By Jonathan Bierman Paula Teixeira

1. World War II weapons By Jonathan Bierman Paula Teixeira

2. RIFLES

3. Garand Rifle • It was the standard U.S. rifle issued in the war. • Invented by John Garand. • First semiautomatic used in combat. • By the end of the war over 4 million were produced. • Reliable: easy to disassemble and clean. • It fired at a muzzle velocity of 2,800 feet per second and it has a range of 600 yards.

4. Gewehr 43 • The performance fell short compared to the Gerand. • Improved upon earlier German attempts at gas powered rifles. • It had a muzzle velocity of 2,445 feet per second and a range of 600 yards.

5. Machine Guns

6. .30 Caliber • Improvement over water cooled machine guns. • The m1917 was converted to an air-cooled model. • Surrounded the barrel with many holes. • It was used as more of an offensive weapon than the water-cooled guns. • It fired at 400 to 550 rounds per minute and its range was 1,100 yards.

7. The MG-42 • One of the best light machine guns ever made… variants of this gun are still used today. • Has an astounded rate of fire – 1,200 rounds per minute. • Sounded like “ripping canvas.” • Very easy to disassemble and carry… it only weighed 25.3 pounds.

8. Hand Grenades

9. Mark II Fragmentation Grenade • Primary hand grenade of American GIs. • It was constructed of cast iron and was egg shaped. • The outside was serrated so more fragments were produced. • The killing radius was 5 to 10 yards but fragments from the grenade could kill up to 50 yards.

10. Stielhandgranate • Seen widespread use in World War I. • It was a thin sheet metal can with a TNT charge mounted on a hollow wooden shaft to provide leverage. • To arm it one would unscrew the cap at the top to expose a bead. • Pulling the bead activated the grenade.

11. Mortars

12. 81-mm Mortar • Invented by Sir Frederick Wilfrid Scott Stokes. • It consisted on a narrow tube that rested on a base plate to dissipate the recoil. • A bipod supported the front and adjusted the elevation. • It had a range of 3,290 yards.

13. Kurzer Granatenwerfer 42 • Very destructive. • Had a smaller range then the American model because it weighed less. • Mortars were ideal for artillery support. • Used especially in the hedgerow campaigns in France to push the Americans back.

14. TANKS

15. Sherman Tank • The primary Tank of the Allied armies. • It was inferior to the German Panzer because of its high profile, thin armor, and weak main gun. • Were very easily destroyed by German grenades, rockets, and shells. • Shells fired from the gun actually bounced off of German panzers. • This tank was upgraded as the war progressed with more armor and more firepower, but was still inferior to the German Panzer.

16. Panzer V • The best tank during World War II. • Had excellent armor and firepower. • It had a great suspension and chassis to allow it to travel over any terrain. • In open country the Sherman was no match for the Panzer.

17. Rocket Launchers

18. Bazooka • Invented by Leslie Skinner and Edward Uhl. • The U.S. wanted a competent weapon to stop a tank. • It weighed only 18 pounds and it had a range of 500 yards.

19. Panzerschreck • The Germans captured an American bazooka in Russia and copied the design. • An 88 mm rocket was inserted in the rear end of the tube and pressing the trigger fired it. • It had a range of 130 yards, which was inferior to the American bazooka.

20. Conclusion German weapons were better then the Allied weaponry because of superior firepower, better armor, and all around better design.

