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Siamese Armed Forces research - 7/27/2005 2:49:00 PM

gunner333

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1940-41

Land forces

44 battalions of infantry
13 groups of artillery
9 squadrons of cavalry
6 battalions of engineers

3 companies of tanks(20 medium Armstrong 6-tonners, 35 light Fords, 4 "heavy" Landswerk tanks with
100mm gun, 12 Vickers armored cars Other equipment, supplied by a variety of nations, was similarly aged)

1 AA regiment equipped with 40mm weapons
3 AA companies armed with Bofors 75's

When mobilized the army amounted to some 50,000 troops organized into six military regions
containing five infantry divisions.

Air forces

500 pilots
flew 100-150 combat aircraft
including 36 Vought Corsairs, 48 Curtiss Hawks, and 6 Glenn Martins

Navy

2 coastal defense ships
10 Italian-built torpedo boats
2 submarines

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About fighting skills of Siam Army - 7/27/2005 2:54:22 PM

gunner333

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At the beginning of January 1941 Siam, unable to regain its "lost
provinces" through diplomatic pressure towards Vich France, finally mounted an
offensive.

In northern Laos three battalions crossed the border on the 10th against
negligible opposition and occupied the entire western bank of the Mekong
north and south of Paklay. Meanwhile, three Siamese battalions facing
Vientiane across the Mekong made no move.

In southern Laos on 12 January the Siamese attack began in the direction of
Pakse; on the 15th, supported by artillery fire and aerial bombing, three
battalions of infantry dislodged the Vichy defenders who retired across the
Mekong and by the 19th ceded control of the western side of the river as
far south as the Cambodian border.

On the northern border of Cambodia in the Dangrek Range another group of
three battalions faced scattered Indo-Chinese border posts. The attackers
did not emerge until 20 January to press south where they burned and
destroyed Samrong before being halted by reserves of the 2nd battalion of
the Regiment de Tirailleurs Annamites - bis.

The strongest Siamese force -- nine battalions and two groups of artillery
supported by tanks -- attacked on 10 January in the Poipet sector on the
road to Battambang. The Vichy covering force proved unable to halt the
advance which continued in the direction of Sisophon. Here, however, the
Vichy masse de maneuver waited.

On the night of 15/16 January the Vichy spearhead (four battalions, each
from a different regiment) and supporting tanks and guns moved into
position to mount their counter-offensive; it was launched from northwest
of Sisophon against the left flank of the Siamese advance on the morning of
the 16th. The Siamese were alert, the attack was uncoordinated and poorly
executed, and the battle did not go as the Vichy commanders had planned.
Siamese aircraft controlled the skies and their tanks were well-handled in
counterattacks which were only stopped by Vichy 75mm AA guns. By the end of
the afternoon the Vichy attackers had withdrawn.

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RE: Siamese Armed Forces research - 7/27/2005 3:51:23 PM

m10bob

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quote:

ORIGINAL: gunner333

1940-41

Land forces

44 battalions of infantry
13 groups of artillery
9 squadrons of cavalry
6 battalions of engineers

3 companies of tanks(20 medium Armstrong 6-tonners, 35 light Fords, 4 "heavy" Landswerk tanks with
100mm gun, 12 Vickers armored cars Other equipment, supplied by a variety of nations, was similarly aged)

1 AA regiment equipped with 40mm weapons
3 AA companies armed with Bofors 75's

When mobilized the army amounted to some 50,000 troops organized into six military regions
containing five infantry divisions.

Air forces

500 pilots
flew 100-150 combat aircraft
including 36 Vought Corsairs, 48 Curtiss Hawks, and 6 Glenn Martins

They had Vought aircraft, but not Corsairs for WW2......
http://www.orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/082_thailand/_aircraft.htm

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