Former equipment of the Maavägi

Equipment used by Estonian Army prior to WW II

This is an (incomplete) list of former equipments used by the Estonian Army (Maavägi:[1]) prior to World War 2.

## Armour

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Tanks

* 12 FT-17 light tank
* 4 Mark V heavy tank
* 6 TKS tankette

Armored cars

* 13 Arsenal Crossley armored car

Anti-tank weapons

* 44 Rheinmetall 37mm Pak 36 L/50 anti-tank gun (Note:The Estonian Rheinmetall gun had a longer barrel length compared to Wehrmacht standard L/45.)
* 4 Bohler 47 mm anti-tank gun model 1935
* 15 Solothurn-Arsenal 20 mm antitank gun
* TM-34; TM 37; anti-tank mines: ~12,000

## Artillery

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Cannons

* 98 Russian 76 mm divisional gun M1902;
* 59 British 84mm Ordnance QF 18 pounder;
* 20 Russian [Schneider] 107 mm gun M1910;
* 23 British 110 mm QF 4.5 inch Howitzers;
* 8 German 15 cm sFH 13 howitzers;
* 29 Russian [Schneider] 152 mm howitzer M1910;

Anti Aircraft Guns

* 12 M38 Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
* 16 37mm Rheinmetall-Borsig (Flak 18), 40mm (Bofors M36) anti-aircraft cannon
* 8 7.5 cm Krupp (Flak L/60) anti-aircraft cannon
* 116 tripod mounted anti-aircraft machineguns

Mortars

* 34 mortars: 81.4mm Brandt mle 27/31

## Infantry weapons

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Pistols and rifles

* Pistols: Nagant M1895: 900, Browning FN Model 1903: ~4,600 (Replaced by ~5,300 Browning Hi-Power P35 in 1938)
* Rifles: Russian Mosin–Nagant M1891: 72,000, British Pattern 1914 Enfield: 46,000, Japanese Arisaka Types 30 and 38: 24,000

Submachine guns

* Tallinn Model 1923 Arsenal submachine gun: ~600, (Replaced by ~500 Suomi M/31 submachine guns in 1938)

Machine guns

* Russian Maxim PM M1910: ~1,600, British Lewis Gun: ~1,200, Danish Madsen machine gun M1920: ~1,700

Grenades

* Hand grenades: ~133,000

Electronics

* Field Radios: 133

## See also

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* Military of Estonia
* Equipment of the Maavägi

## References

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1. ^ Eesti kaitseväe väljaõpe[permanent dead link], (Training and equipment of the Estonian Defence Forces)