Post by Woodard on Jun 30, 2008 11:08:48 GMT -5
I found a complete listing of everything sent out through lend-lease. Basically, the bulk of what was sent to China ended up with the commies, so it should give a good idea of weapons early on (as well as commo gear, vehicles, and Artillery). I don't really know if it covers aid after the war to the Nationlists, I really hope it does and I'll keep reading on it. It's on a Russian Air force server, but don't worry, I doubt they forged 100+ pages of documents to mislead people about the number of socks they got sent.
Weapons are in the first part of the Ordnance section, Numbers are 2,266 M1911 and M1911A1 .45 Pistols, 8 .45 revolvers, 1 M-1 Garand, 107,470 Springfields, 152,241 M1917 Rifles, 40,000 .303 Lee Enfields, 63,251 .45 caliber Submachine guns "all types" (so that's grease guns, Thompsons, and UDT-42's) and 1 M-1 Carbine. Obviously the one-off items must have been for evaluation.
Here's the link if you're curious about socks or spark plugs or anything else crazy like that. The best sections are the quartermaster and ordnance sections.
lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/documents/index.htm
FYI we sent one "supporter, athletic" to the Soviet Union. It's on Page 9 of the quartermaster section on clothing if you don't believe me.
This was on the 197th Guards links page, so props to them.
Weapons are in the first part of the Ordnance section, Numbers are 2,266 M1911 and M1911A1 .45 Pistols, 8 .45 revolvers, 1 M-1 Garand, 107,470 Springfields, 152,241 M1917 Rifles, 40,000 .303 Lee Enfields, 63,251 .45 caliber Submachine guns "all types" (so that's grease guns, Thompsons, and UDT-42's) and 1 M-1 Carbine. Obviously the one-off items must have been for evaluation.
Here's the link if you're curious about socks or spark plugs or anything else crazy like that. The best sections are the quartermaster and ordnance sections.
lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/documents/index.htm
FYI we sent one "supporter, athletic" to the Soviet Union. It's on Page 9 of the quartermaster section on clothing if you don't believe me.
This was on the 197th Guards links page, so props to them.