Production numbers and costs of WW2 small arms, with their respective sources.
Color coding legend for unit costs:
Green=$0~49
Yellow=$50~199
Orange=$200~999
Red=$1000~10k
**USSR:** standard rifle cartridge: 7.62x54R; standard pistol cartridge: 7.62x25Tokarev. 1 USD = 5.3 Russian rubles. Pegged artificially low. Actual rate should be about 1 USD per 10 rubles.
rifles
Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifle: 3.8+M. Mosin-Nagant Rifle | World War II Database (ww2db.com)
FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: RIFLES PART 1 (jaegerplatoon.net)
M1907 carbine: ~344k (-1917).
Dragoon (mounted infantry) rifle: 200+k, couldn’t find total numbers. Last year for dragoons? - The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum (russian-mosin-nagant-forum.com)
Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 rifle: 12.6M+k; 170R=$17 (1940)
M91/30 PU (sniper rifle): ~185k
M1938 carbine: ~2.5M
How much impact did the M44 and M38 carbines have in battle during WWII? | Gunboards Forums
M1944 carbine: 4M+ (1943.-1945).
Model M44 Mosin Nagant Carbine - Russian Mosin Nagant Information (russian-mosin-nagant.com)
Main Page - Russian Mosin Nagant Information (russian-mosin-nagant.com)
(Download PDF) The Mosin-Nagant Rifle -4th Ed Terence W. Lapin - 2007 (dokumen.tips)
7.62x56R Winchester M1895: ~294k Winchester Model 1895 - Wikipedia
semi-auto rifles
6.55mm Fedorov Avtomat (AVF): 3.2k (1915-1925.10), 1090R=$109 (1918) Fedorov Avtomat - Wikipedia. Last rifles were expended during the Winter War. The rifle story : an illustrated history from 1776 to the present day : Walter, John, 1951- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
AVS36 rifle: ~34k (1937-1940). FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: RIFLES PART 4 (jaegerplatoon.net) Brief WW2 service. Sniper version issued yet its production numbers are a mystery.
SVD-38: prototype (1938). Degtyarev SVD-38 - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games (imfdb.org)
SVT38 rifle: ~150k (1939.7-1940.4, 880R). SVT-40 - Wikipedia Sniper version saw action yet its production numbers are a mystery.
SVT40: 1.6M (1940-1945.1): ~70k 713R=$71 (1940)；1.1M+ (1941); 52,226 (1941-1942) are sniper variant. SVT-40 Tokarev semi-auto rifle | m9130.info Early war weapon.
AVT40: 333,638 (1942.7-1943); 300 (1943) are the sniper variant.
SVT-40 Quantitys - Combat Mission Red Thunder - Battlefront.com Community
KP-P-135: a few prototype guns which never saw combat (1942). Degtyaryov KB-P-135 - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games (imfdb.org)
MGs
DP LMG: ~795k (1928-50s); 1150R=$115 (1939) Degtyaryov machine gun - Wikipedia
Submachine gun of the Shpagin system: Drum roll of the Red Army. PPD: the first Soviet submachine gun Automatic PPD technical characteristics (uofa.ru)
Madsen M1904/1915 LMG: numbers produced not found, at least 1250 delivered to Russia. Was used in the battle of Moscow. 1730R=$173 (1918). Madsen machine gun - Wikipedia Fedorov Avtomat - Wikipedia
SMGs
PPD1929: only prototype (1929). PPD-29 - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games (imfdb.org)
PPD34: 3,384 (1934-1938). Submachine gun of the Shpagin system: Drum roll of the Red Army. PPD: the first Soviet submachine gun Automatic PPD technical characteristics (uofa.ru)
PPD-34/38: 1,700+ (1938-1940). (900R=$90, manufacture time 13.7h, 1939) Soviet Stormtroopers: WW2 Submachine Gun Tactics - YouTube
