weapons like the Owen gun and Vickers–Berthier.

Uniforms/protective equipment

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H36852
Two British soldiers in battledress with 1937 webbing wearing "Steel Helmet MKll" helmets
  • MKl*, and MKll “steel or bowl style helmet” - both the MKl* and Mkll helmet were introduced in 1938
  • Mk III "Turtle" helmet - introduced in 1944
  • Helmet Steel Airborne Troop - for airborne forces
  • Beret - the beret was introduced in place of the Field service cap for some units with specific colours for some units
    • Green beret - worn by British Commandos
    • Maroon beret - from 1942 by airborne units
    • Tan beret - Special Air Service from 1942 till 1944
    • Black beret - by armoured units, including the Royal Tank Corps from 1924
  • Service Dress - the field uniform at the start of the war until replaced by battledress
  • Battledress ("Uniform No. 5")
  • 1937 Pattern Web Equipment

Knives and bayonets

  • World War I Pattern 1907 British Bayonet
    Pattern 1907 bayonet which was the standard bayonet for the SMLE No 1 mk III which was the standard British rifle in WWII till 1941 when the SMLE No 4 mk I was introduced which replaced it.
    Pattern 1907 bayonet
  • Bayonet, knife (AM 697061)
    No. 4 Bayonet which was the standard bayonet for late war Enfield No. 4 mk I rifle.
    No. 4 Bayonet
  • Sten bayonet mk I-Sten mk II
  • No. 5 Bayonet
  • No. 7 Bayonet-Sten mk V
  • Push dagger
  • BC-41
  • Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency
    Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife made famous by British special forces.
    Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
  • Smatchet
  • Bayonet
  • Kukri

Weapons

Vehicles

  • British Commonwealth armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
  • British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II
  • See also: List of World War II military vehicles by country#United Kingdom

Naval ships

Naval equipment

  • List of Royal Navy and other British naval forces military equipment of World War II

Aircraft

Radar

Missiles and bombs

Aerial bombs

Raf ww2 bombs
British aerial bombs: 2000lb, 4000lb and 12000lb blockbusters, 1000lb and 500lb GP bombs


Cartridges and shells

.303 British cartridge
.303 British cartridge for British rifles and machine guns
  • .303 British for standard issue rifles and light machine guns
  • .38 S&W for standard issue revolvers
  • 9×19mm Parabellum for standard issue submachine guns

See also

  • List of equipment used in World War II
  • List of common World War II infantry weapons
  • List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons
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