Part 2/5

Infantry Weapons
1936-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mauser Model 1933
http://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/catalog/1933_307rf.JPG
Maker marked from the German Mauser Oberndorf Arsenal and produced in very low numbers for the Argentine

1939-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAFDASA Z-4
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/guns/images/a/a7/Hafdasaz4.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/310?cb=20100220004857
Production began in 1938.

The HAFDASA Z-4 is a submachine gun of Argentinian origin and is chambered in 9mm and .45 calibres. It has an aluminium lower receiver and is fed from a wide box magazine (50 rounds for 9x19mm Parabellum rounds and 40 rounds in .45 ACP). Its magazine insert has a dust cover that folds open forward to form a grip shrouding the front of the magazines. The Z-4 was available with a full rifle stock and even outperforms many modern submachine guns.

They were originally semi automatic, although it is known that some were modified at the factory for automatic fire. Those of caliber 9mm had a magazine capacity of 50 cartridges, while the .45 model stored 40 rounds, a high capacity, especially for the era. The magazines are small in size, due to a design using two internal double-stack columns, and a feed selector to choose which column to feed from. Placing the feed selector in its central position prevents the weapon from firing. The Suomi KP-31 Schillstrom 50 round "coffin" magazines used a similar dual-double stack design, but lacked the column feed selector.

OR
HAFDASA C-4
https://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2018-05/1526055287_hafdasa-c-4-3.jpg

This was also produced in 1938.

1942-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Halcón M-1943
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/58/f4/77/58f477aee3f6fd8abec8d4779806c412.jpg
The Halcón M-1943 designed in 1943 is a submachine gun of Argentine origin and is chambered in both 9×19mm Parabellum for the Army and .45 ACP for police forces. This weapon is comparable in quality and performance with the Thompson submachine gun.

Source
http://guns.wikia.com/wiki/HAFDASA_Z-4
http://nazarian.no/wepc.asp?lang=0&group_id=4&country_id=51
https://topwar.ru/141359-pistolet-pulemet-hafdasa-c-4-argentina.html
https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=4842
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halc%C3%B3n_M-1943

Part 3/5

Transport------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Junkers Ju 52 / 3m
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/junkersju52-3m_164_0001.jpg?crc=4193087458
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/t-166%205.jpg?crc=3872806021
The first three units arrived in the country in 1939, in October of that year they entered service with the Transport Squadron of Observation Group 1 with a seat in El Palomar, these devices were registered as 164, 165 and 166, the following two units, 167 and 168, they arrive later.

OR
Fairchild Model 82
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/fairchild%2082%20(1).jpg?crc=4229338138
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/lv-fhz_20.jpg?crc=3808436599
The Argentine Navy incorporated in 1938, a Model 82A, which was used in aero photography tasks in a large part of the country's geography.

Carrier-Fighter----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Fairey IIIF Corsair
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/iiifap-1.jpg?crc=4056946152
In 1929 the Navy acquired 6 copies of the model Fairey III / MK.IIIM, equipped with engine of French origin Lorraine Dietrich, upon their arrival they were incorporated to the Squadron of Patrollers, later in 1931 they became part of the Reconnaissance Squadron, at the service of the Fleet, operated with pontoons, as seaplanes, embarked in several opportunities aboard the battleships Rivadavia and Moreno. Three copies are lost in accidents between 1931 and 1935, the three survivors, re-motorized with radial engines Armstrong Siddeley Panther IV of greater power, went on to integrate, in 1937, the Squadron of Light Bombardment based on the BAN Punta Indio, the Last Fairey IIIF is decommissioned in 1942. In 1937, a single copy of the improved model IV Seal was acquired, initially registered as R-54 equal to the Model IIIF lost in an accident in 1954. The Seal passes to the Squadron of Light Bombardment, where it remains until its loss in the year 1942 .

1936
Curtiss Hawk III
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/91_1.jpg?crc=3909510801
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/61.jpg?crc=350792781
Argentina bought 10 Hawk 10s in 1936. They based in El Palomar.
In 1936, the Air Force Command of the Army acquired 10 copies of the Curtiss Model 68 Hawk III, they arrived in the country by sea on 10/5/1936 packed. The aircraft were assembled by the General Directorate of Aeronautical Material of El Paloma. On June 6 of that year they are officially incorporated into Military Aviation. In July it was decided to incorporate the two demonstration aircraft that the Curtiss Airplane had brought to the country in 1934 and were stored, one of which was the prototype and the only manufactured specimen of the Model IV.


As a remarkable anecdote, the Group 1 of hunting with its Hawk III and the Hawk IV escort on November 30, 1936 to the plane that brought the country to the president of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt.

The surviving specimens join the recently created Argentine Air Force, in January 1945 and are framed within the Regiment 3 attack, the Plumerillo, province of Mendoza, where they are definitively decommissioned on September 18, 1947.

1940
Curtiss Hawk IV
http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/usa/curtiss_hawk4.jpg
The difference between Hawk III and Hawk IV is that the Hawk IV had the enclosed cockpit while Hawk III had open cockpit.

1944
26 F4U-5/5N/5NL Corsairs (Vought F4U Corsair)
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/571/pics/91_3_b1.jpg
http://www.histarmar.com.ar/ArchivoFotosGral/AvNaval/CVCorsairenV/Corsairx55.jpg
Argentine Naval Aviation operated 26 F4U-5/5N/5NL Corsairs from 1956 to 1968 from ARA Independencia

Carrier-CAS----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Vought V-142A Corsair
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/v-142_perfil_5.jpg?crc=3877323129
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/v-142_ara_100.jpg?crc=3919508081
Variant of the US Navy's SBU-1 exported to Argentina in the second half of the 30s of the last century, the Vought V-142 was a single-engine biplane, two-seater attack and horizontal bombing or dive with landing gear conventional fixed and ability to launch pumps of up to 500 pounds.

A total of 14 units were built, acquired in 1936, they arrive the following year to integrate the Strike Squadron of the Aeronaval Force Nº2, in 1945 they join the recently created Squadron of bombardment in mince of the Aeronaval Force Nº2, in 1946 it is transferred to Aeronaval Squadron Nº3, assigned to the Punta Indio Naval Base (BAPI), where their operational career culminates between 1948 and 1949, at which time said squadron is deactivated.

In the US, it was designed as a dive bomber.

1944
AT-6
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/texan_ean244.jpg?crc=4159862863
The Argentine Navy acquires in total 94 (AT-6 / BC-1 / SNJ-3 / -4) and 30 (SNJ-5), many employees as sources of spare parts (at least 35 units), for use as trainers advanced, coastal patrol, liaison and light attack.

The copies, all surplus of war are fully conditioned before delivery, arriving at the first machine in 1946.

They remain in service until they begin to be replaced in 1967 by the North American T-28, the last copy is removed in 1971.

Carrier-Naval Bomber----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
V-65F Corsair
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/corsariov65f-1934perfilx10.jpg?crc=108270488
The Navy acquired in 1933 a batch of twelve new, Vought aircraft similar to the O3U destined for USAAC destined for attack and reconnaissance tasks. Of the 12 purchased, 11 belonged to the variant V-65F and one corresponded to the V-66F model. These aircraft were integrated into the Reconnaissance Squadron, assigned to the Naval Base of Punta Indio, province of Buenos Aires.

Upon their arrival in 1933 they are assigned to the 1st Naval Region Observation and Attack Squadron, in 1937 they pass to the Attack Squadron of Air Squadron No. 3, being re-enrolled 3-A- ..., at the beginning of 1946 they pass to integrate the School of Naval Aviation (EAN), they are re-registered again, this time with 1-E- ..., in 1948 the active specimens are added to the Observation Squadron of the Aeronaval del Plata Force, this time they are registered as 3 -OR-…


During their years of service they participated in several exercises with the fleet and in several raids joining distant points in the Argentine Patagonia between 1933 and 1935, in 1937 an aircraft made the survey of the Bermejo River in the north of the republic.

The V-65/66 were easily configurable as seaplanes with the placement of a central pontoon and two small stabilizers in each wing.

My note, “This is a concept idea; instead of pontoon equip, torpedos under the main craft.”

1940
V-66F Corsair
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/vought.jpg?crc=3954183296

My note, “This is a concept idea; instead of pontoon equip, torpedos under the main craft.”

1944
BT-13
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/bt-13_perfil.jpg?crc=3885610883
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/bt-13%20arg.jpg?crc=519217605
For 1946 the Argentine Navy required a new coach to serve with the Naval Aviation command. In total, 30 copies of the BT-13 / BT-13A / SNV-1 / SNV-2 / BT-15 are purchased in September 1946 from the surpluses of the US Navy. Upon arrival they are incorporated into the Naval Aviation School as advanced coaches, three copies were lost in accidents. By the end of the 50s of the last century, only 17 units remained in service, its operational life was closed in 1963 when those still in operation were ceded to various aero clubs and the Paraguayan Air Force

Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Dewoitine D.21
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/ac/e7/27ace7f22bf98e2f39616d6168e311b9.jpg
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/35232_131273286914429_4543114_n.jpg?crc=4121978743
In 1927 the General Directorate of Aeronautics of the Argentine Army acquires a batch of 6 units of D.21 that are assigned to the Military Aviation School and to Group 1 in turn obtains the license to manufacture it in the country in the plant of Córdoba , from where another 32 units would come, delivered from 1930. In total the Military Aviation of the Argentine Army operated 39 Dewoitine D.21C-1 that were enrolled from 1 to 38 and served until the year 1931 in the Aviation School and in Hunting Groups 1 and 2 and by Observation 1

1936
Curtiss Hawk 75-0
http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Hawk-750-Argentina-C-649-a.jpg
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/curtiss%20hawk%2075-o%20argentina.jpg?crc=3888417826
Landing Gear Lock version of the Curtiss P-46 Hawk

The Hawks were acquired by the Directorate General of Aeronautics in 1938 as a replacement for the Dewoitine D-21. A lot of 30 units is purchased, arriving in the country by the end of that year. In turn, the license is acquired to manufacture 20 additional units in the Aviation Military Factory of Córdoba. The Argentine Hawk were called H-75O, they differed from the models sold to other countries by having fixed landing gear, Wright Cyclone GR-1820 radial engine of 1,000 hp and by having a Telefunken radio. The first specimen manufactured in the country made its inaugural flight on 8/16/1940, commanded by Lt. First Correa, being handed over to military aeronautics on 9/1/1940. All units were assigned to the No. 2 Air Regiment under the Army Aviation Command, in July 1944 the active machines were re-registered, placing the letter C in front of the aircraft number. In 1951 they were integrated into Group 1 hunting and in 1952 they went to the VII Air Brigade of Morón. The Hawks began to be discharged in 1949 with the arrival of the Gloster Meteor. The surviving units were deprogrammed in 1955 when they were assigned to the Jorge Newbery Airport during the "Liberation Revolution" that overthrew the government of Juan Perón.

1940
Hawk H-75H
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/78/pics/3_o_2.jpg
One of the prototypes 'Argentina Demonstrator' used for demonstration to Argentinean Air Force in 1938.

1944
Fiat G.55
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/458/pics/91_6.jpg
In 1946, Fiat restarted production of the G.55, using the large stock of partly complete airframes and components remaining in its factories. It was available in two versions, the G.55A, a single-seat fighter/advanced trainer, and the G.55B, a two-seat advanced trainer, whose prototypes flew on 5 September 1946 and 12 February 1946 respectively.[20]

The AMI acquired 19 G.55As and 10 G.55Bs, while the Argentine Air Force purchased 30 G.55As, and 15 G.55Bs.

Naval Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Grumman 20 Duck
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/1229/pics/91_1.jpg
received in 1937

OR
Walrus Mk.I (Supermarine Walrus / Seagull Mk.V)
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/583/pics/91_1.jpg
https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/RauchGeorgV/11449.jpg
On January 14, 1935, the Argentine Ministerio de Marina ordered two Supermarine Seagull Mk.V's from Vickers-Supermarine. By May 1935, the Seagull Mk.V had become the Walrus Mk.I, and the two were built as Supermarine Type 315 under Air Ministry Specification No.441B.

The first example flew at Eastleigh aerodrome, Southampton, on April 25, 1938, bearing the Supermarine 'Class B' marking N-15, and later made a catapult launch from the brand-new Argentine light cruiser ARA La Argentina in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. By October 15, 1938, the Walrus had received the code M-O-9 and on January 3, 1939, M-O-9 was ferried to Barrow-in-Furness where ARA La Argentina was anchored.

The second Walrus, bearing the 'Class B' marking N-16, first flew at Eastleigh on April 29, 1938, and, following acceptance flights, was coded M-O-10 and loaded aboard ARA La Argentina on January 5, 1938. The two Walruses were assigned to the Escuadrilla de Observación de Aviación de la Escuadra de Mar and became operational in the autumn of 1939.

On October 2, 1945 negotiations began with Vickers-Armstrong for an additional batch of Walruses and eventually eight ex-RAF Supermarine Type 236 aircraft were chosen. The selected aircraft included X9564, X9571, X9573, Z1758, HD823 plus three unidentified examples. (Some of these Walruses were Walrus Mk.IIs but Aviación Naval records refer to all eight examples as Mk.Is.)

Following overhaul and test flights at Hamble (bearing the Supermarine 'Class B' markings N-33 to N-40 in an unknown sequence), the Walruses were painted in Aviación Naval's standard two-tone grey scheme and received the codes 2-O-23 to 2-O-30, and the first two were delivered on October 9, 1946.

The ten aircraft are listed below by their first allocated code, followed by codes allocated in sequence for that particular aircraft. Quoted in brackets are the test flight 'Class B' markings. Abbreviations: TOC - taken on charge, SOC - struck off charge.

1940
Grumman G-15 Duck
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/1229/pics/91_2.jpg
received in 1939

OR
Consolidated P2Y-3 Ranger
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/6835665113_eaedf6fe5e.jpg?crc=25161955
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/consolenplanchada1942x10.jpg?crc=111834187
The national Navy acquired in 1936 a batch of six new copies of the Consolidated Model P2Y-3A as a replacement for the Supermarine Southampton. It did not went into service till 1938.

Upon arrival, the P2Y-3A are integrated into the Patrolmen Aeronaval Squadron that operated from the Naval Air Base of Puerto Belgrano to perform maritime patrol and navigation control tasks, as well as participating in several cooperation exercises with the Sea Squadron. .

The P2Y-3A are deprogrammed, after a brief passage through the Naval Aviation School, between 1949 and 1950 and replaced in their functions by the most modern Consolidated Catalina.

The Rangers arrive unarmed to the country, being armed and put in flight in the workshops of the Naval Air Base of Puerto Belgrano, entering full operative service during the year 1938. The following year they carry out several training missions in anti submarine fighters, launching ammunition real.

During his operational career, the flight carried out on January 22, 1940 by three aircraft to the Malvinas Islands was highlighted. The units registered 2-P-2, 2-P-5 and 2-P-6 took part in this action. squadron was commanded by Lieutenant of the ship Salustiano Mediavilla who was in command of 2-P-2, the other aircraft were commanded by, the 2-P-5 Lieutenant of Fragata Pío E. Ceballos and the 2-P-6 by Ensign of the ship Alois Fleiss.

