I have been researching quantities of German weapons produced in WW2 to try to gauge what weapons were common.
I am trying to find details of how many were made, when they were issued etc.
This the information that I have found so far - does it appear plausible?
Pistols
Luger P1908 – left over from WW1 – quantity unknown
Wather P38 450,000 produced
Rifles
Karabiner 98 kurz started in 1936, with the adoption of the 7.92×57mm Mauser. About 14,000,000 produced
Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 First issued in 1942 but only about 10,000 produced.
Gewehr 43 G43 started in 1944, about 400,000 produced
StG 44 started in 1944, about 450,000 produced
SMG
MP 38 and MP40 Maschinenpistole 40 – MP38 was built in small quantities and replaced by the MP40 of which about 1,100,000 MP40 built
LMG
MG32 Maschinengewehr 34 started in 1935, about 575,000 produced
ZB-26 Czech Light Machine Gun (like Bren gun) – captured weapons used by Germans
MG42 Maschinengewehr 42 started in 1942, about 425,000 produced
Anti-Tank Weapons
Panzerfaust about 6,000,000 produced. Start 1943 mostly Panzerfaust 30 until mid-1944 then Pazerfaust 60. Panzerfaust 100 produced from late 1944
Panzershreck = 289,151 produced from about 1943
Thanks
Mick