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List of Soviet Union military equipment of World War II

List of Soviet Union military equipment of World War II

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The following is a list of Soviet military equipment of World War II which includes firearms, artillery, vehicles, aircraft and warships. World War II was the deadliest war in history which started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Following political instability built-up in Europe from 1930, Nazi Germany, which aimed to dominate Europe, attacked Poland on 1 September 1939 marking the official start of World War II. The USSR (Soviet Union) used Poland as a buffer from Germany from 17 September 1939, when the Polish state and its government actually ceased to exist. Germany with its allies attacked the USSR on 22 June 1941, and the country lost 26.6 million people during four years of the Great Patriotic war. The war in Europe ended on 7 May 1945 with the capitulation of Germany to the allied (including Soviet) forces. About 80-90% of losses during the entire war the German armed forces suffered on the Soviet (Eastern) front, whose contribution to the victory was decisive. By the end of the war, the Soviet Union produced 30.3 million rifles; 1.476 million machine guns; 516,648 artillery guns; 347,900 mortars; 119,769 tanks and self-propelled guns; 265,600 army trucks; 213,742 military aircraft; 2 cruisers; 25 destroyers; 52 submarines.[1]

Helmets

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Body Armour

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Knives

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Small arms

Revolvers and pistols

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Rifles, sniper rifles and battle rifles

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Submachine guns

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Machine guns

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Prototype Firearms

Explosives, hand-held anti-tank and incendiary weapons

Grenades and grenade launchers

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Mines

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Recoilless rifles

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Infantry anti-tank rifles and rocket launchers

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Flamethrowers and anti-tank incendiaries

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Artillery

Light and heavy infantry mortars

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Rocket launchers

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Vehicular guns

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Field artillery

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Fortress and siege guns

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Anti-tank guns

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Ground-based anti-aircraft weapons

Light anti-aircraft guns

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Heavy anti-aircraft guns

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Armored fighting vehicles

Tankettes

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Tanks

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Self-propelled guns

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Wheeled anti-tank self-propelled guns

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Tracked anti-aircraft guns

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Armoured cars

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Half-tracks

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Improvised armoured fighting vehicles

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Armoured trains

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Lend-Lease tanks and SPGs

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Motor vehicles

Trucks

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Passenger/utility vehicles

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Lend-Lease vehicles

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Motorcycles

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Tractors & prime movers

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Engineering and command

Miscellaneous vehicles

Aircraft

Fighter aircraft

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Rockets and bombs

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References

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