The planes flew over and photographed the coast of Soledad Island and returned to the mainland, this was the first time that an Argentine aircraft overflies a part of the Falkland Islands.

1944
Grumman G-21 Goose
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/af/7a/a3/af7aa379e0a55ccec1f6c43a108ff381.jpg
http://www.histarmar.com.ar/ArchivoFotosGral/AvNaval/GrummanGoose/GrumGoosex10.jpg
6 aircraft purchased in 1946. Destined for the 3rd Patrollers Squadron, they are called 3-P-25, etc. and later · -P-50 and up. In the beginning, they disguised their purchase of naval character marking them as if they were for the Naval Prefecture (PGM-1 onwards), given the policy contrary to the Naval Aviation of the then government.

Part 4/5

Close Air Support------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
NA-16
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/na-16_perfil.jpg?crc=91857217
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/na_16_eam_100.png?crc=257893379
On March 19, 1937, after the demonstration of the NA-18 prototype, the Argentine Army Aviation acquires it and signs the contract with North American for 30 additional units of the NA-16-1P and NA-16-4P models, called by the factory as NA-34. The purchase amount was 800,000 US dollars.The specimens were shipped to Argentina, arriving in Buenos Aires the first days of September 1937, completing the delivery in January 1938, once arrived, Army and North American technicians proceed to assemble the Wright engines.

Entered into service, the NA-16 unlike their brothers employed by the US Army, the BT-9, were used in advanced training tasks, reconnaissance and light attack, for which they were provided with bombs and two Lewis machine guns. 7.7 mm on the capo.nThe NA-16 replaced the Avro Trainer in the weapon, with the arrival of the new machines the aeronautical education experimented a qualitative jump, since with the North American the flight training with instruments begins.

Changes in the training chart from 1941 onwards mean that after the elementary flight of the students in the Focke-Wulf FW-44, they will pass to the basic / advanced training in the NA-16

The North American served both in the Military Aviation School as well as in the Military Air Base of Coronel Pringles.

The last NA-16 were discharged from 1947.


On 10/20/1943 the Aerotechnical Institute was created, directed by the Major Engineer Juan Ignacio San Martin, in charge of the design of the new aircraft that would serve in the Argentine Air Force. Given the scarcity of air products due to the developing world conflict and in search of a new advanced training apparatus for the force, it is decided to modify an NA-16, which is installed a new wing of national design, the same as the landing gear, the prototype called FMA-21 flies on 05/04/1943 and would be the base of the development and later manufacture in series of I.Ae.-22DL.

1940
Northrop 8A-2
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I4Xb_hbloxM/VeS8rrFad3I/AAAAAAABwMo/5KXtrIWRbMs/s1600/f-35-and-f-22.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yvo1hqkHdMI/VeS7kkXNpmI/AAAAAAABwL8/DZIu8NTFngs/s640/sr-71-spy-plane.jpg
Argentina purchased 30 Model 8A2 Type attack aircraft Manufacturers Douglas (under license of Northrop) in 1937 and received them between February and March 1938. Their serial numbers were between 348 and 377. These remained in frontline service until replaced by the I.Ae. 24 Calquin, continuing in service as trainers and reconnaissance aircraft until their last flight in 1954

1944
I.Ae. 22 DL
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/IAeDl22.jpg/300px-IAeDl22.jpg
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/cdl22.jpg?crc=458476350
The I.Ae. 22 DL was an Argentine advanced training aircraft designed by the Instituto Aerotecnico in 1943, with a wooden structure, which resembled the North American NA-16. First flight in 1944.

Most of the constructed specimens were assigned to the Military Aviation School, a few served as liaison planes of the 1st Air Brigade, others were assigned to the II Paraná Air Brigade where they served with the Observation Group 1. The III Reconquista Air Brigade also counted with the DL since there was dictated the course of official aviators of the reserve. During the 1955 Revolution, the Aviation School troops remain loyal to the government of General Juan Domingo Peron and use their I.Ae.22 in ground attack tasks. Several machines are damaged and / or knocked down. The wear and tear of the cells and their wide use, caused the DL to conclude their operational life soon, the last units were written off on December 31, 1958. A single copy served abroad, it is a machine donated in April 1946 to the government of Peru.

Heavy Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Focke-Wulf Fw.58B-2 Weihe
http://amilarg.com.ar/images/fw58_perfil.jpg?crc=447687943
http://amilarg.com.ar/images/fw58_argentina_1.jpg?crc=309209531
In 1938 the army acquired for its incorporation to Group 1 of Observation, three brand new Focke Wulf Fw-58B-2 Weihe, these were not only used as observation aircraft but also as advanced trainers for future crews of the Martin 139WAA.

My note, “In my opinion, if it was used in combat operations, it would either be a heavy fighter, most likely be a light bomber, or both.”

1944
I.Ae. 30 "Ñancú"
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Ia30-1.jpg/300px-Ia30-1.jpg
https://www.avionslegendaires.net/wp-content/uploads/images/avion_militaire/Cnancu.jpg
The I.Ae. 30 "Ñancú" was an Argentine twin piston engined fighter designed by the Instituto Aerotécnico in the late 1940s, similar to the de Havilland Hornet, but made of metal rather than wood. Only one prototype was completed; the project was abandoned in favour of a jet aircraft.

The I.Ae. 30 "Ñancú", named after an indigenous eagle of Patagonia, was designed by Italian engineer Cesare Pallavicino, who had come to Argentina in 1946. Pallavicino led a team of Argentine technicians and engineers in developing the concept of a high-speed escort fighter, intended to be operated in conjunction with the Avro Lincoln bombers used in the Argentine Air Force.

The I.Ae. 30 had a metal structure, its power plants consisted of two Rolls-Royce Merlin 604 engines, each developing 1,800 hp at 3,000 RPM, and four-bladed propellers. The armament would consist of six 20 mm Oerlikon automatic cannons mounted in the nose, although later plans called for 20 mm Hispano-Suiza cannons as well as a 250 kg bomb under the fuselage and two batteries of five 83 mm rockets fitted underneath the wings. Nevertheless, the prototypes were unarmed.

By the end of 1947, a contract was received for the first of three projected prototypes. On 9 June 1948 the first prototype was ready for ground tests and on 17 July 1948, the I.Ae. 30 took to the air for the first time, piloted by Captain Edmundo Osvaldo Weiss.

My note, “This is a fighter, but to me it looks more like a heavy fighter.”

Tactical Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Breguet 19
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/ae/ba/aaaebaa81c6b4b315c16585027eebe42.jpg
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/brxixa2_1926.jpg?crc=4198545458
This is a light long distances bomber, acquired in 1920s.

1936
AeMB.1
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8318/7954680060_706e50a9dd_z.jpg (Prototype)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7954681212_f74675438c_z.jpg
The design of the series the first bomber built in series in Latin America began at the Aviation Military Factory in 1932, by the beginning of 1935 had accumulated more than 38,000 hours of work and culminated with the prototype, called Ae.MB1. Mono low wooden wing, with fixed conventional undercarriage, Wright Cyclone 6R-1820F3 radial engine with nine cylinders and 715 hp with compressor and reducer, which operated a three-blade Hamilton Standard propeller with adjustable pitch and 3.8 m in diameter. Open cockpit for pilots and fuselage made with chrome-molybdenum tubes, the cabin was covered in duralumin and the tail in cloth.

The Ae.MB1 was manned by two pilots, a bomber, an artilleryman and a radio telegraphist. The prototype made its first flight on June 9, 1935, after this flight various modifications were made such as the adoption of a NACA ring on the engine, the fairing of the landing gear, flaps were added, other changes included the drift change rounded edges by a larger one with straight edges to improve lateral control, and the union of the wing with the fuselage was altered to facilitate access to the cabin, which was made by a small door on the left side. The speed ring was also changed by a hood of elders. Shortly after, the fairing of the landing gear was also replaced by a larger one and the entire armament was removed. For the serial units, the cabin was closed, a new windshield and windows were placed on the roof of the cabin

The defensive armament consisted of two 7.7 mm Lewis machine guns installed in an open turret (closed in the series specimens), dorsal, these machine guns were replaced in serial copies by two Maddens 7.65 mm and were added other fixed of the same model.

At the end of 1935 the Ae.MB1 was presented at the Escuela Militar e Aviación, at El Palomar Military Air Base, in the province of Buenos Aires.

The problems in the landing gear were continuous, given its almost null elasticity, this led to a series of problems especially during the landing phases. A series of changes are introduced after a little more than a year in service, especially with the change of the landing gear that had given so many problems. This change leads to the aircraft in service then (12) to be designated Ae.MB2. The modifications included a change in the interior of the fuselage that would allow a quick escape in case of emergency, all these works were made in the facilities of the Military Fabrication of Aviation. In total, 15 copies were manufactured.

1940
Martin B-10 Bolo Model 139WAA
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-08NZguTETy4/V28NWYJK_uI/AAAAAAABqnM/N3X4Tnvud9g2l-lhBz80b15QD5YQp3V_wCLcB/s1600/b-10%2Bargentina.jpg
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/images/91_13.jpg?crc=3823901545
Army Aviation Service received 22 Model 139WAA aircraft, plus 1 fuselage for training, delivered in April 1938. Then it was sold to the Argentine Navy. Having ruled out other options in February 1937, the contract for the acquisition of 22 copies designated by the company as Martin 139WAA is signed. These are assigned to the Aviation Regiment No. 1 of the El Palomar Air Base and the 1 Regiment of bombing of Villa Reynolds in the province of San Luis. The last ones were removed from service in 1954, then three units served at the El Plumerillo Air Base as white tugs. The 139 were replaced in the Air Force by the IAe-24 Calquin of national production

1944
I.Ae. 24 Calquin
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/I.Ae._24_Calquin.jpg/300px-I.Ae._24_Calquin.jpg
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/aircraft/images/0/00/24_2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140329102001
The I.Ae.24 Calquin (a Mapudungun word which means "Royal Eagle") was a tactical bomber designed and built by the Instituto Aerotécnico (Córdoba) in Argentina in the immediate post-World War II era. Although superficially a "look-alike" for the de Havilland Mosquito, the I.Ae.24 was powered by twin Pratt & Whitney R-1830-G “Twin Wasp” radials giving it a distinct appearance. After an operational career spanning two decades, the Calquin was retired.

Strategic Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
AeMB.2 Bombi
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLsEeinXUAALjvu.jpg
The FMA AeMB.2 Bombi was a heavy bomber aircraft developed in Argentina in the mid-1930s. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration. It was fitted with fixed tailwheel undercarriage, the main units of which were covered by long, "trouser"-style fairings. The initial AeMB.1 configuration was fitted with a dorsal machine gun turret, later removed from the AeMB.2 to improve stability. Fifteen production examples saw service with the Argentine Air Force between 1936 and 1945. Two were lost to air accidents.

1940
Avro Lancaster
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/intermediary/f/0246dd0e-5d49-4d08-a8ae-daa09f0b309f/d2qngzk-4591746c-8ed0-48ee-8eea-5f0e0a948b60.jpg/v1/fill/w_1095,h_730,q_70,strp/lancaster_bi_argentina_1_by_ws_clave_d2qngzk-pre.jpg
Imported from UK

1944
B-17
http://i.imgur.com/IBPbZMt.jpg
This was used as a civilian aircraft, it was concerted after WWII.

Part 5/5

Jet Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1945
FMA I.A.e 33 Pulqui I
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/FMA_IAe27.jpg/300px-FMA_IAe27.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Pulqui_II_-_Argentina_-_1951.jpg/220px-Pulqui_II_-_Argentina_-_1951.jpg
The I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I was an Argentine jet fighter designed at the "Instituto Aerotecnico" in 1946. Only one prototype was completed; unsatisfactory performance led to the aircraft being superseded by a later design.

1955
I.A.e 33 Pulqui II
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Pulqui_II_04.jpg/300px-Pulqui_II_04.jpg
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/956/pics/91_5.jpg
https://s10.postimg.cc/kz9i0hh6x/Pulqui_Mor_n.jpg
The FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II was a jet fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1940s in Argentina, under the Perón government, and built by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones Embodying many of the design elements of the wartime Focke-Wulf Ta 183, an unrealized fighter project, the FMA envisioned the IAe 33 Pulqui II as a successor to the postwar Gloster Meteor F4 in service with the Fuerza Aérea Argentina. The Pulqui II's development was comparatively problematic and lengthy, with two of the four prototypes being lost in fatal crashes. Despite one of the prototypes being successfully tested in combat during the Revolución Libertadora, the political, economic and technical challenges faced by the project meant that the IAe 33 was unable to reach its full potential, and the Argentine government ultimately chose to purchase F-86 Sabres from the United States in lieu of continuing development of the indigenous fighter to production status.

Jet Tactical Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1945
Gloster Meteor
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/204/pics/91_6_b1.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/C-095_Gloster_Meteor_F4_Fuerza_Aerea_Argentina_%288147608301%29.jpg
Argentine Air Force ordered 100 F.4s in May 1947, comprising 50 ex-RAF aircraft and 50 newly built. Deliveries started in July that year, the Meteor remaining in service until 1970, when the last examples were replaced by Dassault Mirage IIIs

1955
English Electric Canberra
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/168/pics/91_3.jpg
http://www.aviator.nl/images/G/G-AYHP-00578-big.jpg
Argentine Air Force purchased 10 refurbished ex-RAF B2s and 2 T4s (redesignated B62 and B64 respectively) in 1967. Two further aircraft were ordered in 1981 but were not delivered owing to the Falklands War

Jet Strategic Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1955
I.A.e 36 Cóndor
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Ia_36.jpg/300px-Ia_36.jpg
The IA 36 Cóndor (English: Condor) was a projected Argentine jet propelled mid-range airliner, designed in the early 1950s by Kurt Tank for the “Fábrica Militar de Aviones”. It was cancelled in 1958, with no prototypes built.

My note. “This is a concept idea that if it was in the military hands, it would have manifested into a strategic bomber.”

