Garand Front

Garand Front

What are your top five weapons systems of WWII?

These are my five top weapon systems of WWII.
1) German 88, best over all weapon, anti-tank, anti-aircarft, and artillery. Probably extended European War by 6mons.
2) Essex Class aircraft carrier. Complete superiority over the Pacific, choked off Japan.
3)IL-2 Shturmovik tank busting aircraft. Shut down German qualitative armour superiority on the Eastern Front.
4)M1 Garand Rifle, the greatest infantry rifle of the war.
5)Not a traditional weapon system, but the war on battlefield infections, penicillin, probably saved more lives, except for not going to war.
I don't care if you agree or disagree I just want to see other people's opinions.

I assume you mean in order of their impact.

1. the Tank. Although introduced in WW I it wasn't until WWII that it came to be the weapon it still is.
2. The Jet . In a stroke all the worlds Piston engine fighters were rendered obsolete and it set the way for the future of aviation.
3. The V2 rocket. A forerunner of all the missiles we have today and the first ICBM. If it wasn't invented we wouldn't have gotten to the moon as fast as we did.
4. The Atomic Bomb. Forever changed the world, forever. Enough said.
5. The type XXI U boat. Although its impact was not felt due to its late introduction, it radically altered submarine warfare and led to the modern submarines of today.