During World War II, the Luftwaffe (German air force) equipped their aircraft with the most modern weaponry available until resources grew scarce later in the war.

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(Maschinengewehr)

• MG 15
• MG 17
• MG 81 & 81Z
• MG 131

(Maschinenkanone and related types)

• MG FF and FF/M ^[1]
• MG 151, /15 or /20 ^[1]
• MK 101
• MK 103
• MK 108

^[1] The official designation for MG FF and MG 151 was Maschinengewehr but they are cannon.

(Bordkanone)

• BK 3.7^[1]
• BK 5^[2]
• BK 7.5 (based on Rheinmetall's 7.5 cm Pak 40 with self-contained twelve-round magazine)^[3]

• Kramer Rk 344, air-to-air missile (liquid-fuel, rocket-powered)
• Henschel Hs 293, guided anti-ship, boost-glide missile
• R4M rocket
• Werfer-Granate 21 heavy-calibre air-to-air unguided rocket

• the Düsenkanone 88 rotary-magazine heavy calibre cannon, meant to largely be recoilless^[4]
• Henschel Hs 298, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
• Mauser MG 213
• MK 112
• MK 115
• MK 214A cannon
• SG 116 (Link is to german wikipedia page)
• Ruhrstahl X-4
• Jagdfaust

• List of weapons of World War II Japanese aircraft
• Schräge Musik
• List of Luftwaffe air-dropped ordnance [de]