World War II Small Arms Quiz 1. The M1 Carbine was designed for which role? Sniper rifle Heavy machine gun Frontline infantry rifle Sidearm replacement for support troops 2. The British .303 Browning machine gun was commonly used in which aircraft early in the war? Tempest Spitfire and Hurricane Mosquito Lancaster 3. During World War II, what was the standard U.S. Army rifle qualification test distance for the M1 Garand? 300 yards 100 yards 500 yards 200 yards 4. The Japanese Type 89 grenade discharger was better known to Allied troops as the: Pocket Cannon Infantry Launcher Bamboo Mortar Knee Mortar 5. The Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun was nicknamed what by Allied troops? Snakebite Hornet Death Drum Woodpecker 6. The U.S. 75mm M2 and M3 field guns were commonly mounted on which vehicles? Self-propelled artillery only M3 Lee and M4 Sherman tanks Jeeps Half-tracks 7. The American AN/M2 20 mm cannon was used primarily on which aircraft? B-17 Flying Fortress P-47 Thunderbolt P-40 Warhawk P-38 Lightning and F4U Corsair 8. Which Chinese Nationalist rifle was the most commonly used infantry weapon during World War II? Type 24 (Chinese Mauser) Gewehr 43 Type 38 Arisaka SMLE No.1 MkIII 9. The Soviet PTRD-41 and PTRS-41 were both examples of what kind of weapon? Heavy machine guns Grenade launchers Light mortars Anti-tank rifles 10. Under Lend-Lease, the Soviet Union received large quantities of which American submachine gun? M3 Grease Gun Reising M50 Thompson M1928/M1A1 MP40 You’ve reached the end of the quiz! Submit Quiz ❮ ❯
