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]

Sidearms[edit]

Pistols and revolvers (semi-automatic and manual)[edit]

Automatic pistols and submachine guns[edit]

Rifles[edit]

Machine guns[edit]

Dual purpose and infantry machine guns[edit]

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]

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]

Tankettes[edit]

Tanks[edit]

Navy ships and war vessels[edit]

Coastal Defence Ship[edit]

Torpedo boats[edit]

Other war vessels[edit]

  • HTMS Nhong Sarhai minelayer[35]
  • Thiew Uthok fishery protection ship[36]

Escort vessels[edit]

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[edit]

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