List of former equipment of the Hellenic Armed Forces
List of former equipment of the Hellenic armed forces from 1821 until after 1945. == Offensive weapons == === Greek war of independence (1821–1829) and after (1830–1911) === Edged weapons Bayonet (made in different countries, to attach on rifles and muskets) Improvised knife (Greek made) Janbiya dagger (Arabian made) Khanjali dagger sword (Caucasian made, also known as Kinzhal) M1730 sword (Austrian made) Yatagan sabre (Turkish captured and Greek made) Pistols and revolvers Agrafa flintlock pistol (Greek made) Chamelot-Delvigne M1873, M1874 and M1884 revolver (French made) Ktoros M1837 caplock pistol (Greek made) Mylonas Pistol M1877 (Greek made) Lefaucheux M1854 revolver (French made) Nagant M1895 revolver (Belgian made) Rifles and muskets Berthier M1892 carbine (French made) Boyliya flintlock musket (Turkish captured) Brown Bess flintlock musket (British made) Carlo & figlio Lazarin M1790 flintlock musket (Italian origin and Greek made) Carlo & figlio M1800 and M1820 flintlock musket (Italian origin and Greek made) Charleville flintlock musket (French made) Chassepot Μ1866 rifle (French made) Comblain M1870 rifle (Belgian made) Gras M1874 rifle (French made) Ktoros M1837 caplock musket (Greek made) Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French made) Mannlicher M1895 rifle (Austrian made) Mylonas M1872 rifle (Belgian made and Greek origin) Nafplion M1833 caplock musket (French and Greek made) Rasak flintlock musket (Balkan origin and Greek made) Sishane M1812 flintlock musket (Turkish captured) Tufek flintlock musket (Turkish captured) Vasilopulos M1901 rifle (Greek made) Grenades Improvised bombs and grenades (Greek made) Special weapons Vasiliadis sea mine (Greek made) Artillery Trieste mountain cannon (Italian made) Other vehicles Horses (Origin from different countries and Greek bred) Horse-drawn carriages (made in various countries, including Greece) Steam powered carriages (made in different countries, to carry supplies) Ships Afroessa Steamship (Scottish made) Aktion Ι steam gunboat (British made, also known as Spetses ΙΙ) Alexandros Brig (Russian captured) Amfitriti ΙΙΙ steam gunboat (British made) Amfitriti IV steamship (British made, also known as Malvina and Bubulina) Aris Barco (Italian made, also known as Iraklis) Aris Brig (Italian made, also known as Athina) Arkadion Steamship (British made) Emmanuil Ship of the line (Russian made) Enosis Steamship (British made) Epihirisis Paddle steamship (British made) Ermis Ι paddle steamship (British made) Hellas Ι frigate (American made, one of two ordered from American shipyard, also known as Elpis) Hydra Ι corvette (Greek made) Hydra ΙΙ steam gunboat (British made, renamed Amvrakia ΙΙ) Hydra-class ironclad battleships (French made) Hydra Psara Spetses Kalavria Paddle steamship (British made) Karteria Paddle steamship (British made, it was the first steam powered warship to be used in combat) Kissa-class steamships (British made) Aidon Ι Kihli Ι Kissa Ι Kriti Ι steamship (British made) Miaulis II cruiser (French made) Orfefs Brig (Russian made) Panellinion Steamship (British made) Panopi I steamship (Scottish made) Panopi ΙI steamship (Scottish made) Paralos Steamship (Scottish made) Patra Ι corvette (Russian made, also known as Ariadni) Persefs Brig (Russian made) Pliksavra Steamship (Scottish made) Poros Amalia Ι corvette (Greek made) Poros Athina Ι paddle steamship (Greek made, also known as Othon) Poros Messologion corvette (Greek made, also known as Ludovikos) Psara Ι corvette (Greek made, renamed Prigips Maximilianos) Psara ΙΙ steamship (Scottish made, renamed Kanaris ΙΙ) Psara Galiot (Greek made) Salaminia Ι steamship (Scottish made) Sfendoni Steamship (Scottish made, also known as Nafplion) Spetses Ι Agamemnon corvette (Greek made) Vasilefs Georgios Ironclad corvette (British made) Vasilissa Olga Ironclad corvette (Austrian made) Submarines Gryparis Submarine (Greek made, possibly available to the Hellenic navy) Nordenfelt I Pireas (British origin, Swedish made and Greek assembly) Vuteas Submarine (Greek made, possibly available to the Hellenic navy) === Balkan wars (1912–1913) and World War I (1917–1918) === Edged weapons Bayonet (made in different countries, to attach on rifles) Improvised knife (Greek made) Pistols and revolvers Bergmann-Bayard M1903 and M1908 (German made) Browning FN M1900 (American origin and Belgian made) Browning FN M1903 (American origin and Belgian made) Chamelot-Delvigne M1873, M1874 and M1884 (French made) Colt M1907 Army Special (American made) Mannlicher M1901 (Austrian made) Nagant M1895 (Belgian made) Ruby