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Former equipment of the Maavägi

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This is an (incomplete) list of former equipment used by the Estonian Army (Maavägi:) prior to World War 2.

Contents

Armor

Tanks
  • 12 FT-17 light tank
  • 4 Mark V heavy tank
  • 6 TKS tankette
    • Armored cars
  • 13 Arsenal Crossley armored car
    • Anti-tank weapons
  • 44 Rheinmetall 37mm Pak 36 L/50 anti-tank gun (Note:The Estonian Rheinmetall gun had a longer barrel length compared to Wehrmacht standard L/45.)
  • 4 Bohler 47 mm anti-tank gun model 1935
  • 15 Solothurn-Arsenal 20 mm antitank gun
  • TM-34; TM 37; anti-tank mines: ~12,000

    • Artillery

    Cannons
  • 98 Russian 76 mm divisional gun M1902;
  • 59 British 84mm Ordnance QF 18 pounder;
  • 20 Russian [Schneider] 107 mm gun M1910;
  • 23 British 110 mm QF 4.5 inch Howitzers;
  • 8 German 15 cm sFH 13 howitzers;
  • 29 Russian [Schneider] 152 mm howitzer M1910;
    • Anti Aircraft Guns
  • 12 M38 Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
  • 16 37mm Rheinmetall-Borsig (Flak 18), 40mm (Bofors M36) anti-aircraft cannon
  • 8 7.5 cm Krupp (Flak L/60) anti-aircraft cannon
  • 116 tripod mounted anti-aircraft machineguns
    • Mortars
  • 34 mortars: 81.4mm Brandt mle 27/31

    • Infantry weapons

    Pistols and rifles
  • Pistols: Nagant M1895: 900, Browning FN Model 1903: ~4,600 (Replaced by ~5,300 Browning Hi-Power P35 in 1938)
  • Rifles: Russian Mosin–Nagant M1891: 72,000, British Pattern 1914 Enfield: 46,000, Japanese Arisaka Types 30 and 38: 24,000
    • Submachine guns
  • Tallinn Model 1923 Arsenal submachine gun: ~600, (Replaced by ~500 Suomi M/31 submachine guns in 1938)
    • Machine guns
  • Russian Maxim PM M1910: ~1,600, British Lewis Gun: ~1,200, Danish Madsen machine gun M1920: ~1,700
    • Grenades
  • Hand grenades: ~133,000
    • Electronics
  • Field Radios: 133

    • References

    Former equipment of the Maavägi Wikipedia
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