List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II

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.

Machine guns
(Maschinengewehr)
 * MG 15
 * MG 17
 * MG 81 & 81Z
 * MG 131

Autocannon
(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.

Heavy aircraft cannon
(Bordkanone)
 * BK 3.7
 * BK 5
 * BK 7.5 (based on Rheinmetall's 7.5 cm Pak 40 with self-contained twelve-round magazine)

Rockets and Missiles

 * 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

High explosive
"Sprengcylindrisch"' (high-explosive)


 * SC 50
 * SC 250
 * SC 500
 * SC 1000 "Hermann"
 * SC 1200
 * SC 1800 "Satan"
 * SC 2000
 * SC 2500 "Max"
 * SC 500J
 * SB 1000
 * SB 1800
 * SB 2500

Anti-personnel
"Splitterbomben-Dickwandig"' (Shrapnel)
 * SD 1
 * SD 1 FRZ
 * SD 2
 * SD 4 HL
 * SD 4/HL RS
 * SD 9/HL
 * SD 10 A
 * SD 10 FRZ
 * SD 10 C
 * SD 15
 * SBe 50
 * SD 50
 * SD 70
 * SBe 250
 * SD 250
 * SD 500
 * SD 1400 "Esau"
 * SD 1700 "Sigismund"
 * SD 500A
 * SD 500E

Armour-piercing
"Panzersprengbombe-Cylindrisch" (Armor-piercing bombs)
 * SC 10
 * SC 10 DW
 * PC 500* 'Pauline'
 * PC 500 RS
 * PC 1000* 'Pol'
 * PC 1000 RS
 * PC 1400 'Fritz' (starting point for the Fritz X gravity precision-guided munition)
 * PC 1600
 * PC 1800 RS 'Panther'
 * PD 500
 * PD 1000

Cluster bombs

 * AB 23
 * AB 250-2
 * AB 250-3
 * AB 500-1
 * AB 500-1B
 * AB 500-3A
 * AB 70-D1
 * BDC 10

Prototype only

 * the Düsenkanone 88 rotary-magazine heavy calibre cannon, meant to largely be recoilless
 * 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