Lewis Gun - In service with some infantry at outbreak of war in small numbers, issued to British Home Guard for the rest of the war.
Vickers "K" machine gun also known as VGO - Fast firing aircraft machine gun, used in specialist roles on Long Range Desert Group and Special Air Service vehicles in North Africa, as well as a short-lived infantry machine gun with the Commandos.
Vickers machine gun - Standard medium machine gun of the British Army since 1912.
Vickers. 50 - Used as a mounted armament on fighting vehicles, as well as an anti-aircraft weapon by the Royal Navy and other allied ships.
Browning M1919 - Used by multiple countries during the war.
Browning M2 - heavy machine gun, mounted on many lend-lease vehicles.
Besa machine gun - in 7.92 mm BESA and 15 mm BESA forms used as armament on British-built tanks and armoured cars only.
Vickers-Berthier - Light machine gun adopted by British Indian Army before the war, and used until replaced by Bren guns around 1942.
Besal - Designed as a lighter, simpler, and cheaper to manufacture alternative to the Bren gun, never went into mass production.
Handguns
Enfield No.2 Mk.1 Revolver
Webley Revolver - many marks in.38 and.455 calibres
Browning FN-Inglis "Pistol No.II Mk.I*"
Colt M1911A1
Webley No.I Mk.I - Automatic pistol in.455 inch. Issued to the Royal Navy
Light Tank Mk VI - The main British light tank during the opening years of the war
Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch - British produced light tank, most of which did not see service. A small number were supplied via lend-lease to the Soviet Union, and a small number were delivered by glider into Normandy to support British airborne forces.
M3 and M5 Light Tanks - US supplied tank, called the 'Stuart' in British service named after General J. E. B. Stuart. Despite the 'official' name of Stuart applied, most British primary sources refer to the tank as the 'Honey'.
Light Tank, M22 -US supplied light tank called the 'Locust', was used in small numbers in 1945.
Light Tank, M24 - US supplied tank, called the 'Chaffee' in British service, named after General Adna R. Chaffee Jr.
Medium tanks
Tank, Medium, Mk.II - Dug into ground with turret protruding for defence, in North Africa, & Great Britain.
Medium Tank M3 - An American tank provided following purchase and later lend-lease. Standard production models were called the 'Lee', after Robert E. Lee. Tanks produced with a modified turret to British specification were called the 'Grant', after Ulysses S. Grant.
* Sherman Firefly - A Sherman rearmed with a British 17-pounder anti-tank gun, in addition to accompanying turret modifications.
Cruiser tanks
Tank, Cruiser, Mk.I
Tank, Cruiser, Mk.II
Tank, Cruiser, Mk.III
Tank, Cruiser, Mk.IV
Tank, Cruiser, Mk.V, Covenanter - training use only
Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VI, Crusader - Entered service in 1941, replacing earlier models in combat formations
Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VII, Cavalier - Not used in combat. Used as an observation post for artillery officers, and as an armoured recovery vehicle.
Tank, Cruiser Mk.VIII, Centaur - Initial models were only used for training use. Latter models, equipped with howitzers, were used for close support with only the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group.
Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Cromwell - First saw combat in 1944, and only used in North West Europe. The 7th Armoured Division was the only formation completely equipped with the Cromwell as its main tank. In the remaining British armoured divisions in France, it was used to only equip the armoured reconnaissance regiment.
Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger - Derivant of the Cromwell, enlarged chasis and turret equipped with a 17-pounder anti-tank gun.
Tank, Cruiser, Comet I - Entered service in early 1945
Tank, Cruiser, Centurion I - Entered service too late to see combat service.
Infantry tanks
Tank, Infantry, Mk.I, Matilda I
Tank, Infantry, Mk.II, Matilda II
Tank, Infantry, Mk.III Valentine
Tank, Infantry, Mk.IV, Churchill
Tank, Infantry, Valiant - prototype only.
Infantry Tank Black Prince - prototype only.
Other tanks
"Tank, Heavy Assault, A33 " - prototype only
Tortoise heavy assault tank - prototype only
Tank, Heavy TOG 1 - prototype only
Tank, Heavy TOG 2 - prototype only
Self-propelled guns
Self Propelled 17-pdr, Valentine, Mk.I, Archer
3in SP. M10 - Gun Motor Carriage M10, provided under Lend-Lease from America.
*17pdr SP M10C - M10 rearmed with 17-pdr gun
AEC Mk I Gun Carrier "Deacon"
Carrier, Valentine, 25-pdr gun, Mk.I, Bishop
25-pdr SP, tracked, Sexton
SP 17-pdr, A30 - Order not fulfilled until post-war.
105 mm SP, Priest - 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7, provided under Lend-Lease from America.
M3 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage - Provided under Lend-Lease from America. In British service designated "75 mm SP, Autocar".
T48 57 mm Gun Motor Carriage - 680 provided by Lend-Lease from America. Many had gun removed to convert them back to armoured personnel carriers.
Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M14 - Provided by Lend-Lease from America. Many had guns removed to convert them back to armoured personnel carriers.
