# List of Thailand military equipment of World War II

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

* Japanese Type 30 bayonet for Arisaka rifle
* Siamese Type 45 bayonet for Mauser rifle

## Small Arms
### Pistols and revolvers (semi-automatic and manual)

* Astra 300
* Colt M1911
* FN M1900
* FN M1910
* FN M1903
* Nambu Type 14
* Type 78 Luger
* Type 79 Colt Super
* Type 80 Star
* Type 82 Colt Police Positive

### Automatic pistols and submachine guns

* MP 35
* MP 18
* Nambu Type 100
* Type 80 machine pistol

### Rifles

* Arisaka Type 38
* Type 83 Arisaka carbine
* 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

## Machine guns
### Dual purpose and infantry machine guns

* 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

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

* Bofors 37 mm M1934 anti-tank gun
* Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun

## Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

* Type 97 automatic cannon (anti-tank and anti-aircraft)

## Anti-aircraft weapons
### Light anti-aircraft guns

* Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun
* Vickers Armstrongs QF 2-pounder naval anti-aircraft gun (pom-pom)

### Heavy anti-aircraft guns

* Type 77 Bofors 75 mm L/30 luftvarns kanon h.S.K.M. 1914

## Artillery
### Infantry mortars

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

### Field artillery

* Bofors 75 mm mountain gun
* Type 49 Krupp M1906 mountain gun
* Type 51 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M1908 mountain gun (the Type 1 was adopted in 1909)
* Type 51 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M1908 mountain gun (the Type 2 was adopted in 1909)
* Type 63 mountain gun (the Japanese copy of the 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M1908 was adopted in 1921)
* Type 77 Bofors 47/75 mm infantry gun (adopted in 1934)
* Type 78 10.5 cm kanon m/34 heavy infantry gun (adopted in 1935)
* Type 78 Bofors 150 mm M.15/16 heavy howitzer mortar (unknown amount was adopted in 1935)
* Type 80 Bofors 75 mm L/40 light infantry howitzer (adopted in 1937 from B.Grimm company as an agent)
* Type 80 Bofors 105 mm light howitzer (adopted in 1937)

## Vehicles
### Trucks

* Morris truck (unknown number)

### Armored cars

* Vickers-Morris M1931 (6 purchased)

### Self-propelled guns

* 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

* Type 73 Carden-Loyd Mk VI tankette (10 imported from England in 1930)
* Type 77 Carden-Loyd Mk VI modified tankette (30 imported from England in 1934)

### Tanks

* Type 76 Vickers 6ton Mk E light tank (12 imported from England in 1933)
* Type 76 Vickers-Carden-Loyd A4E12 light amphibious tank (2 purchased from England in 1933)
* Type 81 Vickers 6ton Mk B light tank (8 out of 12 imported from England in 1938 but the other 4 refused)
* Type 83 light tank (50 Type 95 Ha-Go were purchased from Japan in 1940)

## Navy ships and war vessels
### Coastal Defence Ship

* HTMS Sri Ayudhya
* HTMS Thonburi

### Torpedo boats

* HTMS Chantaburi
* HTMS Chonburi
* HTMS Chumporn
* HTMS Pattani
* HTMS Phuket
* HTMS Rayong
* HTMS Songhkla
* HTMS Trad

### Other war vessels

* HTMS Nhong Sarhai minelayer
* Thiew Uthok fishery protection ship

### Escort vessels

* HTMS Mae Klong (Tachin class)
* HTMS Tachin (Tachin class)

### Light cruisers

* Etna ex Naresuan
* Etna ex Taksin

### Submarines

* HTMS Matchanu
* HTMS Phlai Chumpon
* HTMS Sinsamut
* HTMS Wirun

## Aircraft

* 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 Only 12 units were delivered. 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