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This article lists equipment, weapons and vehicles formerly used by the New Zealand Army.
Infantry equipment
Uniforms
Camouflage patterns
Name | Origin | Image | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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ERDL | ![]() | ![]() | 1968 | 1980 | |
Tigerstripe | ![]() | ![]() | |||
DPM | ![]() | ![]() | 1980 | 1997 | |
NZDPM | ![]() | ![]() | 1997 | 2013 | |
NZDDPM | ![]() | ![]() | 2003 | 2013 | |
MultiCam | ![]() | ![]() | |||
NZMCU | ![]() | 2013 | 2019 |
Small arms
Rifles and carbines
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Calibre | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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Paget’s Carbine | ![]() | Pattern 1827 | 1840 | ||||
Lovell’s Carbine | ![]() | Pattern 1844 | 1844 | ||||
Pattern 1853 Enfield | ![]() | ![]() | Pattern 1853 | 1858 | 1885 | [1][2] | |
Pattern 1853 Carbine | 1858 | 1885 | |||||
Pattern 1856 | 1858 | 1885 | [3] | ||||
Constabulary carbine | ![]() | Pattern 1840 | 1858 | ||||
Lancaster Royal Engineers carbine | ![]() | Pattern 1855 | 1858 | ||||
Westley-Richards carbine | ![]() | Monkey Tail | 1861 | ||||
Terry | ![]() | ![]() | Pattern 1861 Carbine | 1861 | 1881 | [1] | |
Pattern 1861 | 1863 | 1867 | |||||
Colt Model 1855 revolving carbine | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Model 1855 | 1864 | |||
Hay Rifle | ![]() | Pattern 1858 | 1865 | 1885 | [1] | ||
M1854 Sharps rifle | ![]() | ![]() | M1854 | 1865 | |||
Snider–Enfield | ![]() | Pattern 1866 | .577 Snider | 1868 | 1907 | [1][4][5] | |
Pattern 1867 | 1868 | 1907 | [1][4][5] | ||||
Pattern 1872 Constabulary Carbine | 1872 | 1907 | [1][4][5] | ||||
![]() | Pattern 1869 Cavalry Carbine | 1875 | 1907 | [1][4][5] | |||
Pattern 1869 Artillery Carbine | 1875 | 1907 | |||||
Pattern 1880 Yeomanry Carbine | 1880 | 1907 | [1][4][5] | ||||
Hay-Snider | ![]() | Pattern 1869 | 1869 | 1907 | [1] | ||
M1885 Remington–Lee | ![]() | M1885 | .43 Spanish | 1887 | 1888 | [1][5] | |
Martini-Henry | ![]() | ![]() | Mk I | .577/450 Martini–Henry | 1890 | 1903 | [1][5] |
MK I Artillery Carbine | |||||||
MK I Cavalry Carbine | |||||||
Mk II | [1][5] | ||||||
Mk III | [1][5] | ||||||
Mk IV | [1][5] | ||||||
Martini–Enfield | ![]() | ![]() | Mk I | .303 British | 1898 | 1946 | [1][6][5][7] |
Mk I Artillery Carbine | 1898 | 1946 | |||||
Magazine Lee-Metford | ![]() | ![]() | Mk II | .303 British | 1900 | 1945 | [1][4][8][5][7] |
Mk II* | |||||||
Magazine Lee-Enfield | ![]() | ![]() | Mk I | .303 British | 1900 | 1945 | [1][6][5][7] |
Mk I* | |||||||
Mk I New Zealand Carbine | 1901 | 1903 | |||||
Mk I Cadet Rifle | .22 Long Rifle | 1914 | [1] | ||||
Martini Cadet rifle | ![]() | ![]() | .310 Cadet | 1902 | 1911 | [1] | |
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | ![]() | ![]() | Mk I | .303 British | 1905 | [1][9] | |
Mk I* | |||||||
Mk I*** | |||||||
Mk I .22 | .22 Long Rifle | 1913 | 1925 | [1] | |||
![]() | No. 1 Mk III | .303 British | 1909 | 1955 | [1][4] | ||
No. 1 Mk III* | |||||||
No. 2 Mk IV* | .22 Long Rifle | 1924 | 1945 | [1] | |||
![]() | No. 4 Mk I | .303 British | 1942 | 2009 | [1][4] | ||
No. 4 Mk I* | |||||||
No. 4 Mk II | |||||||
No. 8 Mk I | .22 Long Rifle | 1952 | 2009 | [1] | |||
![]() | No. 5 Jungle Carbine | .303 British | 1955 | [1] | |||
M1904 Winchester Training rifle | ![]() | M1904 | .22 Long Rifle | 1910 | 1945 | [1] | |
Birmingham Small Arms Air rifle | ![]() | Model D | 1911 | 1918 | [1] | ||
Pattern 1914 Enfield | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | No. 3 Mk I | .303 British | 1916 | 1960 | [1] |
No. 3 Mk I* | |||||||
No. 3 Mk I*(T) | 1918 | 1960 | |||||
Ross rifle | ![]() | Mk III | .303 British | 1916 | 1970 | [1] | |