Source:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=706908699
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Air_Force
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Argentine_Air_Force
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_I.Ae._27_Pulqui_I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_IAe_33_Pulqui_II
https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/by-country.asp?Nation=Argentina
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/I.Ae._22_DL
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/78/3_o/0
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/78/91/0#2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-36_Hawk
http://fdra-aereo.blogspot.com/2015/09/faa-el-northrop-8a2.html
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php/11870-Curtiss-Hawk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.55
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/b/1229/91/0
https://www.aeromaquina.com/2016/11/el-pulqui-iii-se-fabrico-en-la-india.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_IA_36_C%C3%B3ndor
https://www.deviantart.com/bispro/art/Argentine-FMA-I-Ae-39-Charran-196066842
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.Ae._30_%C3%91anc%C3%BA
http://amilarg.com.ar/fw.58b.html
http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/s-a-m-61-and-they-called-him-bombi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_PBM_Mariner#Operators
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair#Operators
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor#Operators
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra#Operators
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/junkers-ju-52.html
https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/RauchGeorgV/11449.htm
https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/RauchGeorgV/13198.htm
http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/AviacionNaval/HIDR-GrummanGoose.htm
http://www.histarmar.com.ar/IndiceArmadaArg.htm
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/vought-v-142.html
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww15/f/747/91/0
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/consolidated-p2y-3a.html
http://www.amilarg.com.ar/bombi.html

Brazil

Mechanized
1940
Krauss-Maffei Sd.Kfz. 7
http://ftr.wot-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20f3e097c7_97942948_o2.png
http://ecsbdefesa.com.br/fts/Fts%2014%209.JPG
On July 28th, 1939 a contract between War Department of Brazil and the firm Lokomotivfabrik Kraus & Comp. I.A.MAFFEI A.G. de Munique, Germany, was signed for the supply of tractors of artillery. This contract foresaw the purchase of 32 (thirty-two) artillery tractors of 7,5 traction load tons, destined to the anti aircraft cannon traction Krupp 88mm, and 8 (eight) tractors the same as the previous, ones, however with cranes of 2,5 tons, destined to the towing-workshop traction Matra.


From this contract the Brazilian army received only 5 (five) artillery tractors of the 32 acquired, they were embarked in Lisbon, Portugal, on the BAGÉ ship probably in June or July 1940, being afterwards disembarked. They stayed there until August 1941, later being embarked in North-american ships, going to the harbor of New York and from there they came in Brazilian ships to Rio de Janeiro where they arrived between November/December of that year.

It is important to point out that there was a naval blockade imposed to Germany by England, because the world was in the Second World War, for this reason departures and landings were done by changing ships (inspection), because the Englishmen didn't want Brazil to continue to receive Germany armses.


These tractors were then distributed of the following way: two to the 1/1º R.A.A. Ae. -1/1º Regiment of Antiaircraft Artillery in Rio de Janeiro -, two to the 1/2º R.A.A. Ae. in Quitaúna, SP, and one to the 1/3º R.A.A. Ae. in Natal, RN, wich one of them ended up to operate in Fernando de Noronha.

There is no evidence of photos of these vehicles, in the Brazilian Army, only existing manufacturer documents and photos in the contracts. Based on the same and on information on the color used in Army vehicles, in that period, was then possible to reconstitute one of these vehicles in the scale l:35, even confecciones their demarcations.

In Brazil these vehicles had a very short life, because from 1942 on the Army began to receive north American equipment, under the agreements Leand-Lease. Germany was defeated in 1945 and the contracts, already signed were never going to be totality accomplished. Regarding the vehicles they were simply going to finish their days in some junk place. Some time later I heard a story: one of these tractors was being used in the 70`s in the construction of a tunnel in the highway BR-040, next to Petrópolis, and on its top an enormous compressor was placed and due to its capacity of winning obstacles on those mountainous grounds, helped drilling rocks. After this work, they were already damaged and they were sold as junk with other weighed vehicles.

Only 5 out of 40 made to Brazil.

My note, “This has the capability of carrying troops.”

1942
M3 Scout Car
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Myn6VXjIfW8/U-GJDXmeUKI/AAAAAAAAHQQ/6uyGeMCUw84/s1600/m3+4.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fa/b2/54/fab2541c0a08c7c42a107e5fbbac203f.jpg
Received from the US in 1940.

1944
M3 Half-Track
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/imageproxy.php?url=http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll270/ham545/ml/Bra-meialagartaFEB3a_zpsbf07e992.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fa/b2/54/fab2541c0a08c7c42a107e5fbbac203f.jpg
Brazilian Expeditionary Force used this vehicle in 1944.

Source
http://ecsbdefesa.com.br/arq/Art%2015.htm
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/06/27/early-wartime-deal-between-brazil-and-germany/
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/markings-for-brazilian-m3-halftrack-t99263.html
http://viaturasbrasil.blogspot.com/p/profiles.html

Great War
Renault FT
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/fr/carros_de_assalto_FT.png
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/bra/ft.jpg
The first 12 Brazilian “carros de asalto” were Renault FTs acquired in 1921. They saw action during the 1924 rebellion and the 1932 revolution, and remained in service until the 1950s (for training).

Light--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1934
Minas Gerais
http://i.imgur.com/9IVw9hZ.png
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theovervalwagenforum/imageproxy.php?url=http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e209/nuyt/brazmgtank.jpg
Tractor turned into a tank
The first three armoured vehicles, a Brazilian project and conception. Built by Shipbuilding Alcaraz & Cia, in Revolution of 1930, in Porto Alegre, RS.

OR
Renault FT-17 (II)
http://www.ecsbdefesa.com.br/defesa/fts/Fts%2016%204.JPG
Renault FT-17 with riveted octogonal tower (Renault) in Rio de Janeiro -1932.

1936
Fiat CV-33 Ansaldo
http://i.imgur.com/ikAnsiE.png
This was imported in 1938

1941
M3A1 Stuart
http://i.imgur.com/HyD9FqS.png

OR
M3 Stuart
http://www.preservedtanks.com/Handler.ashx?UniqueID=1790&Size=E
The M3 Stuart Light Tanks were in service with the BEF throughout Italy and until the surrender of the Axis. Shipped backed to Brazil, they were kept in service until the 1970s, when they were partly modernized by the Bernardini company.

Medium--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1941
M3 Lee
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/bra/lee.jpg
In 1944 about 100 M3 Lee tanks including M31 ARV's were supposed to be delivered to Italy from Brazil (where they got during the Lend-Lease program), but they stayed in Brazilian Army - until 1950s, when they received Continental engines instead of GM diesels. After that some of these tanks were sold to Paraguay.

1943
M4 Sherman
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iBRyZSSQtnM/Tc8hDhutWQI/AAAAAAAAIKQ/K7BtJL9sSh0/s1600/2011-Dia-da-Cavalaria+066.jpg
In 1944 during the invasion of Italy, the Brazilian Army were given M-4 short barrel 75mm guns.

Modern--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1945
M41 Walker Bulldog
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/US/M41_Walker_Bulldog/Brazilian_M41D.png
This was imported from the US.

OR
Bernardini X1A1 Prototipo
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/bra/x1prot.png
The projected earlier version of X1A1 Carcara, had some minor differences.

OR
Bernardini X1A
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/bra/x1a.jpg
“In the 1970s, when the Brazilian Army Staff asked itself what to do with its fleet of 350 M3A1/A3 Stuarts acquired from the US starting in 1942 (20) and the rest in 1944-45, the usual answer would have to be to find the nearest scrapyard or dump them for future collectors and museums. Many had already been stored, retired, or cannibalized to keep about a hundred operational. However, first of all, the motivation for upgrading the venerable Stuart was due to the lack of spare parts for these tanks. In fact, by 1977, Brazil had denounced the US-Brazilian military agreements, severing all possible part acquisitions. The Army gave technical supervision for the project to the Brazilian Army Research and Development Centre, and a manufacturer was chosen. The concept later evolved into a machine quite distinct from the original Stuart. The relative success of the project ultimately gave Bernardini the confidence to start its own main battle tank, the MB-3 Tamoyo in 1983. 100 vehicles were ordered for conversion from M3A1 Stuarts. However, only 80 were delivered following prototype trials. The modernization started in 1975 and was completed in 1978.”

OR
VETE T1 Cutia
http://i.imgur.com/7ZB6qG4.png
“Its inspiration came from the french vehicle VP-90 of Victor Bouffort, developed in 1952, whose prototype was manufactured by FOUGA and improved by HOTCHKISS, which was not produced in series due to deficiencies found during testing phase. CUTIA was revolutionary not in its design, but in the form found for its manufacture, since it used several components from the automotive industry, newly created and a great novelty for us.”

Source
http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/527179-brazilian-tech-tree/
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/Brazilian-Tanks.php
https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/by-country.asp?Nation=Brazil
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theovervalwagenforum/brazilian-armoured-cars-and-tanks-1930s-t322.html
http://www.ecsbdefesa.com.br/defesa/arq/Art%2016.htm
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/bra1.html#
https://www.quora.com/Did-Brazil-have-any-tanks-in-World-War-2


Fighter
1933
Boeing P-12
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2122/2093759440_37c5214eae_b.jpg
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/751/pics/26_2.png
In service from 1932-1951, imported from US.

1936
Muniz M-7
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Muniz_M-7.jpg/300px-Muniz_M-7.jpg
The Muniz M-7 was a two-seat primary training biplane with tandem open cockpit and powered by a 130 hp (197 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major engine. Designed by Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Muniz, a serving officer in the Brazilian Air Force, as a primary trainer. It was first flown in October 1935 and a small production run was built for the air force

1940
Curtiss P-36 Hawk
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/78/pics/26_1.jpg
In service 1942-1946, imported from US.

1944
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Republic_P-47D_Thunderbolt%2C_Brazil_-_Air_Force_AN1200122.jpg
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Brazil/1-Fighters/P-47D-25-RE/p1.jpg
In service 1944-1956, imported from US.

Naval Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Martin PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/PM-2_NAN4-48.jpg/440px-PM-2_NAN4-48.jpg
1931-1939
Imported from US

1940
Vultee BT-13 Valiant
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/400/5/40828_1453660687.jpg
1941-1956
Maritime Patrol

1944
Vultee A-31 Vengeance
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/1188/pics/26_3.jpg
1943-1958
Ground attack and Maritime Patrol
imported from US

Close Air Support------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
ASA Raio (Nieuport-Delage NiD 52)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Nieuport-Delage_NiD_52.jpg
http://www.findmodelkit.com/sites/default/files/nid72_02.jpg
1931-1935
Light attack aircraft from France

1940
Vultee V-11
http://www.sixtant.net/2011/img/editor/image/teste%20diret%C3%B3rio/FAB/V11%20GB2.jpg
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/659/pics/26_1.jpg
In service from 1939-1949, imported from US.

1944
North American NA-16
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/NA-16_FAH-21_EDUARDO_SOSA_2005.jpg/300px-NA-16_FAH-21_EDUARDO_SOSA_2005.jpg
1942-1965
Ground attack and Maritime Patrol
imported from US.

Heavy Fighter
1936
ABT Besouro (Focke-Wulf Fw 58)
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/3/pics/26_2.jpg
http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acimages/fockewulf_fw58_monicaimbuzeir.jpg
This is a multi-role from 1937-1949, imported from Germany. It was used as a light bomber for the Maritime patrol.

My note: “It looks more like a heavy fighter”

Tactical Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Amiot 120
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Amiot_122BP3_Annuaire_de_L%27A%C3%A9ronautique_1931.jpg/440px-Amiot_122BP3_Annuaire_de_L%27A%C3%A9ronautique_1931.jpg
1927-1936
Imported from France

1936
Douglas B-18 Bolo
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Douglas_B-18A_airplane_in_flight_%2800910460_121%29.jpg/300px-Douglas_B-18A_airplane_in_flight_%2800910460_121%29.jpg
In service from 1937-1946, imported from US.

1940
Lockheed Hudson
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/550/pics/26_1.jpg
1942-1955
imported from US.

1944
B-25 Mitchell
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/ce/d0/6fced099b55bc6df05ed3b05f675f64e.jpg
http://www.sixtant.net/2011/img/editor/image/teste%20diret%C3%B3rio/FAB/b%2025%20flz.jpg
https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/26_4.jpg?w=584&h=165
In service from 1943-1972, imported from US.

Strategic Bomber-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1944
B-17
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/intermediary/f/0246dd0e-5d49-4d08-a8ae-daa09f0b309f/d3e08of-7977b0c6-1e0a-49fc-9a00-a18c8da9ee5d.jpg/v1/fill/w_1095,h_730,q_70,strp/b_17_brazil_1_by_ws_clave_d3e08of-pre.jpg
1947, Imported from US

Jet Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1950
Lockheed T-33
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/intermediary/f/0246dd0e-5d49-4d08-a8ae-daa09f0b309f/d2vyphs-252a1151-39cd-4799-8bc7-0fdd0864e3ca.jpg/v1/fill/w_375,h_250,q_70,strp/t_33a_brazil_1_by_ws_clave_d2vyphs-250t.jpg
Service in 1956-75, imported from US

Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_military_aircraft
https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/by-country.asp?Nation=Brazil
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/Site.htm
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=820260968
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/o/3/26/0

Bulgaria Part 1/2

Bulgaria is an interesting one because Bulgaria had some prototypes that are just different combination of both german and soviet tank parts mixed together. Like Finland, they had no tank of their own and used imported tanks, also some captured tanks.

Mechanized
1940
Sd.Kfz 6 (5ton)
https://shelftanks.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/bul-sdkfz7.jpg?w=614&h=411
These were used by the Bulgarians/

1942
Sd. Kfz.7 (8ton)
https://shelftanks.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/sd-kfz-7_bg_3.jpg
https://shelftanks.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/img043.jpg
These were used by the Bulgarians

1944
Sd. Kfz.7 (8ton)
http://www.shopbulgaria.com/files/products/cache/w_1073170800_5000_4000_m6_4.jpg
This is armed with a machine gun at the back.

My note, “I know for a fact that Bulgaria used these halftracks, but I could not find more info other than what I could find.

Source
https://shelftanks.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/bulgarian-sd-kfz-7-8ton-gallery/
http://www.shopbulgaria.com/products/108/bulgarian-military-trucks-automobiles-in-wwii-1935-1945-vol-2.html

Great War Tank----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Renault FT
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/fr/renault_FT_preserie.jpg

Light Tank - 1934-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14 Carro Veloce CV33 tankettes
{LINK VERWIJDERD}https://images.auctionhelper.com/images/10343/Star%20Decals/ST35C1024A.jpg
These first armored vehicles to appear in Bulgaria were 14 Carro Veloce CV33 tankettes, purchased from Fiat Ansaldo, Italy.

Light Tank - 1936-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vickers Mark F
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/gb/Lights/Vickers-6-tons/Vickers-6tons_B_mod_bulgar.png
Bulgarian Vickers Mark F. Bulgaria bought twenty Mk.Fs, a modified version of the Mark E, mostly for training purpose. They were still in service at the beginning of WW2.

In September 1936, Bulgaria ordered a batch of 8 Vickers Mark E variant B (single turret) tanks from Great Britain for 35,598,000 Leva. These vehicles were normally fitted with the standard 47mm gun but they were delivered without the weapons fitted as it was intended to domestically fit them with a Maxim machine gun. The delivery included supplies of 2000 armour piercing and 2000 high explosive shells. Delivery was in two batches of 4 with the first arriving January 1938 and the second in July 1938. Prior to delivery, Bulgarian officials had secretly attended trials of them in Britain in October 1936, keeping it secret as this would have been a violation of their treaty obligations. As with the delivery of the CV.3’s tanks from Italy, delivery of these Vickers tanks was also done discreetly The vehicles were eventually assigned registration numbers B60015 to B60022 and remained in service until April 1945 when they were scrapped.

OR
Panzer I
Only one was sold to Bulgaria in 1937.

