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 MG 151, /15 or /20 MK 101 MK 103 MK 108
The official designation for MG FF and MG 151 was Maschinengewehr but they are cannon.
Heavy aircraft cannon (Bordkanone) BK 3.7 BK 5DeutscheLuftwaffe.de's German language page for the BK 5 autocannon BK 7.5 (based on Rheinmetall's 7.5 cm Pak 40 with self-contained twelve-round magazine)DeutscheLuftwaffe.de's German language page for the BK 7,5 autocannon
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
Bombs
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 SC 10 SC 10 DW "Panzersprengbombe-Cylindrisch" (Armor-piercing bombs) 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
See also List of weapons of World War II Japanese aircraft Schräge Musik
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