MK IIIB | |||||||
Browning 22 Semi-Auto | ![]() | ![]() | .22 Long Rifle | [1] | |||
Winchester Model 1895 | ![]() | ![]() | M1895 | .303 British | [1] | ||
M1903 Springfield | ![]() | ![]() | M1903 | .30-06 Springfield | 1942 | 1960 | [1] |
M1 carbine | ![]() | ![]() | M1 | .30 Carbine | 1943 | [1] | |
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle | ![]() | ![]() | L1A1 | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960 | 1990 | [1][4][10] |
M16 rifle | ![]() | ![]() | M16A1 | 5.56x45mm NATO | [1] | ||
Parker-Hale M82 sniper rifle | ![]() | 7.62x51mm NATO | [1] | ||||
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare sniper rifle | ![]() | ![]() | [1] | ||||
Steyr AUG | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 5.56×45mm NATO | 1988 | 2017 | [1][11] | |
Accuracy International AW50 precision rifle | ![]() | [1] |
Pistols and revolvers
Shotguns
Submachine guns
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Calibre | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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M1928 Thompson | ![]() | ![]() | M1928A1 | .45 Automatic Colt Pistol | 1940 | [12] | |
![]() | M1 | 1943 | [12] | ||||
M1A1 | [12] | ||||||
Sten | ![]() | ![]() | Mk II | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1941 | [12] | |
Mk III | 1943 | [12] | |||||
Owen | ![]() | ![]() | 9×19mm Parabellum | [12] | |||
M3 submachine gun | ![]() | ![]() | M3 | .45 Automatic Colt Pistol | 1944 | 1953 | [12] |
M3A1 | |||||||
Lanchester | ![]() | ![]() | Mk I* | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1949 | 1972 | [12] |
L2A3 Sterling | ![]() | L2A3 | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1959 | 1989 | [12] | |
L34A1 | 1989 | [12] |
Machine guns
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Calibre | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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Maxim | ![]() | ![]() | .577/450 Martini-Henry | 1896 | 1901 | [13] | |
.303 British | 1901 | 1916 | [13] | ||||
Lewis | ![]() | ![]() | M1914 Lewis | .303 British | 1915 | 1960 | [13] |
Vickers | ![]() | Mk I | .303 British | 1916 | 1973 | [13] | |
Mk I* | .303 British | 1916 | 1920 | [13] | |||
[13] | |||||||
Mk IV | .303 British | 1940 | 1942 | [13] | |||
[13] | |||||||
Mk VI | .303 British | 1940 | 1942 | [13] | |||
Mk VII | .303 British | 1940 | 1942 | [13] | |||
Vickers .50 machine gun | United Kingdom | Mk III Mk V | Vickers 12.7×81mm | 1939 | 1945 | ||
M1898 Hotchkiss | ![]() | M1898 Hotchkiss | .303 British | 1900 | 1900 | [13] | |
Pattern 1914 Hotchkiss | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Pattern 1914 Mk I | .303 British | 1916 | 1945 | [13] |
Vickers Gas Operated (Vickers K) | ![]() | .303 British | 1939 | 1960 | [13] | ||
Bren LMG | ![]() | ![]() | Mk I | .303 British | 1939 | 1983 | [13] |
Mk II | .303 British | 1941 | 1983 | [13] | |||
L4A4 | 7.62×51mm NATO | 1973 | 1993 | [13] | |||
15 mm Besa machine gun | ![]() | Mk I 15 mm | 15x104mm Brno | 1941 | 1942 | [13] | |
Mk II 15 mm | [13] | ||||||
Mk III* 15 mm | [13] | ||||||
Besa | Mk I | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1941 | 1963 | [13] | ||
Mk II | [13] | ||||||
Mk III | [13] | ||||||
Charlton Automatic Rifle | ![]() | ![]() | .303 British | 1942 | 1945 | [14] | |
M60 machine gun | ![]() | ![]() | 7.62×51mm NATO | 1965 |
Artillery
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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Ordnance QF 18-pounder | ![]() | ![]() | [15] | |||
Ordnance QF 4.5-inch howitzer | ![]() | ![]() | [16] | |||
Ordnance BL 6 inch 26cwt howitzer | ![]() | ![]() | c. 1920s | 1953 | [17] | |
Ordnance, QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer | ![]() | Mk I | 1922 | 1952 | [18] | |
