Hi, today I would like to suggest a new campaign : Franco-Thai War (Vichy Indo-China vs Siam, 1940-1941)
The Franco-Thai nonaggression pact was concluded In August 1939. However, after seeing Thailand’s ally Japan invade French Indo-china, the Thai people began to hold frequent demonstrations seeking the recapture of the land they once ceded to France.
Then, on November 23, 1940, the Royal Thai Air Force attacked a French base and the war began.
The war ended with Japanese arbitration without a declaration of war, and the Kingdom of Thailand succeeded in recovering the lost territories.
Units involved
Kingdom of Thailand
Royal Thai Army
- Burapha Army
- Isan Army
Royal Thai Army consisted of 60,000 men. Independent formations under direct control of the army high command included two motorized cavalry battalions, one artillery battalion, one signals battalion, one engineer battalion, and one armored regiment.
Royal Thai Air Force
Royal Thai Navy
Vichy France
Armistice Army
Indochina Army Corps
- Annam Division
- Cochinshine-Cambodge Division
- Tonkin Division
Indochina Army Corps consisted of approximately 50,000 men, organized into forty-one infantry battalions, two artillery regiments, and a battalion of engineers.
French Navy
Combat zone
The Air Force has been fighting since November, but the Army was the first to fight in January.
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Battle of Aranyaprathet / Phumi Preav (January 5-16,1941)
The first land battle in this war. French army built a position and waited for Thai army, but Thai army broke through with armored forces. -
Invasion of Lan Chang and Nakhon Champassak (January 10-20, 1941)
Lan Chang and Nakhon Champassak were Siam’s lost territories of the west bank of the Mekong River. On January 10, Thailand’s three infantry battalions and artillery units heard that the Aranyaprathet had been attacked, ignored orders and launched an invasion, expelling French troops deployed in Lan Chang. On January 12, three battalions in the south also joined the invasion.
Firearms
Kingdom of Thailand
Rifle
- Arisaka Type 38 rifle
- Type 45 rifle
- Type 46 rifle
- Type 46/66 rifle
- Type 47/66 carbine
- Type 66 rifle
- SMLE Mk.Ⅲ
Rifle grenade
- Arisaka Type 38 rifle with Type 91 grenade launcher
Sniper rifle
- Arisaka Type 38 rifle with scope
- Arisaka Type 97 sniper rifle
Rare Rifle
- Arisaka Type 30 rifle
- Mannlicher M1888
- Lebel Mle 1886
- Gewehr 1871
Submachine gun
- MP-18 Copy
- SIG Model1920
- Solothurn S1-100
- MP-28
Rere SMG
- Borchardt C96 with Stock
Light machine gun
- Japanese Type 96 light mashine gun
- Type 66 Madesen light machine gun
Hand gun
- Astra 300
- Nanbu Type 14
- Type 80 (Colt M1911 Copy)
Anti tank rifle
- Type 97 Automatic cannon
Mortor
- Type 10 mortor
Vichy France
Rifle
- Lebel Mle 1886/93
- Bertiher mousquetons Mle 1916
5 shots bartiher carbine - Berthier Mle 1907/15
3 shots Berthier rifle - Berthier Mle 1907/16
5 shots Berthier rifle - Bertiher Mle 1934
Bertiher rifle chambered for 7.5x54mm cartridge. - MAS-36
- Modele 1917/35
Initially an automatic rifle, it was converted to a straight pull bolt action due to a defect.
Sniper rifle
- Berthier Mle 1907/16 with scope
- Lebel M1886/93 with scope
Rifle grenade
- VB riflegrenade
Rare rifle
- Lebel Mle 1878 Marine
- Bertiher mousquetons Mle 1892
3 shots bartiher carbine - Meunier A6
very rare French self-roading rifle
Submachine gun
- MAS-38
- Erma EMP
Rare SMG
- Percussion Pistol
Light machine gun
- Hotchkiss Mle 1909 machine gun
- Hotchkiss Mle 1922 machine gun
- FM Mle 1924/29 machine gun
Rare LMG
- Chauchat Machine gun
- Darne Modele 1918
Hand gun
- MAS Mle 1873 revolver
- Modele 1892 revolver
- Modele 1935A pistol
- MAB Mle D
Anti tank rifle
- Not equipped.
(You should equip the German PzB 38 as a lie for the game)
Mortor
- Brandt Mle 1935
Vehicles
Kingdom of Thailand
Tank
- Vickers Carden Loyd Mk VI tankette
Weapon: Vickers 7.7 heavy machine gun
Mobility: 48km/h on road, 1.5t
Armor: 6-9mm - Vickers 6-Ton Type B
Weapon: 3 pdr (47mm) gun, Vickers 7.7 heavy machine gun
Mobility: 35km/h on road, 7.3t
Armor: 19-25mm - Type 76 SPAAG
Weapon: QF 2 pdr (40mm) machine cannon
Mobility: unknown (vased on Vickers 6-Ton tank)
Armor: 5-10mm
Aircraft
- Curtiss Hawk III
- Vought O3U-2 Corsair
- Martin B-10 Model 139W
- Japanese Type 97 light bomber
- Japanese Type 97 heavy bomber
Vichy France
Tank
- Renault FT-17c
Weapon: 37mm SA 18 L21
Mobility: 10km/h on road, 6.7t
Armor: 8-22mm - Renault FT-17m
Weapon: 8mm Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun
Mobility: 10km/h on road, 6.5t
Armor: 8-22mm - Renault FT-31
Weapon: 7.5mm MAC31 machine gun
Mobility: 10km/h on road, 6.5t
Armor: 8-22mm
Aircraft
- Potez 25
- Farman F.222
- Potez 540
- Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
- Loire 130