WW2 Weapons and Vehicles Trivia Quiz

Answer: 4

The Wirbelwind was made on the Panzer 4 chassis. It had a 9 sided turret. It was created to increase the anti aircraft capabilities for panzer units. The Wibelwind itself was vulnerable, and many were destroyed by allied planes. The Wirbelwind was replaced by the more powerful Ostwind.

Answer: True

The Panther was built to counter the T-34. The Panther was armed with a 75mm gun. The Panther was used by the French after WW2. It is regarded as one of the best tanks of the war. The Panther debuted at the battle of Kursk, but many broke down before reaching the battlefield.

Answer: Walther P38

The Walther P-38 was made to replace the Luger. The Walther P-38 had a caliber of 9mm. The capacity of the magazine was 8 rounds. The gun was 213mm long (21.3 cm) long and weighed 1kg in total.

Answer: Ausf N

The Ausf N the final variant was armed witha 75mm gun and weighed nearly three times that of the prototype. The Ausf J was supposed to be fitted with the long barrel by Hitler's orders. When it was not at his birthday parade he noticed and ordered it to be fitted again.

The early variants were fitted with a 50mm gun. All were fitted with a machine gun. The Panzer 3 was also used as a flamethrower tank.

Answer: Machine Gun

By pure coincidence MG can stand equally well for "machine gun" and the German "Maschinengewehr". The MG42 had a rate of fire was 1100 rounds per minute. In 2003 it was still in service, but now called the MG3. The MG42 was - and is - was a formidable weapon, with a distinctive sound when fired.

Answer: a 75mm gun

The Sherman's gun had the advantage of firing high explosives and armour piercing rounds. The Sherman was the long awaited answer to the Germans' capabilities to outgun the allied tanks. The m4a2 was still in service in South American countries until about 2000.

Answer: 5

The T-35b was a "land battleship" it would break through enemy lines and let infantry follow while defending itself from every direction. Total production was 55 and they were very cumbersome. The T-35 was used as a defence tank at Moscow in 1941. Several were captured and one was sent back to Germany.

Answer: True

Britain feared that war would still be fought in trenches. The last infantry tank was the famous Churchill. Others included the Matilda 2 which was used by the Australians against the Japanese.

Answer: 600mm

The German Karl howitzers Loki, Thor, Adam, Eva, Odin, Ziu had a 60cm cannon.They were a large steel box carried on large tracks and had eleven roadwheels and were last used in the seige of Sebastpool.

Answer: True

It was intended for Operation Sealion but was only used by engineers on the fronts. The crew consisted of 3+20. Only seven were made and were mainly used on the Eastern Front, the Schwimmwagen the amphibious version of the Kubelwagen and the Tauchpanzer 3 which could go under water.