List of Thailand military equipment of World War II
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Thailand entered World War II in October 1940, initially against Vichy French forces in the Franco-Thai War. But Japan intervened and forced the Thai government to align with Axis forces; relations with Japan remained tense until the end of the war. This page lists military equipment used during the Franco-Thai War, Malaya and Burma campaign as well as equipment later received from the Japanese.
Knives and bayonets
- Japanese Type 30 bayonet for Arisaka rifle
- Siamese Type 45 bayonet for Mauser rifle
Sidearms
Pistols and revolvers (semi-automatic and manual)
- Astra 300
- Colt M1911
- FN M1900
- Nambu Type 14
- Type 78 Luger[1]
- Type 79 Colt Super[2]
- Type 80 Star[3]
- Type 82 Colt revolver[4]
Automatic pistols and submachine guns
- MP 18
- Nambu Type 100
- Type 80 machine pistol[5]
Rifles
- Arisaka Type 38
- Arisaka Type 99
- Siamese Type 46 Mauser rifle
- Siamese Type 46/66 Mauser rifle
- Siamese Type 47 Mauser carbine
- Siamese Type 47/66 Mauser carbine
- Siamese Type 66 Mauser rifle
Machine guns
Dual purpose and infantry machine guns
- Type 66 Browning M1917 (heavy machine gun rechambered for 8mm and adopted in 1924)
- Type 66 Madsen machine gun (light machine gun adopted in 1924)
- Type 92 heavy machine gun (adopted in 1941 to cope with the shortage of the 8mm ammunition)
- Vickers machine gun commercial D (12.7mm rechambered for 8mm, used for AA duties and adopted in 1935)
Grenades and grenade launchers
Japanese grenades were imported in 1941 for the use by marines
Grenade | Launcher | Introduced | Type | Weight, g | comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type 91 Grenade | Type 10 | 1941 | fragmentation | 530 | improvement of Type 10 |
Type 97 Grenade | No | 1941 | fragmentation | 450 | evolution of Type 91 optimized for hand-throw |
Anti-tank guns
Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)
- Type 97 automatic cannon (anti-tank and anti-aircraft)
Anti-aircraft weapons
Light anti-aircraft guns
Heavy anti-aircraft guns
Artillery
Infantry mortars
Field artillery
- Type 51 7.5cm Gebirgskanone M1908 mountain gun (the Type 1 was adopted in 1909)[9]
- Type 51 7.5cm Gebirgskanone M1908 mountain gun (the Type 2 was adopted in 1909)[10]
- Type 63 mountain gun (the Japanese copy of the 7.5cm Gebirgskanone M1908 was adopted in 1921)[11]
- Type 77 Bofors 40 mm/Bofors 50 mm infantry gun (adopted in 1934)[12]
- Type 78 10.5 cm kanon m/34 heavy infantry gun (adopted in 1935)[13]
- Type 78 Bofors 150 mm M.15/16 heavy howitzer mortar (unknown amount was adopted in 1935)[14]
- Type 80 Bofors 75 mm L/40 light infantry howitzer (adopted in 1937 from B.Grimm company as an agent)[15]
- Type 80 Bofors 105 mm light howitzer (adopted in 1937)[16]
Vehicles
Trucks
- Morris truck (unknown number)
Armored cars
- Vickers-Morris M1931 (6 purchased)
Self-propelled guns
- Vickers Armstrongs QF 2-pounder naval anti-aircraft gun on Vickers 6-Ton tractor (upgrade level close to Dragon Mk IV chassis, 36 purchased)
Tankettes
- Type 73 Carden Loyd Mk VI light tank (10 imported from England in 1930)[17]
- Type 77 Carden Loyd Mk VI modified light tank (30 imported from England in 1934)[18]
Tanks
- Stridsvagn L-131 (4 purchased)
- Type 76 Vickers 6-Ton E light tank (12 imported from England in 1933)[19]
- Type 81 Vickers 6-Ton B light tank (8 out of 12 imported from England in 1938 but the other 4 refused)[20]
- Type 83 light tank (50 Type 95 Ha-Go were purchased from Japan in 1940)[21]
- Vickers-Carden-Loyd A4E12 light amphibious tank (2 purchased from England in 1933)[22]
Navy ships and war vessels
Gun boats
Torpedo boats
- HTMS Chantaburi[25]
- HTMS Chonburi[26]
- HTMS Chumporn[27]
- HTMS Pattani[28]
- HTMS Phuket[29]
- HTMS Rayong[30]
- HTMS Songhkla[31]
- HTMS Trad[32]
Other war vessels
Escort vessels
- HTMS Mae Klong (Tachin class)
- HTMS Tachin (Tachin class)
Light cruisers
Submarines
Aircraft
- Avro 504 (strafing airplane, 20 imported in 1930, 50 locally produced)
- Curtiss P-36 Hawk (fighter airplane, 48 imported in 1934-1938, 50 locally built in 1937-1939)
- Martin B-10 (bomber airplane, 6 received from USA in 1937 and 9 ex Dutch airplanes from Japan in 1943)
- Mitsubishi Ki-21 (heavy bomber airplane, 9 delivered by Japanese in December 1941)
- Mitsubishi Ki-30 (light bomber airplane, 24 airplanes)
- Nakajima E8N (ship borne airplane, 18 imported in late 1940)
- Nakajima Ki-27 (fighter airplane, 12 delivered in January 1942)
- Nakajima Ki-43 (fighter airplane, 24 delivered in 1943)
- Tachikawa Ki-36 (24 purchased in 1942, locally designated as Type 6 trainer)
- Vought O2U Corsair (12 bought in 30 March 1933, 25 built in 1936, 50 more built in 1940, locally designated Type A-1 observation and attacker)
- Watanabe E9W (submarine borne airplane, 6 imported in May 1938, locally designated WS.103S)
Bristol Blenheim import and license production agreement was cancelled in 1940, also the license production of North American P-64 was planned but cancelled when the airplane was turned back while en route in October 1940 due US arms embargo
See also
References
- ^ "ปืนพก แบบ 78 ขนาด 9 มม". Royal Thai Police Ordinance (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "ปืนพก แบบ 79 ขนาด 9 มม". Royal Thai Police Ordinance (in Thai). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "ปืนพก แบบ 80 ขนาด 9 มม". Royal Thai Police Ordinance (in Thai). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "ปืนพกลูกโม่ แบบ 82 ขนาด .38 นิ้ว". Royal Thai Police Ordinance (in Thai). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "ปืนพกกล แบบ 80 ขนาด 11 มม". Gun world magazine (in Thai). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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