Which kingdoms were using WWI weapons at the time of the second world war?
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The french 75mm field gun (Canon de 75 modèle 1897, which came out in WWI) and was still available in large numbers in 1940 ?
Which was used by France, Poland, Great Britain and the US 1940.
In the case of the US, the carriage was changed into a split trail design.
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Why limit yourself to WW1? The Dutch army went to battle in 1940 with (some) equipment predating the Franco-Prussian war.
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I think the question is mood. Why? Because the age of a weapon is not that important. Look at the time period: 1914-1940 = 26 years.
Many advanced weapons systems in common use today are much older:
- The Boeing B52 flew 69 years ago. There is no replacement planned. It will fly almost certainly for another 30-40 years.
- The ROC Hai Shih submarine (former USS Cutlass) was launched in 1944, and is still serving.
- The Lockheed Hercules C 130 flew in 1954, and will continue to do that in the foreseeable future. Like the B52, it might clock a century.
- The M113 APC is in continuous use since 1960, and will do that for many decades to come.
- The T34 dates from 1940. Nine countries still use it today.
- The M2 Browning .50 machinegun became operational in 1933. It still is a very current weapon, and will be that probably for another 50 years at least.
If we take those examples, and place them against 1914 you'd go back to well before the Crimean War of 1853. That's not possible or even realistic, of course. Sometimes weapons remain in extended use for many reasons.
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More than you can imagine, and not only minor kingdoms.
The main actors of WWII where still using WWI equipment, specially at the beginning.
From the navy standpoint, many main unit where still from WWI (all Queen Elizabeth-class and Revenge-class, for example, for UK) for all the participant. From infantry, lot of equipment was from WWI, here few examples:
- Mosin Nagant was the standard rifle
- Handguns (Star Model, MAS 1873 Revolver, and more)
- Rifles (M1917 Enfield, and more)
- Machine gun (Hotchkiss Mle 1914)
- Machine Guns (MG 08)
- Artillery (21 cm Mörser 16)
- Machine Guns (Type 3)
Here I've put some examples, the space of the answer is too little to put all the weapons from WWI used in WWII and other wars (for examples, Type 3 machine gun was used still in the Vietnam war).
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