"Chinese Nationalist Armour in World War II" Topic

"It was the Chinese Warlord Chang Tsolin who first introduced tanks to China. Surprised during the North Offensive by the Chiang Kai Shek army, he bought several Renault FT Tanks (M1918) from France in 1927. It is uncertain how these tanks were used in combat, but they were eventually captured by the Japanese and the Chinese Nationalists. The tanks captured by the Japanese army were deployed in the Kwangtung Army and later used during the Manchurian Incident. The Nationalists in the meantime also bought 36 Renault FT tanks. However, they were not used in action but were used mainly for training.

After 1930 the Nationalists hired several German military advisers. Though the German advisers were not particulary eager to teach the Chinese, they convinced the Nationalists to purchase many European weapons through a German company with which the German advisers conspired. The Nationalists bought Italian L.3/35, German Pz-I A and British 12-ton tanks. The exact name of the British 12-ton Tank is unkown…"
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Amicalement
Armand

The Vickers Medium weighed 12 tons and was available in the early thirtiesfor export…..interesting article.

The last bit of the article isn't actually true. The 200th Division and its constituent tank regiment was greatly diminished, but was not destroyed. The 200th Division went into Burma in 1942 and still had a Tank Regiment consisting of 22x CV-33 tankettes and an unknown number of T-26 tanks. The divisional Cavalry Regiment also still contained an Armoured Car Squadron, containing an unknown number of Sdkfz 221, Sdkfz 223, BA-10 & BA-20 armoured cars, as well as M3 Scout Cars. An Sdkfz 221 and an M3 were actually photographed in Burma. However, they were all lost in pretty short order.

Glad you enjoyed the article my friend.

Amicalement
Armand

A good list of what they had can be found on this site: mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks

I've read about their WWII armor forces before … An eclectic mix … to say the least …