In 1935-36 both the Seversky P-35 & Curtis P-36 were just out of design phase, but going into production shortly; so probably more of the P-26 Peashooters, or the not-so-old Curtis P-6 Biplanes(Many Air Forces were still flying biplanes in the mid 30's). Hold out for another year or so, and the technology jump would be fairly significant. The P-35's had their fifteen minutes of being technology "hot stuff" that passed by 1938-39? The P-36 was still a very useful fighter into 1942-43.
For light bombers: maybe some variant of the Curtis Shrike single-engine light bomber. There were a few of them still on the USAAC roster into early 1942 I believe.
Give?
Buy.
Curtiss was trying to sell the Hawk 75 (having lost to Seversky's P-35) as they had been doing with previous Hawk fighters thru the 1920s, but was running into the Neutrality Act from parts of the FDR administration.
Douglas had similar problems in trying to sell the B-18 to France, it was set a 'Classified' no export at first, even though there's not much difference from the B-18 to the DC-2 that they were selling around the globe
Yes, the P-35s and P-36 would be ideal on wanked ATL. But 12 P-26 will probably be sufficient for the first phase of 3 years. Then, an ATL would be P-36 upgrades after 1939.
Airpower is a huge problem. What can the Philippine Republic afford?
How much of that was Quezon's fault and how much MacArthur's and how much was it
Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.? Too many cooks syndrome.
It depends on allocation. The equipment allocation for 1936 by the Philippine Commonwealth was around 3.6M philippine pesos, roughly around $1.8M around the same time. The budget allocation for aircraft purchase in 1936 was 69,000 Philippine pesos, or around $35,000. I believe the P35s and P36s, were between $20-25k at this time. So airpower funding would depend on priority of how to allocate that $1.8M.
However, The Philippine Commonwealth financial policy at this time was minimal spending until independence. Upon Independence, by in bulk whatever they saved from 1936 until 1945. Of course on ATL, one has to handwave that in order for the Commonwealth to release the money by 1936 and each year until 1941.
So you can say, lack of funding from 1936 to 1941 was Quezon's fault for Philippine army equipment/training.
I got to tell you, the Curtiss stuff was "crap".
It was but the Filipino pilots in OTL did shot down Japanese Zeros and Mitsubishi bombers using P26. I suppose in ATL using P36, replacing the P26 with P36, the Filipino pilots would have shot down more Zeros and Japanese bombers.
I doubt that the fledgling PH army had the same capacity?
I wonder if the PH had the ability to make STEN guns!?
Issued as is, without the 'soldier's bible' to go with it? Break. Private Filipe Aquino is no better Private Joe Infantry.
I think the problem isnt making one rifle if locally produce in the Philippines. The problem would be mass producing in 1936 in the Philippines for 100,000 to 1M rifles. Philippines didn't have the industrial capacity of the Britain nor got any government arsenal in 1930s OTL.
The Philippine arsenal, government arsenal was founded OTL 1957, (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Arsenal) 20 years late for the party. It just so happens that it is also in Bataan in OTL.
But on ATL scenario, the US can certainly jumpstart the Philippine arsenal by 1936.