Tank Destroyer (Tank Hunter)
Š-i-d
http://i.imgur.com/Mnrrl.jpg
The Bulgarians were no strangers to Czechoslovak tech. The first time they actually showed interest in it was as early as 1928, when they tried (unsuccessfully) to purchase the PA-II armored cars. They showed interest again in 1936 (this time to buy tanks), but at that time Czechoslovakia decided to tread carefully and to keep the WW1 treaties, not allowing Bulgarians to have their own armored forces. In 1937, the Czechoslovak army command agreed to sell only the Š-I, Š-I-D and Praga Ah-IV tankettes, but the LT-35, which the Bulgarians liked the most, was not cleared for export.

Light Tank - 1941-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
T-11
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/czech/Tanks/LT_vz-35_T11_bulgarian.png
Bulgarian T-11 of the 1st Tank Regiment, in 1942. Notice the A7 gun, the same model as the one carried by the LT vz.38.

Tank Destroyer (Tank Hunter or SPG)
Jagdpanzer 38(t)
http://i.imgur.com/EfF8K8p.jpg?1
It served in the Bulgarian forces.

OR
Semovente da 47/32
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Semovente_47-32_in_Aberdeen.jpg/300px-Semovente_47-32_in_Aberdeen.jpg
This a SPG, which it was imported and served in the Bulgarian Army.

Medium Tank - 1941-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
T-IVG (Ausf.F2/G)
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/Medium_Tanks/Panzer-IV/panzer_IV_G_Bulgar.png
Bulgarian Maybach T4G (Ausf.F2/G), 13th unit, Russian border, winter 1942. Early production transitional model

Medium Tank - 1943-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Majbakh T-IV (Pz.Kpfw IV Ausf.H)
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/1-Vehicles(bis)/Bulgaria/2-MediumTanks/T-4/p1.jpg
This tank was imported from Germany in July, 1943. The Bulgarians called them “Majbakh T-IV” (cyrillic transcription of the Maybach company name, that produced them).

Tank Destroyer (Tank Hunter)
StuG III Ausf.G (with 75mm L/43 cannons)
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/Panzerjagers/STUG-III/photos/Sturmgeschutz_40_AusfG_Bulgaria_Sofia.jpg
Bulgaria purchase these tanks from Germany.

Anti-Air (SPAAG)
2cm auf Hetzer Anti-Aircraft (Concept Idea)
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0309/8965/products/402012020-Jagdpanzer-38_t_-Hetzer-04_1024x1024.jpg?v=1524824038
This is a reconnises Anti-Air

Modern Tank - 1945-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bulgarian Panthers
http://forum.valka.cz/attachments/796/november_1945_sofia.jpg
The photo above was taken in November 1945 in Sofia. Right before the war ended, Bulgarian army allegedly received 15 captured Panthers from the Soviet army. It is not known how much (if at all) these Panthers served in the Bulgarian army, but at least one was used for training. It’s possible these vehicles were converted into stationary defenses in the Makaz pass between Bulgaria and Greece.

It was supplied by the USSR, only one.

Tank Destroyer (Tank Hunter)
Panzer IVH 76mm or T-IV SU-76
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/954091317112571298/731E0743AF5F0A54229E1CFE09EE98F9F961E225/
http://i.imgur.com/0jx4aTp.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kUOMg-jLQrg/Up03QkYUs4I/AAAAAAAAABE/vCf7cUmQZco/s1600/Pz4-Zis3.jpg
There is no official name for this Panzer 4 armed with a 76mm SU-76 gun. This Panzer 4H tank is just fitted with a SU-76 ZIS-3 76.2mm gun.

OR
Jagdpanzer IV
http://armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/axiscaptured/SPG/JgPzIV/JgPz_IV_pic3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/jZOiSQ8.jpg?1
Late 1944/Early 1945

Sources
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1520992238
http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/181501-forgotten-german-tank-destroyers-in-bulgaria-or-are-they/
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/bulgaria/bulgarian-tanks-in-world-war-2
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/07/15/bulgarian-armor-part-i/
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/07/16/bulgarian-armor-part-ii/
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/07/18/bulgarian-armor-part-iii/
http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/304964-bulgarian-tech-tree/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bulgarian_military_equipment_of_World_War_II
http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Upcoming_tanks#Tanks_of_Bulgaria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bulgarian_military_equipment_of_World_War_II#Tank-based

Transport
Dar4
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Dar4.jpg/800px-Dar4.jpg
http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/cw1/dar4/dar4-c1.jpg
The DAR 4 was a conventional biplane design, with unstaggered wings of unequal span braced with Warren trusses. The fuselage offered fully enclosed accommodation for the two pilots and four passengers. A curious feature of the design was that the top wing was not attached directly to the top of the fuselage as is common in cabin biplanes, but was mounted above it with cabane struts. Power was provided by three radial engines; one in the nose, and one mounted on each lower wing where the struts met. Performance was disappointing, and in particular, the narrow track of the undercarriage created difficulties. After the single prototype, no further examples were built.

Part 2/2

Fighter
1933
DAR1-Plovdiv
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/DAR1-Plovdiv.jpg/800px-DAR1-Plovdiv.jpg

1936
B-534s
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/B-534_Kombinovana_letka.jpg/220px-B-534_Kombinovana_letka.jpg
During 1939, Bulgaria opted to procure a batch of 78 B-534s, well after the enactment of the Czech partition, from Germany, who had captured a large number of the type.[26] The last batch of these aircraft were delivered from Czechoslovakia during March 1942. On 1 August 1943, seven of these aircraft were able to make two passes at American Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers returning from the raid on Ploieşti. Hits were scored but no B-24s were shot down and some of the B-534s that received damage in the combat, cracked up on landing

1940
Avia B-135 (Dar 11)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Avia_B-135_PD.jpg/300px-Avia_B-135_PD.jpg
http://th01.deviantart.net/fs22/PRE/i/2007/362/d/8/Mouse_Mat_Avia_B_135_by_WS_Clave.jpg
The B.135 prototype but it was canceled because the facilities as incapable of producing the aircraft and the Bulgarian Air Force was encourage to purchase the Messerschmitt Bf 109 instead.

1944
Yakovlev Yak-9
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Axis/4-Others/Bulgaria/1-Fighters/Yak-9D/p1.jpg
Imported from USSR and survived in the Communist Bulgaria Air Force.

OR
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G.
https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Bulgarian-Bf109G-px800.jpg?resize=300%2C170&ssl=1
Supplied from Germany in 1943, total of 48 Bf 109.

Naval Bomber
1940
Heinkel He.60
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/1283/pics/76_1.jpg
Imported from Germany. Enter service from 1942-1944.

1944
Arado AR 196 A-3 “Akula”
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/60305_1447963851.jpg
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/2-Airplanes/Axis/4-Others/02-Bulgaria/6-Sea/Ar-196/Ar-196A-3.htm
Imported from Germany. Enter service from 1943-1945.


Close Air Support
1936
Heinkel He 45B “Starkel”
https://alchetron.com/cdn/heinkel-he-45-1d9535c2-68ec-4060-a8ab-f54498f4bfe-resize-750.jpeg
This was a prototype which it had a improved production version. This is a light bomber from Germany. It was in Bulgaria service in 1936 to 1942. 12 in total.

1940
DAR 10A Bekas
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Dar10.jpg/300px-Dar10.jpg
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Axis/4-Others/Bulgaria/3-Bombers/DAR-10A/p1.jpg
This was the first DAR 10 to fly, on 2 July 1941. It was designed to carry four machine guns (two fixed forward-firing and two in rear gunner position). It could carry five 100-kg bombs, mounted under the wings. There was also the possibility of a fixed 20 mm forward-firing cannon installation in the forward fuselage.

1944
DAR 10F
http://military.sakura.ne.jp/world/others/dar10f.jpg
(the "F" to indicate its Fiat engine), powered by a Fiat A 74 R.C.38 14-cylinder radial engine rated at 870 hp (649 kW). This aircraft first flew in March 1945.[1] It was slightly heavier and longer than the DAR-10A. Its top speed was 454 km/h (282 mph). Thanks to a stronger construction and dive brakes, it could serve also as a dive bomber. It could be equipped with two fixed fuselage-mounted 20 mm cannon firing forward, two fixed wing-mounted machine guns, and two machine guns for the gunner. It could carry one 500 kg (1,100 lb) bomb or one 250 kg (551 lb) and four 100 kg (110 lb). The bombs were mounted under the fuselage and wings.

Heavy Fighter
1940
Avia B-71
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/44/pics/76_3.jpg
Bulgarian Air Force operated 32 Avia B-71 aircraft redesignated Avia-Katiusza Ě-8
Received in 1937.

1944
Tupolev Tu-2
https://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/tu-2/misos/bulgaria/Pict01.jpg
Imported from USSR to Communist Bulgaria after 9 September 1944.

Tactical Bomber
1933
Bundesarchiv Bild 104-0321, Flugzeug LVG C.II “DAR-2”
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Bundesarchiv_Bild_104-0321%2C_Flugzeug_LVG_C.II.jpg

1936
Dornier Do 11D “Prilep (Bat)”
http://www.arcair.com/Gal6/5701-5800/gal5791-Do-11D-Attard/16.jpg
https://modelingmadness.com/review/preww2/attarddo11i.jpg
http://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/uploads/9/1/7/5/9175276/8604941_orig.jpg
Bulgaria received them from Germany in 1937,

1940
Dornier Do 17M bombers “Uragan (Hurricane)”
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CUgwwopCpXM/VNipwIEJiQI/AAAAAAAApKk/5YXJZ-Q9FM8/s1600/e2fcbf0efd781801d40af518b3cfedf0.jpg
Luftwaffe advisors were dispatched to Bulgaria in 1940 and German training and liaison aircraft were supplied 11 Dornier Do 17M bombers.

In service from 1940-1945.

1944
Bulgarian Kaproni Bulgarski KB 6 Papagal bomber
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Axis/4-Others/Bulgaria/4-Transports/KB-6-Papagal/p1.jpg
Twenty-four KB-6 Papagal (parrot) aircraft (also known as the KB-309) were delivered from manufacturer in 1941. Licensed-built version of Caproni Ca.309 with Argus As.10C engines. Used for transport, light bomber and reconnaissance roles.

Jet Fighter
1945
MiG-15
https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/7/5/2018576.jpg?v=v40
In service in 1951. Imported from USSR.

1950
MiG-1
https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/5/4/4/0451445.jpg?v=v40
In service in 1955. Imported from USSR.

Jet Tactical Bomber
1950
Ilyushin Il-28
http://a4.pbase.com/o4/85/668285/1/102446106.rMVt976I.DSC_0500_abg.jpg
In service in 1955. Imported from USSR.

Sources
http://bulgarianww2tanks.blogspot.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bulgarian_military_equipment_of_World_War_II#Aircraft
http://www.plovdivguide.com/_m1699/Photo-Galleries/Plovdiv-Airport-the-Aviation-Museum-and-the-Young-Eagle-Association-49
https://ww2-weapons.com/bulgarian-armed-forces/
http://www.wardrawings.be
http://forum.worldofwarplanes.com/index.php?/topic/25652-bulgarian-tech-tree/
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/2-Airplanes/Axis/4-Others/Bulgaria.htm#FreeFighters
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/29/76/0
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_A-304
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_Bulgarian_military_aircraft
https://alchetron.com/Heinkel-He-45

Spain Part 1/3

Motorized - 1936
Henschel 33D1/33G1 Type 33
http://www.minairons.eu/354-1576-thickbox/1-56-henschel-type-33-truck-boxed-kit.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Henschel-33-G1-Truck-Legion-Condor.jpg
This was used in the spanish cvil war, imported from Germany. In service from 1934-1942.
Mechanized
1940
‘Ferrol’ Armored Car
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Ferrol-AC.png
https://i.imgur.com/5PccNhr.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DSG2YiK.jpg

The ‘Ferrol Armored Car was a series of 4-5 ‘tiznaos’, improvised armored cars, built a few months prior to the coup that led to the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Only 5 were made. Deployed by the Nationalists during the early days of the conflict, they proved successful fighting against infantry and as infantry and logistical transport.

Being the only armored vehicles in Galicia, they dominated for a few months and went on to fight in Asturias and León with success showing durability thanks to them being well-built and designed, at least when compared to other ‘tiznaos’. However, by the time German, Italian and captured Soviet vehicles were available, the Ferrols were left to perform second line duties and their fate is unknown.


My note; “I know this is a armoured car, but it has capabilities of carrying troops into the battlefield.”

Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_trucks
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/spain/ferrol-armored-car/
https://www.reddit.com/r/tanks/comments/7752y1/the_ferrolarmored_car_was_a_series_of_45_tiznaos/

Great War Tank-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Renault FT-17
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/fr/renault_FT_gun2.jpg
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/renault_TSF_spain1937.png

OR
Fiat 3000
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Fiat3000.png
the FT’s were serving admirably in the ongoing Moroccan conflict, in 1924 the War Ministry wanted to carry out a study of light tanks which would form the country’s armored divisions. To that end, the Spanish government authorized the Artillery section within the Ministry to purchase an Italian Fiat 3000A for the price of 183,400 Italian lira in October 1924. The tank would not arrive in Spain until February 1925. After that it was given ‘ATM-984’ as its number plate and assigned to the Escuela Central de Tiro in Carabanchel, Madrid (a military firing range), to be put through a set of trials.

The results of the trials are unknown but it can be safely assumed that they were not a success given that no more vehicles were purchased and the tank was stored away. It seems as though the FT’s were viewed similarly and in 1925, an indigenous tank design heavily based on the Renault FT and named Trubia Serie A was developed by the Spanish firm Trubia and was possibly considered to be the replacement and future Spanish light tank.

Light Tank - 1934-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Modelo Trubia Serie A (1926-1937)
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/9exAJhX.png
Following the unofficial termination of the Trubia Serie A project in 1928-1929, Landesa Domenech, now a Captain, and Areces embarked in a new project, a tractor for military and agricultural use based on the same, but improved and updated, mechanisms as the Trubia Serie A. The tractor, named Tractor Landesa [Landesa Tractor], would also have an armored upgrade which would be used in the Revolution of 1934 and the Spanish Civil War. In the Spanish Civil War, another vehicle, the Trubia-Naval, influenced by the original Trubia Serie A would see service with both Republican and Nationalist forces.

The Trubia Serie A was a brave, but ultimately, unsatisfactory effort to improve upon the existing Renault FT. Had the vehicle worked properly, it would definitely have been a major improvement; it had improved firepower, improved engine performance, which could be accessed from the inside, allowed for higher speed, range and performance, slightly thicker armor, and more comfort for its crew. However, the experimental suspension system used proved to be inefficient and too prone to breakdowns due to its delicate nature. The problem was, that for a variety of reasons, a copy of this suspension system was still being used in new tank designs as late as 1936.

Regardless, the Trubia Serie A was the first example of a Spanish designed tank to overcome the dependency on foreign tanks and valuable lessons were learnt by the designers and engineers.

