Weapons used in WW2

 

The bazooka weapon was one of the first anti-tank weapons based on the HEAT shell to enter service, used by the United States Armed Forces in World War II. It was nicknamed a “bazooka” from a resemblance to the musical instrument. It was really  effective, so much so that the Germans copied it to produce their own version known as the Panzerschreck.

A Luger is an arm-locked pistol. It is semi-automatic, magazine-fed, and operates on the short-recoil principle. The pistol, designed by Georg Luger.The Luger P-08 was the standard sidearm for the German army during both world wars, but it about being replaced by the Walther P38 at war’s end.

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