List of Spanish Civil War weapons of the Republicans explained

This is a list of weapons used by the Spanish Republican side of the Spanish civil war. The majority of Spanish Republican military equipment was obtained through the Soviet Union who supported the Spanish Republicans through shipments of Soviet arms and arms from other countries in the possession of the Soviet Union from past Russian conflicts.

Small arms

Knives

• Spanish Bayonet Bayoneta Modelo 1893

Grenades

• Hand Grenade Granada Ferrobellum

Rifles

• Mauser Model 1893^[1]
• Mosin–Nagant^[2]
• Winchester 1873
• Vz. 24^[3]
• Karabinek wz. 1929^[4] (purchased from Poland)
• Fusil Gras mle 1874
• M1917 Enfield
• Kropatschek rifle
• Mannlicher M1886
• Mannlicher M1888
• Mannlicher M1895^[5]
• Lebel Model 1886 rifle
• Berthier rifle
• Ross rifle
• Lee–Enfield
• Gewehr 1888
• Winchester Model 1895
• Type 30 rifle
• Type 35 rifle
• Type 38 rifle
• M1870 Vetterli
• Destroyer carbine
• Colt Burgess
• Tigre Modelo 1923
• Pattern 1914 Enfield^[6]
• AVS-36

Sidearms

• Astra 400^[7]
• Astra 900
• Mauser C96
• Nagant 1895
• FN 1922^[8]
  • Tokarev TT-33 Bergmann-Bayard

Machine guns

• Hotchkiss 1909
• Hotchkiss Mle 1914^[9]
• Hotchkiss M1922^[10]
• Lewis gun
• PM M1910^[11]
• Degtyaryov machine gun
• M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
• Maxim–Tokarev^[12]
• Madsen machinegun^[13]
• Chauchat
• Ckm wz. 30
• Wz.28 BAR
• M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun
• FM 24/29
• MG15
• SIG KE7
• MG08/15
• ZB 26/30
• Fiat-Revelli^[14]
  • Schwarzlose Saint Étienne 1907

Submachine guns

• Erma EMP^[15]
• Suomi KP/-31
• Labora Fontbernat M-1938^[16]
• PPD-34
• MP28
• MP18
• Thompson^[17]
• Naranjero
• Arsenal Sumachinegun
• Royal machine pistol
  • Astra machine pistol Star Si 35
• Star RU-35
• Goliat MX35

Artillery

Infantry support guns

• Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP^[18]

Field artillery

• 76 mm divisional gun M1902
• 76 mm divisional gun M1902/30
• 7.7 cm FK 16
• Type 38 10 cm cannon
• Skoda houfnice vz 14
• Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider
• QF 4.5-inch howitzer

Heavy artillery

• 122 mm howitzer M1910/30
• BL 60-pounder gun
• 152 mm gun M1910/30
• BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer
• Canon de 155 L Modele 1917 Schneider
• 152 mm howitzer M1910

Mountain guns

• Canon de 65 M (montagne) modele 1906
• 76 mm mountain gun M1909

Anti-tank guns

• 37 mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K)
• 45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K)

Anti-aircraft guns

• 76 mm air defense gun M1931

Armoured fighting vehicles

• List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War^{[19] [20]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shootingtimes.com Mauser 1893. 23 September 2010 .
2. Web site: Disqualifying Features. 2021-06-22. The Spanish Civil War Mosin Nagant. en.
3. Web site: ZB vz. 24 Rifle. 2021-06-22. WW2DB.
4. Web site: Foreign Rifles of the Spanish Republic, 1936-1939 – Surplused. 2021-06-22. en-US.
5. Web site: República - Armas - Infantería - Fusiles . 2023-06-16 . www.sbhac.net.
6. Nõmm, Toe (2005). Eesti Sõjapüssid 1918–1940. Laidoneri Muuseumi Aastaraamat. p. 46.
7. Web site: Astra Modelo 400 (1921). 2021-06-23. www.9mm-largo.com.
8. Web site: República - Armas de Infantería . 2023-06-16 . www.sbhac.net.
9. Web site: Hotchkiss Model 1914 (Mle 1914). 2021-06-24. www.militaryfactory.com. en-US.
10. Web site: French Automatic Rifles. 2021-06-24. www.pmulcahy.com.
11. Book: Alvarez, José E.. The Spanish Foreign Legion in the Spanish Civil War, 1936. 2018-10-01. University of Missouri Press. 978-0-8262-7360-4. en.
12. Web site: 2010-10-27. Maxim M1910/30. 2021-07-11. Modern Firearms. en.
13. Web site: República - Armas - Infantería - Subfusiles . 2023-06-16 . www.sbhac.net.
14. Web site: República - Armas - Infantería - Ametralladoras . 2023-06-20 . www.sbhac.net.
15. Web site: EMP Submachine Gun. 2021-06-24. WW2DB.
16. Web site: Labora Fontbernat Model 1938. 2021-07-10. www.militaryfactory.com. en-US.
17. Web site: Thompson Submachine Gun . 2022-11-25 . WW2DB.
18. Web site: Thomas. Steven. 2001-02-21. Weapons and Equipment of the Spanish Civil War. 2021-06-24. Steven's Balagan. en-GB.
19. Book: García, Dionisío. "Renault FT 17 en España (2): La Guerra Civil". Almena. September 2004. Madrid, Spain. 6–7.
20. Book: Hofmann, George. "The Tactical and Strategic Use of Attaché Intelligence: The Spanish Civil War and the U.S. Army's Misguided Quest for a Modern Tank Doctrine" in Journal of Military History.. Society for Military History. 1 January 1998. 103–104.