PDD-40: 86,985 (1940.2.15-1943(Leningrad)) PPD-34, 34/38 & 40 - Quartermaster Section
PPD-34 - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games (imfdb.org)
PPSh40 infantry machine gun: prototype built only. PPSh-40 - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games (imfdb.org)
PPSh41 SMG: ~30k in 1941, link for production by yearà PPSH-41 submachine gun | m9130.info ~500R=$50 (1941), ~400R (1942), 142R=$14 (1943), 148R (1944), 148R (1945). I ask that cost of weapon. - Page 3 - Axis History Forum Manufacture time 5.6h. Soviet Stormtroopers: WW2 Submachine Gun Tactics - YouTube
PPS42 SMG: 46,572 PPS submachine gun - Wikipedia
PPS43 SMG: ~2M (1942-, manufacture time 2.7h) PPS Sudaev submachine gun | m9130.info
7.62x25R LAD MG: 2 prototypes (1942-1943). LAD machine gun - Wikipedia
7.62×41R AS-44 M5: test weapons which never saw combat (1944-1945), $1000. AS-44 - Wikipedia
7.62×41R RPD-44: not ready for mass production (1944-1945). RPD machine gun - Wikipedia
pistols
7.62x38R Nagant M1895 Revolver: 2M+ Nagant M1895 - Wikipedia
TT M1930 pistol: ~1,330k (1931-1945) TT pistol - Wikipedia
6.35x15.5SR TK M1926 pistol: 500k+ (1927-1935) 1926 Tula-Korovin: The First Soviet Semiauto Pistol (forgottenweapons.com)
Voevodin pistol: <1.5k (1940.6-1942). Experienced guns Vojvodina sample 1939 of the year (topwar.ru)
others
14.5x114 PTRD41 AT rifle: ~184k PTRS-41 - Quartermaster Section ~450k, ~1.5M (other figures)
PTRS41 AT rifle: ~60k Forgotten Hope - News (warumdarum.de)
ROKS-2 flamethrower (1935-1941); ROKS flamethrowers - Wikipedia ROKS-3 flamethrower (1942-1945). Infantry backpack flamethrower ROX-3 (topwar.ru)
**Imperial Japanese Army:** 1$=￥4
rifles
List of Japanese military equipment of World War II - Wikipedia
6.5x50SRArisaka Type 38 rifle: 3579,200 (1906-), Type 38 rifle - Wikipedia 71 yen=$18. I ask that cost of weapon. - Page 3 - Axis History Forum
6.5x50SRArisaka Type 97 sniper rifle: 14k (1937-1945). Type 97 sniper rifle - Wikipedia Type 38 rifle - Wikipedia
6.5x50SRArisaka Type I rifle: 120k (1938-1941). Type I rifle - Wikipedia
6.5x50SRArisaka Type Hei rifle: 50 (1932-1935). Type Hei Rifle - Wikipedia
6.5x50SRArisaka Type Otsu rifle: 10~25 (1931-1935). Type Otsu rifle - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games (imfdb.org)
7.7x58Arisaka Type 99 rifle: ~3.5M (1939-) Type 99 rifle - Wikipedia
7.7x58Arisaka Type 99 sniper rifle: ~10k (1942.6-). Sniper Version of the Model 99 Rifle (banzaionline.com)
7.7x58Arisaka Type 4 rifle: ~125 (1945). Type 4 rifle - Wikipedia
MGs
6.5x50SRArisaka Type 11 LMG: ~29k (1922-), ￥585=$157 (1939.8). Type 11 light machine gun - Wikipedia
6.5x50SRArisaka Type 96 LMG: ~41k, ￥1,125=$263 (1941.12). Type 96 light machine gun - Wikipedia
7.7x58Arisaka Type 99 LMG: ~53k, ￥1,350=$316 (1941.12). Type 99 light machine gun - Wikipedia
7.7x58Arisaka Type 92 HMG: ~45k (1934-) Type 92 heavy machine gun - Wikipedia
SMGs
SIG 1920 (MP18): 6k (1920s). Type 100 submachine gun - Wikipedia
Type Su (Solothurn S1-100): small numbers for testing and limited issue. (late 1930s). MP 34 - Wikipedia
8x22Nambu Type 100 SMG: 8.5k~10k (1942-1945). Type 100 submachine gun - Wikipedia
8x22Nambu Type 1 SMG: ~50 (1934). Nambu Type 1 | Gun Wiki | Fandom
8x22Nambu Type 2a SMG: 50~150 (1935). Experimental Model 2 submachine gun - Wikipedia
MAB38/43 (Beretta M1938/43): 350 (1943). Type 100 submachine gun - Wikipedia
pistols
8x22Nambu Type 94 pistol: 71k (1935-1945). Type 94 Nambu pistol - Wikipedia
Hamada Type1,2: 4.5k~5k.