M1914 (French made) Rifles Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 (French made) Gras M1874 and M1874/14 (French made) Lebel M1886/93 (French made) Mannlicher M1895 (Austrian made) Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903 and M1903/14 (Austrian made) Light machine guns Chauchat M1915 (French made) Medium machine guns Colt-Browning M1895/14 (American made) Hotchkiss M1914 (American origin and French made) Saint Étienne M1907/16 (French made) Heavy machine guns Schwarzlose M1907/12 (Austrian made) Grenades F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917 (French made) Improvised bombs and grenades (Greek made) Mortars Aasen 88.9mm M1915 (French made) Stokes mortar (British made) Artillery 75mm M1897 field cannon (French made) De Bange 120mm L M1878 siege cannon (French made) Gruson 5.3cm L/24 M1890 fahrpanzer (Bulgarian captured and German origin cannon turret) Krupp 7.5cm L/14 M1904 feldkanone (Turkish captured and German origin field cannon) Krupp 7.5cm L/30 M1904 gebirgskanone (Turkish captured and German origin mountain cannon) Krupp 10.5cm L/35 M1880 festungkanone (German made fortress cannon) Krupp 15cm L/25 M1880 festungkanone (German made fortress cannon) Krupp-Lykudis 7.5cm gebirgskanone (German made and Greek origin mountain cannon) Ordnance BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer (British made) Schneider 155mm C M1917 field howitzer (French made) Schneider-Canet 75mm M1910 mountain cannon (French made) Schneider-Creusot 75mm M1906 field cannon (French made) Schneider-Danglis 75mm M1906/09 mountain cannon (French made and Greek origin) Schneider-Ducrest 65mm M1906 mountain cannon (French made) Skoda 105mm M1916 mountain cannon (Czechoslovak made) Other vehicles Horses (Origin from different countries and Greek bred) Horse-drawn carriages (made in various countries, including Greece) Knox-Martin Gun carrier (American made) Motorcycles (made in different countries) Trucks (made in different countries, to carry supplies) Ships Aktion Ι steam gunboat (British made, also known as Spetses ΙΙ) Amfitriti IV steamship (British made, also known as Malvina and Bubulina) Amfitriti V steamship (French made) Antalya Torpedo boat (Turkish captured, renamed Nikopolis) Averof Cruiser (Italian made) Belomorets Tugboat (Bulgarian captured) Egli-class torpedo boats (German made) Alkioni Ι Arethusa Dafni ΙΙ Doris Ι Egli Ι Thetis ΙΙ Elli Cruiser (American made, the name derived from the ancient Greek Ellispondos of Dardanelles) Hydra ΙΙ steam gunboat (British made, renamed Amvrakia ΙΙ) Hydra-class ironclad battleships (French made) Hydra Psara Spetses Kilkis battleship (American made) Kissa-class steamships (British made) Aidon Ι Kihli Ι Kissa Ι Limnos battleship (American made) Niki-class destroyers (German made) Aspis Ι Doxa Ι Niki Ι Velos Ι Psara ΙΙ steamship (Scottish made, renamed Kanaris ΙΙ) Thiria-class destroyers (British made) D-01 Aetos Ι D-36 Ierax ΙΙ D-50 Leon II D-72 Panthir I Thyella-class destroyers (British made) Lonhi Nafkratusa Sfendoni Thyella Tokat Torpedo boat (Turkish captured, renamed Tatoi) V-class destroyers (German made) Keravnos Nea Genea Submarines Schneider Delfin Ι (French made) Schneider Xifias Ι (French made) Aircraft Airco DH.4 (British made) Airco DH.6 (British made) Airco DH.9 (British made) Astra Hydroplane (Spanish origin and French made, it had the nickname Naftilos) Avro 504K (British origin and Greek made) Blériot XI-2 (Turkish captured and French origin) Breguet 14A2 and B2 (French made) Bristol 2 Scout C (British made) Caudron G.3 (French made) Dorand AR.1 and AR.2 (French made) Fairey Hamble Hydroplane (British made) Farman HF.III (French made, Greek assembly and modification, it had the nicknames Gypas, Ierax, Aetos and Daedalos) Farman HF.XX (French made) Farman HF.XXII (French made) Farman HF.XXVII (French made) Farman MF.VII (French made) Farman MF.VII bis hydravion (French made) Nieuport 4G (French made, it had the nickname Alkion) Nieuport 24 and 24bis (French and Greek made) Nieuport 27 (French made) Pelterie R.E.P. Ν (Turkish captured and French origin) Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C and E (British made) Short 184 hydroplane (British made) Sopwith 1.5 Strutter (British made) Sopwith Bat flying boat (British made) Sopwith Camel (British made) Sopwith Pup (British made) Sopwith Pusher hydroplane (British made) SPAD S.VII (French and Greek made) SPAD S.XIII (French made) === Russian Civil War (1919) and Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) === Edged weapons Bayonet (made in different countries, to attach on rifles) Improvised knife (Greek made) Pistols