PLA Uniforms & Kit

I found those pictures on the web (Don't read chinese). but i am sure it is for PLA. And i can kinda tell the army, navy, and airforce.

But Wow! i know it is probabily concepts but, more and more they are looking like the west! I hope this will be ture.

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just some fan that likes US "designed" this uniform for the "future PLA". it's not real. just someone's imagination.

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Too western imho, i doubt its fact. I'm very partial to there current uniforms.

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curse said:

Too western imho, i doubt its fact. I'm very partial to there current uniforms.

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I doubt, these are going to be designs for new uniforms, it does not seem very practicle. Insignia? I sertently don't see a new one.

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Speaking about uniform, I personally prefer the uniform of the ROC armed forces. They look very smart and yet with strong Chinese tradition. For example, the rank ensigns do not use Western stars, but Chinese traditional plum flowers.

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Dongfeng said:

Speaking about uniform, I personally prefer the uniform of the ROC armed forces. They look very smart and yet with strong Chinese tradition. For example, the rank ensigns do not use Western stars, but Chinese traditional plum flowers.

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not quite.
ROC armed forces' insignias are not the "tradition of chinese", the plum flower as you may say is the tradition of GMD. it is their "national flower". and i don't like it very much. it seems too weak! and ROC doesn't have a good tradition, for their years, most of them they are fleeing from battles and so on. but for PLA, we beat up japanese, we created the miracle of 60 thousands defeat 80 thousand defeat. and we beat up US, and also didn't let russian win that east on the border.

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Red Guard said:

not quite.
ROC armed forces' insignias are not the "tradition of chinese", the plum flower as you may say is the tradition of GMD. it is their "national flower". and i don't like it very much. it seems too weak! and ROC doesn't have a good tradition, for their years, most of them they are fleeing from battles and so on. but for PLA, we beat up japanese, we created the miracle of 60 thousands defeat 80 thousand defeat. and we beat up US, and also didn't let russian win that east on the border.

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Wosh, you gone a little too far :nono: :nono: . This is about uniforms not Chinese victories. What you said is true red gaurd but I think it might be a bit too strong.

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no, not really. a tradition to an army is very important. when type 55 uniform was issued to the troop. soldiers hated the pilotka, or the wedge cap, that's issued to the army soldiers. since type 55 is from soviet uniform, which soliders wear pilotka as head gear. and you know the soldiers hated it so much, because during civil war, PLA were fighting GMD soldiers with such head gear. they were questioning the superior, that they used their lives to fight against someone and yet, they are wearing the similiar uniform to them?
an army 's trandition is very important. that's why i am a strong believer of PLA combat cap should be changed back to the liberation cap. because like the GI joe's jeep, and soviet PPSH, liberation cap reminds every chinese soldier the glory of the troop, we wear the liberation cap won over all the super powers, and when foreigners see this cap, they see this glorious army. the cap IS the army.
just like USMC, today, they still wear that old styled how do you call....the...formal dress, when the high ranking officers go to some formal dinner and things. it's the glory, it's the pride. you just can't change something like that. and i think they are making a big mistake of changing PLA uniform like this...


i guess, not being educated in china for so many years, you wouldn't really understand the feeling, hehehe.

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the marine dress uniform has changed a little since it was first used..=) so i think the PLA liberation cap, if it was to be reintroduced to the army should have a more modern look

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RavenWing278 said:

the marine dress uniform has changed a little since it was first used..=) so i think the PLA liberation cap, if it was to be reintroduced to the army should have a more modern look

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the only reason the marine combat dress(if you are talking about this) is changed is because they don't want a "standing out" unit in the force. in case you didn't notice, all the combat/work dress on the field are the same style. just the difference of colour.
and another thing changed to the marine troop is the cap. they used to use beret, black ones with a navy shield on it. that uniform was designed by a marine colonel and now it's changed, china doesn't encourage such invention. so i say, today's chinese uniform sucks! the point the clothes sucks is because the soldiers today SUCK! no glory, no honour, no pride, NOTHING! NOTHING AT ALL!