List of Spanish Civil War weapons of the Republicans

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This is a list of weapons used by the Spanish Republican side of the Spanish civil war. The majority of Spanish Republican military equipment was obtained through the Soviet Union who supported the Spanish Republicans through shipments of Soviet arms and arms from other countries in the possession of the Soviet Union from past Russian conflicts.

Contents

Small arms

Knives

Grenades

Rifles

Sidearms

Machine guns

Submachine guns

Artillery

Infantry support guns

Field artillery

Heavy artillery

Mountain guns

Anti-tank guns

Anti-aircraft guns

Armoured fighting vehicles

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