Editing Nazi Equipment (section)

===Artillery Pieces and Antitank Guns===

*'''''Granatwerfer 36''''': Leave it to the Germans to overengineer a simple tube that spits out explosives. This little critter was supposed to serve as light, indirect fire support on the squad level, with a bunch of gizmos tacked onto it that made aiming with it a hell of a lot easier - too bad the small caliber (5 cm) limited its range and effectiveness in its intended role. Production was terminated in 1941, the reason given that the thing was too complex and too heavy. In hindsight it's a real headscratcher as to why the High Command didn't come to this conclusion sooner (especially since the thing offered no significant advantage over rifle grenades), although it remained in use throughout the rest of the war. 
*'''''Leichtes Infantriegeschütz 18''''': The LeIG 18 was an evolution of the proven and reliable "Leichter Minenwerfer 18", the German answer to the Stokes Mortar that the British used. It was meant to be a light field artillery piece designed to take out targets that were too insignificant to justify a full artillery barrage or tank assault, but too strongly defended or entrenched for an infantry assault alone. Think isolated pillboxes or MG nests holding a minor strongpoint. The odd naming stems from the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, to give the Reichswehr plausible deniability for any curious Allied noses poking into German arms research. 
*'''''8 cm Granatwerfer 34''''': A carbon copy of the Stokes Mortar. Yes, really. 
*'''''15 cm Schweres Infanterie Geschütz 33''''': The largest gun that any given infantry battalion had on offer. Fired 38 kilograms of explosives over considerable distances, and also served as the main armament of the Sturmpanzer IV. 
*'''''Leichte Feldhaubitze (LeFH) 18''''': Another oddly named design, this 'Light Field Howitzer' was the most common field gun of the German army. Efficient enough early in the war thanks to its 105mm caliber, it was eventually held back by considerable downsides that became apparent too late (too heavy, too difficult to move around and rather short range of around 10 km). When it became clear that the LeFH 18 really couldn't compare with Allied artillery pieces (like the Soviet 152 mm ML-20 and American M114 155mm howitzers which delivered heavier payloads, or the British QF 25-Pounder, which fired much quicker), various improvements over the course of the war were attempted to keep it relevant. But ultimately it was outdated by 1941, and never could close the gap again. 
*'''''3,7-cm PaK 36''''': Probably the most advanced antitank gun in the interwar period, but it often gets a bad rep due to the accounts of German soldiers who had to fire the thing at Churchills, T-34s and other more modern tanks, earning it the moniker "Heeresanklopfkanone", or "The Heer's (German armed forces) door knocking cannon". Its advantages were its very light weight and the perfected design of its mounting, making it very easy to transport and move. Seeing how much the German army invested in this gun before the war (over 9000 being built when the war started and an additional 5500 until 1941) they tried their damndest to keep the thing relevant even when it was very clear it could no longer keep up. Still, a remarkable and groundbreaking design for the early thirties, with 6000 being sold abroad and Japan, the USSR and even the United States outright copying the design with few modifications. 
*'''''5 cm PaK 38''''':  Practically identical to the 50mm gun of the Panzer III. The PaK 38's bigger, beefier brother, intended to fight off bigger tanks the light 3.7 cm couldn't handle, with very mediocre results. That is, until the Germans made APCR for them in 1942, at which point they accounted for most [[T-34]]s and [[KV]]s losses of the time. However, those APCR required tungsten, and Third Reich didn't have much of it, sooo...
*[[PaK-40_Anti-Tank_Gun|'''''7.5-cm PaK 40''''']]: ...this masterpiece was made. The first design that came onto the scene with WWII in mind. Introduced in 1942, it was very effective design that in the latter half of the war ultimately became the Germans' most used antitank gun. It retained its relevance all the way to 1945, with Soviets and Brits making heavy tanks that could comfortably take it out only in 1944, and even then those weren't impervious. With its' high penetration and low profile, the only problem the PaK-40 had was the ungodly kick that literally dug holes in the ground after every shot, making it difficult to reposition if it was outflanked. Modified versions became the main armament of a lot of German tanks and tank destroyers, the most notable of which were the Panther and the Jagdpanzer IV.
*'''''8 cm PAW 600''''': Hilariously obscure as far as this list goes, the ''Panzerabwehrwerfer 600''/8H63 was developed as the war progressed and Germany was finding its anti-tank weapons either too immobile to adapt to battlefield conditions or too short-ranged to properly handle a regiment's antitank defense in full with its Panzerschrecks. Thus, the PAW 600 was designed to be lighter than other antitank guns by the use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High–low_system the high-low system] leading to a smoothbore gun that fired high explosive anti-tank rounds. The design was even atypically made with consideration for logistics by basing its rounds off of the Granatwerfer 34 to make continued use of existing manufacturing tooling, and it theoretically could have fired any other ammunition that would go into a Granatwerfer 34 (such as high-explosive or smoke rounds) which would have been noteworthy at the time antitankguns firing high-explosive rounds really didn't do much since not much explosive filler fit into the thick walls of high-velocity rounds...but as mentioned, the thing was hilariously obscure and only 260 of them ever got built, so accounts of them actually having been used at all is very sparse - there is only a statement from a major in 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars that they were used against the regiment near the River Aller on April 14th, 1945 to provide some evidence that the weapon had any effect on a battle in the war at all.
*[[PaK-43|'''''8.8-cm PaK 43''''']]: A modified version of the infamous 8.8-cm Flak gun, stripped down to its essentials and with a longer barrel, wheeled carriage and gun shield. Other than that, they're basically identical. 
*'''''12,8-cm PaK 44''''': The biggest, baddest antitank either side devised during the war. One could argue that it was probably overkill, as it was so impractical and heavy that any use outside of fortified positions would be pointless. Given that the gun was designed when the war effort started to really go south and Germany found itself in a defensive war, this was probably a negligible downside, but then again, it didn't really seem to make any difference in the end. Some were used as part of the Siegfried Line and the defense of Berlin, but they were very rare and the only examples that remain today are the ones mounted on the surviving Jagdtigers and the lone surviving Maus.