List of Second Italo-Ethiopian War weapons of Ethiopia
This is a list of weapons used by Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Ethiopian weapons mainly consisted of the various small arms Ethiopia had brought over the years.
Small arms[edit]
Rifles[edit]
- Fusil Gras mle 1874[1]-Most popular
- Chassepot[1]
- Lebel Model 1886 rifle[2]
- Berthier rifle
- FN Model 24 and Model 30[1]
- Mauser Model 1871[3]
- Mauser Standardmodell
- Gewehr 1888[4][5]
- Gewehr 98[5]
- Werndl–Holub rifle[3]
- Kropatschek rifle[6]
- Mosin–Nagant
- Mannlicher M1888[5]
- Mannlicher M1890 Carbine[5]
- Mannlicher M1895[5]
- M1870 Italian Vetterli[7][3]
- Carcano[3]
- Snider–Enfield[8][3]
- Martini–Henry[3]
- Berdan rifle[9]
- Remington Rolling Block rifle[3]
Carbines[edit]
Machine guns[edit]
- Madsen machine gun[11]
- M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle[12]
- ZB vz. 26[13]
- ZB vz. 30[14]
- Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun[15]
- M1917 Browning machine gun[16]
Submachine guns[edit]
- Bergmann MP 34/I[17]
- OVP 1918 (Bought from Italy before the war)[18]
Traditional weapons[edit]
Swords[edit]
Spears[edit]
Bows[edit]
Bow and arrow[20][citation needed]
Armoured fighting vehicles(AFV's)[edit]
Tanks[edit]
Tankettes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Association, National Rifle. "American Rifleman | Official Journal Of The NRA | Emperor Selassie's Treasure: The Guns of Royal Tiger Imports". American Rifleman | Official Journal Of The NRA. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Uniquely Ethiopian Shortened Lebel Rifles, retrieved 2021-07-12
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ethiopian military rifle cartridges part 1: from the Queen of Sheba to Adowa. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ Rifles of Emperor Menelik II: Ethiopian Gewehr 88 and Karabiner 88, retrieved 2021-07-13
- ^ a b c d e "Ethiopian military rifle cartridges: Part 2: from Mauser to Kalashnikov. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ McLachlan, Sean (2011-09-20). Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896: The Italian Disaster in Ethiopia. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-938-8.
- ^ "Original Italian Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87/15 Infantry Magazine Rifle Converted to 6.5mm - Dated 1883". International Military Antiques. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Cartridges as Coins: Ethiopia, 1928 | Pocket Change". Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "Berdan Rifle - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games". www.imfdb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "Beretta Model 1918 automatic carbine". firearms.96.lt. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ Smith, Joseph E (1969). Small Arms of the World (11th ed.). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company. p. 342.
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - Ethiopian machine gunner in battles with Italians during Second Italo-Ethiopian War. 1935-1936". Alamy. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "ethiopian-30-06-7-62-x-51-mm-7-92-x-57-mm-cartridges". Armamentresearch.com. 30 September 2018.
- ^ "ZB VZ 30". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "An Abyssinian soldier aims a French-made Hotchkiss Mle 1914 8mm..." Getty Images (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "Ethiopian .30-06, 7.62 × 51 mm & 7.92 × 57 mm cartridges - Armament Research Services (ARES)". armamentresearch.com. 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "Bergmann-Maschinen-Pistole Modell 1934". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "Revelli OVP submachine gun". firearms.96.lt. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Ethiopia - Shotel - Sword". Catawiki. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ a b "Study.com Second Italo-Ethiopian War". study.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "Fiat 3000 (1921)". tanks-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Italian tankette L3/33". www.tanks-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-22.