7.65×17mmSRBrowning(.32ACP) Hamada Type 1 pistol (1941-1944). Hamada Type pistol - Wikipedia
8x22Nambu Hamada Type 2 pistol (1944-1945). Hamada Type 2 Pistol | FirearmCentral Wiki | Fandom
8x22Nambu Type A pistol: 10.3k (1902-1923). Nambu pistol - Wikipedia
8x22Nambu Type 14 pistol: ~400k (1925-) Nambu pistol - Wikipedia
others
Type 89 Grenade Discharger “Knee Mortar”: ~120k (1929-) Type 89 Heavy Grenade Discharger | HistoryNet
Type 97 automatic cannon (AT rifle): 1108 (1939-1943), ￥6.4k=$1.6k. Type 97 automatic cannon - Wikipedia
Type 4 70mm rocket launcher: 3.5k (1945). Type 4 70 mm AT rocket launcher - Wikipedia
Type 5 80mm rocket launcher: no production data found.
Type 93 flamethrower (1933). Type 100 flamethrower (1940). Type 93/Type 100 flamethrower - Wikipedia
AT impact mine Ni05 “lunge mine” (1945). Lunge mine - Wikipedia
**Kingdom of Italy-Royal Italian Army:** standard rifle cartridge: 6.5x52
CarcanoM91 rifle: ~22k (1937-1940 Beretta) opakovací puška : Italy (ITA) (armedconflicts.com)
~1,830k carbines were produced by 1945. ~260k M91/24 converted from M91 between 1924 and 1929.
Strategic Simplicity: Italy’s M1891 Carcano Rifle - The Armory Life Q&D: Carcano Rifles - post - Imgur
7.35x51 M38: 190,500 (1938-1940) No M38 rifles nor carbines were ever re-barreled to the old 6.5×52mm caliber. Italian Carcano - Calguns.net
M41 rifle: ~917k (1941-1943) M91/41: A Step Back From the M38 and the Last Carcano – Forgotten Weapons
Scotti Mod.X: 250 (1934-1939). Scotti Mod. X | Gun Wiki | Fandom
Armaguerra39-6mm rifle: ~100 (1942.6) Armaguerra Mod. 39 | Gun Wiki | Fandom
8x59Pavesi Pavesi M42: prototype, possibly only 1 produced, there is no evidence indicating its usage in combat. Pavesi Model 1942 Prototype Semiauto (Video) (forgottenweapons.com)
Breda PG: 200~400 (1935-1940). Breda PG | Gun Wiki | Fandom
Breda Mod.30 LMG: 30+k Breda 30 - Wikipedia
9x19Parrabellum Beretta M38 SMG: used by Italian police. M38A: simplified version issued in large numbers to the Italian Army in 1941. M1(M38/41) designed for paratroopers, few built. Beretta Model 38 | Gun Wiki | Fandom M38/42: Further simplified version, became available in large numbers in 1943. About 1M of all variants were built in WW2. Beretta Model 38 - Wikipedia
9x19Parrabellum FNAB-43 SMG: ~1k (1943-1945) FNAB-43 - Wikipedia
9x19Glisenti OVP M1918 SMG: 500 (1918). OVP 1918 - Wikipedia
9x19Glisenti Beretta 1918/30 carbine: produced in limited numbers. The Revelli-Beretta Model 1918 Automatic Carbine - Small Arms Review
9x19Glisenti Beretta M1915 pistol: ~56k (WW2) Beretta Model 1915 - Wikipedia
9x19Glisenti Beretta M1923 pistol: 3000 Beretta 1923 Army marked with Holster | Jan C. Still Lugerforums
9x17Corto Beretta M1934 pistol: ~150k (1937) Found on Guns.com: Beretta M1934 :: Guns.com
7.65x17ACP Pistole 671 (Beretta M1935): 65k (1943-1945). Pistols of the German Wehrmacht (tague.at)
**Chinese:** standard rifle cartridge: 7.92x57Mauser
List of Chinese military equipment in World War II - Wikipedia
