NationStates Jolt Archive

This is a work in progress, information on the Brazilian military during WWII is hard to find, as I find things I will be posting them here and once I am satisfied that I have enough information I will polish things up here.

Air Corps
10 Curtiss O-1E's
- Biplane, 425 HP, armed with two .50 Cal machines guns and can carry up to 200 lbs. of bombs.

Destroyers - 4
Torpedo boats - 6
Minelayers/sweepers - 6
Submarines - 4
Light Cruiers - 2
Battleships - 2

K Class
Type Destroyer
Displacement 934 BRT
Length 80.5m
Complement 142 men
Armament 3 4" guns 2 47mm 4 18" torpedo tubes
Max speed 31 knots
Power 22500 HP
- Ships of Class -
Maranhao

Marcilio Dias Class
Type Destroyer
Displacement 1500 BRT
Length 104m
Complement 210 men
Armament 4 5" guns (5x5) 4 40mm AA (2x2) 8 20mm AA (8x1) 4 21" torpedo tubes (1x4)
Max speed 36.5 knots
Engines Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Power 42800 HP
- Ships of Class -
Greenhalgh (M 3)
Marcilio Dias (M 2)
Mariz e Barros (M 1)

Para Class
Type Torpedo boat
Displacement 560 BRT
Length 73,2 m
Complement 104 men
Armament 2 4" guns 4 47mm 2 18" torpedo tubes
Max speed 27 designed, 26+ service knots
Engines 2-shaft, 4-cylinder VTE
Power 8000 HP
- Ships of Class -
Mato Grosso (CT 10)
Paraiba (CT 5)
Piauhy (CT 3)
Rio Grande do Norte (CT 4)
Santa Catarina (CT 9)
Sergipe (CT 7)

Carioco Class
Type Minelayers
Displacement 552 BRT
Length 57.50 m
Complement 97 men
Armament 2 4" gun 4 20mm AA 44 to 50 mines
Max speed 14 knots
Engines 2 sets VTE, 2 shafts
Power 2200 HP
- Ships of Class -
Cabedelo (C 4)
Camaqua (C 6)
Camocim (C 3)
Cananéia (C 2)
Caravelas (C 5)
Carioca (C 1)

Humaita Class
Type Submarine
Displacement 1450 / 1884 BRT
Length 87m
Complement 68 men
Armament 1 4" gun 2 13mm MG 6 21" torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern, 12 torpedoes) 16 mines
Max speed 18.5 / 9.5 knots (surfaced/submerged)
Engines Diesel / electric , 2 shafts
Power 4000 / 1000 HP (surfaced/submerged)
- Ships of Class -
Humaita (H)

Tupy Class
Type Submarine
Displacement 615 / 853 BRT
Length 60m
Complement 33 men
Armament 1 3.9" gun 4 13mm MG 6 21" torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern, 12 torpedoes)
Max speed 14 / 7.5 knots (surfaced/submerged)
Engines Diesel / electric , 2 shafts
Power 1400 / 800 HP (surfaced/submerged)
- Ships of Class -
Tamoyo (T 3)
Tupy (T 1)
Tymbira (T 2)

Bahia Class
Type Light cruiser
Displacement 3100 BRT
Length 122.5 m oa
Complement 350 men
Armament 10 4.7" guns 6 47mm 2 18" torpedo tubes
Max speed 26.5 knots
Engines 3-shaft Parsons geared turbines
Power 18,000 SHP
- Ships of Class -
Bahia (C 12)
Rio Grande do Sul (C 11)

Minas Gerais Class
Type Battleship
Displacement 19281 normal, 21200 full BRT
Length 164.6 m
Complement 900 men
Armament Minas Gerais (as modified) 12 12"/L45 guns (6x2) 14 4.7"/L50 guns (14x1) 4 3" AA guns (4x1)

Sao Paulo 12 12" guns (6x2) 22 4.7" guns (22x1) 4 3" AA guns (4x1)
Max speed 21 knots
Engines 2-shaft VTE by Vickers
Power 23,500 HP
- Ships of Class -
Minas Gerais
Sao Paulo

230,000 Troops
Renault FT17 - 12 (Five MG varients, 7 cannon)
CV33 Tankette (Machine Gun Carrier) - 20
SdKfz 6 - 32
SdKfz 7 - 60
SdKfz 8 - 60
FK 38 - 64
LeFk18 - 170
LFK16 nA - 320
6in MKVII - 100 (Coastal Defense Gun)
Mle 1917S - 160

Are you concentrating on the Italy campaign or anti-submarine warfare in South Atlantic?

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Are you concentrating on the Italy campaign or anti-submarine warfare in South Atlantic?


Have some patience man, I haven't even been able to create a list of my warships, which will be the easiest task I have, you will get your answers in time.

And umm, this starts in 1939, Brazil was buying war materials from Germany at this time.