List of Thailand military equipment of World War II


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.

Knives and bayonets

Pistols and revolvers (semi-automatic and manual)

Dual purpose and infantry machine guns

Japanese grenades were imported in 1941 for the use by marines
GrenadeLauncherIntroducedTypeWeight, gcomments
Type 91 GrenadeType 101941fragmentation530improvement of Type 10
Type 97 Grenade1941fragmentation450evolution of Type 91 optimized for hand-throw

Anti-tank guns

Light anti-aircraft guns

Infantry mortars

Trucks

Gun boats

Bristol Blenheim import and license production agreement was cancelled in 1940, also the license production of North American P-64 was planned but cancelled when the airplane was turned back while en route in October 1940 due US arms embargo