This is a list of weapons used during the Second Boer War.
British Empire and colonial troops
Small arms
Rifles Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk I Lee–Metford Lee-Speed
Handguns Webley Revolver Enfield revolver Colt New Service (used by Canadian officers)
Machine guns Maxim gun M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun
Artillery QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 12-pounder 8 cwt gun BL 15-pounder gun BL 5-inch howitzer BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer
Boers
Small arms
Rifles
Bolt action rifles Mauser Model 1893 Mauser Model 1895 (also known as the "Boer Model" Mauser) Mannlicher M1888 Mannlicher M1895 Gewehr 1898 Krag–Jørgensen Kropatschek rifle Model 1878 Vetterli Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk I (captured) Lee–Metford (captured)
Lever action rifles Spencer repeating rifle Winchester Model 1873 Winchester Model 1876
Single shot rifles Fusil Gras mle 1874 Guedes Rifle Martini–Henry Mauser Model 1871 Milbank-Amsler conversion rifle Westley Richards Monkey Tail
Handguns Mauser C96 Webley Revolver
Artillery
QF 1-pounder pom-pom (Boer variant mounted on a wheeled field gun carriage) 7.7 cm FK 96 120 mm howitzer Model 1901 155 mm Creusot Long Tom
References
Bibliography Davitt, M. (1902). The Boer Fight for Freedom. Funk & Wagnalls. p. 66. Walter, John (2006). Rifles of the World. Iola: Krause Publications. ISBN 9780896892415. Major Darrell Hall, "Guns in South Africa 1899–1902 Part III and IV" The South African Military History Society Military History Journal – Vol 2 No 2, December 1971