Type 24 “Chiang Kai-shek rifle” (Standardmodell rifle, forerunner of the Kar98k): ~600k (1935-1949). Chiang Kai-shek rifle - Wikipedia
FN-24 rifle: ~24k; Type 21,77 (FN-30): >165k (1930-1939+). FN Model 24 and Model 30 - Wikipedia
VZ-24 rifle: ~195k (1927-1937). vz. 24 - Wikipedia
Hanyang-88 (Gewehr-88): 1083,480 (1895-1947). Hanyang 88 - Wikipedia
Type 26 (ZB-26) LMG: 30,249 (1927-1939). ZB vz. 26 - Wikipedia
SIG KE7 LMG: ~9045 (1928-1936) SIG KE7 - Wikipedia
Lahti-Saloranta M/26 LMG: ~1200 (1937) Lahti-Saloranta M/26 - Wikipedia
7.62x54R DP LMG: ~5600 (1938) Degtyaryov machine gun - Wikipedia
11.43x23ACP Mauser C96 pistol: most common and popular pistol in China, was manufactured locally. Mauser C96 - Wikipedia
7.65x17ACP FN Browning M1900 pistol: introduced to China in WW2, was popular and was often copied. FN M1900 - Wikipedia
Springfield M1903 rifle, Enfield M1917 rifle, supplied by US in large numbers pre-1945; M1 carbines provided in lesser numbers. Thompson SMGs, Type 36 (M3 “grease gun”) SMGs, Canadian-made Stens SMGs and Bren LMGs were used in the Chinese Civil War.
others
Czechoslovakian:
Vz.24: 776.6k (1926-1938). vz. 24 - Wikipedia
Vz.16/33: ~25k (1938), how much captured by Germans yet to be known. Question G.33/40 Rifles issued to who? (warrelics.eu)
ZH-29: Czechoslovakian semi-automatic rifle that never entered mass production. Small amounts were used by the Germans. ZH-29 | Battlefield Wiki | Fandom
Romanian:
Vz.24: 445,640 (1938-1943). Used extensively by Romanian armies on the Eastern Front. vz. 24 - Wikipedia vz24-to-g24t.pdf (ycgg.org)
Hungarian:
Mannlicher M93 rifle: 120k (1893-1914); used by Romania and was replaced by the vz.24 rifle in 1941. Romanian Mannlicher M1893 Infantry Rifle (hungariae.com)
Kiraly 39M: ~8k (1939-1945). Danuvia 43M submachine gun - Wikipedia
Finnish:
Lahti-Saloranta M/26: >5k (1927-1942). Lahti-Saloranta M/26 - Wikipedia
Polish Army: standard rifle cartridge: 7.92x57Mauser
1 USD = 5.31 Poland zloty.
wz.29 rifle:264k (1930-1939). $31 Karabinek wz. 1929 - Wikipedia
wz.28 LMG (BAR): 24k (1930-1939). $270 Browning wz. 1928 - Wikipedia
Ckm wz.30 HMG. 10,388+ (1931-1939). $396 Ckm wz. 30 - Wikipedia
French Army: standard rifle cartridge: 7.5x54French
1 USD = 37.7 French frank.
8x50R Lebel M1886/93 rifle: ~3.45M (1887-1916) Lebel Model 1886 rifle - Wikipedia
French MAS Modèle 36 rifle: 250k (1940) MAS-36 rifle - Wikipedia
MAS-40 semi-automatic rifles: proceeding service trials in 1940
7.65x20Longue M1935A pistol: 84k Pistolet automatique modèle 1935A - Wikipedia
FM24/29 LMG: 190.4k (-1960) FM 24/29 light machine gun - Wikipedia
WW1 weapons
Germany:
Gewehr 98: 9,273,080 (1901-1918). Gewehr 98 - Wikipedia
MP18: ~30k produced but only about 5k thousand used before end of WW1. MP 18 - Wikipedia
Mondragón M1908: ~4k. Mondragón rifle - Wikipedia
UK:
Enfield P14: 1,235,298 (1915-1917). Pattern 1914 Enfield - Wikipedia
Farquhar-Hill M1918: test weapons saw combat in WW1. Farquhar–Hill rifle - Wikipedia