OR
Tractor Landesa (1932-1937)
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Trubia_Landesa.png
Originally intended to be a tractor for military or agricultural use, it was given an armored and armed upgrade which converted it into a tank to attract new markets. In its original tractor form, it would prove to be effective and able to carry out its task reliably. The tank upgrade would see service as a product of circumstance during the Spanish Civil War.

Light Tank - 1936-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trubia Naval
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/spain/Trubia_Naval_armed.png
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/spain/photos/trubia_naval_credits_rojoyazul-net.jpg
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/spain/Trubia_Naval_unarmed_1938.png
When the Civil War began in 1936, the three Oviedo Trubia prototypes were taken over by the Nationalists there, while the first prototype ended in the hands of the Republicans. Their fate is not known.

However, plans of the Trubia were handed over -thanks to Captain Ignacio Larrea, who headed the project- in Republican-held Sestao, near Bilbao. A new production run was quickly authorized by the autonomous government of the Basque country, based on the Landesa tractor, as the “Carro ligero Trubia naval modelo 1936” or M36 (built by the Spanish Shipbuilding company of Sestao). It is sometimes known as the “Euzkadi” (“Basque country” in basque language).

The vehicles, often compared to “toy tanks”, were quite small, but retained a crew of three. They were deprived of their steering tail and had a one-stage simplified turret. The armament consisted of two Vickers machine guns, one in the hull, used by the driver and the other in the turret. They were not compartmented, and the engine was so hot and noisy (the ventilation system proved inadequate at best) that it is said that the already crouched crew could not bear it for more than thirty minutes inside. Plus, the vehicles were underpowered, had a bumpy, rough ride (no suspensions) and were utterly slow. Armor varied from 6 to 16 mm (0.24-0.63 in), with a first level of 3 mm and 13 mm (0.12/0.51 in) armor plates bolted over with a gap of 25 mm (0.98 in). The overall weight was 5 tons.

OR
CCI tipo 37
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/spain/CCI-Tipo-37.png
http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/photo/spain/cci_tipo1937/cci_tipo1937_3.jpg
The Carro de Combate de Infanteria Tipo 1937, or infantry Combat Tank type 1937, was a Spanish prototype built by the naval base at Sestao for the Nationalist Forces. Only one prototype was made, armed with an Italian Breda 20 mm (0.79 in) autocannon and twin Hotchkiss light machine guns in the hull.

The complete drivetrain (front drive sprockets, rear idlers, bogies, suspension and roadwheels, even tracks, were directly taken from the Italian CV 33/35 tankette and modified, stretched out for the bogie main support. However, the hull was not much longer, but it was higher, in order to fit a two-man turret (for a total crew of four, including the driver and hull gunner). The CCI was propelled by a MAN 100hp engine, which gave a top speed of 36 km/h (22 mph).

OR
Verdeja No. 1 Prototype
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Verdeja-I.png
On 6 September 1937, Captain Félix Verdeja, commanding the maintenance company of the Nationalist Batallón de Carros de Combate ("Tank Battalion"), began to privately develop a new light tank. His position, with direct access to Panzer Is and T-26s, gave Verdeja direct evidence of the shortcomings of current tank models in terms of combat ability and maintenance issues. Although the project was approved, the program had to use scrap to build the first prototype due to a lack of resources and money. Despite early obstacles, including criticism from von Thoma, the program continued and Verdeja was awarded a warehouse in Zaragoza to continue with the construction of the prototype. The prototype was manufactured from spare parts and equipment scavenged from other light tanks. Following the prototype's success in testing between 10 January and 20 January 1939, Captain Verdeja was ordered to begin construction of the definitive model of the light tank.

OR
Verdeja No. 1
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/VerdejaN1.png
The appearance of the resulting Verdeja 1 prototype was close to that originally envisioned in Captain Verdeja's first designs. The vehicle's hull was elongated and the rear plate sloped, while the fuel capacity—and thus combat range—was increased, as was the ammunition capacity and the thickness of the armor. The vehicle was fabricated in Bilbao, the only city in Spain with a heavy vehicle assembly line. Due to the end of the Spanish Civil War and a shortage of funds, construction was postponed until May 1940. The prototype was completed three months later and delivered to the proving grounds in Carabanchel, Madrid, powered with basically the same Ford flathead V8 engine also used as the motive power of the three-tonne weight British Universal Carrier. A major external difference between the previous model and this prototype was the new, low-profile turret which allowed the 45 millimetre gun to depress and elevate from 8° to 70°. The original 45 millimetre model 1932 gun was exchanged with a new 45 millimetre Mark I tank gun fabricated by S.A. Placencia de las Armas, in Spain. However, the new prototype adopted the suspension and tracks from the original prototype. In essence, the main advantages of the new prototype were its low-profile, high elevation of the main gun and the increased sloping of the armor from 12° to 45°. It should be noted that the Verdeja 1 retained the original configuration by placing the engine in the front, to increase crew survivability. Testing against T-26B shown that Verdeja tank was definitely better by the most of parameters. Plans to produce one thousand Verdeja tanks were approved on 2 December 1940, divided into ten batches of one hundred tanks each. The Verdeja production prototype was to adopt the 120 horsepower (89 kW) Lincoln-Zephyr gasoline V12 engine, requiring a contract between the Spanish government and Ford Motor Ibérica, Ford's Spanish subsidiary. Simultaneously, in case of failure of talks between Ford and Spain, the government also began to contact a number of German companies, including Maybach. In order to begin production, the Tank Workshop in Zaragoza was to be expanded to allow final assembly of at least five tanks per month. Despite funding and two years of construction allotted, the factory construction and expansion was never completed. Other problems arose, including the failure to reach an agreement with Ford or Maybach. These factors, the poor economic situation in Spain, the lack of clients other than the Spanish Army and the lack of incentives for Spanish companies to partake in the construction program, led to the abandonment of the attempt to fabricate the Verdeja 1. Another attempt was undertaken at contracting the ADESA (Armamento de Aviación, S.A.) company, to manufacture two Verdeja light tanks for experimental purposes. Despite the failure to procure an engine, ADESA offered to construct 300 units, but these attempts failed and the program was abandoned by 1941.

Tank Destroyer/Tank Hunter
Panzer I Breda
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Carro-Breda.png
The ‘Panzer I Breda’ (an unofficial name) is a rare conversion from the mid-Spanish Civil War. It was intended as a means of countering the Republican army’s Soviet-supplied vehicles (mainly the T-26 and BA-6). Nationalist forces only typically had CV-35s and Panzer Is armed with machine guns, which were not able to perform AT (anti-tank duties), and as a result, a proposal to mount a 20mm gun onto a tank chassis was put forward. However, as large numbers of captured Soviet-supplied material became available to the Nationalist forces, the Panzer I Breda was no longer required, and only four vehicles were converted. Two are known to have been knocked out before the end of the war, and it is quite possible that the other two did not survive either due to gun barrel damage.

OR
Carro Industria de Guerra Cataluña Sadurni
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/spa/igc.jpg
It was planned in 1937 and the first prototype was completed in 1937. Unknown number built. In 1937, the Commission of the military industry (Comision de Industrias de Guerra – IGC) reviewed a draft of armored tracked vehicles, and eventually commissioned “Maquinaria Moderna para Construcciones y Obras Publicas, SAE”, located in the Catalan town of San Sadurní de Noya. The project manager was Casanova, who used the multi-purpose Benach tractor as a basis. Since the tractor chassis was marginally suitable for combat adaptation, many components and assemblies had to be developed from scratch.

OR
Carro de Combate M50
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/spa/m50.jpg
M50 was a Francists' SPG prototype based on the C.C.I. tank, built in 1937. SECN Sestao engineers decided to combine a light tank with the Soviet canon - there were spare 45 mm guns from imported T-26's, BT-5's and BA-6's. The main problem of usage was that the gun totally wasn't protected, but that's why it had a 360 degrees traverse - that's why the SPG didn't enter the service (though tests in early 1938 was successful). Then M50 was rebuilt into an artillery tractor and served the army for a year.

Light Tank - 1941-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verdeja 2
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/VerdejaN2.png
ncessant delays which had dogged the previous project (Verdeja No.1) involving the creation of a corporation to produce the tank and building the necessary infrastructure (factories, etc.) and in purchasing an engine for either of the vehicles continued. As the planned Lincoln ‘Zephyr’ engine could not be acquired, the Maybach HL 62 TRM and HL 190 TRM (as used in several Pz.IV models and variants) were looked into and plans were made for their purchase.

The appalling economic conditions Spain was undergoing meant there was little funding available and the project took a long time to complete. The first Verdeja No.2, the prototype version, was finally finished in August 1944, almost two years after it had been approved.

Tank Artillery
Cañón Autopropulsado de 75/40mm Verdeja
https://external-preview.redd.it/bZB0TpIdt7Puuq7tacdlZr3UHPWoEUTaoxthx3C8sM4.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=221734c95ec0f82c86612ee6faa22c6fd859e2fc
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Verdeja-SPG.png
Verdeja 75 mm self-propelled howitzer, based on the Verdeja 1 prototype chassis

OR
Verdeja SPG
https://i.imgur.com/jyVZrTN.jpg
Blueprints for the Verdeja SPG. These differ from the Cañón Autopropulsado de 75/40mm Verdeja as the existing version was only intended as a prototype and was rapidly converted from the Verdeja No.1. The blueprints were intended for the production line that never happened

Part 2/3

Medium Tank - 1939-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carro de 15t
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/spa/t15.png
Less known tank project from 1944. It was inspired by success of T-34 so it had similar armor layont. Being smaller and lighter, 15t tank seems to look like a BT Soviet tank.

Medium Tank - 1941-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carro de 20t
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/spa/t20.png
It was supposed to be the Spanish T-34 "replica" - sloped armor, overall arrangement. At the same time it was going to be slow as a heavy tank. It's a project from 1944.

Medium Tank - 1943-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verdeja III
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/spa/verdeja3.png
A further development of Verdeja tank dated 1942-43. It was supposed to be like a mix of Verdeja II and Soviet T-34. But the project was abandonned because Verdeja II cound not even go into mass production.

OR
Panzer IV Ausf. H
http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8709/17122594710_4fda48eba9.jpg
In 1943, the Spanish Army and government decided to replace much of its armor, after studying war in Europe and North Africa. Tanks such as the Panzer I and T-26 were obsolete, as compared to newer tanks such as the Soviet T-34 and German Panther tank. As a result, on 15 March 1943 Spain began to negotiate with the Wehrmacht over the acquisition of modern materiel. The petition asked for 250 Panzer IIIs and 100 Panzer IVs. In return, the Germans instead offered a sale of 20 Panzer IVs and 10 Sturmgeschütz IIIs. On 29 April, Spain accepted Germany's offer. The Panzer IVs sold were of the Ausf. H variant, and arrived in Spain on 6 December 1943. The Panzer IV Ausf. H included the longer 75-millimeter (3.0 in) tank gun, and the homogeneous 80-millimeter (3.1 in) steel plate on the glacis.

Tank Destroyer/Tank Hunter
Sturmgeschütz III
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/StuG_III_Ausf_G%2C_Dezember_1942.jpg

OR
Obús Autopropulsado de 105/26 mm Tipo B
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/spa/105-26b.png
Project of re-arming StuG III with 105 mm L/26 howitzer. The barrel was mounted backwards (as on British Archer and Crusader SP) but the transmission didn't change, so it could go back at full speed. Didn't leave a project stage.

OR
Obús Autopropulsado de 105/26 mm Tipo A
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/spa/105-26a.png
The original design of the Assault Batteries program. The assembly of a R-43 Naval Reinosa gun of 105/26 m was devised. To do this, the entire upper part of the StuG III chassis was removed. Type A had the case in the back of the vehicle. Because it occupied little space, it still had a machine gun in the back. The cannon, for its part, had a vertical shot angle of 45 °. In general, the Type A presents a low aerodynamic silhouette, which helps to diminish the possibility of receiving enemy impacts. However, the model did not pass the drawing table.

Heavy Tank - 1934-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carro de Asalto Schneider M16 (Schneider CA-1)
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/schneider_CA_spanish.png
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/spanish-schneider-ca1-tank.jpg
6 surplus Schneider CA-1 tanks were purchased on September 16, 1921, to form an armored battery. These would take part in the Rif War in support of FT tanks. The CA-1 was used for training purposes after the Rif War, but were pulled into service for the Civil War with the Republicans and saw fighting at Madrid and Toledo.

My note: “In my opinion, this would be a heavy tank.”

Modern Tank - 1945-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M47 Patton
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/M47.jpg/300px-M47.jpg
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/modern/Spain/M47_Patton-Spanish-Army.png
United States delivered the first twelve M47 Patton tanks to the Spanish Army. These were a product of a military aid program the United States had signed with Spain in 1953.

Tank Destroyer/Tank Hunter
M56 Scorpion de 76 mm M32
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/spa/m56.png
M56 Scorpion was in Spanish service. What is more, there was a version with 76 mm gun (not known if it was built) because Spanish Army thought that 90 mm gun had too high recoil.

Tank Artillery
Obús Autopropulsado de 122/46 mm
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/spa/122-46.png
after the arrival of 10 StuG III units, the Spanish Army made a subdivision called the Artillery Experimental Assault Battery, based in Carabanchel. This subdivision had to experiment with the 10 antitank Germans to develop some type of self-propelled artillery, with the purpose of to modernize the Spanish armored park. Infinite planes and studies were made, but only one model was built: the self-propelled 122/46 mm. The prototype was based on the design of a SPG with a 88 mm gun, but in this case it carried a much more powerful canon: a 122 mm L/46 barrel. A single unit was built in Carabanchel, with the peculiarity of carrying a wooden cannon, to study the viability of the car before constructing the definitive prototype. After the tests, it was deposited in the EATA Carabanchel, and its final destination is not known.

Sources
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/spain/Interwar_Spanish_Tanks.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tanks_in_the_Spanish_Civil_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_the_Spanish_Army#German_armor_in_service_with_the_Spanish_Army
https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/spanish-civil-war-tanks.asp
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/spa.html
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/06/06/european-tree-part-vii-spain/

Transport-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Junkers W.34hi
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Non-Aligned/Spain/Junkers-W34hi/p2.jpg
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Non-Aligned/Spain/Junkers-W34hi/p1.jpg
Passenger & Military Transport in 1920s

Part 3/3

Fighter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Nieuport NiD 52
http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/fww1/nid52/nid52-c4.jpg+
The Spanish Air Force started to take deliveries of NiD 52s in 1930, production continuing until 1933, equipping three fighter units, Grupo 11, Grupo 1 and Grupo 13. The "Hispano-Nieuport" (as it was known) was unpopular in Spanish service, being described as heavy and unresponsive, while it was slower than expected, with Spanish aircraft only able to reach 225 km/h (140 mph) compared with the 260 km/h (162 mph) claimed by Nieuport. Losses to accidents were heavy, with only 56 remaining when the Spanish Civil War broke out on 18 July 1936.

1936
Messerschmitt Bf-109B-0 V-3 Bertha
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Non-Aligned/Spain/Me-Bf109B-0/p1.jpg
Imported from Germany in 1936.

