List of Bulgarian military equipment of World War II
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The following is a list of Bulgarian military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. Bulgaria was neutral country until 1 March 1941. Then it allied with Axis Powers until 9 September 1944 and then it aligned with allies for the rest of war.
Contents
Knives and bayonets
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Small arms
Pistols
- 9mm Parabellum P-08 (since 1912)[1]
- Walther PP
Automatic pistols and submachine guns
- ZK-383 (Czechoslovakia) - standard Bulgarian SMG
- MP 34 (Austria)
- MP 40
- PPSh-41 - since September 1944
Rifles
- Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
- Karabiner 98k (Germany)
- SVT-40[citation needed]
Grenades and grenade launchers
- Bulgarian defensive hand sick grenade
- Bulgarian offensive hand stick grenade
- Illegally produced grenades
Recoilless rifles
Flamethrowers
Machine guns
Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns
Vehicle and aircraft machine guns
Artillery
Infantry mortars
Heavy mortars & rocket launchers
Field artillery
- SIG 33 (Germany)
- Krupp 75mm field gun M.1904 (M04/12 modification)
- Schneider-Canet 75mm field gun M. 1904
- 10 cm schwere Kanone 18 (105mm D/56 Krupp "long gun") -36
- 10 cm K 04 (ex-Turkish) -12 - most likely did not survive to WW2
- 10 cm K 14 (ex-Romanian or left in Bulgaria by Germans after WWI) -12
- 10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35 (60 captured by Germans from Yugoslavia, or directly Czech Vz.35 from Czech)
- Skoda 75 mm Model 15 mountain gun
- 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) - Captured by Germans in Soviet Union
- Schneider-Canet 120mm field howitzer M. 1909
- Rheinmetall 105mm L/30 gun-howitzers (early development versions of 10.5 cm leFH 18)
- 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzers (166 bought in 1943)
Fortress and siege guns
Anti-tank guns
- Bulgarian 37mm D/70 AT gun
- German 5 cm Pak 38 AT gun
Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)
- Solothurn S-18/100 - 308[2]
- Panzerschreck (Germany)
- Panzerfaust (Germany)
Anti-aircraft weapons
Light anti-aircraft guns
Heavy anti-aircraft guns
Vehicles
Tankettes
Tanks
- Vickers Mk E - 8
- Renault R35 French light infantry tank - 39
- Somua S-35 French cavalry tank - 6
- Hotchkiss H35 French light tank - 19
- Panzer 35(t) Czechoslovakian light tank - 36[5]
- Panzer 38(t) Czechoslovakian light tank - 10[6]
- Panzer I German light tank - 1 sold in 1937
- Panzer IV German medium tank - 46[3] or 91[4]
- T-34 Soviet Union Medium tank send after 9 September 1944
Self-propelled guns
Tank-based
- Semovente 47/32 Italian tank destroyer
- Jagdpanzer IV German tank destroyer
- Sturmgeschütz III German assault gun - 55 ordered, 25 delivered
- Sturmgeschütz IV German assault gun
Other
Armored cars
- SdKfz.232 Schwerer Panzerspähwagen German armoured car
Engineering and command
Trucks
- Autocarro blindato Fiat 626 NM Italain truck - 100
Passenger cars
Motorcycles
Tractors & prime movers
- URSUS
- Pavesi-Fiat P.4-100
- Spa TL37 tractor
Miscellaneous vehicles
- WWI-era destroyers (4 at start of WWII)
- Drazki-class patrol boat (5 remained at start of WW2)
- ex-Dutch minesweepers or torpedo boats (6 captured by Germans)
- rivercrafts (6 at beginning of WWII)
Aircraft
- Bulgarian DAR 10 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only)
- Czechoslovakia Avia B-534 fighters - 78[7]
- Czechoslovakia Avia B-135 fighters - 12[8]
- Poland PZL P.11 fighter — few
- France Dewoitine D.520 fighter -100
- Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB3/KB4 Chuchuliga II bomber
- Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB5 Chuchuliga III bomber
- Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB6 Papagal bomber
- Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan army liaison monoplane
- German Arado Ar 65 biplane fighter - 12
- German Heinkel He-51 fighters - 12
- German Messerschmitt Bf 108 communications aircraft
- German Dornier Do 17 bombers - 35 (11 Do 17P + 11 Do-17Kb1 + several Do-17 and Do-17M)[9]
- German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter - 19 E-3s and 145 G-2/6/10s
- German Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" - 12 Ju 87 R-2 and R-4s and 40 Ju 87 D-5s.[6]
- German Junkers Ju 88 bomber — dozens delivered
- Czechoslovakian Avia B-71 bombers (Czech-built Tupolev SB-2s) - 32
- Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft - after 9 September 1944
- Soviet Tupolev Tu-2 - after 9 September 1944
Radars
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Missiles & bombs
Nercter 54[citation needed]
Cartridges and shells
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See also
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External links
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References
- ↑ А. Б. Жук. Энциклопедия стрелкового оружия: револьверы, пистолеты, винтовки, пистолеты-пулемёты, автоматы. М., АСТ — Воениздат, 2002. стр.297
- ↑ Агоп Казазян. Противотанковите пушки в българската войска // "Военноисторически сборник", кн. 2, 2005, с. 52-53
- ↑ История на Българите: Военна история на българите от древността до наши дни. София, Знание, 2007. page 507
- ↑ М.Б. Барятинский. Лёгкие танки Второй Мировой. М., «Коллекция» - «Яуза», 2007. стр.46
- ↑ М.Б. Барятинский. Лёгкие танки Второй Мировой. М., «Коллекция» - «Яуза», 2007. стр.146
- ↑ М.Б. Барятинский. Лёгкие танки Второй Мировой. М., «Коллекция» - «Яуза», 2007. стр.158-159
- ↑ Avia B.534 // Бипланы, трипланы и гидропланы / гл. ред. Джим Винчестер. М., "АСТ", "Астрель", 2006. стр.28-29
- ↑ М. Козырев, В. Козырев. Авиация стран оси во Второй мировой войне. М., ЗАО «Центрполиграф», 2007. стр.386
- ↑ А.И. Харук. Ударная авиация Второй Мировой – штурмовики, бомбардировщики, торпедоносцы. М., «Яуза» - ЭКСМО, 2012. стр.76-79
