Links (to Small Arms, Arms, Devices, Military in WW II; in no particular order):

Landser (M. Dorosh): a well-made and very informative site covering uniform, gear, rank system and related aspects of the German infantry soldier in WW II intended for reenactors, modelbuilders and historians. (a similar page by same author which extensively covers the Canadian soldier in WW II is Canuck )

Handbook on Japanese Military Forces online: This site hosts an online version of an extensive field manual of the US Army on Japanese infantry weapons in WW II; covers small arms, grenades and AT weapons.

Feldgrau / The German Forces in WW II (J.Pipes): a site which true to it's title covers many many aspects of all the German (and axis) forces and formations in WW II, mainly covering organizational and structural topics, but is a valuable online resource for any other related aspects, too. Has a message board on which experts will find an answer to probably any question you could have on German units or weapons of that era.

Third Reich Factbook: a swedish page (in english) with lots of facts on all the various organizations and aspects of Germany (and allies) during WW II

Military Forces Awards and German Decorations 1933-1945 : describes and illustrates the various awards of the German military in WW II, including the Panzervernichtungsabzeichen (tank destruction badge); the number of actually awarded decorations can be found here
        related: US medals, British medals, Japanese medals, medal links

Nahverteidigungswaffe (R.Cunningham): this site finally researched and demystified the fabled Nahverteidigungswaffe close defense weapon system found on late-war German tanks; the device is shown and explained in detail including the munitions used

Russian Military Zone (V.Potapov): this great page covers Russian (and a bit German) armor in WW II and other related topics such as camoflage, blueprints, guns, ammunitions, tactics, famous battles, veteran's experiences etc.; very exhaustive page on WW II on the eastern front.

WORLD WAR II Magazin: online version of the periodical which always features new interestiong articles on WW II

Achtung Panzer ! (G.Parada): most famous site covering german armor of WW II in great detail and with many information and pictures; includes all the different tanks used by Germany in WW II; sub-site of B. Panczerna deals with Polish tanks;
    related: Vehicles of the Wehrmacht by same author deals with the non-tank AFVs and vehicles used by the German Forces in WW II

Guns vs Armor (D.Honner): provides comprehensive data on Guns and Armoured Vehicles of WW II, includes analysis of penetration data, gun accuracy, ammunition and armour characteristics, ammunition types, armour manufacture, and terminal ballistics. Raw data is corrected to allow direct comparisons between weapons from different nations; sources are quoted and bibliography is provided, background information is given. Highly recommended.

other ARMOR-related websites:

Panzermuseum Munster
WWII AFV Portal - tanks and other armored fighting vehicles
Hanomag SdKfz 251
Red Steel! - Devoted to Soviet Armour
Tanks on the prowl
Panzer IV Universe - Technical Data
Jagdpanzer 38 HETZER
Tanks of World War II
TANKS!
Tanks of WW II: this OnWar-subpage provides 4-view-drawings, historical and technical information (datasheets) about armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) in WW II. There are a total of 207 entries at present.
AFV Board Discussion Group
von reitsch homepage
ROB'S PANTHER PAGE
Tigerfibel: online version of the authentic user manual for the famous german Tiger I tank
Armoured Formation Profiles (F.Liews): gives detailed profiles for the tank divisions of the various countries participating in WW II
Armour in Focus: british page examining various tanks in color picures
Juggernauts of the Second World War has one picture each of many vehicles listed from A-Z

The US Military History Institute's original WW II manuals and documents: site contains a huge archive of original WW II manuals and documents for download in PDF - format.

Festung Norwegen (C. Ellingstad): A weapon collector's page about the German forces during the occupation of Norway showing some nice pictures of German and captured foreign weapons and militaria.

Finnish Forces in WW II (M.Yrjola): Site covering the finnish forces in WW II including chapters on both the Winter War and the Continuation War.
        related site: Finnish Army in the Second World War

US and Russian Small Arms of the Korean War: covers very nicely the various arms used in the Korean War, with pictures, technical data and description; many of these weapons were of WW II origin or direct descendants of WW II weapons.

Shadow's Folly: a site intended for tabletop and cardboard wargamers, this subpage includes data and descriptions of practically all WW II armor and guns, very exhaustive!

Luftwaffe: both The Luftwaffe Homepage and Die Luftwaffe - Das Flugzeugarchiv von 1939 bis 1945 contain pictures and data on the aircraft and weapons used by the German air force in WW II.
        related: Luft ´46 covers all the late-war Luftwaffe experimental prototypes and planned projects

Hand Grenades (D.Lynn): website by the author of the authoritative "Grenade Recognition Manual" books himself. Has info and pictures of various hand and rifle grenades.

Examples of the Effect of Anti-tank Weaponry: this page is unfortunately rather small, but definitely highly interesting; it shows pictures of WW II tanks hit by various armaments and examines the hit locations and consequences

Bayonet Collectors Network (J.Jacobi): the webpage of the BCN, an institution of very knowledgeable weapon's collectors from all over the world; although they foremost specialize on bayonets, if you have any detail questions on german war items, esp. identiyfing stamps etc., you might want to try asking these guys.

Army Technology: a huge online Network where the contemporary arms industry shows their latest projects and current / future military technology

History of the Homeguard: deals with the british homeguard during WW II

Anatomy of Defeat: The Polish Army in the Sept. 1939 Campaign
Polish Campaign 1939, the first campaign of World War II

The Normandy Campaign 1944
France 44
Battle of the Bulge - German Units Involved
THE ARDENNES: BATTLE OF THE BULGE

For King and Country: The History of the British Army
The British Army in World War 2

Elite Forces of the Third Reich 1933-1945
Elite Forces of the Third Reich: has subsections on small arms:

The World at War, history of WW 1939-1945

http://www.britwar.co.uk/salts/salt5.htm: a HUGE html-file by D.Salt collating official military reports and statistics on the effectiveness of various weapons, ordnances and tactics in various employments.

NOTE: I take no responsibility for the content of the pages linked above. They seemed okay when I checked them but unfortunately, webpages are of a very morphing nature and change over time. Should the pages listed above contain illegal contents I hereby explicitly dissassociate myself from these.
 

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