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.
Edged weapons
[edit]- Japanese Type 30 bayonet for Arisaka rifle
- Siamese Type 45 bayonet for Mauser rifle
Small Arms
[edit]Pistols and revolvers (semi-automatic and manual)
[edit]- Astra 300
- Colt M1911
- FN M1900
- FN M1910
- FN M1903
- Nambu Type 14
- Type 78 Luger[1]
- Type 79 Colt Super[2]
- Type 80 Star[3]
- Type 82 Colt Police Positive[4]
Automatic pistols and submachine guns
[edit]- MP 35
- MP 18
- Nambu Type 100
- Type 80 machine pistol[5]
Rifles
[edit]- Arisaka Type 38
- Type 83 Arisaka carbine[6]
- 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
- ZH-29[7]
Machine guns
[edit]Dual purpose and infantry machine guns
[edit]- 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
[edit]Japanese grenades were imported in 1941 for the use by marines and made by Ordnance Department [กรมช่างแสงทหารบก]
| 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 |
| Type 78 Grenade | No | 1935 | fragmentation | - | Produced by the Royal Thai Army Ordnance Department |
Anti-tank guns
[edit]Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)
[edit]- Type 97 automatic cannon (anti-tank and anti-aircraft)
Anti-aircraft weapons
[edit]Light anti-aircraft guns
[edit]Heavy anti-aircraft guns
[edit]Artillery
[edit]Infantry mortars
[edit]Field artillery
[edit]- Bofors 75 mm mountain gun
- Type 49 Krupp M1906 mountain gun[9][10]
- Type 51 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M1908 mountain gun[11] (the Type 1 was adopted in 1909)
- Type 51 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M1908 mountain gun[12] (the Type 2 was adopted in 1909)
- Type 63 mountain gun[13] (the Japanese copy of the 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M1908 was adopted in 1921)
- Type 77 Bofors 47/75 mm infantry gun[14] (adopted in 1934)
- Type 78 10.5 cm kanon m/34 heavy infantry gun[15] (adopted in 1935)
- Type 78 Bofors 150 mm M.15/16 heavy howitzer mortar[16] (unknown amount was adopted in 1935)
- Type 80 Bofors 75 mm L/40 light infantry howitzer[17] (adopted in 1937 from B.Grimm company as an agent)
- Type 80 Bofors 105 mm light howitzer[18] (adopted in 1937)
Vehicles
[edit]Trucks
[edit]- Morris truck (unknown number)
Armored cars
[edit]- Vickers-Morris M1931 (6 purchased)
Self-propelled guns
[edit]- Vickers Armstrongs QF 2-pounder naval anti-aircraft gun on Vickers 6-Ton tractor (upgrade level close to the Dragon Mk IV chassis, 36 purchased)
Tankettes
[edit]- Type 73 Carden-Loyd Mk VI tankette[19] (10 imported from England in 1930)
- Type 77 Carden-Loyd Mk VI modified tankette[20] (30 imported from England in 1934)
Tanks
[edit]- Type 76 Vickers 6ton Mk E light tank[21] (12 imported from England in 1933)
- Type 76 Vickers-Carden-Loyd A4E12 light amphibious tank[22] (2 purchased from England in 1933)
- Type 81 Vickers 6ton Mk B light tank[23] (8 out of 12 imported from England in 1938 but the other 4 refused)
- Type 83 light tank[24] (50 Type 95 Ha-Go were purchased from Japan in 1940)
Navy ships and war vessels
[edit]Coastal Defence Ship
[edit]Torpedo boats
[edit]- HTMS Chantaburi[27]
- HTMS Chonburi[28]
- HTMS Chumporn[29]
- HTMS Pattani[30]
- HTMS Phuket[31]
- HTMS Rayong[32]
- HTMS Songhkla[33]
- HTMS Trad[34]
Other war vessels
[edit]Escort vessels
[edit]- HTMS Mae Klong (Tachin class)
- HTMS Tachin (Tachin class)
Light cruisers
[edit]Submarines
[edit]Aircraft
[edit]- Avro 504 (strafing airplane, 20 imported in 1930, 50 locally produced)
- Curtiss BF2C goshawk (fighter Used 24 Made in Thailand 50 total 74 imported in 1934-1938.)
- Curtiss P-36 Hawk (fighter The Royal Thai Air Force procures 25 aircraft with 23 mm air cannons. )
- 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)
- Mitsubishi A6M ( It was delivered in the A6M2 Model 21 and A6M5 Model 52 models. )
Bristol Blenheim import and license production agreement was cancelled in 1940, also the license production of North American P-64 and total amount 100 was planned but cancelled when the airplane was turned back while en route in October 1940 due US arms embargo
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "ปลส. 83" [Type 83 Japanese Carbine]. Royal Thai Police Ordinance (in Thai). Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Smith, Joseph E. (1969). Small Arms of the World (11 ed.). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company. p. 310. ISBN 9780811715669.
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- ^ "พ.ศ. 2451 ปืนใหญ่ภูเขาแบบ 51(ป.51-1)". Artillery Division, Fort Phibunsongkram, Lopburi (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "พ.ศ. 2451 ปืนใหญ่ภูเขาแบบ 51(ป.51-2)". Artillery Division, Fort Phibunsongkram, Lopburi (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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- ^ "พ.ศ. 2478 ปืนใหญ่หนักกระสุนวิถีราบ แบบ 78(ปนร.78)". Artillery Division, Fort Phibunsongkram, Lopburi (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "พ.ศ. 2478 ปืนใหญ่หนักกระสุนวิถีโค้ง แบบ 78(ปนค.78)". Artillery Division, Fort Phibunsongkram, Lopburi (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "พ.ศ. 2480 ปืนใหญ่เบากระสุนวิถีราบ แบบ 80(ปนร.80)". Artillery Division, Fort Phibunsongkram, Lopburi (in Thai). Retrieved 29 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ "4.รถถังแบบ 77 (Light tank, Carden Loyd Mark VI Modified)" (in Thai). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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- ^ "5.รถถังแบบ 81 (Light tank, Vickers 6-Ton Mark B)" (in Thai).
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