This is a list of infantry weapons used by the Canadian military throughout its history and military arms used by militaries in pre-Confederation conflicts in Canada.

Colonial era to Confederation (1604–1867)

Black powder rifles, carbines and pistols Model Type Service period OriginDetailsCharleville 1717 Flintlock 1717-1840 Charleville 1728 Flintlock 1728-1840 Charleville 1746 Flintlock 1746-1840 Fusil de Grenadier Tulle Flintlock 1690-???? Fusil de chasse Tulle Flintlock 1700s Queen Anne Musket Flintlock 1702-1840 William III Carbine Flintlock 1700s Nock Carbine Flintlock 1780-1790s Elliot Carbine Flintlock 1770s Brown Bess Long Land, Short Land, India Patterns Flintlock 1722 Baker rifle Flintlock 1801-1837 Lovells Pattern 1838 musket and Double Barrel Carbine Caplock 1883 Pattern 1842 Musket Caplock 1842-1853 Pattern 1851 Rifle Caplock 1851 Pattern 1853 Enfield Caplock 1853 Lancaster Rifle Caplock 1855-1869 Brunswick rifle Caplock 1840-???? Colt 1851 Navy Revolver Caplock Revolver 1856-1885 Canadian Military Handguns 1855-1985 by Clive M. Law 255 revolvers marked Lower Canada (LC), 556 marked Upper Canada (UC), Issued to Cavalry

Service rifles and carbines Model Type Service period OriginDetails Starr carbine Breechloading 1861-1860s Spencer rifle and carbine Breechloading repeater 1860-1860s Westley Richards rifle Breechloading 1812-1871 Peabody rifle Breechloading 1860s-1871 Snider-Enfield Breechloading 1860s-1901 Carbine version carried west by the N.W.M.P. in 1873

Confederation to First World War (1867–1914)

Service pistols Model Type Service period OriginDetails Colt Model 1878 Frontier Revolver 1885-1902 Double Action in .45 Long Colt with 7.5" barrel, purchased initially for the Riel Rebellion Canadian Military Handguns 1855-1985 by Clive M. Law, p.26 Colt "New Service" Revolver Revolver 1900-1928 Double Action in .45 Long Colt Canadian Military Handguns 1855-1985 by Clive M. Law, p.29 & 30 or .455 EleyCanadian Military Handguns 1855-1985 by Clive M. Law, p.107 (as marked on 5.5" barrel), swing out cylinder for fast shell extraction and reloading. Also used by the RNWMP & RCMP from 1905 to 1954.

Service rifles Model Type Service period OriginDetailsMartini–Henry Breech-loading 1871-1888 Winchester Repeating rifle 1873-1918 Martini–Metford Breech-loading 1894-1902 Martini–Enfield Breech-loading 1878-1902 Lee–Metford Bolt action 1895-1926 Lee–Enfield Mk.I Bolt action 1896-1905 Ross Mk.I and Mk.II Straight-pull 1905-1915

First World War to Second World War (1914–1939)

Service pistols Model Type Service period OriginDetailsWebley Mk IV Revolver 1887-1928 Chambered in .455 WebleyEnfield No 2 Revolver 1932-1945 Colt New Service Revolver 1900-1928 Also used by the NWMP and RCMP from 1905 to 1954. Chambered in .455 WebleyColt M1911 Semi-automatic pistol 1914-1945 Smith & Wesson Model 44 Revolver 1915-1951 2nd model. First orders were rechambered from .44 Special to .455 Webley

Rifles Model Type Service period OriginDetailsRoss Mk.III Straight-pull 1913-1916 Withdrawn from infantry service following poor performance in battlefield conditions. Replaced by the Lee–Enfield Mk.III.Lee–Enfield (SMLE) Mk.III Bolt action 1916-1943

Machine guns Model Type Service period OriginDetails Colt-Browning M1895 Heavy machine gun 1914-1916 Vickers Machine Gun Medium machine gun 1914-1919 Lewis Machine Gun Light machine gun 1916-1939

Armoured fighting vehicles Model Type Service period OriginDetails Armoured Autocar Armoured Car 1914-1918 2 ton commercial Autocar truck chassis covered with armour plate and armed with 2 Vickers machine guns. 20 purchased (8 machine gun carrier, 5 ammunition and supply carrier, 4 Officer Transport, 1 gasoline carrier, 1 repair vehicle, 1 ambulance) Mk.V tank Tank 1918 Used by the Canadian Tank Corps in 1918. Never used in combat. Carden-Loyd tankette/MG Carrier Tank 1937, 1931 Vickers Light Dragon Mk III 1937 GM armoured car experimental light armoured car 1935 Built on General Motors of Canada Maple Leaf truck chassis Ford armoured car experimental light armoured car 1935 Built on Ford Motor Company of Canada BB truck chassis Triumph Model H dispatch motorcycle 1914-??

