At the beginning of the Second World War, Australia did not have an extensive manufacturing industry. Furthermore, it was only partially independent from the United Kingdom (Britain). Therefore, most of Australian weapons and equipment during war was imported from either Britain or USA, although many were replaced with locally produced versions later in war. Knives and bayonet Bayonets Pattern 1907 bayonet Small arms Pistols (manual and semi-automatic) Enfield No. 2 Mk I Webley Mk IV revolver Browning Hi-Power P35 Smith & Wesson Victory Beaumont-Adams revolver (Volunteer Defence Corps) Webley M1872 Bull Dog (Volunteer Defence Corps) Colt Model 1851 Navy (Volunteer Defence Corps) Smith & Wesson No.3 (Volunteer Defence Corps) Automatic pistols and submachine guns Owen Gun STEN submachine gun Thompson submachine gun Austen submachine gun Rifles Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I Lee-Enfield No. 5 Mk I Jungle Carbine Pattern P1914 No. 3 Mk I Charlton Automatic Rifle Lee-Metford Mk II (Volunteer Defence Corps) Martini-Henry Mk IV (Volunteer Defence Corps) Grenades and grenade launchers Mills bomb No. 36M Recoilless rifles Flamethrowers Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 Machine guns Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns Vickers Mk I machine gun Lewis Mk I light machine gun Bren Mk 2 light machine gun Hotchkiss M1909 Mk I Benét–Mercié light machine gun Browning M1919A4 machine gun Vehicle and aircraft machine guns M2 Browning machine gun Lewis Mk III gun Besa machine gun Artillery Infantry mortars Stokes mortar Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar Heavy mortars & rocket launchers Field artillery Ordnance QF 15-pounder Mk I Ordnance QF 13-pounder Ordnance QF 18-pounder Mk2, Mk4 Ordnance BLC 15-pounder RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer QF 4.5-inch howitzer QF 5.25 inch gun BL 10-pounder Mountain Gun Ordnance QF 25-pounder Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short Fortress and siege guns BL 60-pounder gun BL 4 inch naval gun Mk 1 BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer Anti-tank guns Ordnance QF 2-pounder Mk IX/X Ordnance QF 6-pounder Mk II Ordnance QF 17-pounder Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns) Boys anti-tank rifle Mk I, Mk II PIAT Anti-aircraft weapons Light anti-aircraft guns Vickers QF 2-pounder naval gun (pom-pom) Rolls-Royce QF 2-pounder naval gun QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Vickers 6-Ton Bofors 40 mm gun Heavy anti-aircraft guns QF