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 as well as equipment later received from the Japanese.

Small arms

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

• Nambu pistol
• M1911 pistol

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

• MP 18

Rifles

• Type 45 Siamese Mauser
• Type 46 Siamese Mauser
• Type 47 Siamese Mauser
• Type 66 Siamese Mauser
• Arisaka

Grenades and grenade launchers

Grenade	Launcher	Introduced	Type	Weight, g	comments
Type 91 Grenade	Type 10	1931	fragmentation	530	improvement of Type 10
Type 97 Grenade	No	1937	fragmentation	450	evolution of Type 91 optimized for hand-throw

Machine guns

Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns

• Madsen machine gun (type 66 light machine gun)
• Type 92 heavy machine gun
• M1917 Browning machine gun (type 66 heavy machine gun - rechambered for 8mm)
• Commercial Vickers Machine Gun Class D (12.7mm rechambered for 8mm) - used for AA duties

Artillery

Infantry mortars

• Type 10 grenade discharger
• Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar

Field artillery

• 5cm M1906 Krupp gun (unclear model)
• 75mm Type 63 Field gun (old Krupp gun?)
• Type 80 Howitzer (75mm L/40 Howizer) - via B Grimm and CO (unclear model)
• Type 51 Mountain gun (Krupp-made M.08)
  • Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun (Japanese copy of Krupp M.08, locally designated as "Type 63 Mountain gun")
• 10.5 cm kanon m/34 (unknown amount)
• 15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16 (unknown amount)

Anti-tank guns

• Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun
• Bofors 37 mm M1934 (unknown amount)

Anti-tank weapons (besides ant-tank guns)

• Type 97 automatic cannon AT/AA

Anti-aircraft weapons

Light anti-aircraft guns

• QF 2-pounder naval gun (pom-pom)

Heavy anti-aircraft guns

• 7.5 cm luftvarns kanon L/30 (75mm L/30 h.S.K.M. 1914) - probably fictitious

Vehicles

Tankettes

• Carden Loyd tankette Mk VI - 60 imported
• Light Tank Mk VI

Tanks

• Vickers 6-Ton Model B
• Vickers A4E11 amphibious tank - 2-6 purchased

Self-propelled guns

• QF 2-pounder naval gun on Vickers 6-Ton tractor (upgrade level close to Dragon Mk IV) chassis -36 purchased

Armored cars

• Vickers-Morris M1931

Navy ships and war vessels

• coastal battleship HTMS Thonburi
• coastal battleship HTMS Sri Ayudhya
• HTMS Chonburi torpedo boat
• HTMS Chantaburi torpedo boat
• HTMS Songhkla torpedo boat
• HTMS Rayong torpedo boat
• HTMS Trad torpedo boat
• HTMS Phuket torpedo boat
• minelayer HTMS Nhong Sarhai
• fishery protection ship Thiew Uthok

Aircraft

• Martin B-10 bomber - 15 received from USA and Japan
• Vought O2U Corsair - 70
• Mitsubishi Ki-30
• Curtiss P-36 Hawk
• Avro 504

References