AHC: Nazi weapons produced post war

[Otto Kretschmer]

Any Nazi German weapons which might have seen their production resumed after the war and reintroduced into Bundeswehr?

There is MG-42 which was modified and introduced as MG-3

 

[Monk78]

Raumboote. Perfect inshore patrol vessels

Any Nazi German weapons which might have seen their production resumed after the war and reintroduced into Bundeswehr?

There is MG-42 which was modified and introduced as MG-3

 

[JanWellem]

Type XXI U-boats. IOTL U-2540, which had been scuttled in 1945 was even refloated in 1957, refurbished and recommisioned into the Bundesmarine as the Wilhelm Bauer in 1960.

 

[Otto Kretschmer]

STG 44/45?

Any of the swept wing prototype fighters? Although by late 1950s they were obsolete already

E-50 Standardpanzer?

 

[CV12Hornet]

Let's see...

There's the Avia S.199, a Bf 109G clone which was ironically used by the Israelis. Similarly, Hispano Aviation in Spain built a few hundred derivatives of their own.

 

[Bougnas]

Most of the aircraft designs became completely obsolete by the time Germany was allowed to do anything. Same goes for most vehicles.

 

[Cryhavoc101]

STG 44?

Cannot really think of anything else

 

[Blue cat]

STG 44?

Cannot really think of anything else

I seem to recall the P38 was produced post WW2 as the P1 ?

 

[RedSword12]

Type XXI U-boats. IOTL U-2540, which had been scuttled in 1945 was even refloated in 1957, refurbished and recommisioned into the Bundesmarine as the Wilhelm Bauer in 1960.

They'd have to be more refined vessels. The design would have to have earlier sponsorship higher up, or it's going to be essentially an unrefined prototype Wunderwaffe like it was IOTL.

 

[M79]

StG45 (M)/Gerat 06 (H)
A4/V2
F7U, depending on the source
MiG-15/Ta-283, depending on the source

 

[marathag]

STG 44?

Cannot really think of anything else

Czechs did till the early '60s

 

[Father Maryland]

The French ended up producing a couple hundred JU52 clones in the 40s and 50s.

The Czechs produced a handful of ME262 clones and thought about actually producing a number. The Israelis were supposedly briefly interested in obtaining some for their first jet fighters.

Not exactly building but in the 50s and 60s the Israelis had a major project converting 7.92 Mauser K98s ( and various copies and clones) to 7.62 NATO.

And in Desert Storm the Saudis for whatever reason actually paid good money for a European company to design a brand new Bayonet for its long warehoused Mauser K98s.

A couple different companies actually built K98 clones post war..

 

[Father Maryland]

Oh and the Soviets actually built V2 clones post war. These were more an experimental design but an upgraded version of it did briefly reach theoretical deployed status. For that improved copy they never designed a nuke warhead but they did design a so called " Geranium" warhead that was basically just high grade radioactive waste.

 

[Canuck Wingnut]

The Star Model Z-45 was a Spanish submachine gun with production lasting well past the end of the war, which was essentially a copy of the MP-40. It's also worth noting that some other elements of the Spanish Army's equipment of the time, such as their 81mm mortar had similar stories (the mortar being a copy of the German Granatenwerfer 34).

Also, although not Nazi per se the Italian FIAT corporation restarted production of their wartime G.55 fighter for sale to Middle Eastern countries.

And I know its been mentioned upthread, but this is a good article on France's Ju-52 copy. (And also their copy of the Siebel Si 204, a less well known German light transport of the war.)

 

[Monk78]

Modified V1 as a nuclear capable GLCM

 

[Monk78]

Nebelwerfer ?

 

[Canuck Wingnut]

The PaK 40 seems to have been used by a lot of countries postwar- from Austria to Vietnam. It might be a tempting choice for an antitank gun capable of stopping T-39s that the Germans could build quickly. I could see it getting adopted in an ATL where the Bundswehr gets created earlier amidst more tensions between the WAllies and the Soviets.

 

[JanWellem]

They'd have to be more refined vessels. The design would have to have earlier sponsorship higher up, or it's going to be essentially an unrefined prototype Wunderwaffe like it was IOTL.

That could've been achieved by having some of the smaller countries Germany had occupied during WWII, which after the war didn't develop submarine classes of their own, ask for a couple of the non-scuttled or partially complete boats as reperations and then refine them in a joint venture combat value improvement project, After its' founding Israel also demands that Germany produces some of those improved, let's call them Type XXIa, subs as part of the compensation and when German rearmament is decided upon in 1955, the Bundesmarine also orders a batch of them.

 

[Peebothuhlu]

Didn't production of the Kettenkrad continue for a short time after the war?


Pretty much sold as a farm vehicle. It functioning like the 4X4 'Quad bikes' today.

 

[BELFAST]

The panther.
Was used OTL by the French army.
Panzerfaust 150
S-100 class

E-boat - Wikipedia

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FG42