Second World War to Cold War (1939–1946)

Infantry weapons Model Type Service period OriginDetailsSmith & Wesson "Military & Police Victory model" Revolver 1939-1964 Inglis Hi-Power Semi-automatic pistol 1944–2024 License-made Canadian version of the Browning Hi-Power. Was fully replaced in March 2024 by the SIG Sauer P320 designated as the C22/C24.Thompson M1928-M1A1 Submachine gun 1940-1945 Sten MK.II Submachine gun 1942-1958 Produced in CanadaLee–Enfield SMLE Mk.III Service rifle 1916-1943 Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk.I Service rifle 1943-1955 Used by Canadian Rangers until 2016, replaced by Colt C-19M1 Garand Service rifle 1944-1953 A small number of M1, M1C and M1D rifles, enough to equip a brigade, were issued to the Canadian ArmyBoys ATR Anti-tank rifle 1937-1943 Bren LMG Light machine gun 1939-1955 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) Automatic rifle 1933-1953 M1941 Johnson Machine Gun Light machine gun 1942-1944 1st Special Service Force (Devil's Brigade) onlyC5 GPMG General purpose machine gun 1939-1980s M1919 BrowningM2 HMG Heavy machine gun 1940–Present Bangalore torpedo Obstacle Clearing Charge 1940–Present PIAT Anti-tank weapon 1943-1950s Bazooka Rocket launcher 1942-1977 In Reserve Force inventory as late as 1977Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 "Ack-Pack" Flamethrower 1943-1945

Utility vehicles The majority of utility vehicles used by Canadian forces came from the CMP program, otherwise known as the Canadian Military Pattern truck. This program produced more utility vehicles than Germany, Japan, and Italy combined. Model Type Service period OriginDetails Willys Jeep Light Utility Vehicle 1941-1970s Morris C8 Artillery tractor 1940-1945 AEC Matador Artillery tractor 1940-1945 Diamond T 4-Ton lorry 4 ton truck WWII Ford F-8 1/2 ton truck WWII Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Canadian Military Pattern truck Ford F-15 3/4 ton truck WWII Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Canadian Military Pattern truck. Ford F-30 1.5 ton truck WWII Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Canadian Military Pattern truck. Ford F-60S, F-60L, F-60H, F-60T 3 ton truck WWII Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Canadian Military Pattern truck.Ford FGT Artillery tractor WWII Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Canadian Military Pattern truck. Chevrolet C-8, C-8A 1/2 ton truck WWII Built by General Motors Canada Canadian Military Pattern truck. Chevrolet C-15, C-15A 3/4 ton truck WWII Built by General Motors Canada Canadian Military Pattern truck. Chevrolet C15TA Armoured Truck Armoured truck WWII Built by General Motors Canada Canadian Military Pattern truck. Chevrolet C-30, C-60S, C-60L, C-60X 1.5/3 ton truck WWII Built by General Motors Canada Canadian Military Pattern truck.CMP FAT Artillery tractor 1940-???? Built by General Motors Canada Canadian Military Pattern truck. Harley-Davidson Motorcycle WLC militarize motorcycle 1941-1956 Sometimes used with sidecars Norton Motorcycle WD16H / 16H militarize motorcycle 1940-?? Triumph Motorcycles TRW motorcycle 1940s-?? Matchless G3L motorcycle 1940s Welbike lightweight motorcycle lightweight motorcycle 1942-1945? Dodge Chrysler D-8A1/2 ton truckWWIIBuilt by Chrysler Canada Canadian Military Pattern truck.Dodge Chrysler D-153/4 ton truckWWIIBuilt by Chrysler Canada Canadian Military Pattern truck.Dodge Chrysler D-60S, D-60S/DD, D-60L, D-60L/D, D-60L/DD3 ton truckWWIIBuilt by Chrysler Canada Canadian Military Pattern truck.