and revolvers Bergmann-Bayard M1903 and M1908 (German made) Nagant M1895 (Belgian made) Ruby M1914 (French made) Rifles Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 (French made) Gras M1874 and M1874/14 (French made) Lebel M1886/93 (French made) Mannlicher M1895 (Austrian made) Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903 and M1903/14 (Austrian made) Light machine guns Chauchat M1915 (French made) Medium machine guns Hotchkiss M1914 (American origin and French made) Saint Étienne M1907/16 (French made) Heavy machine guns Schwarzlose M1907/12 (Austrian made) Grenades F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917 (French made) Improvised bombs and grenades (Greek made) Artillery 75mm M1897 field cannon (French made) De Bange 120mm L M1878 siege cannon (French made) Ordnance BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer (British made) Schneider 155mm C M1917 field howitzer (French made) Schneider-Canet 75mm M1910 mountain cannon (French made) Schneider-Creusot 75mm M1906 field cannon (French made) Schneider-Danglis 75mm M1906/09 mountain cannon (French made and Greek origin) Schneider-Ducrest 65mm M1906 mountain cannon (French made) Skoda 105mm M1916 mountain cannon (Czechoslovak made) Other vehicles Horses (Origin from different countries and Greek bred) Horse-drawn carriages (made in various countries, including Greece) Latil TAR (French made gun carrier) Motorcycles (made in different countries) Trucks (made in various countries, to carry supplies) Ships Aktion ΙΙ minelayer (German made) Averof Cruiser (Italian made) Egli-class torpedo boats (German made) Alkioni Ι Arethusa Dafni ΙΙ Doris Ι Egli Ι Thetis ΙΙ Elli Cruiser (American made, the name derived from the ancient Greek Ellispondos of Dardanelles) Keravnos Destroyer (German made) Kilkis battleship (American made) Kydonia-class torpedo boats (Austrian made) Kios Kydonia Kyzikos Panormos Pergamos Prusa Limnos battleship (American made) Niki-class destroyers (German made) Aspis Ι Niki Ι Velos Ι Thiria-class destroyers (British made) D-01 Aetos Ι D-36 Ierax ΙΙ D-50 Leon II D-72 Panthir I Thyella-class destroyers (British made) Lonhi Nafkratusa Sfendoni Thyella Vasilissa Sofia Ι steamship (German made) Aircraft Airco D.H.4 (British made) Airco D.H.9 (British made) Ansaldo A.1 (Italian captured) Avro 504K (British origin and Greek made) Breguet 14A2 and B2 (French made) Caudron G.3 (French made) Dorand AR.1 and AR.2 (French made) Fairey Hamble Hydroplane (British made) Nieuport 24 and 24bis (French made) Nieuport 27 (French made) Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C and E (British made) Sopwith 1.5 Strutter (British made) Sopwith Camel (British made) SPAD S.VII (French made) SPAD S.XIII (French made) === Interwar (1923–1939) and World War II (1940–1945) === Edged weapons Bayonet (made in different countries, to attach on rifles) Improvised knife (Greek made) Pistols and revolvers Beretta M1934 (Italian captured) Beretta M1935 (Italian captured) Bergmann-Bayard M1908 (German made) Browning FN M1910/22 (American origin and Belgian made) Colt M1927 Official Police (American made) Luger pistol (German captured) Nagant M1895 (Belgian made) Ruby M1914 (French made) Submachine guns Beretta M1938 (Italian captured) M3 submachine gun (American made, also known as grease gun, used by mountain commandos and exiled Greek forces) MP 34 (German captured, used by gendarmerie and police forces) MP 40 (German captured) Sten submachine gun (British made, used by exiled Greek forces) Thompson M1928 and M1A1 (American made, used by exiled Greek forces) Makrykano M1943 (Greek made, used by exiled Greek forces) Rifles Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 (French made) Carcano rifle (Italian captured) Gras M1874 and M1874/14 (French made) Lebel M1886/93 (French made) Lee-Enfield rifle (British made, used by exiled Greek forces) Mannlicher M1895 (Austrian made) Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903, M1903/14, M1903/27 and M1903/30 (Austrian made) Mauser FN M1930 (Belgian made and German origin) Rigopulos M1941 (Austrian origin and Greek modification) Philippidis M1925 (Austrian origin and Greek modification) Lelakis M1923 (Austrian origin and Greek modification) Light machine guns Breda M1930 (Italian captured) Bren machine gun (British made, used by exiled Greek forces) Chauchat M1915 (French made) EPK M1939 (Greek made) Hotchkiss Μ1922/26 (American origin and French made) Medium machine guns Hotchkiss M1914 (American origin and French made) EYP Hotchkiss (French made and Greek modification) St.
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