Most exotic plausible World War 2 standard-issue weapons?

*Semiautomatic rifles based on Fusil Automatique of 1918 or numerous others
*Assault Rifles based on various prototypes
*Earlier transistor development (1927, one Soviet and one Austrian developer, perhaps more) permit WWII electronics to look more like 1960 than 1940 with much better computers as well
*Far better RADAR equipment via further development of Cavity Magnetron in Germany (1935) and Japan (1939) - both meteorology and aircraft detection benefit
*Type XXIX Uboats or similar if Germany pushes Uboats farther than OTL between wars (late WWI Type UCIII [and UG] => Type VII Uboat; maybe focus more on U-cruisers or modular production), ideally writing off the Walther engine altogether
*Better nightvision systems via more funding to Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) after developing the technology in 1935
*Reich Research Council actually does its job synchronizing and coordinating research across Germany
*Crossbows for SOE and SAS (and Axis equivalents?)
*Build the Habbakuk or GE's Walking Truck
*More production of the German plastic explosive so stable it could be milled into solid shapes like ceramic mugs or even crude silverware...
 
Have we considered the Australian effort to mount a Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar onto a Matilda II tank yet?
If that had been tried early rather than late in the war it might well have seen service as a dramatic obstacle-clearing weapon.
 
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