Military production during World War II was a critical component to victory during the war.

Summary of production

System                              Allies        Axis
Tanks and SP guns                  227,235      52,345
Artillery                          914,682     180,141
Mortars                            657,318     100,000+
Machineguns                      4,744,484   1,058,863
Military trucks                  3,060,354     594,859
Military aircraft total            633,072     278,795
Fighter aircraft                   212,459      90,684
Attack aircraft                     37,549      12,539
Bomber aircraft                    153,615      35,415
Reconnaissance aircraft              7,885      13,033
Transport aircraft                  43,045       5,657
Training aircraft                   93,578      28,516
Aircraft carriers                      155          16
Battleships                             13           5
Cruisers                                82          15
Destroyers                             814          86
Convoy escorts                       1,102           -
Submarines                             422       1,337
Merchant shipping tonnage       33,993,230   5,000,000+

Production by nation

Vehicles and ground weapons

Tanks and self-propelled guns

1. Soviet Union = 105,251 (92,595)
2. United States = 88,410 (71,067)
3. Germany = 46,857 (37,794)
4. United Kingdom = 27,896
5. Canada = 5,678
6. Japan = 2,515
7. Italy = 2,473
8. Hungary = 500

Note: Number in parenthesis equals the number of tanks and self-propelled guns equipped with main weapons of 75 mm or larger. Smaller producing nations do not have this differentiation.

Artillery

Artillery includes antiaircraft and antitank weapons.

1. Soviet Union = 516,648
2. United States = 257,390
3. Germany = 159,147
4. United Kingdom = 124,877
5. Japan = 13,350
6. Canada = 10,552
7. Italy = 7,200
8. Other Commonwealth = 5,215
9. Hungary = 447

Mortars

1. Soviet Union = 403,300
2. United States = 105,054
3. United Kingdom = 102,950
4. Germany = 73,484
5. Commonwealth = 46,014

Machineguns

Machineguns does not include sub-machineguns.

1. United States =
2. Soviet Union = 1,477,400
3. Germany = 674,280
4. Japan = 380,000
5. United Kingdom = 297,336
6. Canada = 251,925
7. Other Commonwealth = 37,983
8. Hungary = 4,583

Military trucks

1. United States = 2,382,311
2. United Kingdom = 480,943
3. Germany = 345,914
4. Soviet Union = 197,100
5. Japan = 165,945
6. Italy = 83,000

Aircraft

Military aircraft of all types

1. United States = 324,750
2. Germany = 189,307
3. Soviet Union = 157,261
4. United Kingdom = 131,549
5. Japan = 76,320
6. Canada = 16,431
7. Italy = 11,122
8. Other Commonwealth = 3,081
9. Hungary = 1,046
10. Rumania = 1,000

Fighter aircraft

1. United States = 99,950
2. Soviet Union = 63,087
3. Germany = 55,727
4. United Kingdom = 49,422
5. Japan = 30,447
6. Italy = 4,510

Attack aircraft

1. Soviet Union = 37,549
2. Germany = 12,539

Bomber aircraft

1. United States = 97,810
2. United Kingdom = 34,689
3. Soviet Union = 21,116
4. Germany = 18,235
5. Japan = 15,117
6. Italy = 2,063

Reconnaissance aircraft

1. Germany = 6,299
2. Japan = 5,654
3. United Kingdom = 3,967
4. United States = 3,918
5. Italy = 1,080

Transport aircraft

1. United States = 23,929
2. Soviet Union = 17,332
3. Germany = 3,079
4. Japan = 2,110
5. United Kingdom = 1,784
6. Italy = 468

Training aircraft

1. United States = 57,623
2. United Kingdom = 31,864
3. Japan = 15,201
4. Germany = 11,546
5. Soviet Union = 4,061
6. Italy = 1,769

Naval ships

Aircraft carriers

1. United States = 141
2. Japan = 16
3. United Kingdom = 14

Battleships

1. United States = 8
2. United Kingdom = 5
3. Italy = 3
4. Japan = 2

Cruisers

1. United States = 48
2. United Kingdom = 32
3. Japan = 9
4. Italy = 6
5. Soviet Union = 2

Destroyers

1. United States = 349
2. United Kingdom = 240
3. Japan = 63
4. Soviet Union = 25
5. Germany = 17
6. Italy = 6

Convoy escorts

1. United States = 498
2. United Kingdom = 413
3. Canada = 191

Submarines

1. Germany = 1,141
2. United States = 203
3. Japan = 167
4. United Kingdom = 167
5. Soviet Union = 52
6. Italy = 28

Merchant tonnage

1. United States = 33,993,230
2. United Kingdom = 6,378,899
3. Japan = 4,152,361
4. Commonwealth = 2,702,943
5. Italy = 469,606

See also

• World War II
• American tank production during World War II
• German tank production during World War II
• Soviet tank production during World War II
• WW2 aircraft production
• US weapon production (1942-1945)
• Italian aircraft production 1935 to 1945