Nationalist Chinese Anti tank weapons.

[asiaticus]

Does anyone know what hand held anti tank weapons the Nationalist Chinese Army had in the 1937-45 period?

In the early period did they have some type of AT Rifle?

I am wondering if the British provided any of their Boys AT Rifles early on or the PIAT later?

Or did the US provide bazookas?

[Goldfish]

The most common Chinese AT gun at the start of the war was the German 37mm AT gun. The Chinese may also have had some German AT rifles as well. Later, the Chinese received some Russian 45mm (I think) AT guns and, possibly, AT rifles as well. Chinese troops in the Second Burma Campaign used British AT rifles and American bazookas. Chinese troops in China defending against Japan's ICHI-GO offensive also had some American bazookas. I have never seen Chinese troops with PIATs, but they may have had a few in Burma.

[zstar]

They also used "suicide bombers" sometimes.

Men who would strap themselves to TNT and then run into Japanese tanks.

[asiaticus]

So in China itself, would this be correct?

The German trained divisions might have had a German made anti tank rifle in the 1937-41 period or the 37mm AT gun.
Maybe some 45mm AT guns from the Russians in the 1938-40 period (AT Rifles were not availble to the Russians until June 1941 IIRC).
1943 on some bazookas would be available to the US trained parts of the army.
Everyone else had to use some kind of close assault with expolosives or maybe gas bombs or do the "Human bullet" routine with some TNT.

[Goldfish]

Most Japanese tanks were also light enough to be destroyed by direct artillery fire using high explosive rounds.