List of Chinese military equipment in World War II
The following is a list of Chinese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. This list covers the equipment of the National Revolutionary Army, various warlords and including the Collaborationist Chinese Army and Manchukuo Imperial Army, as well as Communist rebels.
Swords and bayonets
- Dao
- Miaodao
- HY1935 bayonet
- Qiang
- Shin guntō
- Type 30 bayonet
Small arms
Pistols
Submachine guns and automatic pistols
Rifles
Grenades and grenade launchers
Flamethrowers
Machine guns
Infantry held Anti-tank weapons
Vehicle, aircraft and anti-air machine guns
- Vickers.50 Type-D
- Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun both single- and twin-barrel versions
- Type 92 aircraft gun
- Type 89 Lewis aircraft gun ?
- Breda-SAFAT light machinegun M1926
- Degtyarev M-1928
- Maxim PV-1 aircraft gun
- Vickers Class "E" aircraft machine gun
- Vickers Class "F" aircraft machine gun
- Colt–Browning MG40 aircraft machine gun
- FN Browning Modèle 1932 aircraft machine gun
- Browning M-2 fixed and flexible aircraft machine gun
- MG-13 light machine gun
- Solothurn Model T-6-220 aircraft machine gun
- Browning M-1919A5 armor machine gun
Artillery
Infantry mortars
Field and mountain artillery
Fortress, naval and coastal guns
Anti-tank guns
Anti-aircraft weapons
Chinese did not produce an AA-guns on their own, but used every foreign gun they can put their hands on. Madsen 20 mm cannons were especially widespread.Country | Weapon name | Observation | References |
Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon | |||
Italy | Breda Model 33 | ||
Solothurn ST-5 | 120 delivered in 1937 | ||
25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun | |||
3.7 cm Flak 18 | 60 delivered in 1937 | ||
75mm Type 88 AA gun | supplied to pro-Japanese forces |
Vehicles
Tankettes
- V-C-L Tankette Mk VI
- Renault UE
- CV-35
- Type 94 tankette
- Universal Carrier
Tanks
- Renault FT
- V-C-L Light Amphibious Tank
- Vickers Mark E Type B
- Panzer I
- Renault ZB
- T-26
- BT-5
- M3 Stuart
- M4 Sherman
Armored cars
- Leichter Panzerspähwagen
- M3A1 White Scout
- BA-10, BA-3/6 and BA-27
Navy ships and war vessels
- Chinese cruiser Ning Hai
- Chinese cruiser Ping Hai
- Chinese cruiser Chao Ho
- Chinese cruiser Ying Swei
- Chinese cruiser Yat Sen
- Hai Chou - former British sloop
- Minelayer Huying
- Gunboats
- *Yi Sheng
- *Hsien Ning
- *Chung Ning
- *Sui Ning
- *Chung Shan **
- *Chu Tung
- *Yung Sheng
- *Chu Chien
- *Hu Fu
- *Chu Kuan
- *Yung Chi
- *Chiang Yuan
- *Yin Ning
- *Hai Ning
- *7 more unknown gunboats
- Unknown boat class
- *Chung Shan
- *Chaing Chen
- *Min Sheng
- List of ships of the Second World War
Aircraft
- Aichi AB-3 – 1 bought from Japan and 1 copy built in China
- Chu X-PO – prototype only
- Breda Ba.27 – imported from Italy
- Fiat CR.32 – imported from Italy
- Breguet 27 – 6 imported from France
- Gloster Gladiator
- Henschel Hs 123 - 12 bought from Germany
- I-15bis – 29
- I-152 – 252?
- Polikarpov I-153 – 75
- I-16 Model 10 – 132
- I-16 Model 17 – 75
- SB-2M-100A – 179
- SB-2M-103 – 100
- DB-3 – 24
- TB-3 – 6
- Tupolev SB – 13
- Yakovlev UT-1 trainer – 13
- A-12 Shrike
- Northrop A-17
- Vultee A-19
- A-29 Hudson
- Martin B-10
- C-19 Alpha
- Beechcraft Staggerwing C-43
- Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing D-17 medevac
- Beechcraft Model 18 C-45
- Curtiss C-46 Commando
- Northrop Gamma 2E
- Curtiss BF2C Goshawk
- Curtiss F11C Goshawk
- Curtiss-Wright CW-21 – 6 flown, 27 kits not built
- Boeing P-12
- Boeing P-26 Peashooter – 11 bought from USA
- Curtiss P-36 Hawk – license production as Hawk 75A-5 and Mohawk IV
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
- Republic P-43 Lancer
- North American P-51 Mustang
- Vultee P-66 Vanguard
- North American T-6 Texan trainer
- Beechcraft Model 18, trainer modification AT-7
- Cessna AT-17 Bobcat trainer
- Boeing-Stearman Model 75, trainer modification PT-17
- Fairchild PT-19 trainer
- Ryan PT-22 Recruit trainer
- Vultee BT-13 Valiant trainer