List of Australian military equipment of World War II
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At the beginning of the Second World War, Australia did not have an extensive manufacturing industry. Furthermore, it was only partially independent from the United Kingdom (Britain). Therefore, most of Australian weapons and equipment during war was imported from either Britain or USA, although many were replaced with locally produced versions later in war.
Knives and bayonet
Bayonets
Small arms
Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)
- Enfield No. 2 Mk I
- Webley Mk VI revolver
- Webley Mk IV revolver
- Browning Hi-Power P35
- Smith & Wesson Victory
- Beaumont-Adams revolver (Volunteer Defence Corps)
- Webley M1872 Bull Dog (Volunteer Defence Corps)
- Colt Model 1851 Navy (Volunteer Defence Corps)
- Smith & Wesson No.3 (Volunteer Defence Corps)
Automatic pistols and submachine guns
Rifles
- Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*
- Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I
- Lee-Enfield No. 5 Mk I Jungle Carbine
- Pattern P1914 No. 3 Mk I
- Charlton Automatic Rifle
- Lee-Metford Mk II (Volunteer Defence Corps)
- Martini-Henry Mk IV (Volunteer Defence Corps)
Grenades and grenade launchers
Recoilless rifles
Flamethrowers
Machine guns
Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns
- Vickers Mk I machine gun
- Lewis Mk I light machine gun
- Bren Mk 1 light machine gun
- Hotchkiss M1909 Mk I Benét–Mercié light machine gun
- Browning M1919A4 machine gun
Vehicle and aircraft machine guns
Artillery
Infantry mortars
Heavy mortars & rocket launchers
Field artillery
- Ordnance QF 15-pounder Mk I
- Ordnance QF 13-pounder
- Ordnance QF 18-pounder Mk2, Mk4
- Ordnance BLC 15-pounder
- RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun
- QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer
- QF 4.5-inch howitzer
- QF 5.25 inch gun
- BL 10-pounder Mountain Gun
- Ordnance QF 25-pounder
- Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short
Fortress and siege guns
- BL 60-pounder gun
- BL 4 inch naval gun Mk 1
- BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun
- BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun
- BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun
- BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer
- BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer
Anti-tank guns
- Ordnance QF 2-pounder Mk IX/X
- Ordnance QF 6-pounder Mk II
- Ordnance QF 17-pounder
Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)
- Boys anti-tank rifle Mk I, Mk II
- PIAT
Anti-aircraft weapons
Light anti-aircraft guns
- Vickers QF 2-pounder naval gun (pom-pom)
- Rolls-Royce QF 2-pounder naval gun
- QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
- Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
- Bofors 40 mm gun
Heavy anti-aircraft guns
- QF 6-pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss
- QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun
- QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
- QF 12-pounder 12 cwt AA gun
- QF 13-pounder 6 cwt AA gun
- QF 3-inch 20 cwt
- QF 3.7-inch AA gun
- QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun
- QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun
- QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun
Vehicles
Tankettes
Tanks
- Sentinel tank (only Australian production)
- Fiat M11/39
- Fiat M13/40
- Vickers Light Tank Mk VI
- Renault R35
- M3 Stuart
- Medium tank M3 Grant
- Matilda II
- Vickers 6-Ton
- Yeramba
Tank-based
Other
Armored cars
- Dingo (scout car)
- Rhino Heavy Armoured Car
- Rover Light Armoured Car
- S1 Scout Car
- T17E1 Staghound armoured car
Armored carriers
Engineering and command
Trucks
- Canadian Military Pattern truck Ford F30 (by Ford Australia)
Passenger cars
Motorcycles
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BSA WM20
Tractors & prime movers
Miscellaneous vehicles
Aircraft
- de Havilland Mosquito
- Bristol Beaufort
- Bristol Beaufighter
- CAC Woomera (CA-4/CA-11)
- CAC Wirraway (CA-3)
- CAC Wackett (CA-6)
- CAC Boomerang (CA-12)
- North American P-51 Mustang (license built as CA-17 Mustang)
- de Havilland Express
- Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk
Secret weapons
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Radars
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Missiles & bombs
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Cartridges and shells
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