List of World War II Weapons of Germany - Weapons By Popular Name

Weapons By Popular Name

Few German weapons of World War II were given popular names, and those that were recognized officially as such numbered even fewer.

  • Flakvierling: A concatenation of the official type designation for the four-barrel 20 mm antiaircraft cannon.
  • Panzerfaust: A German weapon which went only by its name and not a traditional designation, the Panzerfaust was produced in a number of marks, each adding a new number after the name correlating to nominal range of the weapon
  • Panzerschreck

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