Talk:List of World War II weapons of the United States

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M1911's, except for rare holdover's, were replaced by the upgraded 1911A1's. Additonally, M1917 revolvers were still issued for many support and law enforcement uses. The M1908 Colt's were issue to OSS personnel (which included military and civilians) and were used by CID for concealed carry. I'm trying to find some of my references for what explicitly the supply/issue categories were for which pistol and I'm doing some of this from memory. The "dream source" for this is a pdf version of a catalog (in three parts) put out by the War Department during the last bits of WWII that I used to have a link to from the Army's Military History Institute. It would be especially useful for the myriad of AT guns... Deathbunny 23:23, 25 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey! Check this out:  http://www.carlisle.army.mil/cgi-bin/usamhi/DL/showdoc.pl?docnum=710  http://www.carlisle.army.mil/cgi-bin/usamhi/DL/showdoc.pl?docnum=711  http://www.carlisle.army.mil/cgi-bin/usamhi/DL/showdoc.pl?docnum=712  From: http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usamhi/DL/  Considering we're chasing each other around these old guns, this might be useful to you.

Sten & Bren
The US did not field Sten SMGs or Bren LMGs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.129.66.30 (talk) 15:11, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

i wish we didnt have to list all of these different weapons:( — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.149.122.243 (talk) 07:02, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

That is literally the entire point of this page.Blamazon (talk) 19:39, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

LMG section
The lewis gun is a great-war era weapon. Even American forces in WW1 did not use lewis guns to my knowledge. They used 30.06 Chauchats which were awful because of the re-chambering. And they used 1918 BARs. As far as I know, the only fielded american LMGs are the BAR, Johnson LMG(both versions), the 1919a6, and the stinger.

It is also important to note that the lewis gun is not an american design. And the chances that American was using an imported obsolete and retired weapon is very slim considering the lend-lease thing and the fact that America was a logistical and industrial powerhouse at the time. Also they sold Thompson SMGs to the British.

It is possible that some units in need of upgrades such as the USMC might have had to fight battles early in the war with lewis guns. But that still is fairly unlikely. There is also no such field manual for the lewis gun that was issued in WWII. This site has a list of field manuals(the blank ones are restricted) but the lewis gun does not appear. It would most likely have a field manual if it was used by the U.S. because of how old it is, but none are listed for it.

Also, the stinger should be added. It is definitely a cool weapon deserving of recognition.

Blamazon (talk) 17:32, 17 March 2021 (UTC)