HC Deb 05 March 1935 vol 298 cc1764-9W
Mr. MANDER

asked the President of the Board of Trade what arms were licensed for export during each of the last 12 months for which figures are available, to Abyssinia, Italy, Paraguay, Bolivia, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, China, Japan, Rumania, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Poland, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentine and Uruguay?

Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLE

The following statement shows the war material covered by licences issued in each month during the 12 months 1st February, 1934, to 31st January, 1935, for export to Abyssinia, Italy, Paraguay, Bolivia, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, China, Japan, Rumania, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Poland, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

Country and month in which licences issued. Material.
BOLIVIA.
February, 1934 … … 30 recuperator pistons for 65 m.m. infantry gun equipments.
March, 1934 … … 100 7.5 m.m. machine guns with spare parts.
April, 1934 … … 5,000 percussion primers for 75 m.m. mountain gun equipment.
800 250 rounds ammunition belts for 7.65 m.m. machine guns.
100 sets condenser tubes for 7.65 m.m. machine guns.
300 gun barrels for 7.65 m.m. machine guns.
May, 1934 … … 2,600 rounds 75 m.m. ammunition with H.E. shell for mountain gun equipment.
JUGOSLAVIA.
February, 1934 … … Spare parts for fire control instruments.
March, 1934 … … 1,000,000 303-in. rifle cartridges.
April, 1934 … … Sundry parts for 21-in. torpedoes.
BULGARIA. No licences were issued for this destination.
CHINA.
February, 1934 … … 1 sound locater with equipment.
1,205 lbs. of various samples of explosive powders.
May, 1934 … … 220,500 lbs. T.N.T.
12 6-ton tanks each equipped with one 47 m.m. gun equipment and one 7.92 m.m. machine gun.
12 amphibian tanks each equipped with one 7.92 m.m. machine gun.
3,200 rounds 47 m.m. ammunition.
June, 1934 … … Mine-laying and mine-sweeping equipment.
Spare parts for 5-in. machine guns.
20,000 lbs. T.N.T.
August, 1934 … … 6,000 rounds 47 m.m. ammunition.
6 belt filling machines.
4 6-ton tanks each equipped with one 47 m.m. gun and one machine gun
4 light amphibian tanks each equipped with one machine gun.
2,860 rounds 47 m.m. ammunition.
September, 1934 … 2,000 7.92 m.m. rifle cartridges.
50 20 m.m. machine gun cartridges.
October, 1934 … … Spare parts for 6-ton tanks and amphibian tanks.
January, 1935 … … 4,000 rounds 47 m.m. ammunition.
4 sighting telescopes.
4 clinometers.
2 anti-aircraft gun sights.
60,000 13.2 m.m. machine gun cartridges.
JAPAN.
March, 1934 … … 4 wind-balanced aircraft gun mountings.
May, 1934 … … 500 rounds 40 m.m. ammunition.
July, 1934 … … 32 track roller assemblies for light armoured cars.
August, 1934 … … 4 303-in. machine guns with spare parts.
September, 1934 … 3 7.7 m.m. machine guns with spare parts.
1 machine gun mounting ring.
1 set interrupter gear.
November, 1934 … … 4 303-in. aircraft machine guns with spare parts.
December, 1934 … … 1,800,000 rounds 7 m.m. ammunition.
90 7.7 m.m. aircraft machine guns with spare parts.
30 450-in line-throwing guns.
6,000 450-in. cartridges.
January, 1935 … … 20 empty 8 1b. practice bombs.
RUMANIA.
February, 1934 … … 42 gas cylinders for 303-in. aircraft guns.
15 gas chambers for 303-in. aircraft guns.
June, 1934 … … 12 loaded warheads for torpedoes.
10 21-in. torpedoes complete with pistols.
560 loaded heater cartridges.
January, 1935 … … 100 unfilled submarine mines.
TURKEY.
March, 1934 … … 5,000 7.9 m.m. rifle cartridges.

