List of Chinese Civil War weapons
Handguns
- Mauser C96 The Mauser C96 is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937 Unlicensed copies of the gun were also manufactured in Spain and China in the first half of the 20th century, Nationalists, warlords, Communists
- Browning Hi-Power The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. It is based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and later improved by Dieudonné Saive at Fabrique Nationale of Herstal, Belgium. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized, Nationalists, Communists
- Luger P08 The Parabellum-Pistole , popularly known as the Luger, is an iconic, toggle locked, recoil operated, semi-automatic pistol. The design was patented by Georg J. Luger in 1898 and produced by German arms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) starting in 1900; it was an evolution of the 1893 Hugo Borchardt designed C-93, Nationalists
- Nambu Type 14 The Nambu pistol was a semi-automatic pistol used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the First and Second World Wars. The pistol had two variations, the Type A (also called the Type 4), and the Type 14 (南部十四年式自動拳銃), Nationalists, Communists
- Type 26 The Type 26 or Model 26 "hammerless" revolver was the first modern pistol adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army. It was developed at the Koishikawa Arsenal and is named for its year of adoption in the Japanese dating system (the 26th year of the reign of the Meiji emperor, i.e., 1893). The revolver saw action in conflicts including the, Nationalists, Communists
- Nambu Type 94 The Type 94 8 mm Pistol was a small and light-weight (1 pound 11 ounces) semi-automatic pistol, produced in large numbers by Japan prior to and during the Second World War, Nationalists, Communists
- Nagant M1895 The Nagant M1895 Revolver was a seven-shot, gas-seal revolver designed and produced by Belgian industrialist Léon Nagant for Tsarist Russia. The Nagant M1895 was chambered for a proprietary cartridge, 7.62x38R, and featured an unusual "gas-seal" system in which the cylinder moved forward when the gun was cocked to close the gap between, Communists
- Tokarev TT-30/TT-33 The TT-30 is a Russian semi-automatic pistol developed by Fedor Tokarev as a service pistol for the Soviet military to replace the Nagant M1895 revolvers in use since tsarist times, Communists
- Colt M1911/A1 The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It was designed by John M. Browning, and was the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985, and is still carried by some U.S. forces. It was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Its (U.S Lend Lease Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the British West Indies. It began in March 1), Nationalists
Rifles
- Lee-Enfield The Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire/Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. The Lee-Enfield used the .303 British cartridge and in Australia and New, Nationalists, warlords, Communists
- Chiang Kai-Shek rifle The Type Zhongzheng rifle , also known as the Chiang Kai-shek Rifle and Type 24 (二四式) after the Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, was a Chinese-made copy of the German Mauser Gewehr 98, the forerunner of the Karabiner 98k. Pre-production of the Chiang Kai-Shek rifle started in August 1935 (year 24 Republican calendar, hence Type 24, but, Nationalists, warlords, Communists
- ZH-29 rifle, Nationalists
- Hanyang 88,Nationalists, warlords, Communists
- Gewehr 98 The Gewehr 98 was the standard German infantry rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k, Nationalists, warlords, Communists
- Mauser Karabiner 98 kurz The Karabiner 98 Kurz was a bolt-action rifle adopted as the standard infantry rifle in 1935 by the German Wehrmacht, and was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles, Nationalists, warlords, Communists
- Type 38 Rifle The Type 38 rifle Arisaka is a bolt-action rifle. For a time it was the standard rifle of the Japanese infantry. It was known also as the Type 38 Year Meiji Carbine in Japan. An earlier, similar weapon was the Type 30 Year Meiji Rifle, which was also used alongside it. Both of these weapons were also known as the Arisaka, after the inventor, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 2 Rifle, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 38 Cavalry Rifle The Japanese Type 38 cavalry rifle was a short barreled version of the bolt-action Type 38 rifle, it was used by the Japanese cavalry, engineers and artillery troops during World War II. It entered service in 1905. The rifle was very accurate. The rifle barrel was 310 mm shorter than the standard rifle. It was also used by rear echelon troops, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 99 Rifle The Type 99 Rifle was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 97 Sniper Rifle The Type 97 Sniper Rifle is a Japanese bolt-action rifle, based on the Type 38 Rifle. Following the standard practice of the time, it was adapted from an existing infantry rifle. The only difference between this rifle and the original Type 38 is that it had a lightened stock, a longer, bent bolt, a 2.5 power telescopic sight and a mid-band setup, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 44 Cavalry Rifle The Type 44 Cavalry Rifle（四四式騎銃Yonyon-shiki kijū or Yonjūyon-shiki kijū) is a Japanese bolt-action rifle. This rifle is also often referred to as a Type 44 Carbine. It was a development of the Arisaka Type 38 Cavalry Rifle, the main difference being the bayonet is a needle type and it can be folded backwards and locks underneath the, Nationalists, Communists
- Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, M1938, M1944 The Mosin-Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine fed, military rifle that was used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations, most of them from Eastern bloc. Also known as the Three-Line Rifle (Трёхлинейная винтовка, ISO 9: Trëhlinejnaâ vintovka), it was the first to use the 7.62, Nationalists, warlords, Communists
- Tokarev SVT-38, SVT-40 The Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva, Obrazets 1940 goda is a Soviet semi-automatic battle rifle, which saw widespread service during and after World War II , Communists
- M1 Garand The M1 Garand , but now available to civilians in the original .30-06 as well as a .308 winchester cartridge rifle, was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation. In 1936, it officially replaced the bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the standard service rifle of the United States Armed Forces and was (U.S Lend Lease Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the British West Indies. It began in March 1), Nationalists
- M1 Carbine The M1 carbine is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that became a standard firearm in the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War, and was produced in several variants. It was widely used by U.S. and foreign military and paramilitary forces, and has also been a popular civilian firearm (U.S Lend Lease Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the British West Indies. It began in March 1), Nationalists
- M1903 Springfield The M1903 Springfield, formally the United States Rifle, Caliber .30, Model 1903, is an American magazine-fed, bolt-action rifle used primarily during the first half of the 20th century (U.S Lend Lease Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the British West Indies. It began in March 1), Nationalists
- M1941 Johnson rifle (U.S Lend Lease Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the British West Indies. It began in March 1), Nationalists
- M1917 Enfield rifle The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield" , formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" was an American modification and production of the British .303 caliber P14 rifle developed and manufactured during the period 1917-1918 (U.S Lend Lease Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the British West Indies. It began in March 1), Nationalists
- Mondragón F-08 The Mondragón was the world's first automatic rifle and was designed by General Manuel Mondragón. He began work in 1882 and patented the weapon in 1887. It was gas-operated with a cylinder and piston arrangement, now very familiar but unusual at the time, and rotating bolt, locked by lugs in helical grooves in the receiver; it was also possible, Nationalist, Communists
Submachine Guns
- MP18 (Chinese copy), Nationalists,warlords,Communists
- SIG MKMS The SIG MKMS was sub-machine gun designed by Schweizerishe Industrie-Gesellshaft company in Neuhausen during the early 1930s and was first introduced in 1933. It was designed for the military and to increase firepower it had a larger capacity magazine as well as a longer barrel, one that would be more common on an assault rifle. Only 1,228 of, warlords
- Thompson M1928, M1928A1, M1, M1A1 The Thompson submachine gun is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1919 that became infamous during the Prohibition era. It was a common sight of the time, being used by both law enforcement officers and criminals. The Thompson was also known informally as: the "Tommy Gun", the "Trench Broom", the "(U.S Lend Lease, later local produced Chinese copies), Nationalists
- PPD-40 The PPD is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and was capable of selective fire, Communists
- PPSh-41 The PPSh-41 submachine gun was one of the most mass produced weapons of its type of World War II. It was designed by Georgi Shpagin as an inexpensive alternative to the PPD-40, which was expensive and time consuming to build. The PPSh operated with simple blowback action, had a box or drum magazine, and fired a 7.62x25mm pistol round. It was made, Communists