1940
Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 Emil
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Non-Aligned/Spain/Me-Bf109E-3/p1.jpg
Imported from Germany.

OR
Fiat G.50
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Fiat_G50-Mario_Bonzano.jpg/220px-Fiat_G50-Mario_Bonzano.jpg
During the Spanish Civil War, about a dozen G.50s were dispatched to Spain to reinforce the Aviazione Legionaria, Italy's contribution to the conflict. The first of these were delivered to the theatre during January 1939. The value of its presence in the Spanish theatre is questionable as none of the fighters sent saw actual combat. At the civil war's end, the G.50s in the region were handed over to Spanish pilots and subsequently saw used in Morocco.

1944
Messerschmitt Bf.109F-4 Fritz
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Non-Aligned/Spain/Me-Bf109F-4/p1.jpg
In 1943 Spain bought 15 Bf-109F-4 from Germany.

OR
HA-1109-J1L
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/406/pics/24_5.jpg
In 1945, the initial 25 Bf-109 G-2 aircraft, from German production, with Hispano-Suiza 12Z-89 engines fitted, in lieu of Daimler-Benz DB 605A's, using VDM or Escher-Wyss propellers. Not used operationally. 25 built.

Naval Bomber-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
CANT Z.506 Airone “Heron”
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRtjKAwNCTuY85W8IVXsZ2vDWIQRyqE5m3Cja-RFZ3aXnhumBat
http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/693224-2/CZ506-SPAGNA-73-2
The Z.506B was first used as a reconnaissance aircraft and torpedo bomber in the Spanish Civil War.

1940
Heinkel He-60E
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Non-Aligned/Spain/He-60E/p1.jpg
6 aircraft were ordered by Spain, and these D-variants were called the 60E, ending delivery in April 1937. They flew coastal patrols in the Spanish Civil War, and the last aircraft were withdrawn from service in 1948.

1944
Dornier Do 24
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/990/pics/24_2.jpg
In 1944, 12 Dutch-built Do 24s were delivered to Spain with the understanding that they would assist downed airmen of both sides. After the war, a few French-built Do 24s also found their way to Spain. Spanish Do 24s were operational at least until 1967, and possibly later.

Close Air Support-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Ba.65 K-14 (Breda Ba.64)
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/277/pics/67_1.jpg
a single example saw brief service in June 1937 during the Spanish Civil War with Nationalist forces in the Aviazione Legionaria.

1940
Ju 87 A
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/29/pics/67_4_b1.jpg
Among the many German aircraft designs that participated in the Condor Legion, and as part of other German involvement in the Spanish Civil War, a single Ju 87 A-0 (the V4 prototype) was allocated serial number 29-1 and was assigned to the VJ/88, the experimental Staffel of the Legion's fighter wing. The aircraft was secretly loaded onto the ship Usaramo and departed Hamburg harbor on the night of 1 August 1936, arriving in Cádiz five days later. The only known information pertaining to its combat career in Spain is that it was piloted by Unteroffizier Herman Beuer, and took part in the Nationalist offensive against Bilbao in 1937. Presumably the aircraft was then secretly returned to Germany.

In January 1938, three Ju 87 As from the Legion Condor arrived. Several problems became evident - the spatted undercarriage sank into muddy airfield surfaces, and the spats were temporarily removed. The maximum 500 kg (1,100 lb) bomb load could only be carried if the gunner vacated his seat, therefore the bomb load was restricted to 250 kg (550 lb). These aircraft supported the Nationalist forces and carried out anti-shipping missions until they returned to Germany in October 1938. It has become known only recently that these 3 bombers were stationed on the airfield in La Sénia (Tarragona), and were sent on a mission to bomb the centres of four villages, Benassal, Albocàsser, Ares del Maestre and Vilar de Canes in Castellón in May 1938, killing 38 civilians. A few days later several German soldiers came to the villages to photograph and study the results of the bombardment. There was no battle going on in the region and it appears that it was a mission only to test the airplanes. It was claimed that the rebel forces of Franco did know nothing of it and that it was ordered directly by the Luftwaffe.

During the Catalonia Offensive in January 1939, the Junkers Ju 87 returned to Spain. On the morning of 21 January 1939, 34 Heinkel He 111, along with some escorts and three Ju 87B, attacked the Port of Barcelona, five days before the city was captured by the Fascists. 29 Republican fighters were defending the city. There were more than 100 aircraft operating over the city and, while a Ju 87 was dive-bombing a ship, a Republican Polikarpov I-15 pilot, Francisco Alférez Jiménez, claimed it destroyed near el Vendrell, in Coma-ruga, but the Stuka was capable of landing on the beach without crashing. That was the only time a Stuka attacked the capital of Catalonia. On 24 January 1939, a group of Stukas prevented the destruction of a bridge near Barcelona by strafing the demolition engineers on Molins de Rei. During the attack the Republican ground defenders, equipped with a quadruple PM M1910 mounting, hit one pilot (Heinz Bohne) in both legs and the Stuka crashed, seriously injuring Bohne, and his machine gunner, Albert Conrad. Those two were the only Stuka casualties of the war.

As with the Ju 87 A-0, the B-1s were returned discreetly to the Reich. The experience of the Spanish Civil War proved invaluable - air and ground crews perfected their skills, and equipment was evaluated under combat conditions. The Ju 87 had not been tested against numerous and well-coordinated fighter opposition; this lesson was learned later at great cost to the Stuka crews.

1944
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Wurger)
https://www.tracesofwar.com/upload/1554171213031654.jpg
Spanish Air Force — The Spanish Air Force operated Fw 190A-2,3,4 among Fw 190 A-8 and Gs with volunteers of Escuadrilla Azul (15ª Spanische Staffel, JG 51 "Mölders" VIII. Fliegerkorps, belonged in LuftFlotte 4) on the Eastern Front (from Orel during September 1942 to Bobruisk, during July 1943) and Defense of the Reich over Germany.

This was primary a fighter but it had bomber capability.

Heavy Fighter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Do 17E
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/15/06/4c/15064ce88fc17fa8fa93060f3076fdd9.jpg
Received during the Civil War, 1937(?)

1940
Do 17P
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/325/pics/67_1_b1.jpg
Received in 1937 or 1938

Tactical Bomber-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Fokker VIIb3m
https://modelingmadness.com/scott/preww2/fokkerfviid.jpg

1936
SM.81
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/402/pics/67_4.jpg
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/savoia-marchetti-sm-81-pipistrello-spain-in-30.27246/full?d=1534238575
In July 1936, right after the coup, the first German Junkers Ju 52 and Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 arrived to help the rebels and the Fiat CR.32 fighters began operating in the Córdoba front.

1940
Heinkel He 111
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/315/pics/24_4.jpg
At the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the Spanish Air Force acquired 59 He 111 "survivors" and a further six He 111s in 1941-1943.

1944
FW.200C-4 (Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor)
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/94/pics/24_1.jpg
This aircraft landed in Sevilla (Spain) in January 1st, 1943, with panne after it attacked Casablanca from Bordeaux-Merignac. Interned, it was bought by Spanish Air Force, repaired and put in service. This is an Artistic interpretation there no 'hard data' of the real colours that it carries.

Strategic Bomber-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1944
Junkers Ju 290
https://t3.thpservices.com/previewimage/gallage/d4670bffb07aaa786c8349973b26e26d/mev-11958011.jpg
operated 1 ex-Luftwaffe aircraft postwar.

Jet Fighter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1950
HA-200 Saeta
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/HA-200_Saeta_%28recortada%29.jpg/300px-HA-200_Saeta_%28recortada%29.jpg
The Hispano HA-200 Saeta was a 1950s Spanish two-seat advanced jet trainer produced by Hispano Aviación. It was later developed into the Hispano Aviación Ha-220 "Super Saeta" which was given an attack capability.

Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Air_Force
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/Site.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano_Aviaci%C3%B3n_HA-1112
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Air_Force#Aircraft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Spanish_Republican_Air_Force
https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/by-country.asp?Nation=Spain
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/402/67/0
http://bioold.science.ku.dk/drnash/model/spain/codes.html
https://modelingmadness.com/scott/preww2/fokkerfvii.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuport-Delage_NiD_52
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww15/a/277/67/0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda_Ba.64#Operational_history
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/94/24/0
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww15/b/224/67/0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/29/67/0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANT_Z.506#Operational_history

Switzerland Part 1/2

Great War
Renault FT-17 “Mosquitos”
http://ftr.wot-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/qjHukKb.jpg
In the early 1920s, Renault FT-17 were the first tanks imported to Switzerland from France in early 1920s. Only 5 served in the armed forces in 1921.

Light--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1934
Panzerwagen 35 (Panzer 35, Vickers-Armstrong Light Tank Model 1934)
http://pipboy.wtz.cz/wot-ch/img/34-35.png
The swiss army bought 6 Vickers-Armstrong Light Tanks Models 1933/34 for testing purposes. Mounting 47mm infantry gun was proposed for the vehicle.

Tank Destroyer/Tank Hunter
Carden-Loyd Mk. VI
http://pipboy.wtz.cz/wot-ch/img/cliv.png
Imported from UK in 1934

1936
Praga LTL-H (1935-1938)
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4NqoYTJrB6U/WUapeTHBg6I/AAAAAAAANq8/kyPazR3HwCwPZ9Sfm2kTMZD5cOf4Y1kdwCLcBGAs/s640/pragaltl02-fc339406209f382e0808e56d04cdf57d.jpg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KT_aNpQndL4/WUapeVRYkGI/AAAAAAAANq4/bxZyPBdbop4QZUoJJbTqDBadXuOv0StgwCLcBGAs/s640/pragaltl03-594e1fe0a44c19dd860045a624205b5c.jpg
Originally planned for Lithuania, this tank was offered to Swiss by Praga as per their requirements. Eventually succeeded by LTH, which later entered the Swiss service as Panzer 39.

1941
Leichter Panzer 35 (Renault R-35)
http://ftr.wot-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/GxfeAn3.jpg
In 1940, Switzerland obtained a quantity of captured French vehicles.
One source says that French forces drove them over the border rather than surrendering them to German forces and thus the Swiss seized them, including the Renault R-35. In Swiss service, this vehicle was known as the Leichter Panzer 35 and in 1939, Switzerland acquired the Czechoslovak LTH, which was known in Swiss service as the Panzer 39. The first 12 of these vehicles were supposed to be Czech assembled, fitted with the Scania-Vabis engine but without guns, later vehicles were sold in parts and assembled in Switzerland. A total of 24 vehicles were obtained and in Swiss service, these tanks were fitted with the domestic Saurer CT-1D 125bhp diesel engine and the domestic 24mm Oerlikon cannon under the name PanzerKanone 38.

OR
Panzer 39/41
http://pipboy.wtz.cz/wot-ch/img/39-41.png
TNH series bought from Praga used swiss armament and equipment. After the war a new turret capable of mounting 47mm gun was prototyped for the vehicle.

Tank Destroyer
4.7 cm Pak (t) auf Panzerkampfwagen 35R (f)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Renault_Panzerj%C3%A4ger.jpg/130px-Renault_Panzerj%C3%A4ger.jpg
This is a modified version Renault R-35 by the Germans, Switzerland acquire this in 1940.

Medium--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1939
Panzerwagen 39
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/czech/Tanks/TNH_Pz39.png
Panzer 39 is a modified version of LTL-H. It's got a new 24mm gun and some other light improvements. The first tanks came to Switzerland in 1939. They served until 1950

1941
Panzerwagen 39L
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/sw1/pz39l.png
The Panzer 39L is an elongated Panzer 39 with an additional pair of roadwheels. It would mount a 34mm AA gun which could be similar to the 37mm gun on the MT-25 maybe with a bit more penetration to not make it a turd. ( pls WG, don’t screw this up). While there are no drawings for this tank, there is a pretty good description of the tank in the archives which gives us the ability to make an Impression on how it would have looked as seen above. Designed in 1941.

1943
Panzerkanone I
http://pipboy.wtz.cz/wot-ch/img/39-75.png
Same as with the Panzer 39L this is an upgraded Panzer 39 chassis and is thought to be a successor to the 39L. It does get more armor than the 39L and additionally it also receives Side Skirts. It gets a completely new turret with decent (up to 75mm of Turret) armor excluding the gun mantle. It was to be equipped with a 7.5 cm Gun L/43 or additionally a 10.5cm Howitzer.

Heavy--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1943
Panzerkanone II
http://pipboy.wtz.cz/wot-ch/img/pzk2.png
It is a heavy tank based on the chassis on the NK II. There wasn’t a blueprint on this vehicle per se there was however a very strong suggestion in the Shape of a Turret Drawing part of the NK I and II development.

Modern--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1945
KW 1950 ’30 ton Panzer’
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/KW-1950.jpg
The first design on the ladder that would eventually lead to the Panzer 58 appeared in 1950 and was named, rather unimaginatively, the 30 ton Panzer alias the KW 1950 in later documents.

It would have sported a 600 horsepower engine which, along with its maximum width of just 3 meters, making it ideally suited for the narrow alpine roads in Switzerland. Firepower-wise, the design team didn’t settle on a single gun, but took into account 4 different guns, two 90 mm ones and two 105 mm ones, differing by length. The secondary armament consisted of 2 guns; a coaxial gun on the right side of the turret where the gunner was located, and one at the rear of the turret on the left side, behind the loader. While no caliber was mentioned explicitly, they would’ve most certainly been 7.5 mm’s, as that was the most used MG caliber in Switzerland at the time.

The frontal hull armor was meant to be 65 mm ( 2.56”) thick and welded. It had a beak shape, very similar to the IS-3, meant to increase the effectiveness of the armor against threats directly in front of it, due to angling. As an example, only taking into account the 65 degrees from the horizontal of the upper plate, this roughly translates to 150mm (5.9”) of effective armor thickness. This is comparable to the Soviet IS-2 tank, but less than the protection of the Soviet T-54, IS-3 or American M48 Patton. However, the 30 ton Panzer was meant for the Swiss countryside, where all those better armored tanks would prove heavy, slow and vulnerable The side hull armor thickness was significantly weaker, with 20 mm (0.78”) of armor below the tracks and up to 40 mm (1.57”) on the upper part of the side. This was an ‘all-or-nothing’ bet that was meant to maximise frontal protection, but sacrifice it everywhere else for the sake of mobility.

The turret had an interesting hemispherical shape which required casting, as opposed to welding. The thickness would have been around 65 mm (2.56”) for the front and 45mm (1.77”) for the sides. However, the internal mantlet provided significant extra protection, and the shape of the turret improved effective protection too. Furthermore, the design drawings show a gun depression angle of up to 10 degrees, which would have allowed the vehicle to take advantage of the terrain by revealing only it’s turret over crests and hilltops.

There was also a proposal of a 15 ton version of the 30 ton Panzer. At that time, Switzerland hadn’t received their AMX-13 light tanks from France yet. Not much is known about that vehicle, but it is possible it was just a lighter version of the 30 ton design, with the same size and engine power. It was, however, planned with a different gun: a 9cm L/39 gun, which was mainly intended to fire HEAT ammunition. Based on the weight difference between the 30 ton and 15 ton version is is likely that the armor would have been extremely thin all around.