Country and month in which licences issued. Material.
April, 1934 … … 64 thermometers for A.A. equipments.
1 pressure gauge for A.A. equipments.
5 7.9 m.m. barrels for machine guns.
3 firing pins together with blank firing attachments and spare parts for machine guns.
May, 1934 … … 1,944 submarine mine electric detonators.
June, 1934 … … Material for pull-back gear for 75 m.m. A.A. equipments.
1 7.92 m.m. machine gun.
4 7.92 m.m. machine gun barrels.
5,000 7.92 m.m. cartridges.
August, 1934 … … 15 7.9 m.m. right-hand feed boxes for machine guns.
October, 1934 … … 1 sectional model of base percussion fuse and gaine for 21 cm. ammunition.
January, 1935 … 7 Véry signal pistols.
7 bomb sights.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA. … … No licences were issued for this destination.
GREECE. … …
April, 1934 … … 4 1½lb. smoke bombs.
June, 1934 … … Spare parts for 6-ton tanks.
September, 1934 … 4 empty 8-lb. practice smoke bombs. 500 fuses for fire control gear.
October, 1934 … … Spare parts for torpedoes.
November, 1934 … Spare parts for 6-ton tanks.
December, 1934 … 1 303-in. rifle with bayonet (en route to Turkey).
POLAND.
February, 1934 … … 1 aircraft gun mounting.
March. 1934 … … 1 crank case assembly for 6-ton tank.
April, 1934 … … 2 aircraft gun mountings.
May, 1934 … … 2,000 303-in. rifles and bayonets.
50 left-hand feed blocks for 303-in. machine guns.
Spare parts for 18-in. torpedoes.
June, 1934 … … 2 80 h.p. engines for 6-ton tanks with spare parts.
October, 1934 … … Sundry spare parts for 6-ton tanks.
… 36 sets of parts for 6-ton tanks.
November, 193^ … … 46 80 h.p. engines for 6-ton tanks.
January, 1935 … … Spare parts for torpedoes.
PERU.
February, 1934 … … 8 rangefinders.
May, 1934 … … 15,000 20 m.m. machine gun cartridges. 3,230 20 m.m. machine gun cartridge fuses.
September, 1934 … 46 7.65 m.m. aircraft machine guns.
December, 1934 … 48 tubular bomb carriers with release slips.
January, 1935 … 12 sets interrupter gear.
COLOMBIA.
May, 1934 … … 5 clinometers.
30 depth charges with pistols.
24 smoke floats and igniters.
6 22-in. rifles.
24 455-in. revolvers.
24,000 rounds 455-in. revolver ammunition.
100,000 rounds 22-in rifle ammunition.
500 rounds 4.7-in. ammunition with semi-armour piercing shell.
June, 1934 … … 2 4.7-in. breech blocks.
CHILE.
April, 1934 … … 185 20 m.m. machine gun cartridges.
25 20 m.m. machine gun cartridge fuses.
6,000 7 m.m. rifle cartridges.
January, 1935 … 1 7 m.m. machine gun with spare parts.
3 7 m.m. machine gun barrels.
4 aircraft gun mountings.
2 sets interrupter gear.
2 bomb sight mountings.

Country and in which licences Material.
BRAZIL.
August, 1934 … … 2 7 m.m. machine guns with mountings
1 303-in. machine gun with mounting.
15,000 rounds 303-in. ammunition.
September, 1934 … 800 4-in. propellant charges.
October, 1934 … … 1 7 m.m. machine gun barrel.
November, 1934 … Armament fittings for one aircraft.
December, 1934 … 4 7 m.m. machine gun barrels.
ARGENTINA.
September, 1934 … 2,205 lbs. T.N.T.
4,410 lbs. picric acid.
November, 1934 … 2 depth charge throwers.
December, 1934 … 6 aircraft gun mountings.
5 sets interrupter gear.
2 7.65 m.m. aircraft machine guns.
1 bomb sight.
8 bomb carriers.
1 bomb sight mounting.
January, 1935 … … Spare parts for 7.65 m.m. machine guns.
URUGUAY.
June, 1934 … … 1 manual plotter for fire control gear.
1 bearing ring for rocord for fire control gear.