- PPS-43 The PPS is a family of Soviet 7.62mm submachine guns, designed in two main variants—the PPS-42 and PPS-43—by A. I. Sudaev as a personal defense weapon for reconnaissance units, vehicle crews and service personnel. The PPS and its variants were used extensively by the Red Army during World War II and was later adopted by the armed forces of, Communists
- M3/A1 'Grease Gun' The M3 was an American .45-caliber submachine gun that entered US Army service on December 12, 1942 as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3 and began to replace the .45-caliber Thompson series submachine guns: the M1928A1, M1 and M1A1 that were slowly being withdrawn from use. The M3 was designed from the outset as a more cost-effective (U.S Lend Lease Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the British West Indies. It began in March 1), Nationalists
- M50 Reising submachine gun The Reising was an American submachine gun manufactured by Harrington & Richardson. It was designed and patented by Eugene Reising in 1940. The two primary versions of the weapon produced during World War II were the M50 and the simplified folding stock M55. Over 100,000 guns were ordered, and were initially used by the United States Navy, (U.S Lend Lease Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the British West Indies. It began in March 1), Nationalists
- Sten The Sten was a family of British 9 mm submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War. They were notable for having a simple design and very low production cost, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 100, Nationalists, Communists
Machine Guns
- ZB vz.26 The ZB vz. 26 was a Czechoslovak light machine gun developed in the 1920s, which went on to enter service with several countries. It would see its major use during World War II, and spawned the related ZB vz. 27, vz. 30, and vz. 33. The ZB vz. 26 influenced many other light machine gun designs including the FM 24/29 light machine gun, the Bren and (purchashed in large quantity from former Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992. From 1939 to 1945 the state did not have a de facto existence, due to its forced division and partial incorporation into Germany, but the Czech government-in-exile nevertheless), Nationalists, warlords, Communists
- MG 34 The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG34, was a German machine gun that was first produced and accepted for service in 1934, and first issued to units in 1935. It was an air-cooled machine gun firing 7.92x57mm Mauser rounds and had similar performance to other medium machine guns (Chinese copy), Nationalists, warlords, Communists
- Type 11 Light Machine Gun The Type 11 Light Machine Gun was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and during World War II, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 96 Light Machine Gun, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 97 Light Machine Gun The Type 97 was the standard machine gun used on tanks and armored vehicles of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and also as a light machine gun by infantry forces, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 99 Light Machine Gun The Type 99 Light Machine Gun was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, Nationalists, Communists
- M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle The Browning Automatic Rifle was a family of American automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S (U.S Lend Lease Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the British West Indies. It began in March 1), Nationalists
- FN BAR The Browning Automatic Rifle was a family of American automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S, Nationalists
- Bren light machine gun, Nationalists
- Lahti-Saloranta M/26,Nationalists
- DP-28 Light Machine Gun, Communists
- Browning M1919 Medium Machine Gun (U.S Lend Lease), Nationalists
Heavy Machine Guns
- Chinese Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun (Chinese copy of Maxim Gun),Nationalists,warlords, Communists
- Browning M1917A1 Heavy Machine Gun (U.S Lend Lease), Nationalists
- Browning M2 Heavy Machine Gun (U.S Lend Lease), Nationalists
- Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun, Nationalists, Communists
- Type 4 Heavy Machine Gun, Nationalists, Communists
- DShK 1938 Heavy Machine Gun, Communists
- Maxim PM1910 Medium Machine Gun, Communists
- SG-43 Goryunov, Communists
Anti-Tank Weapons
- PaK 36,Nationalists
- PTRD-41 Bolt-action Anti-Tank Rifle, Communists
- PTRS-41 Semi-Automatic Anti-Tank Rifle, Communists
- Rocket Launcher, M1/A1 "Bazooka" (U.S Lend Lease), Nationalists
Grenades
- Model 24 grenade (Chinese copies) Communists, warlords, Nationalists
- F1 Fragmentation Hand Grenade, Communists
- RGD-33 Fragmentation Hand Grenade, Communists
- Mk.2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade (U.S Lend Lease), Nationalists
Misc
- Dadao, Nationalists, Communists
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