01 / Overview
Chinese Civil War
Date
1927–1950
Type
civil war
Battles & Operations
Duration
22 years 9 months 9 days
Participants
+3 Weapon System
02 / Sides
Belligerents 9 participants
First phase: Kuomintang || Second phase: Kuomintang
VS
03 / Battles & Operations · 170 records
Battle Battle of Enan 1926 Battle Northern Expedition 1926–1928 decisive victory a Battle First Chinese Civil War 1927–1937 Battle Guangzhou Uprising 1927 Battle Hailufeng Uprising 1927 Battle Nanchang Uprising 1927 Battle Autumn Harvest Uprising 1927 Battle Shanghai massacre of 1927 1927 Battle Battle of Shantou 1927 Battle Chinese Communist Revolution 1927–1949 Battle Battle of Chengdu 1929 Battle Encirclement Campaign against Hunan–Hubei–Jiangxi Soviet 1930–1931 Battle Encirclement Campaign against Hunan–Jiangxi Soviet 1930 Battle Encirclement Campaign against Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet 1930–1931 Battle First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet 1930–1931 Battle First Encirclement Campaign against Honghu Soviet 1930 Battle First Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet 1930 Battle Battle of Shuangqiaozhen 1931 Battle Battle of Tōzan 1931 Battle Second Encirclement Campaign against Honghu Soviet 1931 Battle Second Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet 1931 Battle Second Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet 1931 Battle Third Encirclement Campaign against Honghu Soviet 1931 Battle Third Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet 1931–1932 Battle Third Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet 1931 Battle Encirclement campaign against the Hunan–Western Hubei Soviet 1932 Battle Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet 1932 Battle Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet 1933–1934 Battle Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet 1933–1934 decisive victory a Battle Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet 1933 Battle Battle of Jianning 1934 Battle First Encirclement Campaign against Shaanxi–Gansu Soviet 1934 Battle Long March 1934–1935 Battle Battle of Luding Bridge 1935 Battle Zhiluozhen Campaign 1935 Battle Second Encirclement Campaign against the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet 1935 Battle Encirclement Campaign against Hunan–Hubei–Sichuan–Guizhou Soviet 1935 Battle First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet 1935 Battle Second Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet 1935 Battle Third Encirclement Campaign against Shaanxi–Gansu Soviet 1935 Battle Xi'an Incident 1936 Battle Operation Beleaguer 1945–1949 Battle Battle of Baoying 1945 Battle Battle of Dazhongji 1945 Battle Battle of Houmajia 1945 Battle Battle of Lingbi 1945 Battle Battle of Lishi 1945 Battle Battle of Rugao 1945 Battle Battle of Shaobo 1945 Battle Battle of Shicun 1945 Battle Battle of Tangtou–Guocun 1945 Battle Battle of Tianmen 1945 Battle Battle of Wuhe 1945 Battle Battle of Xiangshuikou 1945 Battle Battle of Yinji 1945 Battle Battle of Yongjiazhen 1945 Battle Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China 1945–1947 Battle Gaoyou–Shaobo Campaign 1945 Battle Handan Campaign 1945 Battle Huaiyin–Huai'an Campaign 1945
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04 / Weapons & Equipment · 57 systems
WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT SUMMARY
ORIGIN · COMPANY
Total 92 distinct systems
Avg. Equipment Age 1 years all equipment
First phase: Kuomintang || Second phase: Kuomintang 3 years avg. age
SIDE B 1 years avg. age
MOST EXPENSIVE $45 K · 1945 M4 Sherman
Weapons & Equipment57systems
Country
CATEGORY
Mosin–NagantBolt-Action Rifles76Colt M1911Pistols74M1917 EnfieldBolt-Action Rifles71M1 GarandSemi-Automatic Rifles70M1918 Browning automatic rifleBolt-Action Rifles62M3 submachine gunMachine Pistols60Hotchkiss M1914 machine gunGeneral Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)57Thompson submachine gunMachine Pistols55Mk 2 grenade olaHand Grenades51M4 ShermanTanks49StenMachine Pistols48M3 StuartTanks45+3more →Thompson submachine gunMachine Pistols55M116 howitzerTowed Artillery & Mortars44
Mosin–NagantBolt-Action Rifles76Colt M1911Pistols74ZB vz. 30General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)73Type 99 rifleBolt-Action Rifles72Type 93/Type 100Incendiary & Napalm Bombs72M1917 EnfieldBolt-Action Rifles71Type 30 rifleBolt-Action Rifles70M1 GarandSemi-Automatic Rifles70ZB vz. 26Light Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)68Type 97 heavy machine gunLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)66M1918 Browning automatic rifleBolt-Action Rifles62Astra Model 900Pistols62+32more →
Luger pistolPistols68