Tank Destroyer/Tank Hunter
G-13
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/sw1/g13.jpg
G-13 is a post war version of the Jagdpanzer 38 built for Switzerland, armed with a StuK 40 gun. There also was a G-13 version that would have the same gun as the AMX 13 75. Whether it had an autoloader or if it was loaded by hand is not known.

Tank Artillery
10.5cm Panzerhaubitze auf G-13
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/sw1/pzhb-g13.jpg
After the war Switzerland planned to build a 10.5 cm SPG project on the chassis of the G-13. Most armor would have been removed in the process.

OR
Nahkampfkanone I Ausf. F2
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/sw1/nk1f2.jpg
10.5cm Hb.35 L/42 SPG project on the NK I. While Ausf. 1 being the TD version with a closed gun encasement and the Ausf. 2 being the open topped artillery version. Built in 1946, never entered mass production.

Anti-Air
Fliegabwehrpanzer 68
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/Switzerland/photos/Fliegerabwehrpanzer_68_SPAAG.jpg
1979-1980. The Target Vehicle model 68, mobile and remote for the fire training of the M47 Dragon ATGM. The turret was replaced by a dummy easily replaceable and made of the same steel skirt plates protecting the tracks. The running gear was the one of the Panzer 61 (tracks and roawheels). This was used for test.

Source
http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Upcoming_tanks#Tanks_of_Switzerland
http://pipboy.wtz.cz/wot-ch/#
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/switzerland.php
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/28/swiss-tanks-part-1/
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/07/08/swiss-tanks-part-2-tank-destroyers/
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/07/09/swiss-tanks-part-3-modern-tank-destroyers/
http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2017/06/praga-ltl-and-pzw-39-tanks-for-neutrals.html
https://ritastatusreport.live/2017/05/14/a-look-at-the-potential-swiss-medium-tank-line/
https://pikpikker.neocities.org/swiss1.html#
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/07/24/pzw-39-ltl-h-possible-lowtier-swiss-tank/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/236390/discussions/0/1741090847739259165/?ctp=5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Swiss_Armed_Forces

Part 2/2

Transport
BFW M 18
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/2120/pics/121_2.png
This is a military transport, 1929–1954
Fighter
1933
Militär-Apparat MA-7
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/MA-7_b.JPG/300px-MA-7_b.JPG
Designed in response to a Swiss Air Force requirement for an indigenous fighter design, the MA-7 was a biplane of fabric-covered wood construction with N-shaped wing struts like the Fokker D.VI of 1918. The aircraft was built in 1925 and handed over for trials in February 1926.

The prototype was returned to the manufacturer in 1926 due to unsatisfactory flight characteristics and performance. The manufacturer responded with the installation of a 400 hp (300 kW) LFW-12 X-1 engine. This engine, however, was too large and heavy for the frame and entire MA-7 project was subsequently discontinued.

1936
Bf 109D
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Non-Aligned/Switzerland/Fighters/Me-Bf109D-1/p1.jpg
10 were imported from Germany in 1938

OR
DOFLUG D-3800
https://i2.wp.com/www.wings-aviation.ch/16-SAF/2-Aircraft/Morane-401/Morane-3800-01.png?w=620
In 1938, Switzerland obtained a license for local production of the MS.406. Two MS.406H fighters were supplied to Switzerland in September 1938 and April 1939 to serve as pattern aircraft as the D-3800.

1940
Bf 109 E-3
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Swiss_Messerschmitt_Bf_109-E3_top_left_view.jpg/220px-Swiss_Messerschmitt_Bf_109-E3_top_left_view.jpg
80 109 E-3s were purchased which arrived from April 1939 until just before the German invasion of France in summer 1940.

OR
D-3801
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Morane-Saulnier_D-3801_HB-RCF_OTT_2013_04.jpg/220px-Morane-Saulnier_D-3801_HB-RCF_OTT_2013_04.jpg
The fighter was put into production in 1941 until 1945 with 207 completed.

1944
J-706 (Bf 109G-6 Gustav)
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Non-Aligned/Switzerland/Fighters/Me-Bf109G-6/p1.jpg
In 1944 a Luftwaffe Bf 110G-4 night fighter pursued a British Lancaster heavy bomber into Swiss airspace on the night of April 28–29. Engine trouble forced the German pilot, Wilhelm Johnen, to land at Dübendorf airfield where the pilot was interned. By international law, the Swiss had a right to put the fighter into service, and the Germans were concerned that Allied intelligence would examine its FuG 220 Lichtenstein radar and "Schräge Musik" gun installation.

The Nazi government quickly negotiated a deal in which the Swiss burned the Bf 110 under the supervision of German observers in return for a sale to the Swiss of 12 new Bf 109G-6 Gustav to replace combat losses. The new fighters were delivered in batches of six on 20 and 22 May.

OR
D.3802
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Doflug_D-3802_prototyp_J-401_kresba.jpg
The D.3802 was based on the MS.450, emerging as the MS.540, with a Saurer YS-2 932.1 kW (1,250 hp) engine. The prototype flew in the autumn of 1944, revealing several shortcomings, but it was capable of 630 km/h (391 mph; 340 kn). 12 were produced seeing limited use with Fliegerstaffel 17 and some other units.

Close Air Support
1936
EKW C-35
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/EKW_C-35.jpg/300px-EKW_C-35.jpg
Produced in 1936, it's a Reconnaissance and ground-attack aircraft.

1940
EKW C-3601
https://i0.wp.com/www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ethbib.bildarchiv/images/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Ans_05050-044_20906.jpg?w=620&ssl=1
First prototype ground attack aircraft in 1939.

1944
C-3603-1
https://i0.wp.com/www.fliegzeugs.de/assets/images/autogen/1998AR071_sf36-600.jpg?w=620
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/142/pics/121_4.png
This was introduced in 1942 but production did not begin till 1944, 144 C-3603-1 were build.

Heavy Fighter
1936
Potez 630 C3 B-1
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/346/pics/192_1.png
This was imported from France in 1938 which Switzerland ordered one Potez 630 C3.

1940
N-0
https://i0.wp.com/ritastatusreport.live/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/KW_N-0_01.jpg?resize=768%2C379&ssl=1
a heavy fighter design from 1941, for it’s time it was a very advanced design. It’s top speed would have been 700 km/h with 2 1200 hp Hispano Suiza engines pushing the aircraft. Armament would have consisted of 1 34mm cannon, 2 20mm guns in the nose and 4 7.5 mm guns in the wings.

1944
de Havilland Mosquito B.IV
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/77/pics/121_1.jpg
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://www.skyline-apa.com.au/Models/2017/Mosquito/Mosquito-HB-IMO-PF.jpg&key=7e65a938ed704f8b25cb4ee99a54954537272bd1a855f29a257b08e5f6140a57
http://www.skyline-apa.com.au/Models/2017/Mosquito/Mosquito-HB-IMO-2.jpg
In service from 1944 to 1954

Tactical Bomber
1933
Airco DH.9A
http://www.histomin.com/Aviation/Swiss%20Air%20Force%201918-29/Swiss%20Airco%20de%20Havilland%20DH-9/RO0423%20(7130)%20AMC%20DH-9%20Profile.jpg
This is a bomber imported from UK, it was in service from 1920–1929.

1936
Potez 633 B-2
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/346/pics/192_1_b1.png
This was imported from France in 1938, which it was in service 1938–1944.

1940
P-2111 ZERSTÖRER
https://i2.wp.com/ritastatusreport.live/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/P-2111.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1
This is a Swiss bomber

My note, “I can't find any more info than that, all I know this was designed after 1940.”

OR
P-2114
https://i2.wp.com/ritastatusreport.live/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/P-2114.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1
This is a Swiss bomber

My note, “I can't find any more info than that, all I know this was designed after 1940.”

1944
N-6
https://i1.wp.com/ritastatusreport.live/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/N-6.1-front.jpg?w=410&h=307&ssl=1
https://i2.wp.com/ritastatusreport.live/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/N-6.1-side.jpg?w=202&h=152&ssl=1
https://i0.wp.com/ritastatusreport.live/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/N-6.1-top.jpg?w=202&h=151&ssl=1
This is a Swiss bomber

My note, “I can't find any more info than that, all I know this was designed after 1940. By my guess, it could have been designed in late 1940s.”

Strategic Bomber
1944
B-17F
http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/aircraft/1025385d1480999403-swiss-ww2-b-17-flying-fortress-b17-ch.jpg?s=9b72d995f7f7cb3dc059cf06941765a8
This picture shows an USAAF "Flying Fortress", the B-17F "QW-V" of the 336th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bombardment Group, based in England. It emergency-landed at Altenrhein Airfield, on the 13 April 1944 because of heavy Flak damage which it obtained during a mission over Germany.

It was returned when the war ended.

Jet Fighter
1945
EFW N-20.01
http://all-aero.com/images/stories/pics5/fw-n20-10-2.jpg
the EFW N-20.01 was built to allow testing of novel wing shape, this flying on 17 April 1948. Although the glider was destroyed in a landing accident, it had successfully proven the design

OR
ETH JAGDFLUGZEUG 45
https://i2.wp.com/ritastatusreport.live/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ETH-Jet-Fighter.jpg?resize=768%2C548&ssl=1
This is a Swiss heavy fighter, designed in 1945. Top speed would have been 800 km/h. Armament would have been 2 large caliber guns and 6 small caliber ones. Presumably 2x 34 mm and 6x 20 mm.

My note, “The designed appears to be more like a jet.”

1950
EFW N-20.10 Aiguillon
https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5569/14796932658_f5b0a55492_b.jpg
he prototype was completed in 1952 and, fitted with four SM-1 engines, flew briefly during a taxi test on 8 April 1952 but development of the engine and the N-20 aircraft was cancelled soon afterwards.

Source
https://ritastatusreport.live/2017/06/18/wowp-swiss-tech-tree-part-1/
https://ritastatusreport.live/2017/06/20/wowp-swiss-tech-tree-part-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milit%C3%A4r-Apparat_MA-7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EKW_C-35
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EKW_C-36
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_operational_history
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/2-Airplanes/Non-aligned/Switzerland.htm#Fighters
http://all-aero.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3223:efw-c-36-c-3602-c-3603-c-3604-c-3605&catid=45
http://all-aero.com/index.php/44-planes-a-b-c/12353-efw-n-20-aiguillon--n-2001--n-202-arbalete-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFW_N-20
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_morane_saulnier_MS406H_D3800.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_M.S.406
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_potez_63_series.html
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/346/192/0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potez_630
http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/aircraft/swiss-ww2-b-17-flying-fortress-662184/
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Owl-Decals-1-72-JUNKERS-Ju-52-3m-g4e-Bomber-Switzerland-June-1941-/381777775018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Air_Force#World_War_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Swiss_Air_Force#World_War_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Swiss_Air_Force

Greece

Transport------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Junkers G.24he
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/4-Transports/Junkers-G.24he/p1.jpg

Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Avia BH.33E SHS
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/1-Fighters/Avia-BH33E/p1.jpg
acquired five Yugoslav-produced BH-33s, during the 1935 coup, when Greece was a republic.

1936
Avia B.534-II
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/1-Fighters/Avia-B534-2/p1.jpg
A Greek businessman bought two B-534s and presented them to the Greek government in 1936. They were lost in the chaos of 1941.

1940
Bloch MB-151
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/1-Fighters/Bloch-MB151/p1.jpg
Acquired from France in 1944

1944
Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB/VC
http://spitfiresite.com/uploaded_images/greek-spitfire-03.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1943

Naval Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Fairey IIIF
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/5-Sea/Fairey-IIIF/p1.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1929

OR
Do.22Kg
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/5-Sea/Do-22Kg/p1.jpg
Acquired from Germany in 1938. Total of 12.

1940
Do.22Kg (Landing Gear)
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/3-Reconnaissance/Do-22Kg/p1.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/NeuralDream/blogger/Do22G1938.png
December 1940 - January 1941 - 9 of the 12 aircraft are fitted with landing gear in Elefsis (KEA) and are assigned to the reconstituted 2nd Observation Squadron to be used in reconnaissance and night bombing missions.

Close Air Support------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Avro 626
https://helaf.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/gr-avro-621-tutor-e104-model-1.jpg
http://www.sair.gr/sites/default/files/avro_626A.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1937, used as a trainer

1940
Fairey Battle B.1
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/2-Bombers/Fairey-Battle-Mk1/p1.jpg
https://www.haf.gr/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fairey_battle_b11.jpg
Acquired in 1940 from UK

1944
SB2C Helldiver SB2C-5
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/765/pics/23_1.jpg
Imported from US in 1948, used as a bomber

Heavy Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Potez 633 B2 Grec
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/346/pics/23_1.jpg
Acquired from France in 1938, this is a heavy fighter but Greece used this as a bomber

1940
Potez 633 B2 Grec
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/346/pics/23_2.jpg
1941 version

1944
Avro Anson Mk I
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/6-Others/Anson-Mk1/p1.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1947

Tactical Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Potez 25 A2 "Avion Grecque"
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Potez_25_1_%28MAE%29.JPG/300px-Potez_25_1_%28MAE%29.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Potez_25_A2_Salmson.JPG/220px-Potez_25_A2_Salmson.JPG
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bIZm6WPew4g/UVbzOJlyYxI/AAAAAAAABIE/5-3koSoiKsQ/s1600/Potez+Po25+A2.jpg
Acquired from France in 1931

1936
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/50/pics/23_1.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1939

1940
Bristol Blenheim Mk I
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/2-Bombers/Bristol-Blenheim-Mk1F/p1.jpg
Imported from UK in 1941

1944
Vickers Wellington
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/559/pics/23_1.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1945, this is a long range medium bomber but it was used as a reconnises.

OR
Bristol Blenheim Mk V Bisley
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/3-UK/03-AttackAircrafts/Bristol-Bisley-Mk1/p1.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1943

Jet Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1945
T-33A
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/57071_1441802189.jpg
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/1855/pics/23_4.jpg
Acquired in 1949 from US, used as a trainer

1950
F-86E Sabre
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/97/pics/23_4_b1.jpg
Acquired from USA in 1954

Jet Tactical Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1950
F-84G Thunderjet
https://cdn.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2013/1/10/260791.jpg
In service in 1952 - 1959, used as a fighter bomber.

Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historic_aircraft_of_the_Hellenic_Air_Force
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece.htm#Others
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_BH-33
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_B-534
https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/by-country.asp?Nation=Greece
http://greek-war-equipment.blogspot.com/2009/06/dornier-do22kg.html
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/346/23/0#1

Ireland

Transport------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Junkers G.24he
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/4-Transports/Junkers-G.24he/p1.jpg

Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Avia BH.33E SHS
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/1-Fighters/Avia-BH33E/p1.jpg
acquired five Yugoslav-produced BH-33s, during the 1935 coup, when Greece was a republic.

