List of World War II firearms of China

List of National Revolutionary Army weapons, including warlords, communists and soldiers.

Pistols

• Mauser C96^[1] (includes Chinese copies)
• Browning Hi-Power (Burma Campaign X-Forces and Y-Forces)
• Colt M1911 (U.S Lend Lease)
• Tokarev TT-30/TT-33 Chinese copy (Later known as the Type 54 in the Cold War)
• FN M1900 (Chinese copy)
• Nambu Pistol (captured from Japanese forces)
• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (issued to officers only)
• Luger P08

Rifles

• Type 24 rifle-main battle rifle (Chinese licensed copy of Gewehr 98) ^[1][2][3]
• Gewehr 1888
• Hanyang Type 88 (Chinese licensed copy of Gewehr 1888)^[1]
• Mosin–Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944
• Mauser Karabiner 98k (mainly given to the early German trained divisions) ^[4]
• Gewehr 98 (mainly given to the early German trained divisions) ^[1]
• Browning Automatic Rifle (U.S Lend Lease)
• Mondragón rifle
• ZH-29
• Vz. 24
• FN 1924
• SVT-40
• Arisaka Type 38 rifle, Type 44 carbine, and Type 99 rifle (captured from Japanese forces)
• Lee-Enfield (Burma Campaign X-Forces and Y-Forces)
• Springfield M1903 (U.S Lend Lease)
• M1917 rifle (U.S Lend Lease)
• M1 Garand
• General Liu rifle

Submachine Guns

• MP18 (Chinese licensed copies)
• M3 submachine gun
• Thompson SMG (U.S Lend Lease, later local produced Chinese copies) ^[5]
• Sten
• PPSh-41
• PPS
• Type 100 submachine gun (captured from Japanese forces)

Light Machine Guns

• ZB vz.26 ZB vz.30 (purchased in large quantity from former Czechoslovakia, later local produced Chinese copies)^[1]
• Browning M1919 Medium Machine Gun (U.S Lend Lease)
• MG34 (Chinese copy)^[1]
• Bren LMG (Provided by Britain and Canada from 1941 to 1945)
• Type 11 light machine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
• Type 96 light machine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
• Type 99 light machine gun (captured from Japanese forces)
• DP machine gun (Provided by Soviet in the early period of war, mostly used by NRA elite forces such as 200th Division, 74th Army)
• Neuhausen KE-7 (Purchased from Switzerland)

Heavy Machine Guns

• Chinese Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun (Chinese copy of MG 08) ^[1]
• Chinese Type 30 Heavy Machine Gun (Chinese copy of Browning M1917)
• PM M1910
• Type 3 heavy machine gun
• Type 92 heavy machine gun
• Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun

Tanks

• M4 Sherman (Only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army)
• M3 Stuart(Only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army)
• Type 95 Ha-Go (Captured only)
• Type 94 Te-Ke (Captured only)
• Panzer I (Bought from Germany before the war)
• Leichter Panzerspähwagen (Bought from Germany before the war)
• Vickers 6-ton (Bought from UK before the war)
• T26 (Provided by Soviet during the early period of war)
• L3/33 (Bought from Italy before the war)

Anti-Tank weapons

• PaK 36 (Chinese copy)^[1]
• 37 mm Gun M3
• Boys anti tank rifle
• PTRD
• ZiS-2
• ZiS-3

Mountain artillery

• Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun (Chinese copy)

Field guns

• 122 mm gun M1931 (A-19)
• 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19)

Howitzers

• 15 cm sFH 18 ^[1]

Grenades

• Model 24 grenade (Chinese copy) ^[1]

Close quarters weapons

• Dadao ^[1]
• Miao dao
• HY1935 bayonet
• Qiang (spear)
• Type 30 bayonet (captured from Japanese forces)

See also

• List of equipment used in World War II
• List of common World War II infantry weapons
• List of secondary and special issue World War II infantry weapons

References

1. "Second Sino- Japanese War: Military Equipment". Museum of Learning. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
2. 奋战八年－－中正式步骑枪. Retrieved on August 2, 2008. (Simplified Chinese)
3. Mauser cinese modello 1933 "standard modell". Retrieved on August 3, 2008. (Italian)
4. Ball, Robert: Mauser Military Rifles of the World Gun Digest Books, 2006
5. Charles H. Smith. "History of the Thompson submachine gun". Retrieved 2010-11-01.

External links

• Axis Small Arms