List of Thailand military equipment of World War II

The Thailand entered the World War II in October, 1940, initially against Vichy French forces in Franco-Thai War. But Japanese intervened and forced the Thai government to align with Axis forces, but relation with Japanese has remained tense until end of war. This page lists military equipment used during Franco-Thai War as well as equipment later received from Japanese.

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

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)

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

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

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