Ordnance QF 25-pounder | ![]() | 1940 | Withdrawn in 1977, still in ceremonial use | [19] | ||
Ordnance QF 6-pounder | ![]() | 1942 | c. 1960s | [20] | ||
Ordnance BL 5.5-inch medium gun | ![]() | ![]() | c. 1980s | [21] | ||
OTO Melara Mod 56 | ![]() | ![]() | L5 | 1963 | c. 1980s | 24 purchased in 1963. [22] |
Mistral | ![]() | ![]() | 1997 | 2012 | 12 launchers and 24 missiles purchased in 1997. Never fully brought into service. [23] |
Vehicles
Tanks
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A7V | ![]() | ![]() | 1918 | 1919 | Single German tank captured by the New Zealand Division | |
Bob Semple tank | ![]() | ![]() | 1940 | 1942 | three improvised vehicles built on tractor chassis [24][25][26][27] | |
Schofield tank | ![]() | 1940 | 1943 | Wheel-cum-track vehicle. Did not enter production or service.[24] | ||
Tank Light Mk VI, Vickers | ![]() | ![]() | Mk II Mk III Mk VI B | 1940 | 1941 | [24] |
Tank Infantry Mark II, Matilda | ![]() | ![]() | Mk IV CS A 12 | 1941 | 1944 | [24] |
Tank Infantry Mk III, Valentine | ![]() | ![]() | Mk II Mk III Mk V | 1941 | 1960 | [24] |
Tank, Cruiser, Mk V, Covenanter | ![]() | Bridgelayer | 1942 | c. 1950s | [28] | |
M3 Stuart | ![]() | ![]() | M3 M3A1 M3A3 | 1941 | 1970 | [24] |
M4 Sherman | ![]() | ![]() | IB, IC, III, VC | 1943 | 1945 | [24][29] |
Sherman Firefly | ![]() | ![]() | 1944 | 1945 | Conversion of US supplied Sherman tanks with British 17 pdr gun.[24] | |
M10 Tank Destroyer | ![]() | ![]() | 1944 | 1945 | [30] | |
Centurion | ![]() | ![]() | Mk III Mk V | 1953 | 1968 | [24] |
M41 Walker Bulldog | ![]() | ![]() | M41A1 | 1960 | 1982 | [24] |
Reconnaissance vehicles
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Car Light Reconnaissance, Canadian GM (R.A.C.), Otter | ![]() | ![]() | Mk II | 1941 | 1944 | [24] |
M3 White Scout Car | ![]() | ![]() | M3A1 | 1941 | 1945 | [24] |
Daimer Dingo | ![]() | ![]() | Mk II | 1942 | 1962 | [24] |
Daimler Ferret | ![]() | ![]() | Mk I Mk II | 1956 | 1982 | [24][31] |
FV101 Scorpion | ![]() | ![]() | 1982 | 1998 | Armoured reconnaissance vehicle/fire support variant of CVR(T) family[24][32][31] |
Armoured vehicles
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Universal Carrier | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 | 1939 | 1958 | [24] |
Armoured Car, Marmon-Herrington | ![]() | ![]() | Mk II Mk III | 1941 | 1941 | [24] |
Armoured Car, Humber | ![]() | ![]() | Mk II Mk III | 1941 | 1942 | [24] |
Car Armoured Light Standard, Beaverette | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Beaverette NZLP | 1942 | 1945 | [24] |
Staghound armoured car | ![]() | ![]() | 1943 | 1944 | Used in Italian Campaign[24] | |
Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, New Zealand Pattern | ![]() | 1943 | 1957 | [24] | ||
Armoured Car, Daimler | ![]() | ![]() | Mk II | 1953 | 1960 | [24] |
M113 Armored Personnel Carrier | ![]() | ![]() | M113A1 | 1970 | 2005 | [24][33][34][32][31] |
Utility and transport vehicles
Name | Origin | Image | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land Rover Series I | ![]() | ![]() | Series I 80" | 1951 | ||
Bedford RL | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 1958 | 1989 | Built under licence in New Zealand. | |
Land Rover Series II | ![]() | Series II 109" | 1959 | |||
Series IIA 88" | 1965 | |||||
Series IIA 109" | 1965 | |||||
Land Rover 101 Forward Control | ![]() | Series IIB 110" WB Forward Control | 1967 | |||
Land Rover Series III Stage One | ![]() | Series III 109" V8 | 1982 | |||
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle | ![]() | ![]() | Borrowed U.S. vehicles in Afghanistan were used by the New Zealand Special Air Service.[35] |
See also
References
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External links
- New Zealand Arms Register