Military equipment introduced in the 1940s

The SKS () is a semi-automatic carbine designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in the 1940s.

rocket

bomb used by the Luftwaffe

two of three types of combat helmet worn by the Soviet Union Red Army in World War II

British naval artillery

Military Attire

thumb|right|upright|SCR-536 "handie talkie". thumb|upright|BC-611 on display at National Cryptologic Museum The SCR-536 (also referred to as the BC-611) was a hand-held radio transceiver used by the US Army Signal Corps in World War II. It is popularly referred to as a walkie talkie, although it was originally designated a "handie talkie".

thumb|Sumpftarnmuster 43 pattern. thumb|Wehrmacht soldier wearing a Sumpftarnmuster smock on the eastern front. The Sumpftarnmuster or Marsh Camouflage was one of a family of German World War II camouflage patterns, derived from the earlier 1931 Reichswehr design, Splittertarnmuster or more commonly referred to as Splinter Camouflage. The pattern was first issued to Wehrmacht units in 1943 in the form of smocks, helmet covers, and winter overpants. The pattern resembles a saturated version of the Splinter Camouflage with the color dominance switching from beige, to green to better blend into f

German naval artillery