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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

Sidearms

Pistols and revolvers (semi-automatic and manual)

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

Rifles

Machine guns

Dual purpose and infantry machine guns

Grenades and grenade launchers

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

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

Anti-aircraft weapons

Light anti-aircraft guns

Heavy anti-aircraft guns

Artillery

Infantry mortars

Field artillery

Vehicles

Trucks

Armored cars

Self-propelled guns

Tankettes

Tanks

Navy ships and war vessels

Coastal Defence Ship

Torpedo boats

Other war vessels

Escort vessels

Light cruisers

Submarines

Aircraft

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

References

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