My notes on teh Weapons and Equipment of the Spanish Civil War. Details from Cordery (1993) and Morgan (2007).
Mortars
I’m still checking this out …
Lafitte 50 mm modelo 1925 (French)
Lafitte 60 mm (French)
Valero 60 mm modelo 1926 (Spanish)
Stokes-Brandt 81 mm modelo 1929
and from http://www.sbhac.net/Republica/Fuerzas/Fuerzas.htm
Valero Mod 1932 50 mm
Valero Mod. 1926 60 mm
Valero Modelo 1933 de 81 mm
80 mm Russia
50 mm Russia
Stokes-Brand Modelo 1918 81 mm
Stokes-Brand Modelo 1935
Artillery
Peninsular Army at Outbreak of War
- 70 mm Schneider M08 Mountain Gun
- 75 mm Schneider M06 Field Gun
- 105 mm Schneider M19 Mountain Howitzer
- 105 mm Vickers M22 Field Howitzer
- 150 mm Krupp M13 Howitzer
- 155 mm Schneider M17 Howitzer
- 20 mm Madsen M33 Anti-aircraft Gun
- 75 mm Vickers M31 Anti-aircraft Gun
Republican Aid
USSR
- 37 mm infantry support guns (30) – a WW1 trench gun developed by the French and Austrians
- 45mm Putilov M29K Infantry Gun
- 76.2 mm Schneider-Danglis Cannon de 76 M mle09 Mountain Gun (8)
- 76.2mm Putilov M00/02 Field Gun
- 76.2 mm Putilov M02/30 Field Gun
- 77 mm Krupp FK16 Field Gun (22)
- 107 mm M10/30 Field Gun – Japanese (74)
- 115 mm / 4.5″ Vickers pre-1914 Quick Firing Howitzers (189)
- 122 mm M10/30 Field Howitzer
- 127 mm / 60 pdr Armstrong Field gun (12)
- 152 mm M10/30 Field Gun
- 152 mm Putilov M09/30 Field Howitzer
- 152 mm M10/30 Field Howitzer
- 152 mm / 6″ Mk 1 Howitzer
- 37 mm M30 L/45 Anti-tank Gun (430)
- 45 mm M32 L/46 Anti-tank Gun (142)
- 76.2 mm M31 Anti-Aircraft Gun
- 155 mm Schneider Cannon de 155 mle17 Field Gun (20)
Other
- 65 mm Schneider-Ducrest Cannon de 65 mle06 Infantry Gun
- 75 mm Schneider Cannon de 75 mle87 Field Gun
- 76.2 mm Schneider-Danglis Cannon de 76 M mle09 Mountain Gun – some were already in use and eight were provided by the USSR!
- 77 mm Krupp FK16 Field Gun
- 100 mm Skoda 1914 Field Gun – 22 sent by USSR
- 105 mm Schneider Cannon de 105 ml313 Field Gun
- 114 mm Mk1 Field Howitzer
- 152 mm Schneider Cannon de 152 mle10 Field Gun
- 155 mm Schneider Cannon de 155 mle17 Field Gun – already in use and 20 sent by the USSR
Nationalist Aid
Germany
- 75mm FK16nA Field Gun
- 105 mm leFH16 Field Howitzer
- 105 mm leFH18 Field Howitzer
- 20 mm Flak30 Anti-aircraft Gun
- 75mm Flak L/60 Anti-aircraft Gun
- 88 mm Flak18 Anti-aircraft Gun
- 37 mm Pak35/36 Anti-tank Gun
Italy
- 65 mm Cannone da 65/17 Infantry Gun
- 75 mm Cannone da 75/27 M11 Field Gun
- 75 mm Cannone de 75/27 M12 Field Gun
- 105 mm Cannone da 105/28 M13 Field Gun
- 100 mm Obice da 100/17 M14 Field Howitzer
- 149 mm Obice da 149/12 M14 Field Howitzer
- 20 mm Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/65 M35 Anti-Aircraft Gun
- 37 mm Cannone Contracarro 37/45 Anti-tank Gun
Other
- 37 mm Bofers Anti-tank Gun
Aircraft
| Aircraft | Role |
|---|---|
| Nationalist | |
| Aero A-101 | Light Bomber |
| Casa-Breguet Br.XIX | Light Bomber |
| De Havilland Dragon | Bomber |
| Dornier Do17E, Do17F, Do17P Reconnaissance Bombers | Bomber |
| Fokker F.VII | Bomber |
| Fokker F.VIII | Bomber |
| Fokker V.XII | Bomber |
| Heinkel He51C Fighter Bomber | Ground Attack |
| Heinkel He111B, He111D, He111E Bombers | Bomber |
| Junkers Ju52 Bomber | Bomber |
| Junkers Ju86D Bomber | Bomber |
| Junkers Ju87A, Ju87B Dive-Bomber | Dive-Bomber |
| Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Bombers | Bomber |
| Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Bombers | Bomber |
| IMAM Ro.37bis Ground Attack Aircraft | Ground Attack |
| Republican | |
| Aero A-101 | Light Bomber |
| Bloch MB200, MB 210 Bombers | Bomber |
| Grumman GE-23 | Ground Attack |
| Northrop Gamma | Bomber |
| Potez 540 Series (540, 542, 544) | Bomber |
| Polikarpov I-16 Mosca | Ground Attack |
| Polikarpov R-5 Ground Attack Aircraft | Ground Attack |
| Polikarpov R-Z Ground Attack Aircraft | Light Bomber |
| Tupolev SB 2 | Bomber |
| Tupolev SB 2 | Bomber |
| Vultee V1 Bomber | Bomber |
References
Cordery, B. (1993). La Ultima Cruzada: A Wargamers guide to the Spanish Civil War (2nd ed.). Partizan Press.
Morgan, R. (Winter, 2007). Arms for Spain: Soviet arms shipments for SCW Republican lands forces. The Journal: The Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers, 60, 16-17.
Howdy!
While this list is/was invaluable to me for Mortars and Artillery involved, I find the Aircraft Involved, in the Aircraft Section to be woefully underrepresented.
If the reference used was only attempting to include Bombers and Ground attack for use with most table-top war gaming, I can better understand it. However, even these are not fully covered. Plus, with the advent of so many good air combat rules, I would think that at least the major Fighters would be mentioned/listed, as most if not all were also used in ground attack.
Ground Attack: Ba.65, I-15, I-152(or,I-15bis), He.70, Cr.32bis, Hs.123
Fighters: Cr.32, Cr.32bis Hawker Fury I & II, He.112, Bf109A-D, He.51B, I-15, I-152, I-16 (4-10), G.50
Of course there were many others, but most were so few in number that this list is decent, but not comprehensive.
Kind Regards,
Scott “FatalFlaw”
Thanks for the information. I freely admit that aircraft are not my thing, and when I do mention planes they are far more likely to be ground support than anything else.
I had read an article that the primary arm of the Spanish Civil War, based on numbers at least, was the Spanish 9 mm pistol, often equipped with a brace to be more “rifle like” The articles and websites I find are dominated by aircraft role in the war as well as artillery from foreign sources but of the 75 plus battles I wonder how much of the munitions expended was actually pistol fire