Type 99 light machine gunLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)62Type 11 light machine gunLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)56Type 96 150 mm howitzerTowed Artillery & Mortars53M8 GreyhoundRecon Vehicles48Type 92 battalion gunTowed Artillery & Mortars30
M1941 Johnson rifleSemi-Automatic Rifles63
SIG Neuhausen KE7Light Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)58
MP 18Machine Pistols48
M3 Scout CarRecon Vehicles42
Browning Hi-PowerPistols75Mk 2 grenade olaHand Grenades51bazookaRocket-Propelled Grenades (RPG)49
Type 30 rifleBolt-Action Rifles70CarcanoBolt-Action Rifles63
Brandt Mle 1935Towed Artillery & Mortars51Mauser Model 1904Bolt-Action Rifles78Mosin–NagantBolt-Action Rifles76SG-43 GoryunovGeneral Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)75MG 34General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)74Type 99 rifleBolt-Action Rifles72Degtyaryova PekhotnyLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)71M1917 EnfieldBolt-Action Rifles71ZB vz. 26Light Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)68Chiang Kai-shek rifleBolt-Action Rifles66Type 96 light machine gunLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)63M1918 Browning automatic rifleBolt-Action Rifles62PTRD-41Sniper Rifles61+14more →
Colt M1911Pistols74M1917 revolverRevolvers68M18 recoilless rifleRecoilless Rifles54M1 carbineCarbines
M3 StuartTanks45Mosin–NagantBolt-Action Rifles76SG-43 GoryunovGeneral Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)75Colt M1911Pistols74Degtyaryova PekhotnyLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)71DT machine gunLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)71Type 30 rifleBolt-Action Rifles70ArisakaBolt-Action Rifles70SVT-40Semi-Automatic Rifles68M1918 Browning automatic rifleBolt-Action Rifles62PTRD-41Sniper Rifles61Mauser C96Pistols61M3 submachine gunMachine Pistols60+11more →Mauser Model 1904Bolt-Action Rifles78Standardmodell rifleBolt-Action Rifles78Mosin–NagantBolt-Action Rifles76SG-43 GoryunovGeneral Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)75Colt M1911Pistols74MG 34General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)74ZB vz. 30General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)73Degtyaryova PekhotnyLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)71ZB vz. 26Light Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)68SVT-40Semi-Automatic Rifles68M1918 Browning automatic rifleBolt-Action Rifles62PTRD-41Sniper Rifles61+11more →
vz. 24Bolt-Action Rifles79Mauser Model 1904Bolt-Action Rifles78M3 submachine gunMachine Pistols60
PPS submachine gunMachine Pistols67Nagant M1895Revolvers57
MG 34General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)74United Defense M42Machine Pistols50
Degtyaryova PekhotnyLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)71StenMachine Pistols4860 mm mortar M2Towed Artillery & Mortars48
FN Mauser Model 24Bolt-Action Rifles78Mosin–NagantBolt-Action Rifles76Colt M1911Pistols74MG 34General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)74Type 99 rifleBolt-Action Rifles72DT machine gunLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)71M1 GarandSemi-Automatic Rifles70Type 30 rifleBolt-Action Rifles70ZB vz. 26Light Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)68Chiang Kai-shek rifleBolt-Action Rifles66M1941 Johnson rifleSemi-Automatic Rifles63M1918 Browning automatic rifleBolt-Action Rifles62M3 submachine gunMachine Pistols60+14more →
M1917 EnfieldBolt-Action Rifles71DShKHeavy Machine Guns (HMG)67Hanyang 88Bolt-Action Rifles58Each system appears only once in the list.
1vz. 24Bolt-Action Rifles79MASS2Mauser Model 1904Bolt-Action Rifles78MASS3Standardmodell rifleBolt-Action Rifles78MASS4FN Mauser Model 24Bolt-Action Rifles78MASS5Mosin–NagantBolt-Action Rifles76MASS6Browning Hi-PowerPistols75MASS7SG-43 GoryunovGeneral Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)75MASS8Colt M1911Pistols74MASS9MG 34General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)74MASS10ZB vz. 30General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)73MASS
1M4 ShermanTanks$45 K19452M3 StuartTanks$33 K3Type 96 150 mm howitzerTowed Artillery & Mortars$12 K19394DShKHeavy Machine Guns (HMG)$2 K20125M1918 Browning automatic rifleBolt-Action Rifles$3196Type 99 light machine gunLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)$31619417Type 11 light machine gunLight Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)$15719398M1941 Johnson rifleSemi-Automatic Rifles$1259M1 GarandSemi-Automatic Rifles$85194310M1 carbineCarbines$451943
📚 Sources
- Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
- Correlates of War (CoW) project
- Official archives and academic literature