The Chi-Ha SPG was a Nationalist Chinese conversion undertaken during the Chinese Civil War. It saw the mating of an old Japanese Chi-Ha hull with an indigenous turret and a mountain gun. Little is known about this vehicle’s capabilities and it is unknown how many were built.
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Boeing Model 281 — Chinese Peashooters
The Model 281 was the export version of the famous Boeing P-26 Peashooter, purchased and used in China during the early years of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
1st AFAMF Zhong 28 Yi — China’s I-15bis Production
The 1st AFAMF Zhong 28 Yi was China’s development of the famous Soviet Polikarpov I-15bis fighter. Only thirty examples were produced between 1937 and 1944 and allegedly saw combat against the Japanese.
China’s Indigenous Stalhelm Production
One of the most common helmets used by the Chinese during the Second Sino-Japanese War were imported M1935 Stahlhelms. However prior to that in 1932, the Chinese attempted to produce their own Stahlhelm allegedly based off of the World War I M1916 Stahlhelm.