List of Infantry Weapons of World War I - British Empire

British Empire

Handguns

  • Webley Revolver
  • Webley Self-Loading .455” Mark I (Royal Navy, since 1911, and later Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Flying Corps)
  • Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver
  • Enfield revolver
  • Colt M1911 (Royal Flying Corps and Royal Navy, Limited use)
  • Colt New Service
  • Smith & Wesson Model 10
  • Smith & Wesson M1917 revolver
  • Smith & Wesson Triple Lock
  • Lancaster pistol
  • Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
  • Mauser C96 (Private purchase by officers)

Rifles

  • Lee-Enfield
  • Lee-Metford
  • Pattern 1914 Enfield
  • Martini-Enfield
  • Martini-Henry
  • Ross rifle (Canadian units)
  • Winchester Model 1894 (Royal Flying Corps, Limited use)
  • Winchester Model 1895
  • Winchester Model 1907
  • Type 30 rifle
  • Type 38 rifle
  • Type 38 cavalry rifle
  • Mauser-Vergueiro
  • Farquhar-Hill rifle (Field trials only)
  • Huot Automatic Rifle (Field trials only)
  • Periscope rifle

Machine Guns

  • Vickers machine gun
  • Maxim gun
  • Lewis Gun
  • Hotchkiss Mark I
  • M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun (Canadian units)
  • M1917 Browning machine gun

Shotguns

  • Sawn-off shotgun (British and ANZAC trench raiders, unsanctioned)

Anti-tank weapons

  • Elephant gun

Grenades

  • Grenade, No 1 Hales
  • Rifle grenades, 2, 3, 4 Hales
  • No.s 5, 23, 36 Mills
  • No. 6 Grenade
  • No.s 8, 9 Double Cylinder Jam Tin
  • No. 13 Battye
  • No. 15 Ball grenade
  • No. 27 Smoke Grenade
  • No. 34 Egg grenade

Mortars

  • 2 inch Medium Mortar
  • Newton 6 inch Mortar
  • Stokes Mortar
  • Livens Projector

Support Guns

  • Vickers-Crayford rocket gun

Swords

  • 1897 Pattern
  • 1908 and 1912 Pattern Cavalry Swords

Bayonets

  • M1907 bayonet

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