1936
Avia B.534-II
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/1-Fighters/Avia-B534-2/p1.jpg
A Greek businessman bought two B-534s and presented them to the Greek government in 1936. They were lost in the chaos of 1941.

1940
Bloch MB-151
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/1-Fighters/Bloch-MB151/p1.jpg
Acquired from France in 1944

1944
Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB/VC
http://spitfiresite.com/uploaded_images/greek-spitfire-03.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1943

Naval Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Fairey IIIF
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/5-Sea/Fairey-IIIF/p1.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1929

OR
Do.22Kg
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/5-Sea/Do-22Kg/p1.jpg
Acquired from Germany in 1938. Total of 12.

1940
Do.22Kg (Landing Gear)
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/3-Reconnaissance/Do-22Kg/p1.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/NeuralDream/blogger/Do22G1938.png
December 1940 - January 1941 - 9 of the 12 aircraft are fitted with landing gear in Elefsis (KEA) and are assigned to the reconstituted 2nd Observation Squadron to be used in reconnaissance and night bombing missions.

Close Air Support------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Avro 626
https://helaf.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/gr-avro-621-tutor-e104-model-1.jpg
http://www.sair.gr/sites/default/files/avro_626A.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1937, used as a trainer

1940
Fairey Battle B.1
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/2-Bombers/Fairey-Battle-Mk1/p1.jpg
https://www.haf.gr/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fairey_battle_b11.jpg
Acquired in 1940 from UK

1944
SB2C Helldiver SB2C-5
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/765/pics/23_1.jpg
Imported from US in 1948, used as a bomber

Heavy Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Potez 633 B2 Grec
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/346/pics/23_1.jpg
Acquired from France in 1938, this is a heavy fighter but Greece used this as a bomber

1940
Potez 633 B2 Grec
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/346/pics/23_2.jpg
1941 version

1944
Avro Anson Mk I
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/6-Others/Anson-Mk1/p1.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1947

Tactical Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Potez 25 A2 "Avion Grecque"
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Potez_25_1_%28MAE%29.JPG/300px-Potez_25_1_%28MAE%29.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Potez_25_A2_Salmson.JPG/220px-Potez_25_A2_Salmson.JPG
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bIZm6WPew4g/UVbzOJlyYxI/AAAAAAAABIE/5-3koSoiKsQ/s1600/Potez+Po25+A2.jpg
Acquired from France in 1931

1936
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/50/pics/23_1.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1939

1940
Bristol Blenheim Mk I
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece/2-Bombers/Bristol-Blenheim-Mk1F/p1.jpg
Imported from UK in 1941

1944
Vickers Wellington
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/559/pics/23_1.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1945, this is a long range medium bomber but it was used as a reconnises.

OR
Bristol Blenheim Mk V Bisley
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Allies/3-UK/03-AttackAircrafts/Bristol-Bisley-Mk1/p1.jpg
Acquired from UK in 1943

Jet Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1945
T-33A
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/57071_1441802189.jpg
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/1855/pics/23_4.jpg
Acquired in 1949 from US, used as a trainer

1950
F-86E Sabre
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/97/pics/23_4_b1.jpg
Acquired from USA in 1954

Jet Tactical Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1950
F-84G Thunderjet
https://cdn.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2013/1/10/260791.jpg
In service in 1952 - 1959, used as a fighter bomber.

Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historic_aircraft_of_the_Hellenic_Air_Force
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/2-Airplanes/Allies/5-Others/Greece.htm#Others
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_BH-33
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_B-534
https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/by-country.asp?Nation=Greece
http://greek-war-equipment.blogspot.com/2009/06/dornier-do22kg.html
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/346/23/0#1

Turkey

Great War
Renault FT
They were purchased in 1928 to be given to the Infantry Gunnery School in Maltepe/Istanbul for evaluation and training

Light--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1934
T-27
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/soviet/Light_Tanks/T27/T-27_2.png
Several T-27 were purchased

1936
T-26 model 1933
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/soviet/Light_Tanks/T26/T26_model33.png
Several T-26 model 1933 were purchased

1941
Vickers Light Tank Mk.VI
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/gb/Lights/Light_MkVI/Light_tank_Mk.VI.gif
Imported from UK

OR
M3 Stuart
220 were imported from USA in late 1943

Medium--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1939
Renault R35
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/france/Renault-R35/Renault_R35_early.png

1941
Panzer III Ausf.J/H
By March to May 1943 the Germans tried to incite Turkey to attack USSR and delivered by order from Hitler 56 Panzer III Ausf.J/H (model armed with a 50 mm gun) and 15 Panzer IV Ausf G.

1943
Panzer IV Ausf G
By March to May 1943 the Germans tried to incite Turkey to attack USSR and delivered by order from Hitler 56 Panzer III Ausf.J/H (model armed with a 50 mm gun) and 15 Panzer IV Ausf G.

OR
M4 Sherman
25 imported from USA in late 1943

OR
Valentine
Imported from UK in late 1943, total 180

Modern--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1945
M46 Patton
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/US/M46_Patton/M46_CompB-1stUSMCTB_july1953.png
Used by Turkey in the Korean War, 1952.

Source
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/Turkish-Tanks.php

Transport------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JUNKERS F.13
https://i.colnect.net/f/2935/146/Turkish-Airlines---Junkers-F-13.jpg
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal5/4001-4100/gal4099-JunkersF13-Gerdan/01.jpg
Received in 19 24

Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Curtiss Hawk CW-II
http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/1923ve50/images/Hawk%20Curtiss.jpg
Received from US in 1933. By 1941, there were the total of 70 fighters, 46 of them were actually built under licence in Turkey.

1936
P.Z.L. P-24
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/36/pics/137_3.jpg
http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/poland/pzl_p-24.jpg
Received in 1936, 68 Polish PZL P-24 gull wing fighters were also in use in the Turkish Air Force - 28 of them were produced under licence in Turkey.

Because of the terms of licence agreements for the manufacture in Poland of Bristol engines, it was difficult to market export aircraft with P.Z.L.-built versions of these engines. To overcome this difficulty it was decided in February 1932 to develop a new fighter with different powerplant, the airframe of the P.Z.L. P.11 being redesigned to accept a new Gnome-Rhone engine designated 14Kds Mistral Major and rated at 567kW. Availability of the first of these engines delayed until May 1933 the initial flight of the resulting P.Z.L. P.24/I prototype, a flight which ended in a forced landing when the propeller disintegrated. The P.24/I did not fly again until October 1933, showing a need for many modifications which were introduced in the P.24/II second prototype, this aircraft also being known as the Super P.24. On 28 June 1934 the aircraft established an FAI-accredited class speed record of 414km/h. A third prototype flown in 1934, the P.24/III or Super P.24bis was powered by a 694kW Gnome-Rhone 14Kfs and armed with two 20mm cannon and two machine-guns. Exhibited at the 1934 Salon de I'Aeronautique in Paris, this aircraft caused considerable interest and led ultimately to valuable export orders. The first came from Turkey, which not only negotiated a licence for the manufacture of the P.24, but also ordered 40 P.24A fighters generally similar to that shown at Paris, 26 P.24C aircraft with four wing-mounted machine-guns, and components plus raw materials for the assembly of 20 more P.24As. Next came an order from Bulgaria for 14 P.24B aircraft which were similar to the P.24C apart from installed equipment and were delivered from early 1938, followed by 24 P.24Cs and 26 examples of the P.24F, the final development of the type, which introduced a 723kW Gnome-Rhone 14N.07 engine of smaller diameter and had twin cannon and twin machine-gun armament. The P.24E, developed to meet a Romanian requirement, was generally similar to the P.24C: six built by P.Z.L. had 671kW Romanian-built Gnome-Rhone 14Kllc32 engines, but later examples of the 40 or so P.24Es built by I.A.R. in Romania had the 701kW I.A.R.-built 14KMc36 engine. In late 1939 I.A.R. developed a low-wing version of the P.24E under the designation I.A.R.80. The four machine-gun equivalent of the P.24F had the designation P.24G, and 30 and six respectively were acquired by Greece for service with the Royal Hellenic air force. They comprised almost the entire fighter strength of this last air force and were deployed with considerable success against both the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica.

1940
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/351/pics/137_1_b1.jpg
Turkish Air Force received 45 Moranes. At least 30 of them were originally intended for shipment to Poland and had Polish stencilling. Possibly received in 1938, 1939, or 1940.

OR
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Ia
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/52/pics/137_1.jpg
Received in late 1930s, possibly 1938.

1944
Fw 190 A-3a
http://ww2live.com/sites/default/files/images/20161610002951.jpg
https://wwiiafterwwii.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/turkey3.jpg
the Turkish Air Force was the only air force, apart from the Finns, who operated both Allied and Axis aircraft throughout World War II. Beginning in mid-1942, received 72 examples of the Fw 190 A-3a (export model of A-3, a stood for ausländisch—foreign) from Germany to modernize their air force. These aircraft were basically Fw 190 A-3s, with BMW 801 D-2 engines and FuG VIIa radios and an armament fit of four MG 17s, with the option of installing two MG-FF/M cannon in the outer wing positions. The export order was completed between October 1942 and March 1943. The Fw 190 remained in service until the end of 1947 after that all of them had to be retired because of lack of spare parts.


OR
Curtiss P-40c Tomahawk Mk.IIb.
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Images/2-Airplanes/Non-Aligned/Turkey/1-Fighters/Tomahawk-Mk2b/p1.jpg
Tomahawk Mk.IIb from the RAF ME were send as Lend and lease to the TuAF in 1943 and was in service at the 3rd squadron (Bülük) in Gaziemir/Izmir until 1945.

Naval Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Supermarine Southhampton Mk.II
http://thk72.com/img/081_supermarine.jpg
Received in 1933.

1940
Supermarine Walrus Mk.II
https://www.airfix.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/0/a09187.1scheme2web.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Supermarine_Walrus_SLV_AllanGreen.jpg
In addition, the Turks received 6 slightly more modern British-made Supermarine Walrus Mk.II in 1938. They too could be outfitted with bombs and ithey saw very limited use with the RAF in bombing and strafing shore targets during the Norwegian Campaign and the East African Campaign in 1940, where a Walrus operating from HMAS Hobart bombed and machine-gunned an Italian headquarters at Zeila in Somalia


1944
Blenheim Mk.V
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/50/pics/137_2.jpg
Turkey received a number of these aircraft from RAF stocks during 1944-45

Close Air Support------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Vultee V11GBT
http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/1923ve50/images/Vultee.jpg
http://thk72.com/img/091_vultee.jpg
In 1937-1938, Turkey procured 40 American-made Vultee V11GBT ground attack planes. This little-known plane saw action during the Sino-Japanese War with the Nationalist China Air Force but they were withdrawn from bombing missions and assigned to training and liaison duties in 1940.

1940
Fairey Battle Mk-1
http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/1923ve50/images/Fairey%20Battle%20(8)sm.JPG
http://i.imgur.com/OTpGues.png
In accordance with the agreement signed between Turkey and the United Kingdom it was agreed on the sale of Fairey “Battle”s to Turkey which would be paid back in twenty years with an annual interest of 4%. In the meantime 30 Fairey “Battle”s were being shipped to Poland. But due to Poland’s sudden occupation by the Nazi Germany the ship’s route was diverted to Turkey. The planes which arrived on Feb.2.1940 were assigned to the 2nd. “Talim Taburu” and to the 3rd “Talim Taburu” as light bombers and recce planes. In 1944 they were replaced by the “Baltimore”s and the remaining aircraft were transferred to the “Hava Okulu” as trainers. They remained in service until being replaced by the AT-11s in 1947.

1944
CW-22B
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/200/pics/137_1.jpg
Received from US in 1942.

Heavy Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1936
Focke-Wulf Fw 58
http://ww2trainingaircrafts.e-monsite.com/medias/images/focke-wulf-fw-58-turkey-3.jpg?fx=r_600_363
Received from Germany in 1937.

1940
Avro Anson Mk.1
http://thk72.com/img/097_avro.jpg
Received in 1940.

1944
Mosquito T.Mk.III or Mosquito FB.Mk.VI
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/77/pics/137_6.jpg
Turkey received 96 FB.VIs and several T.IIIs in 1947 to the 1950s

Tactical Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1933
Polikarpov R-5
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/395/pics/137_1.jpg
October 1933. Immediately after the ceremonies of the 10th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. Most probably the emblem underwing and the inverted flag were painted in Russia, before the aircraft arrived.

Squadron of Polikarpov R-5's and a Tupolev ANT-9 arrived Ankara to participate the 10th anniversary ceremonies on 29 October 1933. After the ceremonies 3 R-5 and the sole ANT-9 were presented to Turkey as a symbol of Turko-Russian friendship, cooperation and good relations (The Soviet Government under the leadership of Lenin helped Turkey a lot during the War of Independence).

1936
He 111F-1
https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/5/0/0/202500-11761-45-pristine.jpg
Turkish Air Force operated 24 He 111F-1s, with first deliveries in 1937, and remaining in use until 1944

OR
Martin B-10 Model 139WT
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/195/pics/137_1.jpg
Turkish Air Force received 20 Model 139W aircraft in September 1937.

1940
Bristol Blenheim Mk.I
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/50/pics/137_3.jpg
http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/1923ve50/images/blenheim-nejatsen10bsm.jpg
The Turkish Air Force had 40 Bristol Blenheim Mk.I light bombers in their inventory, delivered by the British between 1937 and 1939. With a maximum bomb load of 450kg and a range of 1,810km, it was the weakest bomber in the TUAF but nonetheless was relatively modern.


1944
Bristol Beaufort Mk II
https://www.blackbirdmodels.co.uk/ekmps/shops/blackbirdmodel/images/bristol-beaufort-mk.ii-raf-turkey-72--894-p.gif
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91cBLrp93cL.jpg
Received from UK in 1944.

OR
Martin 187 Baltimore Mk.V
http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/924/pics/137_1.jpg
Received from the RAF in 1944.

Strategic Bomber------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1944
B-24
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal11/10801-10900/gal10830-B-24-Barutcu/01.jpg
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/images/b24-WRG-0027223.jpg
Eleven B-24s made an emergency landing in Turkey coming from bombing of Ploesti within Operation Tidal Wave, 1943. All of them were interned by Turkey and five of these B-24s were repaired and served in the Turkish Air Force.

Jet Fighter------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1945
LOCKHEED T-33A RT-33A
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/abpic-media-production/pictures/full_size_0279/1418923-large.jpg
Received in 1951

1950
F-86 E SABRE
http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/1951ve2006/images/F86/F-86%20side%20view%20%20142%20filo.JPG
http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/1951ve2006/images/F86/F86%20TUAF.JPG
Received in 1954

Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force
https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/by-country.asp?Nation=Turkey
http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/2-Airplanes/Non-aligned/Turkey.htm#Fighters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Consolidated_B-24_Liberator_operators#_Turkey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190#Operators
http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/1923ve50/fairey-battle.asp
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww15/o/395/137/0
http://thk72.com/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/lets-play-darkest-hour-the-myth-of-turan-turkey-enters-ww2.124335/
http://www.aviastar.org/air/poland/pzl_p-24.php