21. The End

22. Special Thanks • Rogers Cadenhead, Cornelius Caesar, Tom Cage, Ian Caines, Jody Cairns, Matthew Calhoun, Keith Calkins, Rainer Camen, Charles Cameron, Clayton Campbell, Devin Campbell, David Campeau, Jean-Yves Canart, Francesco Cannici, Ing. Carlo Capacci, Alberto Caporro, Rosario Capparuccia, Peter Captijn, Michael Carboy, Justin Card, Jeff Carey, Lars Carlen, John Carlin, Giuliano Carlini, Jim Carlson, Rick Carlson, Roland Carlsson, Scott Carnahan, Emilio Carnevale, Tom Carney, Bob Carpenter, Kevin Carpenter, Michael Carpenter, Todd Carpenter, John Carr, Shel Carroll, Brian Carter, Bento Carvalho, Luciano Casaccia, Larry Casson, Alessandro Castagnini, Dan Castro, David Cato, Chuck Cattell, Tom Cattrall, Michael Cederberg, Vincent Celier, Paul Challinor, Patrick Chalnick, Norm Chamberlain, Ted Champagne, Martin Chaney, Rick Channing, Richard Charles, Galen Charlton, Joe Charrier, Seth Chazanoff, Curtis Chen, Horng-Ming Chen, Weip Chen, Howard Cheng, Srinivas Chennupaty, Steve Chesley, Phillipe Chessa, Gordon Chinnick, Wei Peng Chionh, Pino Chiovaro, Dale Chisamore, Duncan Chisholm, Dustin Choe, Brian Chmiel, Julian Choquette, David Christensen, Gerry Chu, Yoo Chung, Andrew Churchill, Jay Cichonski, John Cieciuch, Craig Clapp, Matthew Clapp, Michael Clark, Rob Clark, Robert Clark, Edward Clarkson, Roland Clarkson, Denis Clave, Christophe Clavier, Andrew Clayman, Perry Clayton, Harold Clement, James Clement, David Clements, Kevin Clinton, Dave Clouser, Ian Clysdale, Michael Cmar, Stephen Cobb, Jamieson Cobleigh, Andrea Coda, David Coe, Stephen Cohoon, Dennis Cok, Corey Cole, Michael Cole, Will Coleda, Doug Coleman, Mike Coleman, Mike Coles, Michael Collins, Roddy Collins, Francis Collomb, Mike Coltrin, Brian Combs, Aj Comfort Sr., Laura Cooksey, Peter Cools, Curtis Cooper, John Costigan, Tom Cooper, Joshua Cope, David Copeland, Brad Corbin, Roberto Cornacchia, Aldo Corsa, John Cosgrave, Steve Costaras, Matthijs Coster, Arthur Coucouvitis, Didier Couderc, Bob Covelli, Alan Covington, Greg Cowan, Mark Cowan, Brian Cranton, Lee Creel, Rhett Creighton, John Crider, Lee Crocker, William Crockett, Marco Crosa, Mark Crosby, Gordon Cross III, Lysander Cross, Martin Cross, Preston Crow, Daniel Crowl, David Cuciz, Paul Cuni, Conor Cunningham, Conrad Curry, Bub Cushman, J. Anthony Custer, Greg Czajkowski. • John Dabritz, Suhas Daftuar, Erez Dagan, Mats Dahlgren, Jari Dahlgren, Will Dahlgren, Brent Daignault, John Daley, Brian Dalio, Bill Daly, Mark Daly, Joe D'Andrea, Robert Dannels, Dave Dash, Robin Datta, Barrett Davis, Chad Davis, Gerry Davis, Paul Davis, Robert Davis, Glenn Davison, Jon Davy, David Day, R.G. Dean, Mark Deardorff, Damien Debin, Joe Decker, Larry Deem, Maarten Deen, Kip DeGraaf, Chris DeHaan, Jason Deines, Hans Deleu, Stephen DeLong, Joseph DeMaio, Michael Demeter, Brian Dennis, John Dennis, Andras Deri, Edward Derksen, Bill Derrick, Ravindranath Desai, Laurent Desnogues, Bob Devine, Tom DeWinter, Mark Devirgilio, Thomas Dickens, Bill Dickinson, Rick Dickinson, Gerben Dirksen, Pete Dirksen, Michael Dirmeier, John Allen Dodds, Mark Dodrill, Brian Doherty, Peter Doherty, Martin Dohmen, Brian Dominy, Massimiliano Donati, Walt Donovan, Charlie Dorian, Carsten Dorner, Don Dossa, Adams Douglas, Dan Douglas, Matthew Douglass, Robert Dove, Bill Doyle, Grendel Drago, Daniel Dreilinger, Gabriele Dresdo, Steven Driesen, Noel D'Souza, Doug Dunham, Gary Dunne, Bob Durbeck, John Durbetaki, Michael Durham, Steven Durow, Rick Duvall, Teun Duynstee, Ray Dzek. • Jim Eadie, Robert Eals, Andreas Eder, Kevin Edge, Björn Edstam, Jeremy Edward, Gareth Edwards, Mikko Eerola, Eugene Efremov, Tom Ehlert, Martin Eibl, Robert Einkauf, David Einstein, Henk Elbers, Denis Elleboudt, Marlin Eller, Sander Eller, Mike Ellims, Volker Elling, Jason Ellingson, Mike Elliott, Paul Elliott, Robert Ellman, Duane Elms, Stefan Elsinga, John Emert, Carl Emery, Kurt Endress, Vincent Endter, Dr. Bill Engel, Adam Engelhart, Tom Englesma, Larry English, Mike Epstein, Mark Erickson, Bob Ernst, Bill Erskine, Harold Esche, Andy Espenschied, Brian Estes, Lennart Estrvm, Brian Evans, Pete Evans, Robert Evans, Thomas Evans, Joe Eversole, Jim Ewald.