List of weapons in Malayan Emergency explained

Infantry weapons

Commonwealth

Sidearms

used by high-rank officer such as General Sir Gerald Templer[1]

Rifles

Shotgun

Submachine gun

Machine gun

Grenade

Anti-tank weapons

Communist guerrillas

Sidearms

Rifles

supplied by Soviet Union

supplied by Soviet Union

Shotgun

Submachine gun

Captured from The Commonwealth of Nations troops

Machine gun

Grenade launcher

Hand grenade

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Malayan Emergency National Army Museum. www.nam.ac.uk. 2020-05-13.
  2. Web site: Weapons of the Malay CTs 1948-1960. 17thdivision.tripod.com. 2020-05-14.