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Quiz about World War Two Small Arms
Quiz about World War Two Small Arms

World War Two Small Arms Trivia Quiz


A short quiz about weapons used during the Second World War with a few tidbits of knowledge about each.

A multiple-choice quiz by vanha. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
vanha
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
189,394
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
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4389
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Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. What was the U.S. Army's standard issue infantry rifle during WWII? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What feature of Georg Luger's Parabellum pistol, famously associated with Nazi officers, is its most significant innovation? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which one of these WWII-era machine guns was NOT still in front-line military use with their respective countries in the 1990s? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This weapon is wideley considered the world's first assault rifle and entered service during WWII. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of these weapons was originally developed in Czechoslovakia as the ZB-26? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This submachine gun inspired the Soviet Army to adopt similar drum magazines for their PPD-40 and PPSH-41 after encountering it during their disastrous invasion of Finland in 1939. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of these handguns was used in large numbers by both the Axis and Allied military forces in WWII? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. How many rounds were carried in the standard magazine for the Browning BAR M1918A2? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What advantage did the British PIAT have over the American Bazooka M1A1 and the German Panzerschreck RPzB.54? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What caliber ammunition did the MG-42 fire? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What was the U.S. Army's standard issue infantry rifle during WWII?

Answer: M1 Garand

The .30 caliber M1 Garand was adopted by the U.S. Army in 1936 and was the first semi-automatic rifle ever widely adopted as a standard issue firearm. The M1903 Springfield was used by the U.S. during WWII, but was being phased out of service when fighting broke out.

The semi-automatic M1941 Johnson competed against the Garand in testing trials, but only a small number originally made for the Dutch West India Colonies were used by USMC parachutists. Lee-Enfields armed British Tommies during both World Wars.
2. What feature of Georg Luger's Parabellum pistol, famously associated with Nazi officers, is its most significant innovation?

Answer: Its ammunition

Luger developed the 9mm round at the request of the German Navy by re-necking the case of the 7.65mm round used in his earlier pistols. The 9mm Luger/Para became one of the most widely used pistol cartridges in the world and is still used by militaries, police departments, and shooting enthusiasts around the world.
3. Which one of these WWII-era machine guns was NOT still in front-line military use with their respective countries in the 1990s?

Answer: Degtyarev DPM

A modified MG-42 designed to use NATO 7.62 ammunition serves in the German Army today as the MG-3. The Browning M2HB, more commonly known as the .50 cal still sits atop American tanks and other fighting vehicles. L4A4 and L4A5 model Bren guns, modified to fire 7.62 NATO rounds were still in service with the British Army and Navy as well as many British Commonwealth countries in the early 1990s.

The Degtyarev DPM was replaced by the improved RP-46 version in Russian service in 1946 and then with the Kalashnikov PK series of machine guns.
4. This weapon is wideley considered the world's first assault rifle and entered service during WWII.

Answer: MP-44

The Sturmgewehr 44 was designed as an automatic rifle firing an intermediate round more powerful than pistol ammunition but having a more controllable recoil than standard rifle rounds. It was intended to replace submachine guns, bolt action rifles, and light machine guns in some instances. Over 500,000 were produced and issued to German soldiers before the end of WWII.

This weapon provided the basis for many post-war rifle designs.
5. Which of these weapons was originally developed in Czechoslovakia as the ZB-26?

Answer: Bren

The Bren gun was originaly designed in Czechoslovakia and was adopted by the British before WWII. It was redesigned to fire the rimmed British .303 round and this gives the gun its characteristic curved magazine. Its designation as Bren is a combination of Brno (the Czech factory where it was first built) and Enfield (its British manufacturer).
6. This submachine gun inspired the Soviet Army to adopt similar drum magazines for their PPD-40 and PPSH-41 after encountering it during their disastrous invasion of Finland in 1939.

Answer: Suomi KP-31

The Finnish Suomi had a 70 round drum magazine and was used to great effect during the Winter War of 1939-40, demonstrating the value of the submachine gun for suppressive fire. Finnish production of the Suomi ended in 1944, but the weapon continued to be used into the 1990s when it was finally withdrawn from service.
7. Which of these handguns was used in large numbers by both the Axis and Allied military forces in WWII?

Answer: FN Browning High Power

The High Power was developed from a John Browning design by FN Herstal and was adopted by the Belgian Army in 1935. It was also adopted by many other countries around the world including many of the British Commonwealth nations (UK, Canada, Australia, etc.). Germany used thousands of HPs manufactured by FN in occupied Belgium during the war while the allied forces used HPs manufactured under license in Canada by Inglis.
8. How many rounds were carried in the standard magazine for the Browning BAR M1918A2?

Answer: 20

The BAR had a 20 round detachable box magazine. It was originally designed as a shoulder fired weapon providing walking fire as troops advanced across no man's land. It proved to be too heavy and powerful to be accurately fired from the shoulder and was given a folding bipod. It served with distinction as a squad automatic weapon in the US military through WWII and the Korean War.
9. What advantage did the British PIAT have over the American Bazooka M1A1 and the German Panzerschreck RPzB.54?

Answer: Smaller backblast

The Projector Infantry Anti Tank was a man-portable spigot mortar that used a large spring and heavy bolt to ignite the propellant charge of a HEAT round. The spring then absorbed the recoil of the anti-tank round and (hopefully) recocked itself for the next target.

The PIAT produced very little backblast and could be used in confined spaces common in urban fighting. The Bazooka and Panzerschreck produced large backblasts that could be dangerous to the firer and anyone to their rear. The heavy spring made the PIAT much weightier than the Bazooka or Panzerschreck.

The PIAT had similar range and penetration as the Bazooka, but fell well short of the Panzerschreck in both categories.
10. What caliber ammunition did the MG-42 fire?

Answer: 7.92 mm

The German MG-42 fired over 1,200 7.92 mm rounds every minute. For comparison, the American M60 has a rate of fire of about 550 rounds per minute. The 7.62 mm round is a NATO standardized ammunition and common among western post-war weapons. The .303 was used by the British and the .30 used by the US during WWII.
Source: Author vanha

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