Scout vehicles Model Type Service period OriginDetails Daimler Dingo Armoured car 1940-1945 Daimler Mk. I armoured Car Armoured car 1941-1945 Humber Mk. I scout car Armoured car 1942-1945 Humber Mk. IV armoured car Armoured car 1941-1945 Fox armoured car Armoured car 1939-1945 M3 scout car Armoured car 1942-1945 Otter light reconnaissance car Armoured car 1942-1945 Built by General Motors of Canada. Based on the C15 Staghound armoured car Armoured car 1942-1962 Lynx scout car Armoured car 1940-1968 M5 reconnaissance vehicle Reconnaissance vehicle 1942-1945 A turretless variant of the M5 light tank

Armoured carriers and armoured tractors Model Type Service period OriginDetails Kangaroo 1943-1945 Converted Ram, Priest, and Sherman AFVs (See respective entries) Loyd Carrier WWII Universal Carrier 1940-? Wasp WWII–? Universal Carrier with flame-thrower equipment T-16 Carrier WWII–? Universal carrier produced under license and modified in the United States. Windsor Carrier 1944–1945 Canadian-built universal carrier with a lengthened body M3A1 half-track WWII M5 half-track M9 half-track

Tanks

Combat tanks Model Type Service period OriginDetails Stuart tank Light tank 1941-1945 Churchill MkI-IV Infantry tank 1941-1945 Sherman I, III, V Medium tank 1941-1970 Sherman I (M4), III (M4A2 w/75 mm gun) and V (M4A4 w/75 mm gun) used. Sherman IC (Firefly) Medium Tank 1941-1945 / M4 with a 17 pounder gun Sherman VC (Firefly) Medium tank 1944-1945 / M4A4 with a 17 pounder gun Grizzly Medium tank 1941-1945 Canadian built and modified M4A1 Sherman V DD Medium Tank 1944-1945 M4A4 {75 mm} with Duplex Drive system and flotation screen for amphibious landings Sherman Ib Close Support Tank M4 with a 105 mm howitzerCentaur IV Close Support Tank 1944-1944 In service for less than a month with the 1st Canadian Centaur Battery (formed Aug 6, 1944 - disbanded Aug 29, 1944), RCA, after landing in Normandy. Tanks returned to the Royal Marines.Ram Badger Flame tank 1941-1944 Churchill Oke Flame tank Sherman Badger Flame tank

Training tanks Model Type Service period OriginDetailsCarden Loyd Mk IV tankette Tankette 1930-???? Used for trainingLight Tank Mk VIA Light tank Six Ton Tank Model 1917 Light tank US built version of the Renault FT. Ram tank I and II Cruiser tank Never saw combat. Training only Vickers Valentine Mark VI Infantry tank Canadian built version of the British Valentine IV. 30 used for training.Matilda II Infantry tank Lee/Grant Medium tank

Self-propelled artillery and anti-aircraft Model Type Service period OriginDetailsM3 75mm gun motor carriage Self-propelled artillery M3 half-track equipped with the M1A1 75 mm gunSexton Self-propelled artillery 1943–1956 Open box superstructure on a Ram tank hull. Armed with a 25pdr gunM7 Priest Self-propelled artillery 1944–???? / Open box superstructure on a Sherman tank hull. Armed with a 105mm howitzer.M14 SPAA Self-propelled anti-aircraft Twin .50 mount on an M3 half-trackM10 "Wolverine" Tank destroyer WW2 Modified Sherman hull with an open turret and 3in. gun M10 17pdr Tank destroyer WW2 / M10 equipped with a 17pdr gun 17pdr SP Archer Tank destroyer 1944-Suez Crisis Built on a Valentine tank hullCrusader AA Mk.I and Mk.III Self-propelled anti-aircraft 1944-???? Mk.I armed with a Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun, Mk.III armed with twin Oerlikon 20mm gunsSkink anti-aircraft tank Self-propelled anti-aircraft 1944 Enclosed turret on a Grizzly tank hull. Armed with 4 Polsten guns. Introduced late in the war and only saw use as an anti-infantry weapon.Carrier, SP, 4x4 40mm, AA (Bofors) 30cwt Self-propelled anti-aircraft 1944-1945 Morris Commercial four-wheel drive lorry armed with a Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun.

Engineering vehicles Model Type Service period OriginDetails Ram ARV Armoured Recovery Vehicle M4A4 Sherman V ARV Armoured Recovery Vehicle Valentine Bridgelayer AVLB M416 trailers 1940s-1990s M101 trailers 1992-?

Artillery

Field artillery Model Type Service period OriginDetailsQF 25 pounder howitzer/field gun BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun field gun WWII BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun medium field gun WWII Land Mattress multiple rocket launcher WWII

Anti-tank guns Model Type Service period OriginDetailsOrdnance QF 6 pounder Ordnance QF 17 pounder

Anti-aircraft guns