World War II infantry weapons of the Soviet Union

incendiary weapon using flammable liquid in a bottle

The Mosin–Nagant is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazine–fed military rifle. Known officially as the 3-line rifle M1891, in Russia and the former Soviet Union as '''Mosin's rifle (, ISO 9: ) and informally just mosinka''' (), it is primarily chambered for the 7.62×54mmR cartridge.

American submachine gun

The PPSh-41 () is a selective-fire, open-bolt, blowback submachine gun that fires the 7.62×25mm Tokarev round. It was designed by Georgy Shpagin of the Soviet Union to be a cheaper and simplified alternative to the PPD-40.

Soviet semi-automatic pistol

semi-automatic pistol

The DShK M1938 (, for ) is a Soviet heavy machine gun. The weapon may be vehicle mounted or used on a tripod or wheeled carriage as a heavy infantry machine gun. The DShK's name is derived from its original designer, Vasily Degtyaryov, and Georgi Shpagin, who later improved the cartridge feed mechanism. It is sometimes nicknamed Dushka (, ) or Dochka () in Slavic-speaking regions and in the DShK using countries, from the abbreviation.

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

light machine gun of Soviet origin

revolver

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Soviet light machine gun

submachine gun

The PPD () is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and was capable of selective fire. It was replaced by the PPSh-41.

heavy machine gun

The PTRD-41 () is an anti-tank rifle that was produced and used from 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It is a single-shot weapon which fires the 14.5×114 mm round, which was able to penetrate German tanks such as the Panzer III and early models of the Panzer IV. Although unable to penetrate the frontal armor of late-war German tanks, it could penetrate their thinner side and top armor at close ranges as well as thinly armored self-propelled guns and half-tracks.

The PTRS-41 () is a World War II-era semi-automatic anti-tank rifle firing the 14.5×114mm cartridge.

grenade

medium machine gun of Soviet origin

thumb|right|300px|Red Army reinforcements during the Siege of Leningrad in 1941. The 3 sergeants in the front row are equipped with AVS-36. The AVS-36 (; Avtomaticheskaya vintovka Simonova obraztsa 1936 goda (AVS-36); "Automatic rifle Simonov model 1936 (AVS-36)") was a Soviet automatic rifle which saw service in the early years of World War II. It was among the early selective fire infantry rifles (capable of both semi and full-automatic fire) formally adopted for military service.

The Soviet RG-42 (Ручная Граната образца 42 года > Ruchnaya Granata obraztsa 42 goda, "Hand Grenade pattern of [19]42 year") was a fragmentation grenade designed by S. G. Korshunov.

anti-personnel fragmentation stick grenade

DS-39 () was a Soviet medium machine gun, designed by Vasily Degtyaryov, that was used during the Second World War. The work on the gun's design began in 1930, and it was accepted by the Red Army in September, 1939. About 10,000 were made from 1939 to 1941, but the weapon was not successful in service and its production was discontinued after the German invasion began in June, 1941, with factories converted to produce the older, more reliable PM M1910 (a WWI-era Maxim machine gun design) which was in turn replaced by the SG-43 Goryunov medium machine gun in 1943.

Soviet flamethrowers

The RPG-40 () was an anti-tank hand grenade developed by the Soviet Union in 1940.

submachine gun

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The Ampulomet (, also rendered Ampulomyot, ampulla mortar, etc., lit. "ampule/vial thrower" cf. миномёт) was an expedient anti-tank weapon which launched a 125 mm incendiary projectile made of spherical glass. This weapon was introduced in 1941 and used (to a limited degree) by the Red Army in World War II, but by 1942 was largely obsolete.

semi-automatic pistol

thumb|150px|Drawing of RG-41 grenade The Soviet RG-41 was a fragmentation grenade developed during World War II. It was in production for only short time from 1941 to 1942 before being replaced by RG-42.

The RPG-6 (Russian Ruchnaya Protivotankovaya Granata, "Handheld Anti-Tank Grenade") was a Soviet-era anti-tank hand grenade used during the late World War II and early Cold War period. It was superseded by the RKG-3 anti-tank grenade.

thumb|300px|Soviet Army NR-40 combat knife. The NR-40 (from , НР-40 nozh razvedchika meaning "scout's knife" or Finka) was a Soviet combat knife introduced in 1940 and used throughout World War II.

Soviet Anti-Tank Mine

type of hand grenade