List_of_Croatian_military_equipment_of_World_War_II Knowpia

The Independent State of Croatia was established by Germany and Italy 10 April 1941 after Yugoslavia had fallen to Axis forces. The Croatian State survived until January 1945, then the Soviet offense pushed Axis-supporting Croatians back into Austria. The list below covers military equipment of Croatian Axis supporters (Croatian Home Guard, Ustaše militia and Croatian Armed Forces) in the years 1941–1945. It does not include the equipment of the pro-Allies partisans. Also, the equipment of German-controlled units comprising a large fraction of ethic Croatians (373rd, 392nd and 369th infantry divisions) is excluded from this list.

Knives and bayonets edit

Small arms edit

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic) edit

Automatic pistols and submachine guns edit

Rifles edit

Grenades and grenade launchers edit

Model 24 grenade
Model 24 smoke grenade

Recoilless rifles edit

Flamethrowers edit

Machine guns edit

Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns edit

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns edit

Artillery edit

Infantry mortars edit

Heavy mortars and rocket launchers edit

Field artillery edit

7.5cm horsky kanon vz. 15
Skoda houfnice vz 14
Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider (105mm M.13)
10.4 cm Feldkanone M. 15 (M.15/25)
10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 (105mm M.98/9)
Canon Court de 105 M(montagne) modèle 1919 Schneider
10.5 cm leFH 16 (105mm M.16)
10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35 (local designation 105 mm M.36)
Schneider-Canet 120mm M.15^[1]

Fortress and siege guns edit

12-cm Kanone M 80 (local designation 120 mm M.80 )
Skoda Model 1928 Gun (local designation 150mm M.28)
De Bange 155 mm cannon (local designation 155 mm M.77)

Anti-tank guns edit

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns) edit

Anti-aircraft weapons edit

Light anti-aircraft guns edit

2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling

Heavy anti-aircraft guns edit

Vehicles edit

Tankettes edit

TKS - 18 received 10 October 1941
L3/33 - 10 received from Hungary in autumn 1942. 30 received from Germany after being captured from Italians in the aftermath of the Armistice of Cassibile 8 September 1943
L3/35 - imported from Italy

Tanks edit

Renault FT or Renault R35- 16 ex-Yugoslavian vehicles not used in combat, but either scrapped or integrated in armored train
Hotchkiss H39 - received from Germany in spring 1944
L6/40 - 24 received from Germany after being captured from Italians in the aftermath of the Armistice of Cassibile 8 September 1943
M14/41 - 15 received from Germany after being captured from Italians in the aftermath of the Armistice of Cassibile 8 September 1943
Panzer I - 21 received in the first half of July 1942
Panzer III N - 20 to 25 vehicles received in late 1944
Panzer IV, models F, G and H - 15 received in late 1944

Self-propelled guns edit

Tank-based edit

Semovente da 47/32 - 10 received from Germany in May 1944
StuG III Ausf. G - 8 received from Germany in August 1944

Other edit

improvised armored Train, using turrets of either Renault FT or Hotchkiss H39

Armored cars edit

Autoblindo 41 - 10 received from Germany after being captured from Italians in the aftermath of the Armistice of Cassibile 8 September 1943
Sd. Kfz. 221 - 12 received from Germany

Armored carriers edit

Sd.Kfz. 251 - 12 to 15 vehicles received in middle 1944

Engineering and command edit

Trucks edit

Opel Blitz A

Passenger cars edit

Motorcycles edit

BMW R75

Tractors and prime movers edit

C2P artillery tractor (unarmoured design based on TKS)

Miscellaneous vehicles edit

Navy ships and war vessels edit

Croatian Navy was restricted until September, 1943 to do not have any vessel over 50 tons displacement. Therefore, the Navy was limited to coastal patrol crafts.

Aircraft edit

Initial batch (1941) edit

Reinforcements (1942) edit

Caproni Ca.311 M - 10
AVIA FL.3 - 20
Fiat G.50bis Freccia - 9
Fiat G.50B (trainer) - 1
Dornier Do 17K - 11 + (9 on Russian front)
Bristol Blenheim I - 3
Caproni Ca.310 - 1
Rogožarski PVT - 15
Rogožarski R-100 (ground attack version) - 11
Potez 25 ~ 4
Breguet 19 ~ 4
Zmaj Fizir FN ~ 4 or 23
Zmaj Fizir FP-2 ~ 4
Fokker F.7 - 7
Fokker F.9 - 1
Fokker F.XVIII - 1

Frontline reinforcements (1943) edit

Dornier Do 17E - 30
Bücker Bü 131 - 34
Saiman 200 - 25
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - 48
Beneš-Mráz Beta-Minor - 25
Fiat CR.42 - 6 (captured from Italy)
CANT Z.1007 ~ 4 (captured from Italy)
Fiat BR.20 Cicogna ~ 4 (captured from Italy)
Fiat G.50 Freccia ~ 43 (captured from Italy)

Last reinforcements (1944-1945) edit

Secret weapons edit

Radars edit

Missiles and bombs edit

Cartridges and shells edit

Panzergranate 39 (Pzgr. 39)
sprenggranate (Sprgr.)
9×19 mm Parabellum
7.92×33mm Kurz
7.92×57mm Mauser

References edit

^ "Schneider-Canet 120mm M1915 howitzer". Archived from the original on 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

[1] "Schneider-Canet 120mm M1915 howitzer". Archived from the original on 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

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