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Repository for data pertaining to foreign equipment purchases.

The Philippines has arranged the purchase of the following aviation equipment from the United States for delivery through 1942-43.

North American P-51D: Initial batch of 75 aircraft with one confirmed follow-on batch of 75 aircraft. Additional batches may be negotiated at a later date.

Lockheed P-38E: Initial batch of 50 aircraft, with one follow-on batch probable.

Douglas C-47A: Initial batch of 19 aircraft, with one confirmed follow-on batch of 19 aircraft. Additional batches may be negotiated at a later date.

Grumman F6F-3: One batch of 100 aircraft confirmed. Additional batches may be negotiated at a later date.

Douglas SBD-3: One batch of 100 aircraft confirmed. Additional batches may be negotiated at a later date.

North American B-25C: One batch of 50 aircraft confirmed, with one confirmed follow-on batch of 50 aircraft.

Consolidated PBY-5: One batch of 50 aircraft confirmed. Additional batches may be negotiated at a later date.

The Philippines has arranged the purchase of the following motor vehicles in the United States

Willys-Overland MB Field Car: 4,000 examples, to be delivered in batches of 200 units per month for local assembly commencing January 1942.

Dodge Fargo WC Light Truck: 6,000 examples to be delivered in batches of 200 units per month for local assembly commencing January 1942.

The Philippines has arranged the purchase of the following motor vehicles in Czechoslovakia:

Skoda 6LT Medium Cargo Truck: 2,000 examples, to be delivered in batches of fifty units per month for local assembly commencing January 1942.

The Philippines has arranged the purchase of 250 examples of the Char 6-Bruyere Light Tank and its deritivies, as follows:

Gun Tanks: 210
Armored Recovery Vehicles: 12
Armored Engineer Vehiicles: 12
Training Vehicles: 16

Total: 250

The Philippines has arranged the purchase of 120 examples of the M8 armored car.

First deliveries are expected before the close of 1942.

The Philippine Army has procured:

300 examples of the M1938 122mm divisional howitzer, with deliveries starting in the autumn of 1942.

300 examples of the 57m antitank gun, with deliveries starting in the autumn of 1942.

The Philippine Air Force and the Philippine Naval Air Service have procured the following:

50 N1E-3 Coati landplane advanced training aircraft
25 SN1E Sea Coati seaplane advanced training aircraft
25 SN1E-2A Sea Coati carrier-borne advanced training aircraft
50 OS1E Sea Coati seaplane observation aircraft

100 Fanero Alpaca light observation aircraft
100 Fanero Zafiro primary training aircraft

6 Constelacion Twin Condor Series 400 utility transport aircraft

Total aircraft procurement from the United States as of December 1944 stands at:

North American P-51D - 300 aircraft in four batches plus manufacturing license, last US built aircraft delivered July 1944

Lockheed P-38 - 100 day fighters and 50 night fighters in three batches, last aircraft to be delivered in July 1945

Douglas A-26 - 75 aircraft plus manufacturing license, last US built aircraft to be delivered in July 1945

Consolidated B-24 - 75 aircraft, last aircraft delivered in August 1944

Douglas C-47 - 57 aircraft, last aircraft delivered in April 1944

Grumman F6F - 150 aircraft, last aircraft delivered in July 1944

Douglas SBD - 100 aircraft, last aircraft delivered January 1943

North American B-25 - 150 aircraft, last aircraft delivered in June 1943

Consolidated PBY - 75 aircraft, last aircraft delivered in November 1942